E3 2009: Microsoft press conference review

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Time Lord6204d ago

it was an amazing show.

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Yi-Long6204d ago (Edited 6204d ago )

... first of all, I can care less about the whole 'XBL-experience', cause here in Holland, we're usually left with bits and scrapes, and not the huge amount of content you get over there in the USA.
Not to mention I don't care about FaceBook or Twitter, and internet-speeds here in Holland for many people aren't all that great.

2nd of all, I'm not very interested in the whole wavy-wavy stuff. I prefer to play my games with a normal controller, sitting/lyying down.

So for me, all I'm REALLY interested in, is the games.

Alan Wake looked dated (gameplay-wise). It seems they went for a Silent Hill/Resident Evil type gameplay in a X-files horror-vibe. It's just not for me. I was under the impression it would be a mature adventure/thriller. I guess it isn't.

Forza 3 looked better than I expected. I was a big fan of the 1st, and a big critic of the 2nd (too much of the same thing, not enough tracks, boring tracks, DLC-scamming; It just felt like Forza 1.5, or Forza HD)
I like that the tracks look more interesting now, with a bit more originality and 'fun' to them, instead of boring realistic real-life tracks. Let's hope there are enough of them, and they won't DLC-scam us again.

Splinter Cell also looked interesting. I was a huge fan of the first 3 SC games. We'll see if this new game can deliver, but I'm glad they got rid of the hobo-look we saw in the previews 2 years ago.

MGS: I was psyched for about 1 minute, and then they said 'No Snake, it's Raiden!', and my excitement pulled a gun out and shot itself.

That 2.5D game looked nice.

Other than that, I really didn't get excited about any of it. I don't caremuch about Halo, so that was just meh. Crackdown 2 could be great, but they didn't show much of it, and Final Fantasy XIII could be cool, but let's hope they include an option for the japanese voices.

I'd rate the show a C-. I guess the more interesting games will have to come from 3rd party developers.

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Hydrolex6204d ago (Edited 6204d ago )

Way overhyped !

Microsoft is always good at overhyping !

BattleAxe6203d ago

I'd give it a 7/10. Close, but no cigar....

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Shadow Flare6203d ago

Did microsoft announce any new exclusives at e3?

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Panthers6203d ago

facebook and twitter are dumb, but the M$ conference was great. I am loving ME2. BioWare is great. Cant wait for The Old Republic from them.

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caladbolg7776203d ago (Edited 6203d ago )

Quoted from the article:
"Final Verdict
Microsoft came out swinging this year and went for the throat with big title announcements and big feature additions. The exclusive content is not as big a deal as they make it, and likely neither is Project Natal. However, big titles like Halo: Reach, Crackdown 2, Metal Gear Solid Rising, and Left for Dead 2 are major points for the Xbox 360. The added music and video features mean that Microsoft has finally truly positioned their box as the center of a home theater fairly well. It didn’t have the knock out punch many were hoping for, but it certainly has Sony and Nintendo on the ropes.

Grade B+"

I agree with some of the author's sentiment, however I think that he puts too much weight on the "big titles" that he uses as examples. There was very little information about Halo: Reach, Left4Dead2 is primarily a PC title (and if you've played L4D on both the PC and XBOX360 then you'd wish they would have kept it that way), and MGS Rising is multiplatform. Props to RealTimeWorlds (AHEM), I mean Ruffian, on Crackdown 2. The new features announced are cool, but when it all boils down we're all GAMERS here. We care about the games. And with that in mind, I feel that Microsoft didn't drive it home.

IMO, Microsoft deserves a solid "C". Better luck next year.

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All Time Greatness6203d ago (Edited 6203d ago )

Microsft announced 15 new games today.(with gameplay or newly announced)

We've already seen GOW 3/GT5/Uncharted and the no-namers like MAG and Heavy Rain. It's all already seen and has been for years talked about. haha.

Pray Sony announces at least half that many tommorrow, they won't.

SaberEdge6203d ago

It was a excellent showing. Several MAJOR exclusives, a few surprise games, awesome announcements with regard to new features for the 360 UI and Xbox LIVE, and some very impressive demonstrations of the Project Natal technology. Awesome all around.

