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crissindahouse on 30 June 2012
CGI-Quality said:
crissindahouse said:

they need no excuse, they said they won't come and that's it. fans know it, if they still drive to gamescom to see microsoft it's their own problem. it's not like you have to do that as company. in reality, gamescom is very useless if you don't have something in your pipeline (price reduction) or a new console to show it to public when most still don't have that console.

but yeah, maybe 50k of the vistors are interested in xbox games, most of them already have one and all they could do is playing 3 or 5 exclusives for 5 minutes which they can download later as demo^^  rest of the games (multi-plats) are still there.

In your opinion, Gamescom is useless outside of price reductions and console variations. In reality, Gamescom is quite an outlet for the EU market to get a look at upcoming stuff (or new announcements - such as Heavy Rain's first gameplay preview in 2008).

Just because Microsoft will be a no-show doesn't make the show useless. They either have nothing major or are saving what they have for next gen. It also doesn't make it any less frustrating for some of their fans.

sure and they can show the same over the internet or on other places. i mean, if they show videos of upcoming games, they can show the video on youtube and those few exclusives you can play...as example everything we saw on e3 could have been released without e3. we just wouldn't have seen a stage then with some pr guys talking crap. and those few games you could play like forza horizan will be available as demo on my xbox. i live only half an hour away from it and i still see it not as bad as peope who will never be there in their life. i got the feeling people who see the biggest importance in gamescom are always those who live like 10k miles away...



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crissindahouse on 30 June 2012
CGI-Quality said:
crissindahouse said:
CGI-Quality said:

In your opinion, Gamescom is useless outside of price reductions and console variations. In reality, Gamescom is quite an outlet for the EU market to get a look at upcoming stuff (or new announcements - such as Heavy Rain's first gameplay preview in 2008).

Just because Microsoft will be a no-show doesn't make the show useless. They either have nothing major or are saving what they have for next gen. It also doesn't make it any less frustrating for some of their fans.

sure and they can show the same over the internet or on other places. i mean, if they show videos of upcoming games, they can show the video on youtube and those few exclusives you can play...as example everything we saw on e3 could have been released without e3. we just wouldn't have seen a stage then with some pr guys talking crap. and those few games you could play like forza horizan will be available as demo on my xbox. i live only half an hour away from it and i still see it not as bad as peope who will never be there in their life. i got the feeling people who see the biggest importance in gamescom are always those who live like 10k miles away...

With this view, anything game related can be shown over the internet (or anything news worthy - for that matter). We should just rid the world of news papers and television since I can watch most shows on the net and get most news via Yahoo! 

Yeah, doesn't really make a strong case. Them not being there isn't a plus for everyone, no matter the spin applied. Them being there, regardless of little may be present, hurts nobody.

since i didn't see a lot of gaming related stuff on television here in germany, yes they could get rid of it and i can see it on the internet or read it in gaming magazines if i want to buy one which not many do anymore. and no, it isn't totally useless, if you show a new console or so you should show that on a stage but if you only show a halo 4 gameplay video on a stage or a beyond video, why do you need a stage for that? i understand that they need a e3 as example to show their new games to the worldwide press and don't have to invite the whole world press to their studio but they did already show their stuff on the e3 so gamescom would be not much more for us people. oh wow i could play the halo demo i already saw by myself for 3 minuts how important...

sure it would be better for the fans if microsoft would be there but in reality, if you have no console or other very important new stuff like sony who has to present vita to more people, it isn't so important to use millions of dollars to be there.



crissindahouse on 30 June 2012
CGI-Quality said:
crissindahouse said:
CGI-Quality said:

With this view, anything game related can be shown over the internet (or anything news worthy - for that matter). We should just rid the world of news papers and television since I can watch most shows on the net and get most news via Yahoo! 

Yeah, doesn't really make a strong case. Them not being there isn't a plus for everyone, no matter the spin applied. Them being there, regardless of little may be present, hurts nobody.

since i didn't see a lot of gaming related stuff on television here in germany, yes they could get rid of it and i can see it on the internet or read it in gaming magazines if i want to buy one which not many do anymore. and no, it isn't totally useless, if you show a new console or so you should show that on a stage but if you only show a halo 4 gameplay video on a stage or a beyond video, why do you need a stage for that?

sure it would be better for the fans if microsoft would be there but in reality, if you have no console or other very important new stuff like sony who has to present vita to more people, it isn't so important to use millions of dollars to be there.

Well, agree to disagre here. Sony will show more than the Vita, proving if you support a console with plenty of software, you'll have something to show. It is called GAMEScom, after all.

Microsoft has stuff they can show, they just don't see the need. I understand that, doesn't mean that I agree with it, or that it's somehow OK for the fans.

i edited my post when you quoted me. i said exactly that, they would show halo and so on and people could play a few minutes demo they already saw on the internet. that's really not such a huge difference... and like i already said as well, a game like forza horizon will be there as demo on the marketplace, i don't need gamescom to play forza demo, same with fable and so on...

i would say in reality, the only games we won't see as demo at the same time when gamescom starts or little bit later are halo 4 and maybe gears. and i'm still not sure with halo. gamescom is just too late to show people the stuff they won't have on the marketplace to download in the same time span.



Millenium on 30 June 2012

They decided the PR wasn't equal to the amount of money and time spent this year, no more reason is needed.

Obviously local events as Comic Con and PAX suited them better with what they wanted to do this year, which I fully understand.



AndrewWK on 30 June 2012

They wont attend at the Gamescom but at Comic Con :s WTF?