Microsoft E3 2017 predictions: Project Scorpio, Crackdown 3, Red Dead Redemption 2 and more

What we expect to see and hope to see at Microsoft's annual trade show press conference.

[Goldby]

except Read Dead wont be on Ms E3, Sony has marketing rights for it

[XXanderXX]

That's okay not the only game R* has that needs marketing

Think he just got way ahead of himself in the excitement that is Scorpio .....

[Goldby]

i know, its just the author should have done some research about that. just doesn't look as credible if he is basing his articles off falsehoods

[XXanderXX]

@MasterCornholio So R*is going to be making GTA 6 for PC seeing how its the bigger install base .

[freshslicepizza]

Sony can go ahead and spend your money marketing this game, we all know now Scorpio will have the best version until they ever get around to making it in the PC.

Sony will no doubt take another page out of Microsoft previous playbook and get some exclusive content so they won't feel like they have the inferior version. All paid for by PS4 Plus memberships now being collected.

[Goldby]

Theres the moldy we love to hate

it's been awhile

[Goldby]

@Moldy

" All paid for by PS4 Plus memberships now being collected."

just image that for the last 3 generations that xbox gamers have been paying for xbox live, and all they have is a new system and no real exclusive picks in the coming future save 5 games, 4 which will be sequels.

Guess what moldy, just because one of the xbox versions will have 4k doesn't make the xbox version superior. it is still the same game that can be played on an xbox one or one s, so no 4k textures for those. are you nwo insulting your fellow xbox gamers who cant afford the scorpio by calling it the more inferior version to the playstation 4 version....

everyone,, gather round, this is what madness looks like, first you attack your enemy, then your ally leaving you the enemy

[freshslicepizza]

Oh that's right Goldby, now power doesn't matter as we went through years when the PS4's better versions in Digital Foundry and all the other comparisons brought in a lot of heat here, now it doesn't matter. How predictable. It's not going to be just resolution either. Please conmtinue to just emphasize exclusives too as the PS4 install base keeps proving you wrong as they continue to buy multiplat games in droves adn make up the bulk of software sales. How odd for you to keep promoting the PS4 to everyone in Xbox topics.

"are you nwo insulting your fellow xbox gamers who cant afford the scorpio by calling it the more inferior version to the playstation 4 version...."

Oh, so anytime someone says the Pro version is better than the regular PS4 it's now insulting?

"no real exclusive picks in the coming future save 5 games, 4 which will be sequels."

Sure, keep selling your own agenda. You're right, only 5 games in the future will ever come to the Xbox family that can't be played on the PS4.

[CaptainObvious878]

@Moldy

Just like you and your ilk were hawking on about how you could barely tell a difference between versions and graphics doesn't matter, but now it's all about graphics and the superior versions scorp will have.

Since graphics is so important to you I assume you've been buying your multiplats for your ps4 console this whole gen...

And do I need to go on about MS wasting millions in exclusive marketing deals All last gen and this gen?

Your hypocrisy is on full display, moldy.

[freshslicepizza]

@CaptainObvious878
"Just like you and your ilk were hawking on about how you could barely tell a difference between versions and graphics doesn't matter, but now it's all about graphics and the superior versions scorp will have."

Please show me where I said there is no difference.

"Since graphics is so important to you I assume you've been buying your multiplats for your ps4 console this whole gen..."

PC when I can.

"And do I need to go on about MS wasting millions in exclusive marketing deals All last gen and this gen?"

Which ironically many Sony fans hated the practoce but now seem to be ok with it. Amazing how that works while they still act like Microsoft is so terrible.

[Ceaser9857361]

Moldy

Stop bitching about Scorpio this and that... Jeez! the console isn't out yet and look at you xbox fanboys.. Yea! Scorpio will be a beast congratulation... Will you be buying one?? Good for you if YES!!! All of a sudden now Xbox fanboys are Scropio gonna be the best and all... If you're thinking the difference gonna be HUUUUGGE! you gonna be disappointed for sure... and then as usual you gonna defend... That fandom wont stop..

[XanderZane]

Microsoft will probably take GTA VI instead.

[MasterCornholio]

Depends on what Rockstars priorities are. Do they want to market the game to the largest install base or they want to show it off on the most powerful console.

With that said it's highly unlikely that they will reveal GTA6 at this E3.

[DarkZane]

Sony has the bigger install base so they will also take GTA VI.

