Microsoft E3 2006 Conference Thread
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dirtmonkey37
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I can't believe that they're actually allowing the HD DVD to be that big.
Who wants to put one of those, or who can fit one of those next to their 360.
Anyways, their conference was better than Sony's.
Nintendo= 7
Sony = 7
MS = 8
Who wants to put one of those, or who can fit one of those next to their 360.
Anyways, their conference was better than Sony's.
Nintendo= 7
Sony = 7
MS = 8
That HD DVD drive is really disapointing to me. My wishlist was HDMI output plus it would be slot loading, slimmer, about the same width of the Xbox 360 and somehow powered through USB (yeah right). The idea was that it was supposed to be as unobtrusive as possible.
Live Anywhere is huge. It almost makes me want to get a Windows Mobile phone. I hate the current Windows Mobile OS and I really wish they could simplify it into something more userfriendly like the 360 Dashboard. Also Live Anywhere is the first feature I've seen for Vista that actually seems like something I'd use.HokieJoe said:Whoa at Live Anywhere!
I mean, Jesus, they covered every angle. You can tweak your freaking car configuration in Forza from your cell phone. And this feature is just bad-ass: youll be able to tweak your paint job in Vista.
Pedigree Chum
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tegdf said:
MS, Nintendo then Sony. At least that's the impression I got.
Nick Laslett
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I think the whole GTA4 thing could back fire. What if Blu-Ray and HD in every machine means that the PS3 version already has more content, and runs better because of the harddrive? It's good getting the game at the same time, but if one version is better than the other that is not very good. What if the PS3 version has free online multiplayer modes? It's dangerous to put too much emphasis on a multiplatform title, when there is no guarantee you will get the best version.
The Xbox version being superior to the PS2 version never had much impact because it didn't come out until a long time later. I actually waited for the Xbox version of GTA:San Andreas, because I couldn't take the technical compromises on the PS2 version.
I'm sure MS had a price drop segment prepared, but as soon as they heard the PS3 price they knew it wasn't needed :lol
The Xbox version being superior to the PS2 version never had much impact because it didn't come out until a long time later. I actually waited for the Xbox version of GTA:San Andreas, because I couldn't take the technical compromises on the PS2 version.
I'm sure MS had a price drop segment prepared, but as soon as they heard the PS3 price they knew it wasn't needed :lol
BenjaminBirdie
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Nick Laslett said:
Thank god the answer to this question can now permanently be:
Live Anywhere.
(P.S. It Probably Won't)
After combing through all of the Conference stuff I can genuinely say that the following exclusive 360 games have me excited.
Gears of War (Choppiness can be forgiven because the gameplay simply looked badass. this is coming from a guy who definitely wasn't sold on this "stop-n-pop" presentation from last year. Though it does look to be very very linear which is ok as long as its fun.)
Dead Rising (Capcom finally givin MS some decent support. This game looks like ridiculous fun with hundreds of ways to kill zombies complete with Dawn of the Dead backdrop.)
Lost Planet (Again Capcom brings the fire this game looks intense and hella fun with more varied and open enviroments to explore than GoW. Count me very impressed.)
Those 3 look to be system sellers in my book. Besides these there was only 1 game that I thought had a lot of potential but it didn't show enough gameplay to make a decision and thats Interstellar Marine. The scene at the end was a complete tribue to Aliens the movie which I always wanted reinvisioned on next-gen consoles.
The biggest dissapointment was obviously Shadowrun. I'm so depressed on that I don't want to even talk about it. The only other negative is that the system seems to be plagued with me too shooters and GTA style games that look fairly average. A more diverse portfolio would be appreciated. Where is their Warhawk contender and Fighting games were non existent. They have 1 or 2 unique titles like Viva but the shooters and GTA's outnumber them like 10 to 1.
Gears of War (Choppiness can be forgiven because the gameplay simply looked badass. this is coming from a guy who definitely wasn't sold on this "stop-n-pop" presentation from last year. Though it does look to be very very linear which is ok as long as its fun.)
Dead Rising (Capcom finally givin MS some decent support. This game looks like ridiculous fun with hundreds of ways to kill zombies complete with Dawn of the Dead backdrop.)
Lost Planet (Again Capcom brings the fire this game looks intense and hella fun with more varied and open enviroments to explore than GoW. Count me very impressed.)
Those 3 look to be system sellers in my book. Besides these there was only 1 game that I thought had a lot of potential but it didn't show enough gameplay to make a decision and thats Interstellar Marine. The scene at the end was a complete tribue to Aliens the movie which I always wanted reinvisioned on next-gen consoles.
The biggest dissapointment was obviously Shadowrun. I'm so depressed on that I don't want to even talk about it. The only other negative is that the system seems to be plagued with me too shooters and GTA style games that look fairly average. A more diverse portfolio would be appreciated. Where is their Warhawk contender and Fighting games were non existent. They have 1 or 2 unique titles like Viva but the shooters and GTA's outnumber them like 10 to 1.
Funky Papa
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That was the idea. They wanted something to show that didn't hurt their schedule. Something a final punch for the E3 conference and something to say "hi" to the fans.x3n05 said:
On a different note, the music from the Fable 2 trailer rocks and I am hardly a Fable fanboy.
jey_16 said:i so want to here the reaction from the audience after the Halo 3 trailer, any place where i can get it?
i watched it on my 19inch screen and i was getting giddy
From the stream, You hear a few claps...
ConsumerSquare
Member
Any clarification on the whole "Xbox 360 is the only place for next gen Madden" comment? Is it just Moore hyperbole?
