If you're talking about 343 Studios the majority of them had a hand in the early Halo games. The head of the studion is one of the main creators of Halo at that. I'm not sure why so many people worry about how they will handle Halo when they've been handling it for a very long time. Do you think Microsoft would hand their prized posession over to newbies?

On topic:

I think Microsof t had a pretty good E3 considering everything was leaked ahead of time. If you have a Kinect like me then you were very excited with the evolution of the device as well as some of the new software.

They always show multiplat titles at their conferences.

no, m$ has not lost e3 by any means. they showed off halo4, halo 1 remake,hardcore games that support kinect in a very nice way and showed quality games overall. i liked there e3 alot, and am happy to see what games i will be buying between now and next year.

Both Sony and Nintendo have new hardware so its hard to honestly compare them.

Plus how can Microsoft have possibly "lost" when the other two conferences haven't even aired yet.......

Honestly core gamers can be so annoying.

You got that right. Sorry. I got mixed up with spanish.

the trouble microsoft has is that its exlusives are so easily comparable to other multiplats and in some times the multiplats are better and thus how can you be excited for them. exclusives need to be unique in order to create buzz

I politely disagree. I know so many people that use Xbox for media streaming and when they show their freinds voice search on Netflix, people will eat it up. Hell, I want kinect just for that...And for scanning shit lol. Star Wars looked kinda lame but I want to try it for shits and giggles and Kinect Sports 2 looks fun.Mass Effect 3 looked really good too with Kinect.

Kinect really has a double standard around here.  MW3 and Tomb Raider which seemed as much "on rails" as any Kinect game shown. And people will be raving about those 2 for months to come.

@megaman79 which is something i always had an issue with, let SE or whoever show off their own game. The console guys should be focusing on their own IPS and showing those off IMHO, unless you pull a FF13 and a Portal 2 to shock and awe people, but why waste time with Tomb Raider and MGS?? Its not like those games arent available elsewhere

I don't understand how people can complain so much and say it was worse than last year. I thought it was a huge step from last year because every single kinect game they showed last year was casual. This year there was 5, which were Dance Central 2, Kinect Sports 2, Sesame street, Disney game, and Star wars. MS E3 definitely focused more on core games for kinect like Ryse, ghost recon, ME3, Minecraft, Fable, Forza 4, etc.

I was disappointed there were not any of the games anounced at TGS like Rise of nightmares, project draco, steel battalion, etc. Plus were was Alan Wake game and RARE?!?!? Other than that I liked it.

Yes. Their conference was awful. ONly thing I am truly jealous for is Minecraft. :(