Not that it matters because GTA VI is so far away it won't even be shown or mentioned at this E3. Even by E3 2018, they still won't have announced the game at all.

[XanderZane]

@MasterCornholio
Well we already know what Take-Two Interactive/Rockstar priorities are and it's to make money. If Microsoft shows them the money, the deal will be made. Microsoft does a great job at marketing games and getting tons of exposure.

@DarkZane
I didn't say this E3. If Microsoft can spend a billion on Minecraft, who knows what else they can spend a billion on in the gaming industry.

[Goldby]

@Xander

Ms spent 2 billion on minecraft, but the difference is it wasn't because they wanted it on Xbox.
Minecraft was purchased through Microsoft corperation because they wanted it to be a part of their PC/Windows 10 plan, as well as bring out the educational version of Minecraft.

GTA on the other hand would have to be paid through the xbox Division if they wanted to get some sort of rights to it, afterall they cant exactly sell GTA6 as educational to schools

[MasterCornholio]

Well if Microsoft always offers more than Sony then why did Sony get the marketing deal for Read Dead Redemption?

But the truth is we don't know the details of these marketing deals. Maybe Microsoft did offer more than Sony but not enough to make up for Sony's larger install base. It's not like the Xbox division has access to all of Microsofts money. They have a budget to follow and maybe marketing deals are not their priority right now.

"Microsoft does a great job at marketing games and getting tons of exposure. "

And Sony does a great job at that as well plus they have a massive install base as well.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Yeah I don't really see that happening.

[XanderZane]

@MasterCornholio
We don't know if Microsoft even made an offer. Maybe they didn't. Never said Sony doesn't do a good job marketing. Don't be so insecure.

@2pacalypsenow
It'll sell crazy on XB1/Scorpio as well. The first game did. I'm sure it will sell millions on both platforms which is what Take-Two/Rockstar wants.

[Ceaser9857361]

GTAV 6 wont happen until next gen.. Post Red Dead 2 its gonna be Bully 2 prolly... Since there are rumors regarding R* working on 2 games 1. Red dead 2 and 2, Bully 2

xander

"Microsoft does a great job at marketing games and getting tons of exposure. "
Sony Playstation does it better hence the install base and maximum third party games deal. .

" If Microsoft shows them the money, the deal will be made"
Well MS has money , Xbox department doesn't have the fund.. If what you say was true all the marketing deals like COD WW 2, Battlefield 2, RED DEAD 2, MASS EFFECT ANDRO.. would have been all with Xbox marketing these games...

Xbox did with ROTR , what happened?? Any one??

[krypt1983]

Your not going to see gta 6 until atleast 2020 it's rdr2 then bully 2 in 2019

[TheCommentator]

That'll be nice... let's see the game debut on a system that can't handle 4K.

Rockstar will be showing an inferior version of their product at their big reveal if they show it on the Pro first. Sony paying for this (or any) exclusivity is just as dumb as when MS did it last gen, TBH. Not to be a hypocrite, timed exclusivity is just as dumb as marketing exclusivity too. I only blame the publishers because they shouldn't just whore themselves out to whoever shows them more money.

[2pacalypsenow]

It will still sell a like crazy on PS4, 4k or not, and that's what Rockstar cares about

[MasterCornholio]

Maybe their intention is to market the game to the largest install base? There are other reasons besides power that help seal a marketing deal.

Anyways if Sony create a special edition PS4 with RDR2 it might boost sales by a massive amount which would make the deal worth it.

@2p

"It will still sell a like crazy on PS4, "

And probably the most on PlayStation with most people playing the game on the base PS4 due to PS4 selling over 70 million consoles by the time the game releases. If the game gets delayed to early next year that number could be around 80 million.

[SpaceRanger]

How is it "inferior" if it's actually playing at a decent resolution that's actually HD. Imagine if MS debuted their exclusives on a console that does sub-HD the majority of the time in their third and first party games?...oh wait, they've been doing that for the last few years and you haven't complained.

Another fanboy flipping their take on graphics. This hypocrisy is getting out of hand at this point.

[Gazondaily]

^^LOL at the spin. The most superior version technically will most likely be the Scorpio #dealwithit

[TheCommentator]

Really, Master C? Are Sony fans really that dumb that they can't understand what game system a game is for when they see a commercial without Sony paying for its' advertising? If that's true, it explains a lot of what goes on around N4G all the time.

