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[PrimeRib_]

No confirmed.

Thanks. Honestly that was my fav. 360 game by far. I grew tired of Halos and CODs a long time ago.

 

[fluffydelusions]

In what way is it the most popular game 'on the planet' right now?

Because it is? More concurrent people playing than both the hd twins combined by a wide margin.

 

[JustProgress]

I don't understand where the League rumor came from. The game is literally impossible without some major overhauling, and even then mechanics like last hitting would be near impossible.

 

[Liquidsnake]

It's alright. A lot of people are just getting anxious this close to the unveil, especially with no real leaks.



You sly dog!

During our morning meeting, I sneezed once, and fake coughed twice. Not over doing it, but just the right amount.

Its a win win, if I call in sick tomorrow, I laid the groundwork, and no one really wants an ill person in the office getting everyone else sick.

If I show up tomorrow, ill look like a real trooper.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

On Eurogamer there is a guy claiming 4.9 tflops with 12 meg. lawl.

More chance of Gremlins 3

 

[China Dont Care]

Someone hook me up with the only 'on xbox tag' for my avatar. Asked in the last thread but it was closing time and I had to go home to the places I will be from.

 

[Angelus Errare]

People who play consoles, or spend a majority of their time playing consoles don't give a shit about MOBAs.

 

[BrokenEchelon]

People said the same exact thing about Minecraft

Minecraft can be played by a monkey succesfully, and is in first person, which is what console players are already very much used to seeing.

Halo Wars controlled really well. I am not saying they could transport the game 1:1 to a controller, adjustments would need to be made for sure.

While I disagree that it controlled really well (I thought it was decent though), even assuming that it did, you'll never get the precision out of it that you'd need for something as fast paced as Dota/LoL.

Really? I'm a 90% console gamer and love league and MOBA type games. Quit making assumptions about things you know nothing about

Congratulations, you're an outlier.

Point me to a multi-million selling MOBA on consoles.


I also want to just point out that I believe this in general, this isn't tied specifically to the Xbox in any way, since I know emotions are running high and people are ready to snap at perceived slights against their favored console.

 

[Izick]

I don't understand where the League rumor came from. The game is literally impossible without some major overhauling, and even then mechanics like last hitting would be near impossible.

They came from a fellow poster on here who's allegedly been correct about rumors in the past. It was LoL, Hawken, and Dead Rising 3 if I remembered, and I think he mentioned something about Insomniac coming out on stage to show off an exclusive. He kind of hinted at that last point instead of saying it point-blank like the first three.

I'm not saying it's true, just telling you where it came from.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Why not? It refutes what you said perfectly?

It's apples and oranges.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

During our morning meeting, I sneezed once, and fake coughed twice. Not over doing it, but just the right amount

Rub your eyes a bit before going in the office, sniffle into a tissue a couple of times an hour.

Enjoy tomorrow

 

[PrimeRib_]

During our morning meeting, I sneezed once, and fake coughed twice. Not over doing it, but just the right amount

LOL

I'm wrapping up the last two weeks of unemployment until I start my next gig so tomorrow is absolutely free as a bird - got my Doritos and Mountain Dew lined up and ready!

 

[Ninja Moomin]

I keep trying to stay calm about tomorrow (tomorrow!!!!)

But then I think... oh fuck.... tomorrow

 

[Deku Tree]

Timetable of Events:

May 21 9am PDT / 5pm BST: GameTrailers.com pre-show with Mr G. Keighley, Stephen Totilo, Jeff Gerstmann, Rob Smith
May 21 10am PDT / 6pm BST: Xbox - A New Generation Revealed keynote
May 21 11am PDT / 7pm BST: GameTrailers.com post-show with the Mr G. Keighley and Don Mattrick.
May 21 12pm PDT / 8pm BST: Twitch.tv post-show live show with Larry 'Major Nelson' Hyrb and co.

Too much to watch.

 

[shandy706]

June 6th.

He just tweeted(today?) he's getting ready to leave on a quick business trip.

I don't follow him, but I saw it in the previous thread.

June 6th seems a big off to be leaving now.

 

[China Dont Care]

How all games should be revealed

 

[WJD]

It's only an hour long? Hopefully the filler shit is kept to a minimum.

 

[Izick]

During our morning meeting, I sneezed once, and fake coughed twice. Not over doing it, but just the right amount.

Its a win win, if I call in sick tomorrow, I laid the groundwork, and no one really wants an ill person in the office getting everyone else sick.

If I show up tomorrow, ill look like a real trooper.

I remember the sneeze you mentioned in the last thread! You were laying the groundwork!

 

[Angelus Errare]

I don't understand where the League rumor came from. The game is literally impossible without some major overhauling, and even then mechanics like last hitting would be near impossible.

