

“ 5) Better Communication (and Not Just About Games) On My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin, Parkin and his episode 6 guest Phil Fish had a brief but insightful discussion about how Summer of Arcade brought about a certain excitement for developers as well as players. It seems like developers had some fondness for the summer event too. But what if you look back at your past and say "dang, that was a good one" and do it again? Bring back Summer of Arcade, please! is already such a great program that gets a sparse highlight at the big events, but they tend to be some of my favorite surprises at hands-on events. Speaking from experience at IGN, there's a lot that goes into making an event work.

Here are three I'd want to see, both for personal reasons and because I think they'd just be great moves! 4. This was difficult! It's tough to make big moves in a year. This would be a great way to engage the community on any platform Xbox exists on (console, PC, cloud) and resurrect a beloved thing. Put it on Game Pass and you’d have plenty of tune-in during the live events. Or, if there’s a licensing issue with that show, Microsoft can get some other live-event game (Price is Right, perhaps?). I want to see Microsoft do something really unique: bring back 1vs100! It’s one of the most unique video game experiences of my lifetime (in the best of ways), and a new generation of gamers should get to experience it. The long-rumored but never-made Xboy could finally be born! 3. Maybe not every game would be compatible, but I’ll bet most of them would. I realize that’s much easier said than done, but I can’t imagine it’s an insurmountable obstacle. For the love of all things good, Microsoft should announce native Steam Deck support! If Xbox is serious about meeting gamers wherever they’re at, they should team up with their Seattle-area neighbors and turn the Steam Deck into a handheld Xbox through native support of Game Pass on the Deck’s Proton (Linux)-based OS.