I predict Sony is going to have a great showing as well, and they are going to need to because Microsoft nailed it this year.

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Viper76203d ago

Yeah this "review" is the closest to my opinnion as well. It was pretty good show, no boring graphs or anything really that bad. Quite few interesting games like Alan wake, Splinter cell, Forza etc.

Couldn't care any less about motion controls tough, I mean sixaxis and wiimote do work well occasionally, but these full body control things just seem to be bringing only mini games. Too bad first person "virtual reality" type of games seem still pretty far away to get excited about this kind of features.

It was a good show, but nothing unbeatable. B+ would be my grade for it too. For better show there should have been more 1st party exclusives and new games not just sequels.

SL1M DADDY6203d ago

They are showing some great titles like Alan Wake and Crackdown 2 along with Forza 3 but Halo, is not my cup of tea, MGSR was a rendered trailer (though I don't doubt it will be good), and the whole Milo and camera gimmick stuff was just that, a gimmick. In the end, I waited nearly two hours to hear about three games that sound remotely interesting to me.

It deserves a B.

StephanieBBB6203d ago

The big spider boss glitched and dissapeard so they had to cut it short to cover it up. Pretty funny.

Yi-Long6203d ago

"1.10 - LOL...
Yi long... if you gave C to ms e3 conference, then i cant imagine what MS has to do to earn your A"

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Well, like I explained in my first post, I couldn't care less about the XBL-experience and wavey-wavey stuff. Also the Tony Hawk thing looks kinda pointless and I rather play a game like Skate 3 or something. Maybe TH will surprise me and it might actually be fun, but I ain't excited about it.
MGS was disappointing because of the "no Snake" thing, Alan Wake looked outdated (gameplay-wise), I'm not a fan of the Halo series so that didn't do much for me either, etc etc.

So apart from Splinter Cell and Forza 3 looking much better than I expected, and a 2.5D shooter that looked interesting, I really didn't care all that much about the whole showing.

Now, your question was how they could earn an 'A' from me. I admit, that would be hard. Here's how they could come close though:

- Announce and show an interesting new game by Tomonobu Itagaki (Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden), and preferably a fighter or new Ninja adventure/action game ofcourse.

- The 360 needs some 3d platformers that are as good as Ratchet and Clank and Mario Galaxy, which would have a cool interesting character and story, and great gameplay in a colorful fun world. (And RARE isn't delivering)

- I'd love to see them just push their arcade line-up more, with interesting 2D games in HD. Not just ports or remakes, but also original stuff. I want a new 2d Sonic game that is as good as the first 2 games on the Megadrive. I want a great looking Turrican game (Amiga classic).

- Microsoft could bring a huge new Flight Sim to Xbox Live, in a huge world so everyone can go and fly where and when they want, and see other XBL-members also enjoying themselfs in the sky. The possibilities are absolutely endless for stuff like this.

- Why doesn't Microsoft just buy the rights to Shenmue, and make Shenmue 3!? Why not work ALOT more closely with Sega!? Bring Madworld in HD to the 360. Bring Crazy Taxi HD to Arcade. Ask the team that made F-Zero for the Gamecube to make a futuristic racer for 360, that would blow Sony's WipeOut away. Etc etc etc.

- Introduce a Microsoft Sports brand, which will make great soccer/basketball/whatever games that would rival EA's and Konami's etc efforts. You could even go for a less realistic style of games that will let you use your avatars, and thus going for a Mario Soccer/NBA Street kinda gameplay. Again, the opportunities are endless.

- Make the green controller (the one with improved D-Pad) the STANDARD controller. All the 2D games and fighters will benefit from that. The only big complaint with the otherwise great 360 controller is the D-pad, and the green controller has adressed and fixed that problem. It should replace the old controller.

Etc etc etc. I could go on for hours.

If they'd announce and show stuff like that, THAT would get me REALLY excited. Like I said, I'm pretty much only interested in the games, and what they showed last night wasn't all that interesting to me. Perhaps the 3rd party developers will have some cool 360 surprises up their sleeves :)

pixelsword6203d ago

You mean this? Yeah, the boss froze, then it disappeared so they paused it and cut it short. You could hear Cliffy say "yeah, gotta love it" and the other guy with the cut-off mic say something about this being just a demo, so yeah it looks like another glitch-fest from Epic.