They could dumb it down streamline it and make it more action oriented like Guardians of Middle-Earth.

http://youtu.be/4A_3eLYUTrE

 

[derFeef]

While I disagree that it controlled really well (I thought it was decent though), even assuming that it did, you'll never get the precision out of it that you'd need for something as fast paced as Dota/LoL.

It's not impossible imo, and keep in mind that everyone would control the game the same way.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Because it is? More concurrent people playing than both the hd twins combined by a wide margin.

It speaks nothing of its 'popularity' in a wider sense - ask the man on the street what LoL is and he'll be clueless.

 

[Karak]

They came from a fellow poster on here who's allegedly been correct about rumors in the past. It was LoL, Hawken, and Dead Rising 3 if I remembered, and I think he mentioned something about Insomniac coming out on stage to show off an exclusive. He kind of hinted at that last point instead of saying it point-blank like the first three.

I'm not saying it's true, just telling you where it came from.

The Dead Rising one seems to be collaborated more than the others. We will see though. As for LoL and Hawken, those would also be great gets for any console.

 

[Pie and Beans]

Did you miss the part where it would still be on PS360? Do you also realise that whatever next gen system it comes out the first fifa/cod w/e is not going to do anywhere neeear the numbers PS360 version have been pulling?

You're over-dramatising the (possible) situation.

I think even the every man is going to be aware just how note for note similar the PS4 and Durango (god I cant wait to stop saying that) are in hardware, and that any "exclusive" is going to be a totally dubious bought one or promotion driven situation. There won't be a "oh, couldnt get our engine running due to weird architecture..." shit you can throw like you would with this gen and WiiU. There will be no weaseling out of such decisions, only doubling down.

Imagine all the "ifs" EA would be facing even throwing the Durango a timed exclusive. What if MS can't make launch this year? What if PS4 is bizarrely a sensation harkening back to the PS2? What if Durango has an even faster RROD scandal attached to it? If always online is in there, and FIFA supports it, imagine for EA the severity of facing another server meltdown ala Sim City?

Some things just aren't worth a bag of gold coins pushed over the table.

 

[Grisby]

 

[Wishmaster92]

It's over if they show a new perfect dark.

 

[Trevelyon]

It's only an hour long? Hopefully the filler shit is kept to a minimum.

I'll always give Microsoft the props when it comes to running a snappy, quick moving presser/stage event. Now, whether the content is all that great is another matter entirely.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

God I love that film.

 

[Izick]

What I would absolutely love to see was if some recent Kickstarter projects like Broken Age, Torment, and Shadowrun: Returns found their way to consoles. I have a really crappy laptop that only runs Linux so it'd be hard to play them otherwise.

 

[specialguy]

It speaks nothing of its 'popularity' in a wider sense - ask the man on the street what LoL is and he'll be clueless.

ask the man on the street anything related to video games and he'll probably be clueless...in gaming there's nothing more popular than lol though.

but dota 2 seems to be the one to watch going forward.

 

[aganu]

EA don't own the Champions Leauge license don't they? I could see MS securing it for thier version of the game.

Konami owns the exclusive rights of the Champions League for their Pro Evolution Soccer, this year included.

 

[Karak]

What I would absolutely love to see was if some recent Kickstarter projects like Broken Age, Torment, and Shadowrun: Returns found their way to consoles. I have a really crappy laptop that only runs Linux so it'd be hard to play them otherwise.

Movie makers are already looking into failed and successful Kickstarters I can see companies doing the same. Its a great place to get a group in at the ground level. If I was a manufacturer or publisher I would be scanning it daily.

 

[Iced_Eagle]

I don't understand where the League rumor came from. The game is literally impossible without some major overhauling, and even then mechanics like last hitting would be near impossible.

Games like Guardians of Middle Earth have solved problems like this. I had the same doubts as you until I tried that game, and I realized that it could totally work. It won't be the same as the PC version, especially since you don't have a mouse, but they can find a way. Because of this, it's highly unlikely that people on the console will be able to play with people on the PC though.

 

[China Dont Care]

It's only an hour long? Hopefully the filler shit is kept to a minimum.

Post show at microsoft campus, with Microsoft guest. at 12 Pacific on Twitch. (1 hour long)

 

[BlazingDarkness]

ask the man on the street anything related to video games and he'll probably be clueless...in gaming there's nothing more popular than lol though.

but dota 2 seems to be the one to watch going forward.

Not really. Everybody knows Call of Duty, and Mario etc
Heck, there's a good portion of GAF who've never seen LoL, that speaks volumes.

 

[specialguy]

Imagine all the "ifs" EA would be facing even throwing the Durango a timed exclusive. What if MS can't make launch? What if PS4 is bizarrely a sensation harkening back to the PS2? What if Durango has an even faster RROD scandal attached to it? If always online is in there, and FIFA supports it, imagine for EA the severity of facing another server meltdown ala Sim City?

