Microsoft's E3 conference Finished
This morning at 04:30 UK time Microsoft will take to the stage in the Santa Monica High School amphitheatre to deliver its E3 2007 Media Briefing.
It will be the first of the big three platform holders to be let loose on the press, and Tom will be bringing us Live Text commentary of all of it as it happens. Just sit back and watch the updates thunder in. There's no need to refresh or anything.
Our live coverage has now ended. Here's what you missed: Updating...
We're in. It's a big round bowl of an auditorium with little round squishy Xbox pads under every bum.
Core, Premium and Elite Xbox 360s sit on little green barstools next to the screen. A fourth stool sits in line. It's unoccupied. New SKU?
They're repeating the trick of having attendees' Gamertags crawl across the screen. Ellie's "Mrs Tom Selleck" floats past in massive letters.
We're making predictions. Mine: Peter Moore roars on-stage to expose a Prince Albert with Solid Snake swinging merrily below.
Ellie suggests something unprintable about green hair. She's sat behind another girl, so there's a 480 per cent chance they'll pick her out of the crowd.
There's a round area next to the big screen with a speech podium. In front of it something pointy about a metre cubed is covered in black sheet.
Johnny's recording me doing a Live Text. I think I should send this one home just so you have that degree of authenticity.
"I think Microsoft's determined to make everyone look like vomit." EGTV's Johnny Minkley weighs in on the ambiance.
Smoke rolls onto the stage ominously. We're ten minutes away according to a Tannoy announcement. I mean PA.
Five minutes. The sky's gone dark in preparation. We're outside, so let's hope it rains. Seriously, I'd laugh.
Right. Very little space left. Only a couple of dozen people still standing. E3 may have changed, but the scale and expense of Microsoft's conference hasn't.
Peter Moore has told us in the past that he reads these backstage. Peter, cross your arms in an X to show you love us.
"Please welcome five Halo fans from Libertyville, Illinois." It's a band. Halo tune, with a starry sky on-screen.
They're not bad actually. On-screen, screenshots float through the cosmos.
The violinist goes for a stroll down by the pond in the middle. She's loving it.
Peter Moore arrives. "Woo," he says, and says he found them on the net. "Thanks again Corporeal."
"This will be the first E3 briefing in which every demo you see will be coming this year." Promises "the greatest holiday line-up in videogame history".
They whip the black wrap off and it's Rock Band's stuff. Peter picks up a guitar. "This is Harmonix, and this is Rock Band." "Let's pump it up to 11."
Peter's on bass. They're doing Main Offender by The Hives. Peter gets the first Game Over!
Peter pauses the game by accident. Brilliant. "Bring it back up!"
And he's paused it again during the conclusion. Oh Peter. m/
Peter plays tribute to Rock Band, saying more bands will be announced later this week. Oh my God and it's a new Viva Piata!!!
"Become the ultimate party animal." It looks like a party game, then. They're smashing stuff in gardens, racing around a town, belching boats down a stream.
Viva Piñ: Party Animals. JUMP IN EVERYONE. It's not Rare though. Krome Studios. Over 50 mini-games. Now onto Mass Effect.
A nasty alien with an army is going to wipe humanity from the galaxy, apparently. Best shoot him then, which we do, with third-person gunnery.
Lots of space battles, epic in scale. Looks a bit Battlestar Galactica. The in-game sections were as nice as anything else on 360's been. Due out in November.
Peter shifts chat to growth. It's about total consumer spending not hardware sales, apparently. They've got those too. NPD: 5.6m in US, 2.8m Wii, 1.4m PS3.
Since the other launches: "We're in a tight race with Wii, and outselling PS3 two to one," he says. "Xbox 360 is selling more games than anyone else."
Shows a chart for the number of third party games that broke the top ten on Xbox 360. 18. Adds the numbers for PS3 and Wii: "Nil, for the Brits in the audience."
"Xbox 360 is driving this industry." Last generation's top 5. "These came from two franchises - and I've got them both tattooed on my arm."
GTA, Vice City, San Andreas, Halo, Halo 2. The top five of the last generation, he says. "Three years later, this same perfect storm will touch down for holiday."
