KZObsessed
Member
Wow. I really expected them to come with a lot more than that. It was very standard conference.
The 360 bc announcement is awesome though. Truly.
The 360 bc announcement is awesome though. Truly.
2015 Microsoft E3 Conference
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RowdyReverb
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A lot easier to watch something on a Sunday evening than a weekday morning
yes if you take good things out of the equation then the equation is worse
Recore was the standout for me, although that's really only due to Armature and Inafune's involvement. The cinematic wasn't that appealing tbh.
Don't care for Halo, Gears, Forza or Tomb Raider.
Backwards compatibility would be cool to have, but I've only kept like seven 360 games anyway.
Hololens isn't something I'm realistically going to be using.
Meh conference.
Don't care for Halo, Gears, Forza or Tomb Raider.
Backwards compatibility would be cool to have, but I've only kept like seven 360 games anyway.
Hololens isn't something I'm realistically going to be using.
Meh conference.
megabytecr
Member
The BC stuff is cool, my PS3 died and I have a PS4, damn!! why why?
I'm surprised there aren't more of Microsoft's own games listed, if that's the case. Who do they need permission from?
CharminUltra
Member
Minecraft VR is what impressed me the most, but I refuse to get excited until I try it myself. Very cool, though.
This is kind of sad, actually
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
The BC thing is a smart move. I am sure their data shows a lot of people that have yet to jump in from the 360. Now the BB trade in deal ala Gamestop to help persuade those to jump in.
I would love to revisit this BC a year from now, since most devs may not be bothered to even do a thing about it for those who can run out and buy $14 used games they see zero revenue from.
I would love to revisit this BC a year from now, since most devs may not be bothered to even do a thing about it for those who can run out and buy $14 used games they see zero revenue from.
Nothing they should wanted me to go out and buy an xbox, which is a big reason to put on shows like this. Very meh presentation.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
No not at all. It was QB,Crackdown and Scalebound.
gamechanger87
Member
It is likely tied to the W10 integration. I don't think it would be easy to tie PC to PS4.
Yeah you missed it. There's not going to be much else.
DAREALGUMMY
Member
Solid B
qa_engineer
Member
So because some people thought MS had an okay or bad showing they are Sony fanboys? When will people grow out of this way of thinking?
GhostWriter24
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Jump ahead has started
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/xbox-on...N_SOCIAL_Twitter&cid=EVERGREEN_SOCIAL_Twitter
So my 60GB BC compatible PS3 doesn't qualify for this, huh? May as well keep it I guess.
Killing_Joke
Member
Solid conference but the trailers and demos didn't really do anything for me. BC is fantastic but sounds similar to what they did with 360. Plus damn near all my 360 games are either remastered or on PC. But still a great announcement either way.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Sony's being in Prime Time should clear a mil.
Solid 3/5. Started out strong but lost my attention as it went on. At least they didn't waste any time and just showed game after game.
X360 BC sounds like a megaton but when I really think about I don't care at all, I own most of those on Steam at this point.
Sea of Thieves looks interesting. Spectacular looking water.
Hololens was technically extremely impressive, although I have my reservations about actual implementation in games, like with Kinect.
Halo 5, ROTTR and Gears 4 looked... uninteresting. Graphically all pretty nice but the same gameplay we've seen since for the last 10 years. The more you show Lara almost but not quite yet falling a cliff, the less I care.
Cuphead looks awesome and happy to see it still coming to PC.
The three games I'm most interested in, Quantum Break, Scalebound and Crackdown 3 were absent.
X360 BC sounds like a megaton but when I really think about I don't care at all, I own most of those on Steam at this point.
Sea of Thieves looks interesting. Spectacular looking water.
Hololens was technically extremely impressive, although I have my reservations about actual implementation in games, like with Kinect.
Halo 5, ROTTR and Gears 4 looked... uninteresting. Graphically all pretty nice but the same gameplay we've seen since for the last 10 years. The more you show Lara almost but not quite yet falling a cliff, the less I care.
Cuphead looks awesome and happy to see it still coming to PC.
The three games I'm most interested in, Quantum Break, Scalebound and Crackdown 3 were absent.
Just wait about 9-10 hours.
BlackBuzzard
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panda-zebra
Member
Please explain these in the context of an xbox one conference though.
