Microsoft announcing that they will announce something later....?

[Dodece]

Interesting response from the community considering that Sony made the exact same announcement last year in regards to the GDC, and the keynote Phil Harrison delivered. Nintendo would do the same also. Having the keynote at the GDC is something any console manufacture would want to advertise. No sorry fanatics any company would brag about this, and if you think it is in bad taste then all of the big three are guilty as sin. They all do it, and they have all done it.

That said you should expect serious announcements from Microsoft. Not merely due to the long hiatus of riveting developments, but explicitly because they are in a prominent position at this years GDC. I would expect Microsoft to match last years performance by Sony, or even surpass it, and honestly Sony really walked away with the GDC last year.

I would expect Microsoft to announce half a dozen first party exclusives, or development funded exclusives. I would also expect that might announce that they have secured some critical third party exclusives. A couple old franchises making the rounds this year, and possibly a certain peripheral manufacturer having been acquired.