GTA IV, Madden 08 and Halo 3. "This holiday will be unlike anything that's come before it." Trailer reel kicks off.
PGR4. Dynasty Warriors Gundam. Call of Duty 4. Stranglehold. Guitar Hero III. Beautiful Katamari. Lost Odyssey. NBA Live 08.
Mass Effect again. Fatal Inertia. Medal of Honor Airborne. Tiger Woods 08. Ace Combat 6. NHL 08. Assassin's Creed.
Spider-Man Friend or Foe. Simpsons. Splinter Cell Conviction. We're being shown very little we've not seen yet. NASCAR 08. Everything's a snapshot.
Eternal Sonata. BioShock. Madden. Tony Hawk. Crash of the Titans. Harry Potter 5. The Orange Box - woo TF2. Bee Movie Game.
Rock Band again. Naruto. JUMP IN. God. That was the first I'd seen of Spider-Man, and it looked a bit ropey to be honest. Jeff Bell's up now.
He's going to talk family. New one: "Scene it?" made by Screen Life. Based on the boardgame. New trivia questions, puzzles and HD movie clips.
New controller. Handheld with a Buzz-style button on the top, and the face buttons positioned in a line below. Four bundled with Scene It for usual game price.
"I think we have seen it," says Johnny. It does look VERY similar to Buzz's controller. Now they're demoing Naruto. Number one for young boys, apparently.
Naruto's running around a big city, jumping and prancing like a pubescent ninja. The combat has that Zelda pause on impact. It's very slick; looks like a cartoon.
Bell recalls the EA commitment to Live a few years ago. "Tonight I'm proud to announce that this incredible line up of EA Sports games ... will run twice as fast than last year's." "In sport, speed is everything." Some US sportsman called Reggie Bush is up.
He makes a crack about Microsoft guys cheating as they play Madden. I think I've got you stopped buddy, you haven't been to training camp yet have you."
Reggie is utterly failing to use the prompter. It's quite funny, because we can see his lines. "Lets get it on." Is what he would have said. "I'm not even watching Jeff. I'm not even watching." I'm not sure he's playing, either. That was odd. And scripted.
Bell turns to Xbox Live. "Last year we said Xbox Live would grow to six million members. I'm happy to announce we've eclipsed the seven million mark."
"Before next year's E3, we're forecasting that we will cross the 10 million mark." Turns to Live Arcade. Says it attracts new users. 45 million game downloads to date.
Over 100 games total by year end. Shows some. Bomberman Live. Undertow. Hexic 2 (wow - looks more like Tetris). Sonic. Sensible World of Soccer. War World.
Every Extend. Geon. Wing Commander Arena. Feeding Frenzy 2. Track & Field. Spyglass Board Games. Golden Axe. Space Giraffe. Super Puzzle Fighter. World Puzzle.
Marathon. Poker Smash. Tetris Smash. Boku Sudoku. Two being added tonight: Sonic and Golden Axe.
Now he's going to talk about the Video Marketplace. The only place to offer this, he points out. Over 2000 hours, from 28 networks and studios. Twice the size of the nearest cable provider, he says. In the US, anyway. USD 125m spent on DLC so far.
They've announced a partnership with Disney to bring their films to live. They show a reel of classics - Tarzan, Pooh's Heffalump Movie, Atlantis, Hercules, Emperor's New Groove, Armageddon, Sky High, Waterboy, Bad Company, Unbreakable...
On and on it goes. Coyote Ugly. Deja Vu. Primeval. The Queen. Venus. All in high definition. All available tonight. All Disney films from now to follow.
High definition video to go global in autumn. Canada and Europe this year. "We're committed to bringing Xbox 360 to the world." August 24th: X360 Elite in Euro.
They're bring out Shane Kim. "As Jeff said, everything starts with the games, which is why with all due respect to Mr Gates I have the best job in Microsoft."
Pays tribute to Sakaguchi, BioWare, Bungie, and says their "masterpieces" will join a great run of first-party titles.