This conference was mainly supposed to be about this holiday though. That's what they said leading up to it so I'm not sure what everyone here was expecting. Gamescom is for the stuff >1 year out such as Crackdown, Scalebound, Quantum Break and probably some others as well.
Ricky Ricardo
Member
Uhh, cross reference the reactions of certain posters in both topics tomorrow?
It's not exactly too hard
The BC thing was crazy. It made PS now look bad. But honestly, most of MS conference was just fine, and nothing more. So all Sony needs is 2-3 really jaw dropping, or even just surprises that get people talking, that it could easily upstage MS.
Sony will fail if their conference is all over the place, long, has long stretches that are boring (I love VR, but kind of fear they will spend too much time on it like the Holo Lens part, and VR is harder to actually show off then Holo Lens)....
So yeah. I don't think it's impossible for them to match MS or upstage them (especially since IMO MS conference was just kind of okay, especially if it didn't have the Controller + BC).
I thought it was one of the best press cons they've ever done.
Specifically stated it was running in live code.
I'm surprised at the lukewarm reception here. I'm not a big MS fan but there was very little time spent on non gaming related stuff. Thought it was a solid conference, their best in years. Where were Quantum Break and especially Scalebound though ? Cuphead looks guuuuuud. My main complaint has to do with the Minecraft demo as I couldn't care less about VR.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
When the narrative for Red vs Blue in politics and Yankees vs. Red Sox or nVidia vs. ATi dies as well.
(it will always be the narrative)
he who dwells
Member
Biggest surprise was BC, other than that the momentum was totally lost.
The entire conference was pretty boring tbh.
The entire conference was pretty boring tbh.
rogue_nine82
Member
I knew going in no matter what MS showed , that there were going to be people who dissed and undersold what was shown. Unfortunately, my thoughts have been confirmed
djblackice
Member
I love meltdowns.
gamechanger87
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loaf of bread
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Does anyone think (from a marketing/sales standpoint) that backwards compatibility is too late. I don't know about the marketing potential of it 2 years after XB1 has been out.
Pejo
Member
Quoted are the only games I'd actually play on that list. Cool that it's 30 bones though.
I really enjoyed their conference. Had fun watching it. Felt it was even better than last year's imo. That BC announcement (while limited) is probably the most exciting news to me. I really hope they don't half-ass it. Can you imagine if from now on, consoles will actually be fully backwards compatible? Two thumbs up for MS for actually attempting to bring BC back. (C'mon Sony. Seriously though, what are you waiting for?) Also Fallout mods on Xbox One?? Who saw that coming?
On the games front, they didn't have anything really exciting-- which was a lil disappointing to me. I don't why I was expecting them to blow their load but while they did show lil glimpses of some new games (Recore-- which looks super), it did end up feeling like another Halo/Forza/Gears retread. Although, you Halo/Gears fans would probably (fair enough) argue otherwise.
The indie showcase was actually my favourite part game-wise. Ashen and the one game with the blind girl? Gorgeous. The third parties that they have on stage were pretty forgettable. That Fallout demo was shown during Bethesda's conference and they had Rainbow Siege and the Division? Eh. (I just really wanted to see some Dark Souls 3 gameplay okay). The hololens segment was so staged as well. Blah.
Overall, still a solid conference imo. Started super strong and kinda dwindled down to a middling lull after that high start. Stayed up till 2.30am for this and I have no regrets. Good job, MS.
On the games front, they didn't have anything really exciting-- which was a lil disappointing to me. I don't why I was expecting them to blow their load but while they did show lil glimpses of some new games (Recore-- which looks super), it did end up feeling like another Halo/Forza/Gears retread. Although, you Halo/Gears fans would probably (fair enough) argue otherwise.
The indie showcase was actually my favourite part game-wise. Ashen and the one game with the blind girl? Gorgeous. The third parties that they have on stage were pretty forgettable. That Fallout demo was shown during Bethesda's conference and they had Rainbow Siege and the Division? Eh. (I just really wanted to see some Dark Souls 3 gameplay okay). The hololens segment was so staged as well. Blah. Overall, still a solid conference imo. Started super strong and kinda dwindled down to a middling lull after that high start. Stayed up till 2.30am for this and I have no regrets. Good job, MS.
Very true. This was also early in the morning, and people were at work. So yeah, I'll just edit that part out of my post. Even if Monday wasn't a factor, I don't really see how those #s are that relevant.
so I missed most of the final 25 minutes of it