Shogmaster
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Mike G.E.D. said:
Just found that on Bungie.net
Oh Stinkles you sick bastard. :lol
:lol :lol I mistook Frankie O for Moby for a second! :lol :lol
bengraven
Member
I really hope the Fable engine does guns properly. The bow and arrow mechanics were pretty good, so I shouldn't be worried, but still---guns. And you can play a female! Very cool.
Also, I had to point out how familiar that hooded woman doing the narration was in the trailer to my friend. Fable spoilers:
Also, I had to point out how familiar that hooded woman doing the narration was in the trailer to my friend. Fable spoilers:
It's obviously Teresa, not only because it's the same voice actress/voice but also notice how we never see her eyes. How she's still alive 500 years is beyond me since most of us evil bastards killed her in the end of Fable 1.
ConsumerSquare
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http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=64375wasting said:
There's no "come august" in there, so ease up with the geek rage.
Anyway, how many copies of Madden are sold in three months? I'd imagine this is a pretty big deal, considering the draw Madden holds for so-called "casual" buyers.
pedrothelion
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I think what Moore was saying was that at the begining of the football season in August the 360 (by default) would be the only console with next-gen Madden.
storybook77
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pedrothelion said:
That's exactly what he said. He said by the beginning of the NFL season which pre-season begins in August that the only place to play Next-Gen Madden will be the 360. The season will a little over halfway over by the time PS3 comes out.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
So I finally watched the rest of the entire conference.
Live Anywhere is truly out of control amazing. I really can't believe this kind of advanced and simple networking is going to exist by January. I mean, this is some Minority Report type shit, BUT FOR GAMES.
As fundamentally cool as all this is on a technical level, as they showed with Forza, the developers will be able to truly explode the concept. This is the sort of thing Allard had been talking about from the beginning, three platforms combining for one platform of experience. This is just like the Live presentation last year when they showed all the sweet shit you'd be able to do in PGR3. But Megaton. So, sorry, but there's no longer any chance for competition. Market share is one thing, sure, and Sony will always have a stranglehold on it, I suspect. But there's no way come January that any Sonybot can come in here and say you can have anything close to a similar experience with the Playstation HUB. As far as the online experience goes, the entire war is officially over.
Fuck $600 this holiday for a PS3. I'm saving up a whole lot more for an Alienware and Mobile Phone.
Live Anywhere is truly out of control amazing. I really can't believe this kind of advanced and simple networking is going to exist by January. I mean, this is some Minority Report type shit, BUT FOR GAMES.
As fundamentally cool as all this is on a technical level, as they showed with Forza, the developers will be able to truly explode the concept. This is the sort of thing Allard had been talking about from the beginning, three platforms combining for one platform of experience. This is just like the Live presentation last year when they showed all the sweet shit you'd be able to do in PGR3. But Megaton. So, sorry, but there's no longer any chance for competition. Market share is one thing, sure, and Sony will always have a stranglehold on it, I suspect. But there's no way come January that any Sonybot can come in here and say you can have anything close to a similar experience with the Playstation HUB. As far as the online experience goes, the entire war is officially over.
Fuck $600 this holiday for a PS3. I'm saving up a whole lot more for an Alienware and Mobile Phone.
Kung Fu Jedi
Member
I was already holding off on upgrading my PC until Vista releases, and Live Anywhere just confirms that it'll be worth the wait. They didn't even touch on the enhanced media functionality the Xbox will get with Vista either.
BenjaminBirdie
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Vieo said:
Shit yes! One Console Future!
Vormund said:Has this been posted yet?
Sounds good. But don't make it sound like I thought that MS sucked, because I don't. I was happy in particular with their Live anywhere strategy and their games lineup looked great. Better than PS3's overall IMO. (Only really interested in MGS4 out of their lineup.)
First, I'd like to say I don't like the idea. But I'm surprised it's that small after seeing the Toshiba unit, but this is basically just the drive, isn't it. The design looks nice and clean, as Microsoft intended with basically every 360-branded device we've seen since E3 2005, so I appreciate the understated qualities of the HD-DVD drive. But it's also awkward with the 360 for some reason; why isn't it stackable atop the 360's middle (which it could be if the HD drive were concave as well)? If I were actually in the market with this thing, I'd have no space to put it. We'll see how bad an idea this really is when the pricing is revealed.
The Other One
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android said:
Except GTA4 is coming to PS3 ASWELL.
So its MGS4 + FFXIII + GTAIV > Halo 3
Have anyone downloaded the conference from IGN? If so, do you have any problems playing it? I´ve got screwed two times. First I thought it was a download problem (had tio interrupt it to rebbot the comp), but the second time I downloaded it without any interruption, but it got frozen at the very same place (after the Viva Piñata showing).
So, is anyone having the same problem? BTW, I don´t seem to be able to forward it, everytime I try, it reboots to the beginning >_<
Someone help me get through Viva Piñata!
So, is anyone having the same problem? BTW, I don´t seem to be able to forward it, everytime I try, it reboots to the beginning >_<
Someone help me get through Viva Piñata!
The Other One
Member
3rdman said:
I wasn't saying the console was better I was just clearin up the misconception that GTA4 was X360 exclusive and that those 3 games do beat that one game.
Anyways, anyone has a link to download the conference? Preferably torrent.
Kung Fu Jedi
Member
What happened to Microsoft having a bigger virtual console than Nintendo, and out before the Wii launches? Weren't they touting this a few weeks back? I thought they were going to make an announcement on it at the conference, but not a peep. Rumors were circulating that it might be MAME.