mantlepiecek on 04 June 2012
| endimion said: this a press conference for professional of the electronic entertainement first and second a marketing tool towards "hardcore" gamers..... game trailers might be a big thing for us.... but not that much for pros.... especiallly since they have access to them behind closed door from the devs month before us anyways.... i'd agree as a gamer i expected more candy.... but from a pro standpoint knowing they have a single platform they did a pretty good job talking about what they do and what is the window of oportunity.... i think the smart glass if used properly could be one of the best add on in a while to video games....maps you can navigate add notes on the go (that way i don't have to scribble on my elder scroll map poster) top view of the field with the drone on the tablet in games like cod.... i can also see great co op possibilities.... a real sniper team with eagle eye player etc... fine tune your car on the fly in forza..... inventory management made easy.... etc.... what i was really surprised with was we didn't get that much kinect stuff.... but for a last e3 before next gen announcement i didn't expect that many new ip like some of us did.... if anything is in the works its for next gen imho no surprise here.... i think keeping a steady not iver the top hype machine us smarter than what sony does.... cause they end up showing their cards way too early which is great on the short run and for ys gamers but really strategically sound.... so yeah ms might once again appear blander.... but not sure it ain't better tactically over all.... once again concidering it's mainly a pro event not a mktg tool for us gamers or not it's main purpose..... during this MS will be spending more times in privare booth stricking contracts and charming devs for next gen projects than demoing stuff and we are kept in the dark for all that unfortunately.... |
Your post was about as interesting to read as the MS conference was to watch.