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Spike476204d ago

more multiplatform games vs. more AAA exclusives ;)

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Montreafart6203d ago (Edited 6203d ago )

As for the article:

"This year sees E3 trying to return to its roots after a disastrous 2008 show. One of the biggest parts of any E3 show is the console manufacturers' press conferences. They typically range from the epic (introduction of the Wii) to the horribly, horribly wrong (introduction of the PS3 and real-time weapon changing). So how did this year go for Microsoft?"

Oh so now its suddenly a disastrous 2008 showing? Article makes it appear that MS redeemed themselves somehow and that they deserve an award for it. But the fact is, all these fking gaming sites, despite the fact that MSs E3 2008 show was horrible, all gave MS the win.

The filth known as xbots will do anything to put the 360 in the lights. ANYTHING, people.

ROFL what a letdown MSs E3 conference was. And as expected, they didnt had any real games to show for. More halo spin offs. Left4dead 2 already announced when the game is merely 6 months old? Lol, my stupid bot friend, let me tell you that they just renamed Left4dead DLC as L4D2 and charge you the full retail price for it. Hahaha sucker.

Alan vaporware, the game that was supposed to be the groundbreaking Killzone2 graphics killer, rofl. That piece of shiat is now OFFICIALLY VAPORWARE. You told us to wait, we waited and Alan failed. Time to wake up like Alan, bot.

FF13 premiered on the box and it looks like shiat compared to the PS3 demo. The limitations of the box shown yet again.

Splinter cell looks like crap. They tried to tell you that they didnt scrap the plans, models, designs of the table. But the whole game looks different now so who the fk are they kidding. And it still looks like shiat.

MGS rising, a MGS spin off, for PS3, 360 and PC. Depending on how this turns out, I may or may not get it. But watch the real MGS franchise game announced for the PS3 only TODAY, stupid bot.

Modern warfare 2, so you get 9 days of timed exclusiveness for the maps. ROFL whats that gonna do. You bet your ass MS asked them for exclusiveness and Infinity ward looked at PS3 sales and said, fk you MS. We give you 9 days for the DLC. Thats all we can do. Hahaha.

EPICs "big" announcement turned out to be an ARCADE game. Again, where are the titles boy. Youre stuck with nothing but rehashes and trash.

Forza 3 is shiat compared to the real deal, GT5. And everyone knows it. I love how the guy went on stage and went apeshit, repeating himself over and over again trying to convince the crowd how Forza 3 has no competition with over 400 cars (GT4 already had 500 cars rofl).

And the crowd knew he was lying and didnt clap at the end. ROFL talk about humiliation.

Again, where are the games turd. Honestly, it seems like 360 has run out of steam. The little bit of exclusives they can secure, are limited to small time, irrelevant, DLC content.

Natal is vaporware. If you are willing to spend 200 bucks so you can wave your arms around for YOURE IN THE MOVIES, LIPS and that kind of mini casual crap, then be my guess. You cant use it to play Halo or Gears anyway. ROFL OWNED.

What has Sony in store? Listen buddy, take a look at this list and behold the meaning of AWESOMENESS. Now those are REAL GAMES.

Uncharted 2
God of war 3
MAG
Heavy Rain
MGS exclusive title
WhiteKnighchronicles

Listen buddy, you have been outmatched. I love how that little guy from MS took a stab at Nintendo and said, "we are going to show nothing but games and no charts"

Thats funny considering Sony was the only one who did that last year and MS didnt do kahoopie last year. And the bots claimed MS "won" last year. If thats so, then why are they copying Sony's approach?

All your filthy lies are getting exposed everyday, bots.

As for this pathetic article of an article. Why would there be a remake of MGS4? Whats that gonna do. Look the same? Do these people actually make any sense. And MGS2 looks damn fine last time I played it on my PC.

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SaberEdge6203d ago

Sony better have some better games to announce than those because those games aren't going to be enough to go against what Microsoft has coming for the 360.

Uncharted 2
God of war 3
MAG
Heavy Rain
MGS exclusive title
WhiteKnighchronicles

Uncharted 2 and GOW3 are going to be awesome games for sure, but the other games have a lot to prove or are not even announced.

