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[ArtHands]

Personally I am excited for both lineups. Can't wait to play most of them.

Let's vote anyway. (PC excluded because I want to limit this to console only)

As a recap here's what were shown on both events

Xbox Games Showcase Followed by Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Direct

• Age of Mythology: Retold
• Avowed
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Doom: The Dark Ages
• Fable
• Gears of War: E-Day
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
• Perfect Dark
• South of Midnight
• State of Decay 3
• Assassin's Creed Shadows
• Atomfall
• Expedition 33
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard
• Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn
• FragPunk
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure
• Mecha Break
• Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater
• Mixtape
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.2: Heart of Chornobyl
• Winter Burrow
• Wuchang: Fallen Feathers
• Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred (update)
• The Elder Scrolls Online (update)
• Fallout 76 (update)
• Sea of THieves (update)
• Starfield (update)
• World of Warcraft: The War Within (update)

Nintendo Direct

• Mario & Luigi: Brothership
• Nintendo World Championships NES Edition
• FAIRY TAIL 2
• FANTASIAN Neo Dimension
• MIO: Memories in Orbit
• Hello Kitty Island Adventure
• Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports
• Among Us (update)
• Farmagia
• Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
• Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (release date)
• Dragon Quest I + II HD-2D Remake
• Funko Fusion
• The New Denpa Men
• Metal Slug Attack Reloaded
• Darkest Dungeon II
• Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero
• Disney Illusion Island (update)
• MARVEL vs CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• LEGO Horizon Adventures
• Stray
• Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game
• Just Dance 2025 Edition
• Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
• The Hundred Line - Last Defense Academy
• Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven

 

[diffusionx]

Nintendo, because more of their stuff is 2024.

 

[nial]

I don't see Asutorobotto, the best game of the season here.

 

[Bond007]

Nintendo- its stuff coming soon.
its hard to get excited over Microsoft stuff currently given the recent track record. Plus its all multiplat

 

[TintoConCasera]

Can't make me choose between DOOM and Dragon Quest, man.

 

[GymWolf]

I only care about one game in the nintendo list so M wins by default by having fable, doom and a couple of others.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Both; a new Mario & Luigi and a new Gears of War that doesn't look like shit!? I'm a kid again!

 

[Codes 208]

Nintendo had a great showing this year

But its like having a good hand vs a royal flush, xbox just happened to have a god-tier showing this year with games like perfect dark, doom and gears e-day

 

[SEGAvangelist]

I don't think it's close. Xbox had a much more exciting showcase. I did enjoy the Nintendo Direct, though. The Halo 5 Switch port looks great.

 

[Deerock71]

I say they were both great for different reasons.

 

[Roufianos]

Sorry but what? 75% of that Nintendo showing was trash.

 

[Chukhopops]

Voted MS since only Zelda is interesting in that list of new games for Nintendo.

For ports, Darkest Dungeon 2.

Not as appealing as the MS offering for 2024 imo.

 

[Sorcerer]

Maybe Microsoft had a stronger showing (but we have seen many of these games over and over) But Nintendo games actually have a chance of being released within a reasonable time span.
Won't be surprised if Xbox shows some of the same games with still no release date next year. LOL!!!
I hope Fantasian does well for Mistwalker outside of Apple Arcade. Great game!!!

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

For me, Nintendo slightly edges out MS for the title this year.

 

[Codes 208]

I don't think it's close. Xbox had a much more exciting showcase. I did enjoy the Nintendo Direct, though. The Halo 5 Switch port looks great.

ok this one i dont get, one of the biggest complaints of halo 4 was that the newer artstyle looked like a metroid prime game.

Halo copied metroid first, not the other way around.

 

[Hero_Select]

Not Sony

I enjoyed the flow of Xbox a lot more but Metroid Prime 4 is going to be glorious

 

[MujkicHaris]

Microsoft.

Super excited for Dragon Quest remakes. What a great job on the visuals.

 

[Billy Awesomo]

Nintendo wins for me, but it was extremely close. Doom just looks sooo good. But it's sort of hard to compare the two as the types of games were vastly different. Switch is a JRPG machine apparently.

 

[kapshin]

Can't make me choose between DOOM and Dragon Quest, man.

You don't have to, only need one. They're practically the same game.

 

[Punished Miku]

MS. Wasnt really close for me at all.

Still glad everyone showed what they had in June at least.

 

[TintoConCasera]

You don't have to, only need one. They're practically the same game.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

In this serious question?

Microsoft easily. It’s not close

Nintendo’s SoP was on par with Sony’s

 

[Danjin44]

Based on my own taste in games, I go with Nintendo.

 

[Codes 208]

Not Sony

I enjoyed the flow of Xbox a lot more but Metroid Prime 4 is going to be glorious

This is the main takeaway

For the best selling console of this gen, its like theyre trying to make it a dust collector (Astro bots looks fun at least i suppose)

 

[Schmendrick]

For me it`s MS and it isn`t even close.

The Nintendo Direct felt like the Southpark Memberberries episode......the same old stuff for the umpteenth time.

 

[analog_future]

The fact that 31% of people voted Nintendo here just shows what an uphill battle Microsoft has.


Microsoft had one of the best summer showcases in a decade+. Nintendo showed some more HD remakes, some of their b-tier franchises, and a lesser Zelda game.

