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What did you think of Microsoft's E3?

Best E3 EVER! 21 3.65%
 
Best MS E3 I've seen in a while 11 1.91%
 
Great! 30 5.21%
 
It was decent 65 11.28%
 
Meh... 130 22.57%
 
Just...no 115 19.97%
 
Worst E3 ever! 107 18.58%
 
See results 92 15.97%
 
Total:571
zimbawawa on 04 June 2012

Exact reactions expected from overhyped forum posters.

It was alright. A 4/10 for wow factor, and 6.5/10 for normal gaming/feature related announcements.



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zgamer5 on 04 June 2012
kain_kusanagi said:
zgamer5 said:
kain_kusanagi said:
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
kain_kusanagi said:
What's with the haters?

The hardcore games looked great, some of the kinect stuff looked fun, and the Xbox Glass stuff looks very cool.

Halo 4, Splinter Cell, Gears of War Judgment, and Forza Horizon all are going to be killer. The rest was gravy.

As for the show itself. It's a freaking press conference, not an entertainment show. Who cares if Nike wants to sell you a shoe or if Usher does a dance? That's all just business. The games look freaking amazing.

E3 - Electronic Entertainment Expo

:P


Ho ho,  you're so clever. But it was a press conference not an expo. E3 hasn't officialy opened it's doors yet. :P

??? what does it being their for entertainement and announcements have to do with the expo. the press conference is supposed to create buzz and to also "entertain" the viewers by showing them new footage and some gameplay demos etc...


THe press conference did just that. It showed new footage, new games, and new tech. People are saying it's boring, probably because they wanted it to be nothing but an hour and a half of explosive trailers. I say MS showed us cool stuff and that's all that matters. If you didn't like everything you saw, well that's because not everything related to Xbox is for you. Believe it or not, some games aren't designed for hardcore-gaming24/7-eat/drink/play-gamers. Some games are for very large demographics like children, families, dancing teenagers, athletes, etc. If MS ignored all but the most hardcore the Xbox would fail.

The stuff at the press conference that was for me was great and I can't wait to play it all. The stuff that wasn't for me looks like it's going to make Xbox 360 even bigger in other demographics. That's good for all gamers.

It wasn't a show to entertain you. It was a show to inform the public on the current state and future of the Xbox brand. Some of that is boring and some of that is fun. The fun stuff looks great, but the boring stuff is important too.

 

Just so you know I think the show was a 7 out of 10. I would have liked to see a new Perfect Dark or Left 4 Dead or Alan Wake. Overall it was good. With that said I've never seen a press conference that I'd rate higher than 7 or 8. Even years with a new hardware reveal.


i agree with you that it is a 7/10 but the way it was presented and the usher/rock throwing kinect game/ie9/nike were useless and they made the conference dull. the conference is aimed at the demographic of gaming journalists and at hardcore gamers, so showing things like smart glass, ie9 and dance central is fine as long as it doesnt take a big part of the press conference(which it did).

and considering e3 is for the hardcore gamers and considering the press conference is part of e3 then it is made to entartain and to inform us.

but like i said before it wasnt that bad but ms could have made it better. 



Being in 3rd place never felt so good

z101 on 04 June 2012

Halo, Forza, CoD, Dance Central. Boring ...

Sony and Nintendo-Conferences will both be better for sure.



Things I like: Magic-Alchemist - The magic iPhone, Android and browser game:

www.magic-alchemist.com/

List of Nintendo Switch games (german):
http://www.zimmer101.de/nintendo-switch-spiele/

Lostplanet22 on 04 June 2012
kain_kusanagi said:
zgamer5 said:
kain_kusanagi said:
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
kain_kusanagi said:
What's with the haters?

The hardcore games looked great, some of the kinect stuff looked fun, and the Xbox Glass stuff looks very cool.

Halo 4, Splinter Cell, Gears of War Judgment, and Forza Horizon all are going to be killer. The rest was gravy.

As for the show itself. It's a freaking press conference, not an entertainment show. Who cares if Nike wants to sell you a shoe or if Usher does a dance? That's all just business. The games look freaking amazing.

E3 - Electronic Entertainment Expo

:P


Ho ho,  you're so clever. But it was a press conference not an expo. E3 hasn't officialy opened it's doors yet. :P

??? what does it being their for entertainement and announcements have to do with the expo. the press conference is supposed to create buzz and to also "entertain" the viewers by showing them new footage and some gameplay demos etc...


THe press conference did just that. It showed new footage, new games, and new tech. People are saying it's boring, probably because they wanted it to be nothing but an hour and a half of explosive trailers. I say MS showed us cool stuff and that's all that matters. If you didn't like everything you saw, well that's because not everything related to Xbox is for you. Believe it or not, some games aren't designed for hardcore-gaming24/7-eat/drink/play-gamers. Some games are for very large demographics like children, families, dancing teenagers, athletes, etc. If MS ignored all but the most hardcore the Xbox would fail.

The stuff at the press conference that was for me was great and I can't wait to play it all. The stuff that wasn't for me looks like it's going to make Xbox 360 even bigger in other demographics. That's good for all gamers.

It wasn't a show to entertain you. It was a show to inform the public on the current state and future of the Xbox brand. Some of that is boring and some of that is fun. The fun stuff looks great, but the boring stuff is important too.

 

Just so you know I think the show was a 7 out of 10. I would have liked to see a new Perfect Dark or Left 4 Dead or Alan Wake. Overall it was good. With that said I've never seen a press conference that I'd rate higher than 7 or 8. Even years with a new hardware reveal.

How high do you score MS conference from 2006/2007?  20/10?



 

Hyruken on 04 June 2012

Thought it was a 'solid' conference.

Showed some good stuff i.e the Halo 4 gameplay which was awesome. I love the way the guns transform when you pick them up!
The Splinter Cell demo was very good and think that will be a better game then the last one. Tomb Raider was decent too.

The best thing about it for me though was the RE6 stuff. Before that demo I was not expecting it to be good at all but that made me hyped for sure!

Overall i'd give it a 7. Ticked all the boxes, new games, games being played rather then CGI style videos, updates for some of the features. And at last a proper internet browser on consoles. About time!

Obviously though this will be the last 360 focused E3, thats why I think we didn't see many new titles as i'd imagine they are now being made for the new console.



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thx1139 on 04 June 2012
Lostplanet22 said:
GAMETRAILERS LIVE POLL

What do you think about MS' conference..

11% Loved it
89% Hated it

=p

I watched the Gametrailers feed and the live tweets/blogs that were coming along with the content were slamming everything MS did even b4 MS did anything so not surprised at all by that.  I doubt the people were even watching the press conference.



Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

Darth Tigris on 04 June 2012

Once again, press conferences are overrated. Have been for years. E3 Stage Demos is where its at, at least for those of us gamers that are actually interested in the GAMES and not the PAGEANTRY. Looking forward to more of those as the show starts.



Lostplanet22 on 04 June 2012

Xbox MS 2012 conference summary in a vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VejlMi8XB5c



 

TheKoreanGuy on 04 June 2012

Did I miss anything after BO2? Any surprise announcements? I had to leave during the middle of that.



mantlepiecek on 04 June 2012
TheKoreanGuy said:
Did I miss anything after BO2? Any surprise announcements? I had to leave during the middle of that.

No, that was the last.