Uncharted 2 is going to have to go against games like Splinter Cell Conviction and Left4Dead 2, while GOW3 isn't coming out until 2010 and will have to go against Mass Effect 2 and Alan Wake.

Based on what has already been announced I would say the 360 easily has the better lineup. However, I know that Sony is going to have a few surprises in store so I think it would be best if people would hold off on comparing the lineups until we have a better idea of what the lineups are actually going to be for the year.

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Montreafart6203d ago (Edited 6203d ago )

Heavy rain has a lot to proof but Alan Vaporware does not, am I correct?

You bots are fking disgusting. Alan wake is VAPORWARE, kid. The demo they showed was absolute garbage. It doesnt come close to the shadow of Heavy Rain.

Whiteknightchronicles and demons souls have already proven to be superior titles than Mass effect 2, the trailer of which was not very impressive. Still stuck with last gen designs and graphics.

God of war 3 EATS splinter cell and L4d "DLC" (lets face it, its DLC)

Uncharted 2, Wipe Out HD expansion, MAG, GT5, Yakuza 3, Fat princess, LBP DLC, TRICO, and more.

MAG is 256 players, bro. When is the 360 going to have more than 15vs15?

If you were honest, you would admit that 360 has nothing on the PS3.

The games they showed yesterday were all meh at best. And the most interesting part was Natal which is VAPORWARE.

Man_of_the_year6203d ago

Wow Montreafart...look at all those 2010 titles. I guess you are saying that most of your anticipated titles will not be this year.

The only games that MS showed that was FFXIII and Alan Wake.
Alen Wake was showed because they needed too or else people would have thought it was vapourware. FFXIII is releasing with the PS3 version in NA.

Your as pathetic as they come Montreafart.

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La Chance6204d ago (Edited 6204d ago )

It was a good show.

crackdown 2

Splinter Cell : that looked really really exciting.Ubisoft did one great job in my opinion.Thanx for "going back to the drawing board" lol

L4D

halo ODST

Forza 3 : looked fantastic but is it me or does look a lot like PGR rather than forza

All for 2009.Project Natal looks very promising too, curious to see what theyre going to do without when it comes to "hardcore" games and not casual material.

Im a little dissapointed that Alan Wake is 2010 and that they didnt show anything from Rare.

And being a MGS fan as well as FF fan, (yep former ps2 fanboy up here)
Kojimas announcement just freaking made my day!! Thanx Kojima !!

fadeawayjae6204d ago (Edited 6204d ago )

Except for JoyRide and Epic's games

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All Time Greatness6203d ago

Alan Wake- Brand New

Crack down - 2 year old IP

Mass Effect 2 - 2 year old IP

Left 4 Dead - 1 year old IP

and yea alot of known Big Franchises. Splinter Cell/Halo/Forza

SaberEdge6203d ago

So? Those are all huge games that people have been wanting. They also have Alan Wake (which looks awesome, btw) and Shadow Complex.

The known PS3 lineup is also filled with primarily sequels: Uncharted 2, God of War 3, Ratchet & Clank Crack in Time (8?), GT5, etc. Sure, there is also Heavy Rain and maybe a couple other games, but the 360 has a few new franchises as well.

The Microsoft event was exceptionally good. Quit trying to spin it. It only makes you look desperate.

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N4PS3G6204d ago

yeah yeah sure

just like last year ..less exclusive playsation franchise ..less reasons to buy ps3 for casuals and hardcore

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Spike476204d ago

Everything else you can get on the PC. And the PS3 still has GOW, along with very powerful first party devs that build franchises, that as long as they stay first party, will remain as PS3 exclusives.

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Man_of_the_year6203d ago

I don't think Forza 3 is on PC. Halo 3 is not on PC so neither will ODST since its an add-on. NATAL won't be on PC. Gears 2 is not on PC so then neither will their new DLC for Gears 2. Also Epics XBLA game is only on the 360 since its a XBLA.

