And maybe for some Windows Phone information/advertisment. Maybe they'll bring some Lumia 900s out on stage.
Microsoft to live stream E3 conference on the 360
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And maybe for some Windows Phone information/advertisment. Maybe they'll bring some Lumia 900s out on stage.
Navidson REC
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Yeah, of course it's not just this one thing. I'm still pretty sure that it's an important milestone in Halo 4's marketing.
And it's what I'm the most excited for, so I'm biased.
Willy Wanka
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I hope it is available in the UK and in HD.
bigtroyjon
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After the disaster that was G4 airing commercials during the one MS conference, I'd never watch them again.
They were doing you a favor
bigtroyjon
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The one thing everyone was watching for and they aired commercials, great favor that was.
Do you like Kinect?
Fantastical
Death Prophet
That's good news. It would be cool if we got the demos.
bigtroyjon
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What does Kinect have to do with a 2007 conference?
OldJadedGamer
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And when they were slammed the UFC went down too. I couldn't watch the first live event they aired for the UFC because it was free and getting hammered.
CountAntonius
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Fantastic. Bout time.
I thought you were talking about last year. My bad.
They were commercial free in 2010 and 2011.
You are living in the past bro.
gaming_noob
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Could you stop trolling, please?
You guys keep acting like 80% of MS conference was only kinect. Serious, how much time you think that Kinect took from MS conference? 1 hour? 50 min? Did you even watched the conference?
Was there ever a reason to expect anything different?
Microsoft E3 usually goes like this
Call of Duty
Another multiplatform title
Another multiplatform title
New and irrelevant apps, dashboard modifications
Kinect stuff
Fable
Forza
Gears
Halo
Secret unveil that no one cares about
With Kinect and the irrelevant stuff taking up most of the time. I forgot to add that.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
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meh, I will just read a live blog while I am at work, but come on, you know it's going to be shitty...Microsoft hasn't had a solid E3 in like 3 years.
For me HBO and ESPN are as important as Netflix, which the 360 was also the first to get. In retrospect it's probably pretty silly to think of Netflix as being a given, but at one point this was pretty impressive. If MS can score a couple more big name partners it would not be insignicant at all, at least not to the audience they are trying to build on.
Uno Venova
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i just skimmed through last year and that seems about right. 10 minutes on COD, 10 minutes on Lara Croft, 5 mins on Gears, 5 minutes on Halo, couple minutes on some internet/tv apps, everything else was Kinect related.
lol
Also, "another multiplatform title". Last year was "just" Mass Effect 3 (which sold like 3x more than PS3?). And Tomb Raider, one of the surprises of E3.
NullPointer
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Just give me Halo 4 and I'm good.
Diablohead
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I think that was a recording uploaded about 2 hours later.
OldJadedGamer
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They need to concentrate more time on XBLA but I know they won't cause it is a sales conference for retailers. Too bad too as I play and buy more XBLA games than I have retail games this year.
I don't think they need to focus that much on Kinect this year though. They can show kinect Skyrim stuff if they want to skew it more towards the gamer. Any media app they release from this point forward is going to feature kinect integration so obviously all of that stuff will be kinect enabled. I think they'll probably show Crimson Dragon and the mech game. What would be a surprise at this point? Mark Rein on stage to demonstrate UE4 running on a dev kit?
Palette Swap
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About fucking time.
Every year I'm surprised they don't do it.
Every year I'm surprised they don't do it.
gaming_noob
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Kinect was released in November 2010, so it was reasonable for them to show off more games for it the following E3.
Yup. Even if my controllers got stolen tomorrow, I would still be using my 360 non stop. I think this is one of the mistakes Nintendo made with Wii - it would have been an excellent media box with that "remote" if only it had DVD and HDMI, I would never have thrown it in the closet.
Uno Venova
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Their reasons are their reason, whatever. But it was implied they don't spend 80% of the conference time on Kinect when they are pretty close to that.
I just skimmed 2010, it was about the same as 2011, maybe even more Kinect focused.
The first 1 hour of the conference was directed to the core audience. The kinect stuff showed in that time was the new NXE, EA Sports games, Mass Effect, Ghost Recon and Fable. They used 30 min for the "kinect stuff", and ended with Halo 4.
bigtroyjon
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Wasn't even half the time. About 30 minutes out of the 90 was Kinect stuff. Granted, it was the last 30 minutes which made it seem like it was most of the conference since we didn't get a transition out of it.(aside from the show ending halo teaser.)
Uno Venova
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They did spend a good portion of the first hour showcasing Kinect too, about 25 minutes.
bigtroyjon
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They showed off stuff that could be used with or without Kinect. Using gunsmith with Kinect doesn't take away from the fact that it's a cool feature that will appeal to everyone who plays the game.
Uno Venova
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Spending time on Kinect is what the conversation started about, so even though what they demoed they can be used without it they still spent that time showcasing Kinect features.
The problem is that people like you depict something like the ME3 demo (which featured kinect voice controls) as a negative just because it includes kinect.
An optional feature doesn't erase the fact that it was a quality title being presented, but you guys much rather dismiss this notion.
professor_t
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You beat me to the punch.
MS announces a service that, no matter what, is an improvement over not offering the service, and potentially could be a really cool way to bring the conference into people's homes.
GAF responds with a tidal wave of negativity and jaded criticism.
Sure, there's some cause to be skeptical, but fuuuck you guys are a cynical bunch.
OldJadedGamer
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And the more negative the reaction on GAF, the better the product sells/performs so it seems.
Uno Venova
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That's what this was about, spending time on Kinect.
Which people like you depict as a negative which explains some of the replies to your post.
Or are you ignoring this very obvious point?
Uno Venova
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Well it's a negative for me because I see no benefit in voice control over gamepad controls, yes. But this was about time spent not my feelings.
bigtroyjon
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Just realized the Spike coverage is starting 30 minutes before the conference. I wonder if they will be having any kind of exclusive reveal on the pre show.
Somebody should tweet Geoff!
Edit-I think last year Phil Spencer was on the pre show with Geoff and talked about XBLA stuff. Might even be when SoA was announced.
Somebody should tweet Geoff!
Edit-I think last year Phil Spencer was on the pre show with Geoff and talked about XBLA stuff. Might even be when SoA was announced.
Elginer
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I find this theory very interesting. Kind of odd but yes Gaf wasnt really sold on the 3DS or Kinect and it has sold gangbusters. Vita is very loved here yet sales are kind of meh.
Dead Man Typing
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Did Peter Moore show up on the Sony conference? I remember him calling the PS3 his new favourite console, but I'm sure that was at a specifically EA conference.
bigtroyjon
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I think he means he did that when he first did an Xbox conference.
OldJadedGamer
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Look up reveal threads on the original DS and the Wii if you're bored.