- There's been a lot of talk
lately about how actually ready
the PS5 and Xbox Series X are
for this impending holiday season.
And the main reason for that talk is
there's not a lot actually
releasing alongside them,
and we still don't know their
pricing or hard release dates.
And so I wanna actually examine what games
we know are coming out,
if not this holiday
are at least slated for
2020 for those systems.
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So this list doesn't look too bad
if you focus on a lot of multi-generation,
multi-platform releases,
stuff like Call of Duty,
Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Cyberpunk 2077.
Obviously all these titles are coming out
this holiday season, but
when we're looking at games
that are exclusively designed
for Next Gen Series X
and PS5 specifically, it's
basically eight games.
It's a little more, if you
include some re-releases
that are enhanced a bit
like Observer System Redux
and Overcooked, All You Can Eat Edition,
but as far as original titles being made
exclusively for next gen,
there are eight games
and I'm not even sure
all those are actually gonna
come out this holiday season.
So let's start things off with
one of the kind of safer bets
of actually coming out this holiday season
for its exclusive system,
Spider-Man: Miles Morales
for the PS5.
Now what makes this a very safe title
is that effectively it is a standalone DLC
that offers a ton of enhancements,
taking advantage of all the
power boosts the PS5 has
in comparison to the PS4.
Now, this has raised some questions
and concerns about whether or not
we'll actually see a PS4 version
of this game get released
because effectively it is making
use of the same base engine
and assets as the
original Spider-Man game.
But as it stands right now,
it is slated as specifically a PS5 title,
launching holiday 2020.
More than likely either
an immediate launch title
for the PS5 or very shortly after launch.
Considering how much fun
Spider-Man for PS4 is,
this is definitely a title
I think a lot of people
are gonna be excited to pick up.
I think there's gonna be a
lot of people also let down
if it does not get a PS4 version,
but for those of you that
are planning on getting a PS5
as soon as possible,
this is one of the big titles
to definitely look out for,
especially considering
it is likely not dropping
at a full price point since
it is a smaller standalone DLC
type of game.
Now to bounce up the scales a little bit,
let's talk about something
that is exclusive
to the Xbox Series X
and should be arriving
this holiday season,
assuming there are no surprise
pushbacks being announced,
The Medium.
This is a new psychological thriller
coming from Team Blooper,
who is responsible for some other recent
psychological horror hits like
Observer and Layers of Fear.
And I absolutely love the
really strong Silent Hill vibes
this game is giving off 'cause
to be completely honest,
even if Halo Infinite was
not pushed back to 2021,
and we still had that
game to look forward to
for this holiday season,
Medium would still be actually the game
I'm most excited to play on the Series X
because I love Silent Hill
and I love there's a new game
that's really tapping into
that same kind of vibe.
In fact, they even have
the same lead composer
from the Silent Hill franchise,
working on this game,
specifically doing the
music for its bizarre,
crazy looking spiritual realm.
This was one of the games revealed
during one of Xbox's showcases
and after Halo Infinite
has been pushed back, it's one
of the titles that Microsoft
has been leaning a little harder into
as far as something to look forward to
when the Series X launches
this holiday season.
So it seems like this
is one of the safer bets
that will be coming out on time.
But again, like a lot of
these titles, who knows.
As far as another really
strong, safe release
for this holiday season goes,
there's Godfall for the PS5 and PC.
Now this is a game that we saw a teaser of
back at the Game Awards last year,
and since then, we've been getting
a lot of gameplay demonstrations
at basically every single E3 substitute
that's been happening
over this past summer,
more than any other next generation game,
we've seen so much
gameplay for this title,
including what was basically
a full blown tutorial
during the last PlayStation event.
This is a fast paced,
hack and slash action game
that makes use of looter
elements and cooperative play,
and if I'm being honest,
looks very, very formulaic,
which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
There are some very
formulaic games out there
that end up being very
memorable experiences
because they are able to
fine tune those elements
we've seen in other games so
well, but at the same time,
it's just not the kind of thing
that I get super personally excited for.
Still though, for how much
gameplay we have seen,
if there is any next generation exclusive
that we can make a safe bet
on making its way before 2021,
it's Godfall.
Last on the list of games
that I feel pretty confident
about coming out this
holiday season for sure,
there are four more games on this list
that I'm a little less confident
in, is Astro's Playroom.
Now this one's a little bit different
because it's not a standalone title
that you can pick up for any system.
Instead it is a
pre-installed game on the PS5
and it's the newest edition
in Sony's Astro's Series,
which is basically their version
of what Nintendo has done
with Wii Sports, Nintendo
Land, 1-2-Switch,
in that it's mainly really
meant to be a fun tech demo
to show you all the cool
new things that you can do
with the new dual sense controller.
Adaptive triggers, haptic
feedback, the built in microphone,
this is gonna be a sort of
mini game style focused game
that allows you to see all the things
that the new controller can do.
Again, this is different from
everything else on the list
because you don't have to go
out of your way to buy it,
but look, this is a small
enough list as it is,
and a lot of times these kinds
of tutorial focused games
can actually be really surprisingly fun.
So here's hoping it is.
All right, now let's
talk about some maybes
for this holiday season,
because the reason why
there maybe is come down
to two different things.
Either, it was a game that was
announced coming out in 2020,
and that was it, without
any further clarification,
or they are games that make
use of the very specific
yet also vague wording of
launch window releases.
