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Modern Video Games / Re: XBOX Games Showcase 2026 thoughts?
« on: July 21, 2026, 06:57:12 pm »Rare was acquired in 2002 and released three new Banjo games since, a new Perfect Dark in 2005, released all four Viva Piñata games after the acquisition and a new Battletoads in 2020. It made sense for them to make Kinect games since they were making Viva Piñata and were a family friendly developer. After Kinect they made Rare Replay and did a lot to celebrate their history and then released Sea of Thieves which became a surprise hit and their biggest game ever. Meanwhile Gregg Mayles failed to deliver with Everwild which started development in 2014 and was cancelled in 2025 with nothing to show for it. Not really Xbox's fault there.I wanted to like Xbox man. I really did. I was day one for Xbone after the phenomenal 360 days, because even after they dropped the ball on the xbone launch I thought they would turn it around. I mean, this was the same guys that offered free repair and replacements for Red-Ringing consoles. They were no strangers to biting the bullet and doing what was right for the consumer in the past and ensuring gamers were taken care of.
But after an abysmal generation with basically 0 support from them my faith was worn thin. Watching PS4 players get yearly blockbusters while the Xbone struggled to get a single good game on it was rough. And I dunno if it was just nostalgia for the 360 era or what but I believed that they had it in them to turn it around, so when they acquired all these studios I thought they finally got back on track,
Who was I kidding though? All these devs completely wasted. How has there been so few games released? What the hell are they doing? Like 2/3 games are cancelled, and the ones that actually make it out the door are luke-warm at best. And its clear as day from the first 10 minutes of playing them that they were never, at any point, very good games. How did they spend 6-7 years on these things and no one noticed they were making a mediocre game?
I'm glad I didn't buy a Series X. Not only would I have been burned (again), I am not supporting these guys anymore. They do nothing for their players who have supported them for years, and are actively ruining large parts of the space I love. So many devs I loved will be shut down, and series that will be locked away never to be seen again like they have done with Banjo or Perfect Dark. I guess after what happened with Rare I should never have trusted them, but it won't happen again.
The saddest one for me imo was rare.... they acquired Rare along with all of their IPs and completely engulfed the entire company into the crevices of their own anus. No Banjo, No Perfect Dark, No Battletoads, No Glorious and deeply missed Viva Pinata. Just took all of it and tanked it. We got 1 replay compilation a decade ago and nothing more. It is where I gave up on Xbox as a gaming company. Now anything worth liking them for is coming cross platform anyway including fable and halo. Forza and gears. They run a Netflix subscription service for games. Nothing more. They are barely different than Steam at this current junction. And certainly not part of a big 3 anymore. Its down to two.
And rhe way Sony and Nintendo have been behaving. Its soon to be down to none.