Speaking of dumb Sony fans, hello Space Ranger! How is it inferior? Let me spell it out: Native 4K > Naive 4K.

You're the only hypocrite I see right now, Ranger, by admitting that a game playing at a decent resolution of 900p is inferior to that of a 1080p image, yet don't think Native 4K is better than checkerboarding. News flash... 900p is inferior to 1080p just like sub 4K is inferior to 4K. You are right about one thing though, I haven't complained about XB1 not having the best graphics because I play games, not graphics. The issue here is about R* not being able to show off their best work by showing the game on Scorpio because Sony wants to pay to market the game instead.

[dilbig5]

It's not like it's gonna look a whole different either way so why not go with the larger audience.

[Rude-ro]

Remember the good ol days you thought the Xbox one was going to do 4k due to the cloud?
Glad to see you are jumping that ship for reality at least.

[MasterCornholio]

"Are Sony fans really that dumb that they can't understand what game system a game is for when they see a commercial without Sony paying for its' advertising?"

But you are if you honestly believe that.

I'm talking about the casuals that don't visit sites like N4G for their daily video game news.

You do know those people exist right?

There are reasons why exclusive marketing deals are important and one of them is to dupe the casuals into thinking that the game is exclusive to one platform.

Anyways insulting an entire fanbase doesn't make you look any more intelligent. Maybe you should ask for a clarification if you didn't understand something?

[TheCommentator]

Master C, every commercial still shows what systems a game is available on. Sony pays to have their logo plastered on certain 3rd party games at the beginning of their commericals, so people who are dumb won't notice that it's also on XB1, PC, etc. But hey, at least you admit that Sony is catering to the unintelligent, which means you inadvertently admitted that Sony likes stupid gamers!

Historically, most things that are popular are the ones that cater to dumb people.

I've poked the hornet's nest enough for one day...

[MasterCornholio]

" But hey, at least you admit that Sony is catering to the unintelligent, which means you inadvertently admitted that Sony likes stupid gamers! "

Microsoft does as well. Just look at how they structure many of their Xbox One commercials. Ignorant casuals are the biggest market so it's normal for Microsoft and Sony to go after them.

"Sony likes stupid gamers! "

So does Microsoft because stupid gamers are the easiest ones to get income from.

[Ceaser9857361]

When Xbox got the ROTR TIMED exclusive deal the xbox fanboys were cool with it and now they can't digest the fact that most third party MARKETING deal is with Playstation... The amount of double standard from few xbox fanboys are amazing...

[krypt1983]

It's pathetic the conversation needs to shift back to games and gaming choose the platform you want to play the games on and leave it at that, then us as gamers should hold devs/pubs responsible

[mocaak]

Ironically, the same guy predicted that it will be at Sony's conference in his yesterday's article.

[meka2611]

Big surprise on that one, sony always spends shit tons of money on marketing; it's just a dumb waste of money for a multiplatform title. Not sure if RDR2 will be a system seller, but either way when someone who doesn't have a console comes to a game store and says I want RDR2 the clerk will say, we have it for ps4 and xbox one and the person can chose.

[TheCommentator]

That's why MS stopped doing it last gen.

[Rude-ro]

@thecomm
Tomb raider
Dead rising
Battlefield hardline
Assasins creed
Titanfall
Etc etc etc... all marketing deals
When did they stop?
They got outplayed with their own game from last gen.

[Ceaser9857361]

thecommentator

"That's why MS stopped doing it last gen."

LMAO!!! Here is a xbox fanboy who will now lie and spread false news just to prove his point..

Rude-ro
well done for pointing out..

meka2611

"Big surprise on that one, sony always spends shit tons of money on marketing; it's just a dumb waste of money for a multiplatform title."
Xbox does that too and wasted alot of money with ROTR Timed Exclusive deal...

[seanpitt23]

You beat me to it.

[Ceaser9857361]

R* usually dont do E3 but if it happens then its gonna be on Sony Stage.. GTAV remastered with bundle was shown on Sony's e3 conf. and Since RDR2 marketing rights is with Sony IF R* Decides to surprise us gamers it will be on Sony's e3 conf..

[krypt1983]

Sony don't have marketing rights they have a deal to get some multiplayer content first that's it, but i still don't think you see it on microsofts floor. Im a xbox guy and im not expecting much at e3 this yr from microsoft and im fine with that this is only Phil's 3rd year as head of xbox it takes 3-5 years to make a good game. Give me scropio with the best looking/performing games and ill be fine this year without big name exclusives with destiny2 rdr2 friday 13th i won't be playing much besides that anyway.

