E3 2017 Xbox Media Briefing Will Be More About Games Than Hardware, Change To Sunday Explained

[The Ga[M]er.]

During a recent interview released to IGN, Phil Spencer discussed his plan for E3 2017, which for the first time ever will see Microsoft kick off the exhibition on Sunday, the spot which was Bethesda's until last year. He explained the reason for this change and, on top of that, also provided some insight about what we should be expecting from it.

According to Spencer, the change to Sunday (E3 2017) was to give the news coming out of it more room to breath. The idea is that doing so they have more time to have the news spread out in comparison with the usual pre-Sony media briefing, which was just a few hours before the PlayStation event until E3 2016. Looks a good idea to be honest.

 

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Moreover, he added there's no plan set in stone yet, both when it comes to revealing Project Scorpiobefore or during the Xbox media briefing at E3 2017. Spencer acknowledged that it's difficult to put everything into the show, even though he still wants it to be more about games than hardware.

This time, too, it looks a good plan -- games are what define platforms, rather than simple specs and teraflops. It's nice to see that Spencer thinks like that now and for E3 2017, although Microsoft's marketing effort is still all around raw power and the fact Scorpio is the most powerful platform out there this year.