Your comment is full of ignorance. You're just as pathetic as Montreafart.

air16203d ago

how sad you sony fanatics are bu bu bu i can play it on pc, yea you and about 100 other ppl, lol...

hey how are those 2010 and 2011 games coming along. dont you ppl find it strange how far these games are that sony announces, i mean damn they have more in how devs than micro and ninty combined but they cant announce games that come out within a year?.

sony's e3 will be nothing new, im sure they will announce great games problem is that im also sure we will not play them for another 2 year at the least..

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Omega46204d ago

It was flawless to say the least and to think they didnt even announce any RARE games or show ME2

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really duh6203d ago

Just an angry venting piece so that they can come in here and comfort themselves, the sad thing is no ones cares.

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really duh6203d ago (Edited 6203d ago )

So long as the credible media give it an A thats all that matters. I can see the grading system being dragged though every PS3 fanboy sight folks can find. I mean come on they had so much to offer they didn't have time to talk about some of their 1st party games and the Zune in detail lol.

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saimcheeda6203d ago

it wasnt a success!!there werent any major announcements and MGSR isnt even exclusive!!i give it a C!

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ShabzS6203d ago (Edited 6203d ago )

I give it a solid B+ ...

the project natal and the milo demo showcase was the highlight of the day.. industry defineing to say the least... and the alan wake demo finally running on 360 along with ff13 was a good decision by microsoft... along with the decision to bring in crackdown 2 ... l4d 2 was a surprise along mgs r... and the revamped conviction look mighty impressive

points cut coz Rare was missing ..

The Meerkat6203d ago

If Forza 2 paint schemes will be transferable to Forza 3?

Salvadore6203d ago

I must say that I enjoyed their press conference a lot, however more exclusives could have been announced.

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-MD-6203d ago

Shane Kim said they are saving them for another time probably referring to Rare's games.

morkendo6203d ago

I've seen nothing that excited me from M$ this E3 except forza 3 lets wait and see what SONY has up their sleeves.

Legendary-Status6203d ago (Edited 6203d ago )

Im be real and this is my Opinion Microsoft press.... wasnt bad it was actually good how they presented everything but No game really gave me a SHOCK!!!! WOW!!! OH!!!! MY!!! GOD!!! I got to call somebody to tell them this...no not that type of feeling... like Im going to go crazy if I dont get this game... biggest thing they had was Splinter Cell Conviction Exclusive 360, MGSR..& that's MULTI-PLAT... can't wait to be SHOCK!!! 2marrow...@ Sony's press...

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green6203d ago

Very very good show unlike last years E3.What i liked most is that they have fully realized that in terms of games the hardcore is their main audience and nothing they do can change it.
-Crackdown 2
-Forza 3
-SC: Conviction
-L4D 2
-Halo: ODST
-Alan Wake and
-Shadow Complex

But they also realized that they can expand the audience by offering stuff like
-Facebook
-Twitter
-Sky on demand and
-Last FM

And a compromise for both casual and hardcore with Joy Ride and innovations like Project Natal.

They also put a big confirmation on any nay sayers head that they 360 is here to stay and they are in this console business for the long run.

As for disappointment, i will have to say Halo Reach because i consider any game shown at E3 an Epic fail when it does not release by the time the next years E3 is shown. 1 V 100,MAG and GOW3 should all have had their show debuts at this years E3.

Next disappointment has to be the absence of RARE.WTF is going on with them?

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caladbolg7776203d ago

A better question would be, who cares? RARE has single-handedly made themselves irrelevant in the gaming industry. I wish that they could drag themselves out of this slump and develop something of substance, but after so many years I just can't see it happening.

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Neo6046203d ago

I think the biggest thing they annouce is MGS R wich is expected that MGS go multiplat.

KKanjiAnkh6203d ago (Edited 6203d ago )

Were the H3!! was Mystwalker! I will never buy a Rare product cause the suck bad now.

I liked Allen Wake, and the Epic game, I challenge MS to this one task, for the luv of Christ, make a game w/out gunz.

I'm not rating crap cause I don't work any of them, cool though.

Gears
Crackdown
Lost Planet
L4D
Halo
Fable
Perfect Dark
Splinter Cell
Modern Warfare 2
Prey
Mass Effect
Too Human

F it, I go on tirade's cause I'm an idiot who doesn't notice a huge trend. Of course some games are multiplat, whoopidy doo, it doesn't change the fact that all their major games follow a shallow pattern.