Says PGR4 will follow Forza 2 in "a one-two punch". He welcomes Brian Woodhouse and Craig Howard from Bizarre Creations.
They're showing the bikes racing through a rain-swept New York. The frame-rate's about 30. Doing wheelies and stoppies. Kudos galore.
Oops, Shanghai, not New York. Not sure what that says about me. Or the game. A tropical storm promises to affect gameplay.
"PGR On Demand" will allow you to share videos and photos. It's coming in September. They go off to a new trailer.
The snow looks great. The reflections are epic. The raindrops on the car race along as the wind strikes them and a car duels with a bike on various terrain.
He points to Alan Wake, Too Human, Fable 2, Halo Wars and Banjo as examples of X360's aceness. Peter Jackson's Halo story partnership is referenced.
There's now new info though, it seems. Sakaguchi's Lost Odyssey is about to be shown.
The cinematics are ludicrously epic, as the player character wonders about the cost of his immortality. Sounds like Planescape: Torment.
"If you are an RPG fan, Xbox 360 is simply the best console to own this holiday," says Kim, thanks to Blue Dragon, Mass Effect and Lost Odyssey.
PC news time. Viva Piñata for Windows!!11 And Gears of War. "Surprise." Laughter.
With "completely new content, a game editor and a couple of other surprises". CliffyB takes the stage.
He talks about how things have changed since he showed it last year. "Gears was celebrated for its integrated co-op... and we're bringing that to Windows".
They're using Games for Windows Live, of course. Five new single-player chapters, new multiplayer mode and arenas, plus new achievements.
We're going to get to fight the Brumack (sp?) that we saw in the trailers. Marcus and Dom go for it as it fires stuff off its head cannon.
They're using big concrete pipes to hide. "Target those arm guns." BOOM. "One down." The guns are gone, but not the one on its head.
"Unfortunately I don't want to spoil how this battle ends," he says, before walking off. PC version's out this Christmas.
Moore's back. SEGA, Eidos and THQ have adopted Games for Windows Live, he says. More than a dozen Live-enabled PC titles this year.
Games for Windows will now be built into Unreal Engine 3. "That's right, it's a big deal," he says as a few applaud.
Moore says the "unified brand presence" in 10,000 stores worldwide has helped to... do... something. Make money, presumably. I wasn't listening.
He's showing a Games for Windows reel. Flight Sim X: Acceleration. Thrillville: Off the Rails. Bee Movie Game. (They love that one, innit).
Hellgate. Age of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasty. Stranglehold again. Gears, of course. BioShock. Crysis. Universe at War. Blacksite.
World in Conflict. Age of Conan. Lost Planet. Kane & Lynch. Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts. Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals. Juiced 2.
Viva Piñata. Spider-Man. End of reel. Clappety clap.
Call of Duty 4 to be shown next, having been lined up for 360 and PC. Not clear if he's about to announce it's exclusive, but we'll see.
Promises "an intense and cinematic campaign" as we slip into a trailer. My arse really hurts, by the way. I hope he finishes soon.
In the future, people fight with guns. In Prypyatt. An explosion levels an entire city, and looks a bit in-game. Could be anyway. Won't be fooled again.
Grant Collier and Jason West come on-stage to give us a "deeper look". How about a deeper cushion?
"We're making a more sophisticated, deeper Call of Duty experience." Promises variety. "We're going deep, and we're going hard." Moore shakes his head.
Moore is sulking next to a TV as they play the game. A sniper comes out of the low, greyed grass, bleeding out of the scenery to expose his perfect camouflage.
This looks properly amazing. The limited palette and detailed, grassy camo coupled with brilliant animation give it an incredibly coherent look.
They skip a couple of cinematics. Inside a building, bazookas lie against the wall. The use of foliage is extensive and varied as they sneak past a chopper.
Enemies slowly sweep the area as you lie in the grass. Exclusive to X360 is a multiplayer online beta. CharlieOscarDelta.com for details.
Now they're going to show Splinter Cell, with the next version this Christmas, of course. Exclusive to Xbox 360.
We knew that at X06, of course. They're going to show the second GTA IV trailer on our big screen, claiming the footage was captured on a 360.
