Microsoft cancels post-E3 media roundtable

We have much more to show at E3.
We will kill Sony at E3.
Our plans have not been finalized, we will have more to say at E3.

June 10, 2013

Enjoy these trailers.
No questions please.
 
They've decided to release the XBone the same day as the conference, and give each media person at the conference an XBone, along with copies of FFXV and Halo V, so figured there'd be no need for a round-table, since any remaining questions could be answered by buying games and playing with the system. And that would keep the media too busy to cover competing systems at E3.
 
Dreamwriter said:
They've decided to release the XBone the same day as the conference, and give each media person at the conference an XBone, so figured there'd be no need for a round-table, since any remaining questions could be answered by buying games and playing with the system. And that would keep the media too busy to cover competing systems at E3.
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My god. History all over again =p
 
Jake Tower said:
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In stitches on the workfloor. Fuck your jimmies!
 
jschreier said:
not uncomfortable Q&A sessions where nobody wants to ask good questions in front of their competition.
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Did you mean "nobody wants to ask stupid questions?"
Otherwise, that would explain a lot.

BTW, now might be the perfect occasion to use this banner:

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Let's not sit here and trash roundtables. We once had a Gaffer present at a Nintendo one ask questions that he received as he was posting in a thread. That brought us direct confirmation of Pikmin 3.
 
Forceatowulf said:
Aaaand with that.. my hopes of MS possibly dropping DRM just went down the drain.
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Yep. Consider it set in stone now. I can't believe I'm facing a next gen future without MS and a new Xbox at my side. It feels really strange.
 
So are they concerned that game "journalists" if gathered together would collectively find enough intestinal fortitude to ask real questions, so their strategy of one-on-one is a divide-and-conquer approach? Sounds like a reasonable plan.
 
I actually expected this, not to mean its a good move because it will only further fuel consumer distrust of the direction Microsoft will take with their console. If they don't address this DRM shit in the conference (which is a bit unlikely) then the wave of negativity will ride on till the release of the console.
 
Father_Brain said:
That Q&A Major Nelson promised with definitive answers about DRM et al. isn't going to be published anytime soon, is it?
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I was thinking the same thing...When are all the answers that were promised at E3 going to be explained? Every question about DRM, Specs, Kinect, always online received the wait till E3 answer. They arent going to explain these on stage, so.............maybe they release a FAQ via a press release or something?
 
I hope gaming journalists take affront to this and get the answers the public are asking for (and Microsoft has promised). I don't care about carefully controlled messages or tearing down companies, I just want to know how the dang thing works.
 
This obviously means Sony is going to cancel their post-E3 media roundtable as well. Things aren't looking good for Sony. [/randomlogiciveseenlately]
 
Here at Microsoft we are pleased to announce a special exclusive offer for early adopters of the Xbox One!

Early Adopters will get to see first-hand how our DRM works!

In order to keep this offer exclusive to early adopters, we're afraid we can't answer any questions relating to DRM.

Just buy our console and find out yourself
 
"We're heard various reports of poor performing production yields, and you've been fairly abstract with your technical specifications for the Xbox One, could you elaborate on the currently projected performance of the final unit?"

"Quick! Look behind you!"

(poof of smoke)
 
jschreier said:
You serious?

Don't get me wrong: if Microsoft is really canceling roundtable interviews, that should set off red flags all over the place. But I'm telling you, as a journalist, one-on-one interviews are always better for me (and therefore for my readers) than roundtables. The best answers come from conversations, not uncomfortable Q&A sessions where nobody wants to ask good questions in front of their competition.
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While I'm sure you're right in that one to one is more comfortable for the journalists in general, I don't see why a round table would inhibit tough questions. What's more, there's no doubt it's harder for the interviewee to manipulate the flow of information at a round table as the hard question asked by the former interviewer will lead to a tougher one by the next and so on, eventually leading to everyone reporting on the truth, harsh or not, rather than carefully groome spin. No one should be afraid to ask good questions just because it's a round table.
 
jschreier said:
You serious?

Don't get me wrong: if Microsoft is really canceling roundtable interviews, that should set off red flags all over the place. But I'm telling you, as a journalist, one-on-one interviews are always better for me (and therefore for my readers) than roundtables. The best answers come from conversations, not uncomfortable Q&A sessions where nobody wants to ask good questions in front of their competition.
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Oh, I agree wholeheartedly. But cancelling the roundtable isn't something to take lightly. Unless there's some initiative to make up for it.
 
This is fuckup on an epic scale. Has gaming ever seen an announcement this catastrophically awful? Even when Sony fucked up the PS3 they at least acted like they knew what they were doing.
 
Has any other reporter gotten the same message besides this guy working for the Sun Media Newspaper group?

I would think you would hear a lot more on twitter about this from the game reporters?

Such a confusing day...
 
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