Forget straws, here's a cigar

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SaberEdge6203d ago

What, you mean no guns like in Uncharted 2, Chaos Theory, Heavy Rain and Ratchet & Clank? Is that what you mean?

If you are going to be so absurd as to include Alan Wake in the shooter genre, I think it is pretty hypocritical considering the kind of games in the PS3's lineup. Besides, Forza 3 doesn't have guns and is a Microsoft game. So it looks like your little tirade was just a straw man.

green6203d ago

I did not expect Mystwalker at E3.They will most likely raise their heads and show their next project at TGS.

Marceles6203d ago

*thinks of what would happen if there was a gun in Milo*

KKanjiAnkh6203d ago

I Highly agree

@Saber

I'm not hating at all, that's MSMO, matter fact I had a quote said to me one time that went "MS is the king at blowing S*** up."

I had to sit back and laugh, and shrug w/it, like yeah!
I just do not get impressed by that at all, I play games to leave reality not be stuck w/what I can do in real life.

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really duh 26203d ago

Microsoft's conference was amazing I'd definitely give it a AAA score.

I think no matter what Sony announce in their conference it's not going to be as good as Microsoft's.

Oh and i see lots of Sony fanboys crying because of all the amazing announcements Microsoft had yesterday just suck up those tears fanboys sell your Ps3s and get a 360 a real gamers console.

Microsoft is King.

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lokiroo4206203d ago

Ohh the sad little box boy believes MShat has had some unprecedented breakthrough with AI and motion capture. HAHAHAHA. ONE GAME THATS IT! Alan Wait another year was the only bullet they had. NATAL, hahahaha, dont expect much more than the lame racing and party games that were shown, and oh yeah want to see the bottom of my avatars shoe, and then see NATAL go fvcking nuts and bug out, classic hahahahaha.

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San Frandisco6203d ago

my score for the Microsoft xbox 360 conference:::

6/10-

Only game that cought my eye was allen wake,other then that Natal was the other community feature that i loved.
Everything else sucked imo and was boring.

the MGSR thing had no effect on me as its only raiden not snake so wutever.

Snake knows his home and is there to stay.
Raiden will learn the hard way.

now just awaiting MGS5 for ps3 exclusive.

Have a nice fvckin day!

robotnik6203d ago

hey 360 friends, sorry to burst your bubble, but ALL the games from your beloved list are rip offs or continuations of other games.

NO INNOVATION.

cry bots cry, oh yeaaahhh

Zhuk6203d ago

E3 2009 will be remembered throughout history as the great turning point in gaming and the unstoppable rise of the Xbox 360 as the ultimate home entertainment device of all time.

With so many acclaimed AAA titles coming out these holidays and 2010 exclusive to Xbox 360, with all the hottest multiplatform titles looking and playing best on Xbox 360 and with Xbox 360's domination to continue into the future with Project Natal, it is safe to say that the PS3 is as good as dead.

The PS3 has been made to look painstakingly outdated and last gen by the Xbox 360. Through the magic of software Xbox 360 has accomplished far more than the PS3 could ever hope to accomplish, and the Xbox 360 has grown in so many ways that it truly is the ultimate home entertainment ecosystem this generation.

Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE have been the driving force of innovation and content this decade, with Project Natal this looks set to continue with a device that will change our world forever.

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interrergator6203d ago

there booth was awesome i wish i was there :) and there lineup is wat i like

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Rangitahi6203d ago

milo is creepy

xdye0176203d ago

an A from me. I'd give an A+ if Milo wasn't too creepy.

PStu'rd6203d ago

+Waggle without waggle (nintedho annihilated)
+effin minority report dashboard confirmed
+Alan wake and Conviction destroying KZ2s graphics
+Forza3 that not only looks to play miles better than GT (nothing new here) but also looks better and and is already the second F game this gen while PD and sony are set to selfown themselves with a lol PSP version of GT while ps3 version is dead
+Xbox live superiority over competition reaches infinity
+SC, ODST and forza3 destroying sony's fall lineup (U2 and insomniac junk(YEAR OF THE PS3 lololololol))
+KOJIMA sends sony's already sunken ship to the bottom of the atlantic
+Nintards already damage controlling