 

[AV]

Voted for MS accidentally and you fucked the poll up, I can't change it.

Nintendo because I actually believe all the shit I saw will come out within a year. Microsoft's show was great but I can't say the same.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

The fact that 31% of people voted Nintendo here just shows what an uphill battle Microsoft has.


Microsoft had one of the best summer showcases in a decade+. Nintendo showed some more HD remakes, some of their b-tier franchises, and a lesser Zelda game.

Nintendo fans REALLY like Nintendo. I get it. Nintendo has earned trust with game quality.

 

[winjer]

Gamers win with great games.

 

[IAmRei]

Nintendo, they had lot more better than ms

 

[tommib]

You can’t forget the Xbox showcase is also a PlayStation showcase since most of it will end up on PS5. Nintendo wins by default.

 

[Exede]

Microsoft > Nintendo >>>>>>>>>>>> Sony

 

[Sorcerer]

The fact that 31% of people voted Nintendo here just shows what an uphill battle Microsoft has.


Microsoft had one of the best summer showcases in a decade+. Nintendo showed some more HD remakes, some of their b-tier franchises, and a lesser Zelda game.

Nintendo is in coast mode until the next Switch and are handling it fairly well in the interm. I wouldn't be complaining at all if I was a Nintendo fan. Could be much, much worse.

 

[Roufianos]

Nintendo, they had lot more better than ms

A bunch of ports, shovelware, a Zelda spin off and literally one high profile reveal? What fantasy world do you live in?

 

[begotten]

Nintendo had new announcements and release dates.

MS had updates without actual release dates. Like seriously you announce State of Decay 3 in 2020 and then basically re-announce it with a cinematic trailer again?

Edit: Games I will be playing from both so it's kind of close actually, but Nintendo always wins:

• Doom: Te Dark Ages
• Fable
• Gears of War: E-Day
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Perfect Dark
• Expedition 33
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard
• Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.2: Heart of Chornobyl

• Mario & Luigi: Brothership
• FANTASIAN Neo Dimension
• Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
• Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (release date)
• Dragon Quest I + II HD-2D Remake
• Metal Slug Attack Reloaded
• Darkest Dungeon II
• MARVEL vs CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• LEGO Horizon Adventures
• Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

 

[tomato shrub]

I'm a weeb and not a MS guy, so it's quite an achievement that the Xbox conference had 5 or so games I'm very much looking forward too.

Nintendo was whatever. Zelda Builders looks lame. And they really couldn't have wait another year to release Metroid Prime on new hardware with better graphics? What a waste.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

AstroBot was better than anything Nintendo showed

Low budget Lego Zelda?

A short Metroid teaser that looks no different from MP1 remake?

Not really seeing the excitement here. Glad MP4 got announced but that wasn’t exactly a good trailer

 

[Midn1ght]

Gaben, as always.

 

[AV]

The Nintendo Direct felt like the Southpark Memberberries episode......the same old stuff for the umpteenth time.

Microsoft's biggest showing: Call of Duty 21

 

[Mownoc]

Nintendo had exclusives.

 

[Team Andromeda]

Its a easy win for Xbox since they have more In-House games coming out for 2024

 

[Lokaum D+]

No TWW and TP on Nintendo Direct, MS won

 

[Dacvak]

I'm biased as SHIT. Microsoft had a better overall presentation, but Nintendo had Metroid Prime 4 and Zelda Echoes.

I really want to give the win to MS, because you can tell they poured their fuckin heart out with their showcase. But at the end of the day, I've gotta say it was a tie. Metroid Prime 4 is my most anticipated game of the decade. I can't deny that.

 

[ShirAhava]

Nintendo by a mile

Don't care about anything on the xbox list other than metal gear

Playstation might as well not exist as far as my tastes in games go

 

[Deerock71]

You can’t forget the Xbox showcase is also a PlayStation showcase since most of it will end up on PS5. Nintendo wins by default.

And Switch part deux.

 

[bender]

The system that is getting the Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection.

 

[Codes 208]

Actually i take that back

Nobody revealed bloodborne so they all fucking sucked/s

 

[Balducci30]

What was good about this Nintendo presentation? MP4 looked like an expansion pack for the remake that recently released. I was expecting much better. Other than that what was there? The Zelda game?

 

[Ev1L AuRoN]

Nintendo was much better IMHO, Microsoft had a lot of announcements but talking about games that I absolutely want to play, on Microsoft was Doom, the rest maybe when I sub game pass to play doom I look into it.

Now for Nintendo, I must play Metroid Prime 4, The New Zelda, Mario Party, and the real megaton Mario and Luigi. Marvel vs Capcom 2 is probably multiplat, but I definitely will be day one for that. Possibly on the PS5.

 

[ungalo]

If we're just talking about projects shown in these shows, without any context behind it, i don't understand how that's even comparable.

I'm not judging the games themselves in the ND, but they're old games recycled. Even if you're not against it, it's just not comparable. As for the original content, half of it is more akin to portable console stuff (not in a good way imo). MP4 is not this year and the trailer was kind of bad, so it's not a very good payoff for all the waiting.

Again i'm removing the context behind the showcases (like the poor Xbox output these last years, the fact some games are not exclusives etc, i'm not saying by any mean Xbox is winning the console war with that).