"Where the GTA IV experience stops on other platforms, it continues on Xbox 360." Two new exclusive episodes by spring, he re-confirms.
Moving away from GTA onto Japanese partnerships. He says all publishers are committed to 360. They show emblems for all sorts including Beautiful Katamari.
"The only game that won't launch this year" is being shown. Resident Evil 5. Bleeding eyes in hot, dusty slums.
The full trailer to be shown on Live on 26th July.
And it's Jade Raymond. And Patrice Desilets. They're going to play Assassin's Creed for us, which is sexy of them.
They're showing the Jerusalem demo we'll play at the show. Altair walks through crowds and kicks up a fuss with the locals, which Raymond advises against.
We'll need to get to know the people as well as the city, says Jade. Having shown us the monks last year, they're going for a new approach.
Altair distracts by throwing someone off a building, and free-runs over arches and up walls. Jade giggles weirdly at the killing that ensues.
Altair's caught in a trap. Talal, the level's badguy, emerges and taunts the assassin. "I cannot allow my work to be threatened, " he says, as his goons attack.
Combat will be based on timing rather than lots of landed blows. Timing counters allows you to take people down elegantly and effectively.
Talal legs it up a ladder, and now we're to see the chase AI. "No two chases will be the same." Altair bounds over beams, ramps, stairs, barging people aside.
Free-running helps Altair catch up over beams and hanging planks. When he gets to him, he leaps onto him and knifes him ferociously. And they're off.
Moore's back, and starts talking about stories that revolutionised entertainment, like Star Wars.
"30 years later a new generation is claiming a new story and a new hero." It's time for Halo, then.
Nope. We're being shown a live action short created in concert between Neill Blomkamp (the abandoned film's director) and Bungie.
A red sun burns through an industrial background, as we close in on machines whirring and smelting. Familiar helmets and vehicles are being made.
Marines pick from racks of familiar handguns and rifles. A dropship emerges from a trapdoor. That's it. Hrm. A sort of fancy trailer, then. "Finish the fight."
"We're announcing a new console for Halo nation." It's brown. "The Halo 3 Special Edition console." In September.
Green or brown, Ellie reckons. "So there you have it - the greatest holiday line-up in videogame history," says Moore.
"Tonight, we let the games talk." Lines them up to illustrate his point. He's not wrong - I'd buy Viva Piñata again.
"We're adding even more family and social blockbusters" like Rock Band, Dance Dance, Simpsons and Beautiful Katamari. "This is who we are and what we'll deliver to you this holiday." He's wishing us all a wonderful week. And now, Halo 3 trailer.
"You are in the dirt... thinking what? That you might escape the coming fire. Your world will burn until its surface is but glass."
All your favourites - Cortana. Chief, Covenant, Warthogs, dropships, gigantic-scale gun battles. There's an enemy that fills the whole screen.
And the lights come up, and we're off. Good night. See you for Nintendo and Sony later today.
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LOL, what, you mean another five Mario games? Comedy Gold!
True.. but then.. msoft is still miles off nintendos exclusive portfolio..
(especially if you discount shooting games)
I dont think Sony will be able to match MS' exclusive portfolio any time soon/ if ever(especially looking at this year... can anyone say MEH?) certainly not on quality which is what we want.
halo 3, im not a big fan of it myself but it does look like a decent shooter, very similar to halo 2 in my opinion tho
Halo 3 looked like shit, totally let down now about that game.
They only had 5 or 6 exclusives the rest will be multi format!
Totally underwhelming start to E3. Nothing new apart from a crappy buzz rip off pad and a shite coloured console and Sonic 1.
Agree about the Halo comments. Halo the new star wars?!?!? Total crap!
You insane?
1. A new i.p. based on Brass Bands.
2. A price cut. I was, honestly.
3. Free pot of raspberry jam with each new console purchase.
4. X-ray vision goggles peripheral.
5. Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of bile thrown at Sony and Nintendo. "War! What is it good for! Huh!"
What I got instead was:
1. Games, games and more games that I know all about. How dare they. I bought a chuffin multi media centre not some games playing thing. What are MS playing at?!!?!?!?!