-Milo
-Molyneux losses his mind
-MGS on 360

9/10
Best conference EVER!

air16203d ago

great e3 for micro i agree.

next up sony so that they can start announcing all of the 2010 and 2011 winter releases.. how exciting!

whats going on with gt5? hasnt the demo been out for like 2 years? must still be working on the damage, lol...

jrsenkbe6203d ago

Really did M$ bring anything new to the table. They showed sequals!!! When are they going to offer something other than action and FPS games. At least SONY and Nintendo have a variety of different games.

jkhan6203d ago

I would give it a solid B+. It was a great conference, i loved the idea of natal but i am still a bit skeptical about how it will work when it gets released. As far as games are concerned, Alan Wake looked great, MW2 gameplay was awesome, graphically was a bit underwhelming, exclusive game announcement was great with Crackdown 2, and L4D2 announcement was great. Halo 3 ODST was ok but the star of the show in my opinion was Splintercell Conviction and it was worth every bit of the wait. They really did out done themselves. As far as third party franchises goes it will be funny what microsoft is going to do next year, since there isn't any third party sony exclusive franchise left.

xionpunk6203d ago

I though it was a pretty good show. There just seemed to be a good variety of things to show off. Yeah there was no FFXIII shocker moment (seriously guys, Metal Gear going multi was not that surprising) but overall an impressive presentation

I can't wait for the Sony conference.

Yi-Long6203d ago

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Yi long... if you gave C to ms e3 conference, then i cant imagine what MS has to do to earn your A"

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Well, like I explained in my first post, I couldn't care less about the XBL-experience and wavey-wavey stuff. Also the Tony Hawk thing looks kinda pointless and I rather play a game like Skate 3 or something. Maybe TH will surprise me and it might actually be fun, but I ain't excited about it.
MGS was disappointing because of the "no Snake" thing, Alan Wake looked outdated (gameplay-wise), I'm not a fan of the Halo series so that didn't do much for me either, etc etc.

So apart from Splinter Cell and Forza 3 looking much better than I expected, and a 2.5D shooter that looked interesting, I really didn't care all that much about the whole showing.

Now, your question was how they could earn an 'A' from me. I admit, that would be hard. Here's how they could come close though:

- Announce and show an interesting new game by Tomonobu Itagaki (Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden), and preferably a fighter or new Ninja adventure/action game ofcourse.

- The 360 needs some 3d platformers that are as good as Ratchet and Clank and Mario Galaxy, which would have a cool interesting character and story, and great gameplay in a colorful fun world. (And RARE isn't delivering)

- I'd love to see them just push their arcade line-up more, with interesting 2D games in HD. Not just ports or remakes, but also original stuff. I want a new 2d Sonic game that is as good as the first 2 games on the Megadrive. I want a great looking Turrican game (Amiga classic).

- Microsoft could bring a huge new Flight Sim to Xbox Live, in a huge world so everyone can go and fly where and when they want, and see other XBL-members also enjoying themselfs in the sky. The possibilities are absolutely endless for stuff like this.

- Why doesn't Microsoft just buy the rights to Shenmue, and make Shenmue 3!? Why not work ALOT more closely with Sega!? Bring Madworld in HD to the 360. Bring Crazy Taxi HD to Arcade. Ask the team that made F-Zero for the Gamecube to make a futuristic racer for 360, that would blow Sony's WipeOut away. Etc etc etc.

- Introduce a Microsoft Sports brand, which will make great soccer/basketball/whatever games that would rival EA's and Konami's etc efforts. You could even go for a less realistic style of games that will let you use your avatars, and thus going for a Mario Soccer/NBA Street kinda gameplay. Again, the opportunities are endless.

- Make the green controller (the one with improved D-Pad) the STANDARD controller. All the 2D games and fighters will benefit from that. The only big complaint with the otherwise great 360 controller is the D-pad, and the green controller has adressed and fixed that problem. It should replace the old controller.

Etc etc etc. I could go on for hours.

If they'd announce and show stuff like that, THAT would get me REALLY excited. Like I said, I'm pretty much only interested in the games, and what they showed last night wasn't all that interesting to me. Perhaps the 3rd party developers will have some cool 360 surprises up their sleeves :)