[slavish0]

Now fan girls argue for THIRD PART MARKETING. .lmao these games r available everywhere 🤣

[Goldby]

and yes while the games are available everywhere, The fact that Sony gets the commercials and all marketing for RDR2 can sway or convince people to buy it on the ps4. and some people out there will believe its only available on ps4.

after all there are gamers out there that honestly believe that because Ms has a 4k machine that all of a sudden they will be "winning" the console war this gen. people can be easily swayed specially when it comes to marketing.

[goatking]

Sea of thieves, crackdown 3, forza 7, probably some new stuff, maybe a short teaser for halo 6, and obviously the scorpio reveal.

[Tussin187]

I just know that we better see Crackdown running on an X1 and not the Scorpio. I mean they can show what it looks like on Scorpio but I want to see this game running on X1 since the cloud was hyped up so much.

I know it will look great on Scorpio but in my eyes it wouldn't be as convincing if they just showed it on Scorpio. The system is 5 times the power of X1 so they could say it's the cloud but we really wouldn't know.

Show it on X1 and then show us the difference. I hoping this game lives​ up to all the cloud talk. I have a feeling it will but now days I'm always at bit skeptical on everything. Can't wait for MS and Sony to blow us away. Hurry up June!!!

No disagree from me.

[--bienio--]

Just fu@£& announce RDR2 on Pc R*!!!

[shiva1]

Would you take it if its play anywhere?

[Goldby]

if its a play anywhere multiplatform game, its coming to pc which means yes, i would buy it on steam, but not win 10.

i blow my nose in Ms general direction when it comes to win 10

[rando]

lets see how many pro-Sony comments bashing Xbox get a ton of up-votes on this article. lol smh

[Donnie81]

I predict the comment section of this article will be filled with salty Sony fans bragging about sales.

[ShadowKnight]

I think Microsoft should market all the future third-party games to help them sell a lot of Scorpio units. I guess that's a start.

[Goldby]

they would have to convince all of thos companies that a small portion of the users ofthe smaller base of xbox one will outsell the larger of the two install bases.

aka scorpio sales out sells ps4 sales.

and until Ms closes the gap of a 2:1 sales, they would ahve to throw alot of money at those companies to offset the sales of the larger install base

[ShadowKnight]

TBH Microsoft don't have too many options atm. They're in a difficult and tough situation

[Goldby]

ya hopefully the scoprio is the first steps to their rebranding.

they have the console, now they need the games

[goatking]

You act like sony doesn't do anything to get marketing rights. No, they pay for them, just like microsoft has to.

[Goldby]

@the goat king,

not at all, i know Sony is [paying for those marketing rights as well, i also know that it will end up costing Ms alot more than it would sony to get those marketing rights. tell me, if you made a product available for 2 companies, and one company had over twice the userbase as the other, would you sign with the smaller userbase for the same amount that the larger userbase offered.. of course not, y, becuase now your product is being linked with a ompany that doesn't have the same userbase and in some cases may make people think it is specific to that one company.

Business at the end of the day are all about profit, and any 3rd party marketing deal between sony and Ms will end with ether a very very big cheque from Ms or marketing rights from sony based on user base alone

[Gunstar75]

I think they might announce some classic PC exclusives coming to xb1.... maybe?

[3-4-5]

* This will be my first E3 with a PS4 so I now have those games to look forward to as well as the Switch & XB1 games..3ds and so on.

E3 this year should actually be pretty awesome.

* Switch games for 2017 and into 2018 = We get to see what the future of the Switch and the Direction it's heading with Nintendo.

* We get to see Scorpio.

* New IPs for Switch,XB1/Scorpio & PS4.
* Destiny 2, Dragon Quest XI,CoD WW2( first time I'm interested in a COD game in 5+ years),Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Shenmue 3, FF 7 remake, possible future direction of where the Legend of Heroes series is going,Marvel Vs Capcom:Infinite, Hot Shots Golf PS4, possibly Smash Bros. news for Switch, Cyberpunk 2077....maybe we actually get to see some gameplay!!,

There are a ton more I can't think of off the top of my head but I'm excited for all the above and then probably 30+ more games.

[j15reed]

It's going to be pretty hilarious if RD2 is on the stage.