2. And the presentation sucked so that must mean the games must suck as well.
3. Halo 3, some people hate that so it shouldn't be shown AT ALL.
4. No new games. I guess that means after christmas the 360, if it lasts that long, is to be phased out.
But after reading it, yes i felt the feeling of 'is that it'? Ive never played halo before so i have no idea what to expect when it hits later on this year. I dont know if i was hoping or not, but where have all the colourful games gone? Yes i get to indulge on some fine looking realistic games, but still!
I hear there was a pretty good demonstration of assasins creed, its on my list of must gets, but when on earth do you showcase a 3rd party game in a conference like this. 3rd parties have there own err parties, have there own booths, where is the inhouse stuff?
At least the near future looks great, but id like to know what games are on the go for 08 as well, a consoles supposed to go for 5 years at least right?
The 360 has a good, solid line-up over the next few months but nothing no one was expecting. We all knew there would be a 360/Halo 3 SKU. The problem is that Microsoft are pinning all their hopes on that one game. 360 sales have really flattened recently and I would not be surprised if total sales over the years to come do not exceed those of the original Xbox. I?m sure Halo 3 will provide a sales spike but not to the same degree as the original game as that was a launch title.
Games like Bioshock and Mass Effect look cool but everything else that MS are showing that?s any good is multi-platform. The PS3 has far more exclusives this year. Roll on the Sony conference with Killzone 2, LittleBigPlanet, Lair, Warhawk, Ratchet & Clank, Home, Drake?s Fortune, The Agency, Haze, MGS4 and the other games they?ve so far not announced.
360 fans, you have to admit that was a poor conference.
Other than that, nothing was said or shown that we didn't know about already :/
That's not to say the line up is poor for the remainder of the year, infact I don't think neither the PS3 or Wii have it quite so good for the next 6 months or so.
Could have done with some more surprise announcements though....
Oh and he did say Eternal Sonata was exclusive when he talked about the Japanese support.
On EG or live? The bring it home idea was one of their best e3 moves cant wait to beable to join in on that.
Not many new stuff, CoD 4 looked pretty good, was that the 360 or PC?
They didn't show Blue Dragon on the showreel of games coming out this year, but it's already been confirmed, right?
Looks like they didn't steal anymore big exclusives, then. Which is very good news as I'd rather Sony and MS keep competing as long as possible...
I think it's 08, same as Alan Wake and Resi5
Did I miss Too Human or was it not there? I thought that was for 07 too?
actually what they did was they told us again about the hand we'd already been shown, and it's awesome. people are mistaking a lack of novelty and new announcements as Microsoft having nothing going for them. it's quite the contrary, they just did a bad job of reiterating how awesome their lineup between now and the end of the year is.
Anyway I still say it was very positive overall just not many surprises, if anyone who actually owns a 360 here or is interested in owning one this year, isnt feeling positive after seeing whats on the 360 before the end of the year(not many delays at all which is unusual) then its not for you (you should give it away I'll have it). So they are on track to having the best games out this christmas, Sony need to convince me they have anything this year worth getting excited about(it all looks so meh so far to me), Nintendo too(something tells me Nintendo will have alot of new things to show but they need to, wheres all the serious/hardcore games?).
I was expectin more. Nothing new was really shown. Well nothin all that interestin thats new anyway.
All in all am not pumped, lets see what Sony and Nintendo has to offer. Microsoft showed their hand and to be honest it's weak. Except for RE5 that looked great but it's multiplatform so i'll be pickin it up on my PS3. Finally some actual gamplay of Assassin's creed an i dont know if it was the game or that young lady with the nice voice suckin so much but am not gettin the hype of this game.
I think I speak for 90% of people when I say it would have been nice to actually get something new, rather than a re-hash of old news in a bright cheery package.
I'm not denying they have some potentially good games on the way, but the way they ran this could have been alot better.
On the other side, the X360 lineup for 2007 is really impressive. I don't think, Nintendo and Sony can match that.
Anyway, how can they mention the RPGs and not mention Eternal Sonata?
