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Since the release of Red Sky Island, the player community has resented the Xbox platform. The game feels like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and for a long time, Xbox fans have been asked to wait a little longer, wait a little longer to have an amazing triple-A masterpiece, but they've waited enough. "Hongxia Island" should have been a dawn, but it turned out to be that virtue. Now that Red Sky Island is a thing of the past (most of whom have probably uninstalled), it's time to look ahead to the next blockbuster game – and I'm referring Starfield, of course.
If "Starfield" is also "pasty", or something goes wrong - or, just plain not fun, people's confidence in Xbox will be shaken again, and the Xbox game lineup will be more optimistic, and as a result, the Xbox department estimates that many people will lose their jobs.
Starfield shouldn't have taken this extra pressure, but it will be the first full-priced game that has a chance to make a difference in the power of Xbox.
Originally, in 2021, the campaign mode of "Halo: Infinite" did a great job, and "Forza Horizon 5" won Game of the Year, and it feels like Xbox is gradually getting better. As a result, many of the multiplayer features promised by Halo Infinity, such as co-op campaigns and minkers, came almost a year later, and that was even after Infinity had bounced tickets for a year. This makes Xbox's competitiveness questionable, especially as Phil Spencer also said, "If we get lost on Halo, we'll be lost on Xbox." So why is Xbox's biggest series really lost?
Forza Horizon 5 is a jewel in the Xbox game lineup that has been widely praised by the industry and finally puts Xbox back on track when it comes to big titles. It ended perfectly for 2021, but after 2022 arrives... Not a single one can take out his hand.
In 2022, the first Xbox exclusivity is the terrible CrossFire X, and although the developer is the famous Remedy, the enemy AI of this shooter is completely artificial retarded, and the combat mechanics are a perfect replica of the 1993 game. What's worse, its multiplayer mode is almost impossible to play.
At the same time, Xbox's smaller games have come out with some boutiques, such as Tunic, Pentiment, and High on Life, and Death Loop and Ghost Wire: Tokyo, two games that debuted on PS5, barely count, even though Xbox players played a year late. But despite the widespread acclaim of the dark horse game Perfect Sonic in early 2023, Xbox fans are still craving an Xbox 3A exclusivity with rich content. As a result, I finally look forward to a "Red Xia Island", and I will really thank you.
For comparison, let's take a look at what games PlayStation has produced during this time. There are "Reincarnation of Death", "Ricky and Clank: Time Jump", "The Last of Us Part I", "GT Racing 7", "Horizon Forbidden West" and "God of War: Ragnarok", not to mention the introduction of next-gen updates for PS4 games such as "The Last of Us Part II" and "God of War". There are also many excellent third-party exclusives, such as Lost, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and guide cuts of blockbuster games like Souls of Tsushima and Death Stranding. In short, it's more than enough to keep fans on the PlayStation platform. Xbox does have Xbox Game Pass, but where are the aces?
Xbox needs a game that people will still play or talk about months and years from now. After years of waiting, Xbox desperately needed a game that could compete with God of War: Ragnarok, or a world as addictive as The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Starfield could be that game. If it has all the good of Bethesda's good RPG, it has a great story, interesting mechanics, and fun combat. If it were that good, I could have turned a blind eye to the bunch of bugs that Bethesda game was guaranteed to have when it first launched.
But it has to be a great game. Just a "good game" is not enough. If there is a serious problem like a bad file bug, or the game crashes at every turn like Fallout 3 and Fallout Vegas on PS3, people's confidence in Xbox will definitely be shaken, and they dare not expect high-quality triple-A games from Xbox. Worse, people will question Microsoft's ability to manage the many studios it acquired.
Microsoft's involvement in the development of Red Sky Island was enough to make Arkane abandon the PS5 version, but it couldn't stop Arkane from launching it as a beta game. The last big hit in the Xbox ecosystem was Forza Horizon 5 in November 2021. So what about games, Microsoft? This is something that everyone wants to know. People have heard enough empty promises. It's time to take action.