A good example of this is
this Series X exclusive Scorn,
and this is one of the
games they showed off
during one of their showcases.
And it's still a little
unclear what this game is,
which definitely adds onto the feeling
of it's not actually gonna
come out soon enough.
It looks like it's a first person shooter
that makes use of artwork
inspired by HR Geiger,
which is the kind of insane alien stuff
if you ever watched any
of the alien movies.
It's that style of visual,
which is very creepy
and unsettling feeling,
I'm very much here for it.
And that's really all it's
initial teaser trailer showed us.
We haven't seen any actual game play,
the game hasn't been rated yet.
In fact, I'm very skeptical whether or not
this is going to be a holiday release,
when I was researching for this video,
a lot of people were listing it as one,
and I never found a great source for it
as far as what the company
itself said initially.
Eventually I did find a
press release from them
after it was revealed
during the Xbox srowcase,
which clarified that it's planned to be
a launch window release for the Xbox.
Now launch window is a wording
that can mean different
things to different people.
I think that kind of standard meaning,
which is also what I
usually interpreted as
is that three months from launch,
which assuming the Xbox
Series X is coming out
in early November, that
means this could be November,
December, or possibly January,
even early February release.
Holiday is a possibility, and
I think both these systems
need as many as they can get,
but considering we haven't
really heard a thing
since this initial teaser,
I'm not holding up my hopes for this one.
Now more recent announcement
that has the same
kind of wording of a
launch release window title
is Ratchet and Clank, which is honestly,
I think one of the most
hype-inducing next gen titles,
because it does a very important thing
of not only looking like
a very beautiful game
and is new entry in a
franchise people love,
but it really showcases
the kind of game play
that is possible on
next generation systems
thanks to using an SSD
that is not possible
on an older system.
It's not just a prettier looking game,
the fact that it can load whole new areas
as quickly as it does,
means that mid game play,
you can go to totally
different places super quickly.
And it's not something
you have to experience
any kind of full blown loading screen for.
I was noticing during
the last game play demo,
there definitely is a degree of buffering
'cause there's all these sections
where you're diving through
this kind of dimension
with mirrors everywhere,
and that's definitely a way of hiding
that they're loading up the
next area you're going to,
but the fact that it's
whole new areas that fast
is so impressive and it
still happens very quickly.
After their latest gameplay demo
at Gamescom Opening Day Live,
Insomniac was asked when
the game is coming out
and they used again, this
very specific wording
of launch release window.
So again, probably sometime
three months within the launch
of the PS5, hopefully this holiday season,
because I really do think this
is one of the biggest titles
PlayStation has to really
show off what the PS5 can do.
But if it's not during
this holiday season,
we should be able to look
forward to it very early in 2021.
Next up was one of the few
multi-platform releases
that looks to be coompletely next gen.
Again, there are a couple
of games that are coming out
on both systems and old systems.
This one looks like it's all new though
called Paradise Lost.
Now what makes this one a little bit weird
is that it was initially announced for PC
and then eventually they opened
it up to PS5 and Series X.
Their general release date is 2020,
but where I'm a little
unclear is whether or not
that 2020 release date is
just for the PC version,
with console versions
coming up shortly after,
or if they're all gonna make
it in time for this holiday.
Now there's not a ton of information
that's still out there for this game.
There are some teaser trailers
and kind of a basic premise
that's been revealed.
It looks like it is an
exploration focused,
puzzle mystery game in
which plot line wise,
World War II never ended.
This one of the games that has definitely
not been talked about as much
for next generation gaming,
but I think it's a really
interesting premise,
and there's gonna be a lot more
of these kind of third party titles.
It's not all gonna be
big first party push ones
and so interested in seeing
more information about that
as we get closer to this holiday season.
This the last one I'm a
little more hesitant to add,
because this is a very big question mark,
but it feels as though it
was definitely targeted
for holiday initially,
or at least a launch window kind of title,
which is Hellblade II for the Series X.
Now what's interesting about this game
is that the original
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
was a timed PS4 exclusive
that eventually made it's way
to Xbox One.
Microsoft then acquired Ninja
Theory, the studio behind it
and then during the game awards last year,
they revealed Hellblade
II was in development
for the Series X as an exclusive.
Now given how early that was announced,
basically side by side with the reveal
of the Series X hardware,
it would seem as though this
game was going to be targeted
as an early launch for the Series X,
but there has not been a single
word about it since then.
Microsoft does have more
press conferences planned
for the rest of the year, leading
up to the Series X launch.
Presumably we'll be seeing
one sometime this month,
since they missed out on August,
we're all waiting on that
Series S reveal after all.
So there is a chance
that we'll get an update
on that game's current status,
but as it is right now,
we really don't have any actual idea.
Now, there are a lot of
games that were announced
for Series X and PS5 that
have no release dates
attached to them all just yet.
So it is possible that some of those games
could get a surprise reveal,
as being something that
comes out closer to launch,
but considering how close
we're getting right now,
they are definitely cutting
things very, very close.
Knowing my luck, one of the
games I just talked about
will get officially pushed back to 2021
once this video goes live,
but assuming that doesn't happen,
over the next couple of weeks,
I am looking forward to
learning as much more as we can
about these next gen systems,
pick them up, and let you
guys know what I think.
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