Looks like MS still has to get the hang of E3.
That is a reasonable summary. Oh, and that Assassin's Creed is still a bit buggy.
edit: Oh and they have 'scene it' the board-game-converted-to-360-with
-Buzz!-controller
I mean damn its a great year to own a 360, thats settled it I really have to buy one this year. MS has its own event X07 remember? They will probably do the surprises there from now on.
Theres no way Sony or Nintendo are beating that line up this year IMO, say what you want about: "its all shooting and racing"(you can generalise Nintendo like that with "its all kids games on the wii"... load of rubbish a good game is just that) but for me theres probably more definate buys than I can afford.
They are finally rolling out the movies on marketplace... excellent move, along with the Elite at same price as a premium(?300 and should be the safest bet - reliable, quiter and all the extras) MS deserve to have the most successfull christmas.
Bleh. Hooray for boring press conferences and a toned down E3... not!
Looks like MS still has to get the hang of E3.
bahahaahah
well atleast video marketplace is out this year for europe
all is redeemed by awesome awesome Halo trailer, though.
And what about one for Assassins Creed?
and CoD4?
and Mass Effect?
Mass Effect confirmed for 2007
and of course, all of the EA SPORTS games at twice the speed.
i mean 4SKU's?!?!?
Sony, not so much.
why is that then? did they want a longer Halo trailer?
probably lots of AWESOME!!!!! and stuff.
Seems MS didn't get MGS4......
I think the audience were probably stunned that the rest of the show contained stuff they'd been flown in to see.... and they'd already seen it?
Oh hum - off to bed I go...
To be fair they did say from the start they'd only show stuff out this year, but it would have been worth letting slip some news about titles from beyond 2007.
But what about the rest of it? All a bit.... familiar?
Still... wing commander arena.
MS's E3 conference was pathetic. I can't believe I stayed up for this.
Jump in, dude!
It was our little community adventure!
Spherelol
/sighs
Edit:Make that Halol
Same here!
/likes Jade's girly laugh
Is that like Hammer Time?
and here it is.... Again!
lol.
Note: This isn't a 360 exclusive.
Oh they have tons of stuff coming in 2008. It's refreshing to see that they focus on things that will be available in the next 6 months instead of hyping stuff that will come in 2-3 years.
It's M-M-M-Max Headroom!
Did you nod off?
OMG TRACK AND FIELD
They're the stereotypical big US company.
They are all glitz and glamour, self-absorbed and bullheaded. Addicted to PR and marketing, trying to sell their products to babies before they can speak, twisting words into the most positive spin possible.
I'm not saying this as a hater - Sony has more than enough things to dislike about it as well, and they have their americanisms (eg, the spin), but at their heart they are still more japanese than anything.
In Australia we currently have a situation with the new head of Telstra, the incumbent telecommunications provider. They brought in a yank and his friends to manage it, and they've been trying to strongarm the government and overawe the country with a media and PR blitz. That kind of stuff just sticks in my craw.
I really dislike that kind of corporation.
That was a kind of directionless rant at the world, but I feel better now
Revolution.
So they are basically after the Wii target demographic?
I knew there was a reason I was watching this.
Financial shit.
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there you go spongebob
thankfully not, it would seem
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What was that?
edit: Makes Yossarian Coffee.
I second that.
Now 13!
High-Fives everyone else in the comments thread!
Giant - Only VIPs. Hence why you see Jeff from Gamespot's gamertag and Ellie's one too, lol.
...anyone know what the rest is?
Dunno, but if you paste
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into your WMP 'open URL' that should give you it
(presenters on G4)
We could all open two browser windows and retreat back to the forums? It would all be a bit Monty Python though.
Or is it like the cinema?
edit: and the fricking LIBRARY. Boooo! This ain't a Library - give us GAME TEXTS!
Translate for the non ban speak:
You frikking moron, the world just revolves round you and where you are doesn't it? no if it isn't in your timezone it's unfair boo cnuting hoo.