Some things just aren't worth a bag of gold coins pushed over the table.

I dont believe huge franchises like Fifa and COD are gonna go timed exclusive even for next gen only, but, if stuff like you say above happened, they can just come back in a years time without too much damage ya know? These are annual franchises, and initially the next gen install bases will be low anyway by nature, so your downside exposure (and upside) is limited.

 

[Angelus Errare]

God I love that film.

brofist!

 

[Klocker]

The only thing that the Paul Thurrott stuff goes to show is how secret these project(s) have been, even internally.

exactly, shit has been on lockdown, nobody knows what's up exactly

 

[IOnEI Falcon]

Just told the boss, sorry I am keeping my distance, I don't feel very good today.

Good try Harry. Shouldn't have posted this on the internet. You're fired!

 

[PrimeRib_]

Games like Guardians of Middle Earth have solved problems like this. I had the same doubts as you until I tried that game, and I realized that it could totally work. It won't be the same as the PC version, especially since you don't have a mouse, but they can find a way. Because of this, it's highly unlikely that people on the console will be able to play with people on the PC though.

There are other control schemes as well. Kinect and even Project glass.

 

[specialguy]

Not really. Everybody knows Call of Duty, and Mario etc
Heck, there's a good portion of GAF who've never seen LoL, that speaks volumes.

thats true i guess, but i'm not sure why. the numbers say more people play lol than anything though. cant argue with that. there's also probably lots of people that dont post on gaf that are wrapped up in lol and dont know such things as ps4/720 exist.

maybe it's bigger in foreign countries, or maybe...i dunno lol. it's like facebook or f2p stuff a little bit i guess, different markets

it does crossover some though. i dont know what the hot ios or facebook game is, but i do know about lol and dota2. they are hardcore games imo.

theres some mom somewhere that knows all about candy crush 2 and has no idea what a call of duty is, ya know? different circles.

 

[Karak]

exactly, shit has been on lockdown, nobody knows what's up exactly

As I said earlier. I fully think he is in the same disinformation boat as many others in the industry.

 

[saladine1]

So McLaren is teasing something for Xbox reveal?

Forza 5 and PGR 5 you sons a bitches!!

 

[dragonflys545]

They could dumb it down streamline it and make it more action oriented like Guardians of Middle-Earth.

http://youtu.be/4A_3eLYUTrE

And the game will suck because that game is sluggish and slow and crap.

 

[Iced_Eagle]

Not really. Everybody knows Call of Duty, and Mario etc
Heck, there's a good portion of GAF who've never seen LoL, that speaks volumes.

Everyone has their own tastes in games. For example, I don't really know about any of the popular JRPG's. That doesn't mean they aren't popular though. I just don't personally pay much attention to them.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/league-of-legends-most-played-pc-game-report-6386428

The numbers don't lie. These games are incredibly popular. In a single year, LoL had one billion hours of game time. All of Halo had two billion hours of game time from 2004 - April 2012.

 

[ekim]

I had a perfectly distracting weekend and now I'm going to a concert. I'll probably be drunk when I get home. See you tomorrow guys.

 

[BrokenEchelon]

So McLaren is teasing something for Xbox reveal?

Forza 5 and PGR 5 you sons a bitches!!

PGR5 ties in with that London tease much better than Forza. I fully expect PGR5 tomorrow to compete with Drive Club. They're saving their A-Games for later(GT7/Forza 5)

 

[Grisby]

A new Perfect Dark could be pretty sweet. Outside of Resistance I think it has the craziest FPS weapons.

Some hot new MP could be cool too.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

thats true i guess, but i'm not sure why. the numbers say more people play lol than anything though. cant argue with that. there's also probably lots of people that dont post on gaf that are wrapped up in lol and dont know such things as ps4/720 exist.

maybe it's bigger in foreign countries, or maybe...i dunno lol. it's like facebook or f2p stuff a little bit i guess, different markets

it does crossover some though. i dont know what the hot ios or facebook game is, but i do know about lol and dota2. they are hardcore games imo.

Yeah, what I was meaning to say is that the number of current players isn't really an indication of its popularity as a whole - there are loads of other factors that attribute to somethings popularity. LoL no doubt has the potential to be huge but as it stands it's not really an earth shattering scoop for MS (if it is indeed true.)

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

A new Perfect Dark could be pretty sweet. Outside of Resistance I think it has the craziest FPS weapons.

Some hot new MP could be cool too.

Bleh Perfect Dark is as mediocre as they come if were having wishlists here I want Kameo 2.

 

[Angelus Errare]

And the game will suck because that game is sluggish and slow and crap.

Might suck when compared to the PC version, but could be quite popular as a console game with the right marketing.