Microsoft's Next Xbox Series X Game Showcase Coming July 23

Microsoft will be holding its next Xbox Games Showcase on July 23, the company announced today. Ars Technica reports: Unlike Microsoft's May promotional event, which focused on third-party launch titles for the upcoming console, the July 23 event is expected to discuss first-party exclusives from Microsoft's own Xbox Game Studios. That likely includes new footage of Halo Infinite, which saw a new teaser trailer a few weeks ago. That lineup of first-party studios now includes Psychonauts 2 developer Double Fine, which Microsoft acquired in June, and The Outer Worlds developer Obsidian Entertainment, which Microsoft acquired last November.

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[sinij]

I am so excited, I can hardly wait.

Cant wait

[scilover]

Oh wow, just 2 more weeks! I can't wait to see where they'll show. Hopefully some gameplays and not some cinematic "gameplay" trailers.

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[nightflameauto]

Not true. They made that natural keyboard that was pretty nice.

That's about the only thing though.

Weird-ass names

[DontBeAMoran]

What's the name of the 5th-generation PlayStation? PlayStation 5. It's easy, anyone can understand that and there's nothing to remember. The naming scheme just makes sense.

What's the name of the 5th-generation Xbox? Only fanboys know the answer to that. It makes no sense that "Xbox One" is better than "Xbox 360", and what is "Series X" supposed to mean anyway? The Xbox generations have pointless names driven by the marketing department, just like Windows.

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[UnknownSoldier]

Agreed, the marketing drones at MS are fucking clueless. When you basically need to use a "cheat sheet" just to keep track of which generation the console is then you've failed.

1 = Xbox
2 = Xbox 360
3 = Xbone
4 = XSex

i.e. The name Xbox One was stupid -- how do you search for the first Xbox games???

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[Khyber]

Xbox Classic.

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[Dutch Gun]

You just somehow KNOW they named their second gen Xbox 360 instead of Xbox 2 because "We don't want to sound like we're a generation behind versus PlayStation 3." Brilliant!

It shouldn't be all that surprising when you look at the bizarro-land naming schemes Windows went through.

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[ILongForDarkness]

Oh probably. Hey look our name has a 3 in it like the other guys so they'll know we are just as good. When the mid generation improvement to XBox X comes out it'll probably be named something stupid like XS, or XL.

Should just screw with people like Apple does and just brand the thing XBox and let the nerds say "a 2022 XBox" or whatever when it matters. Of course you'd then need to try to keep capability for a long time so people treat them more like a desktop that fits under your TV.

Re: Weird-ass names

[UnknowingFool]

Assuming thatâ(TM)s the reason they didnâ(TM)t use "Xbox 2" the problem is they donâ(TM)t have any naming consistency within the same generation of console much less across generations.

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[SkonkersBeDonkers]

Correct about marketing drones being clueless but it's not just MS. Marketing is a hail Mary pseudo-science where most of their time is spent inventing statistics that "prove" why they shouldn't be fired.

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[DontBeAMoran]

I didn't even know "Xbox One X" was different from "Xbox One", not to mention that as you say it's extremely confusing.

Xbox One
Xbox One X
Xbox Series X

It's like they're doing it on purpose.

Re: Weird-ass names

[UnknowingFool]

You left out a few:
Xbox One
Xbox One S
Xbox One X
Xbox One S All-Digital Edition
Xbox Series X
Xbox Series S (rumored name)

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[DontBeAMoran]

That is just sad, I had no idea it was that bad.

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[UnknowingFool]

At this point, I am hoping that there is a troll at MS intentionally getting these names adopted.

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[Merk42]

Yeah stupid MS consoles! They don't fit a naming pattern like Nintendo systems or SEGA when they made hardware....oh wait.

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[DontBeAMoran]

Not saying that Nintendo's consoles aren't named in any logical sequence, but at least we didn't get Wii, Wii U, Wii UX, Wii UX Ultra, etc. Microsoft seem to be doing it on purpose.

I’ll believe it when I see it

[UnknowingFool]

Wasn’t their last promotional event supposed to be a game play showcase and failed to show much in the way of game play?