Yes or No.

Microsoft have said that you shouldn't be concerned about there being minimal gameplay at this conference, it'll all be at E3. I've seen lots of forum posts defending this view. Is that the majority?

I think they will show some, but not all, of their new IPs, some sequels/reboots and then a trailer montage for some other 3rd party stuff. They will also announce the xbox mini.

I think they will, and definitely have some great games, but i wouldn't be surprised if a lot was smoke and mirrors to get the hype going with release dates being still far away.

Yes.

ofc. they will show the games, only thing is if it is going to have the impact it needs. right now it is a total shitstorm over the used games thing.
and when you think about it (a bit of topic), they have to make you pay full price for the game (atleast as much as the disc cost to buy). otherwise person 1 buys game, passes it on to all his friends, they pay a 'fee' and get the game too.
It pretty much has to be a full game purchase price. the disk is for installing, nothing more.

thats the hurdle for the whole console in gamers eyes, some care, some don't. I'm on the defensive about this and i doubt anything they will show will sway me from my stand at this moment.

i kinda fee that way too, those 15 exclusives could take a few years to come out, but i do think we will see some really cool games from them.

Yeah, hopefully some of the exlusives wont just be DLC either xD

Of course they will show games, that is what e3 is for. People are still wondering?

have they done that before?

There will certainly be games. The question is what kind of games? Kinect,XBLA,AAA?