Think please and don't act a cnut like this post makes me out to be. Tell me you have 2 or 3 braincells at least or do you just buy everything apple produces (for example, more likey it's the cult of Sony) - If you do thats most likely because you have been brainwashed into a cult, there are people who can help, honest.
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I just think it's cool.
Talking about the prototype nerd... He even comes with pencils, isn't it cute?
We've probably got more chance of winning the lottery three times over, but hey, one can dream.
I wonder if there will be much from Rare, they're working on two potential biggies aint they?
Only if a Shenmue remake and Jet Set Radio online is announced.
Ahhh.... Jet Set Radio ... loved that game
Only if a Shenmue remake and Jet Set Radio online is announced.
Anyone stopping up/getting up early to watch (and read the text updates)?. Must be someone surely.
Probably - my insomnia has been in full effect lately and there really ain't a lot else to do at that time of day.
At the least, couldn't you save the mass negativity with regards to their E3 presence until after they've actually given their presentation. If it turns out shit, then by all means go nuts on those bastards.
Plus, the PS3 price cut has greatly boosted sales and I would be surprised if the PS3 does not outsell the 360 this week in the US.
Plus, well, let's face it, the 360 is basically a dead duck in Japan. Ok, I know the PS3 is not exactly flavour of the month at the moment but there have been plenty of reports to suggest Japanese gamers are looking forward to a lot of upcoming PS3 games.
Deffinatly going to be a surprise arcade game as there has been no announcement on what tommorows release is going to be....
I want to know about MGS4. Now or never.
are you for real? or just 12? nobody's that must of a fanboy not even smelly (oh wait, no he is!)
MGS4 may well appear on the 360, but as it's been developed on the ps3 something tells me i don't think ms will be stealing this one too...
you'll be claiming GT5 will be a 360 exclusive soon, or mario even..."
Oh, Final Fantasy is tied to Sony is it? What about Final Fantasy XI? Seems to my mind it was on the 360.
Seems also, that there is a DS title, and a Wii title coming up.
Oh, and a Square Enix title will be coming to the 360 too.
You clearly can not differentiate between first party and third party.
are you for real? or just 12? nobody's that must of a fanboy not even smelly (oh wait, no he is!)
MGS4 may well appear on the 360, but as it's been developed on the ps3 something tells me i don't think ms will be stealing this one too...
you'll be claiming GT5 will be a 360 exclusive soon, or mario even...
It's an 6 months exclusive on PES !
/runs
"Surely only the most die-hard microsoft loyalists will be here at 4:30, well that, and the die-hard Sony loyalists too, hoping to piss on the parade."
You have such a dim view of people... I'll probably watch, but I wouldn't categorise myself in either of those. But I'd do the same for Phil H or Miyamotos speech...
EDIT: All three are doing speeches right?
But, FF13 was shown at the last two E3 events. So, i would agree with the people who say it is weird that FF13 isn't listed as being shown this year. I wonder if Peter Moore will have a tatoo of FF 13 on his arm, too!
And all the third-party games released on both systems always end up better on the Xbox 360 with better graphics and more features and online capabilities. Just look how the new Virtua Fighter 5 has better graphics, better artificial intelligence, and online play in the Xbox 360 version.
If it is a simultaneous released with the PS3, I think it will end up with a tatoo on the arm of Peter Moore.
There are actually rumors on the Internet saying that Metal Gear Solid 4 will be doing what games like Fatal Inertia and Katamari did, where they started out as PS3 exclusives, but will actually end up as an Xbox 360 exclusive. Seeing MGS4 as an Xbox 360 exclusive game would be cool. If it was rated high, I would make sure to buy it on my Xbox 360.
Live pictures on Gamespot. Much better than Eurogamer!!
/snore
As Bungie aren't one of the scheduled developers/publishers set to make an appearance, does this mean if there is going to be any Halo 3 news it'll be done here.
*maybe not
Microsoft shafts Europe again
Better put some coffee on standby too...
Edit- Surely the only thing tattoo worthy would be to announce that MGS4 is no longer a PS3 exclusive, although I really can't see that happening just yet.
What other games are there to make such a huge deal about?..The new Katamari now being exclusive? No, not quite.