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Has Microsoft already lost E3?

Yes 348 82.08%
 
No 76 17.92%
 
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I didn't see it, so I don't think I can offer a full judgement on it, but it sounds comparable to Nintendo at E3 2008 and I hated that conference with a passion.




mundus6 said:

Yes and no, they had an awful conference, but they did announce Halo 4, which is the best game announced at this show so far. Sony didn't have a single good surprise game (or even mediocre) even though they had a better conference and the only other surprised game i seen so far that is triple A is Far Cry 3, which yeah Halo 4 looks better than.


And you are saying that because you actually saw ingame graphics, right?

I can understand you more interested in the later (which I'm not), but you couldn't possibly defend your statement out of a cinematic - gameplay comparison. The funny thing is that Far Cry ingame graphics looked better than those cinematics if you ask me.



voty2000 said:
Microsoft is trying to expand it's market and this conference has shown that. To the "Hardcore" gamers this seems lacking but that isn't what Microsoft is going after now. They have Gears 3, Halo Remake and 3rd party games to support the "hardcore" gamer. They have just about all the "hardcore" gamers they are going to get so now the focus is on the casual market so they can expand the market. Just wait till this holiday season when Kinect starts selling like mad again.

Forum dwellers act like exclusives are really important but that isn't entirely true. Sony is releasing many more exclusives than Microsoft and is outselling it by only a small amount. The exclusive they are releasing are no longer console sellers like they were when the generation started so focusing on the casuals is the next logical step.

In short no, Microsoft has not lost. They are appealing to a different market which is much larger than the "hardcore" market. I watched the conference with my 11 year old nephew and now he wants me to get Kinect so we can play. He loved it.

Most of Microsofts kinect titles will go unnoticed.



deadt0m said:
Indubitably. Unless Project Cafe is some Virtual Boy-esque laughing stock.

Good news, Microsoft. It is.



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badgenome said:
deadt0m said:
Indubitably. Unless Project Cafe is some Virtual Boy-esque laughing stock.

Good news, Microsoft. It is.

Is it really so bad? (I couldn't follow the conf feed, not only for lack of time, but also because it gets me seasick  )



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Alby_da_Wolf said:
badgenome said:
deadt0m said:
Indubitably. Unless Project Cafe is some Virtual Boy-esque laughing stock.

Good news, Microsoft. It is.

Is it really so bad? (I couldn't follow the conf feed, not only for lack of time, but also because it gets me seasick  )

I really don't even understand what it is. Is it a console or a tablet or what? Why the fuck do they have to be so vague? Whyyyyyyy?



badgenome said:
Alby_da_Wolf said:
badgenome said:
deadt0m said:
Indubitably. Unless Project Cafe is some Virtual Boy-esque laughing stock.

Good news, Microsoft. It is.

Is it really so bad? (I couldn't follow the conf feed, not only for lack of time, but also because it gets me seasick  )

I really don't even understand what it is. Is it a console or a tablet or what? Why the fuck do they have to be so vague? Whyyyyyyy?


Oh my, from what I could gather, it looks like an add-on for Wii... And it doesn't look very handy...



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its the worst MS show ever i mean its all about kinect and kiddy games .. what about the games the real games ?!



Sony>Nintendo>>>>MS.

decent e3.



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