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darkknightkryta on 05 June 2013
noname2200 said:
theprof00 said:


hmm, im not sure how youre portraying my argument, but i cant say it is being well interpreted here.

None of what i wrote precludes public awareness that xbox plays video games like halo, dance central, call of duty, etc.

Pretty sure wii fit made huge rounds on the talk circuit.

Regardless of the argument here, there is a lot of truth in the understanding that the mainstream gets its news from yahoo, cnet, and talk shows.

Im also pretty sure that what sold millions of dance centrals werent gamers watching e3.

A tv media box wouldnt sell to the mainstream, to answer your question, but a box that does all that and plays games (whatever they may be) could be a good selling point for moms and pops who are likely just as clueless about used games or drm.

Mr. Khan has the right of it: I just don't see how the system's TV features will be at all compelling to the general public. It's basically TVii all over again, and demonstrably the general public doesn't much care about that.

I think you guys are underestimating Microsoft's marketing.  This is the same company who charges users a yearly fee to reuse their bandwidth, bandwidth that they're already paying for, to host games.



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Max King of the Wild on 05 June 2013
MoHasanie said:
This isn't bad for MS. I think it doesn't really make a difference. Sony has been pretty much silent on the PS4 since February not talking about it or answering any questions, so its fine if MS doesn't want to answer questions.


Not even remotely similar. The biggest game expo hasnt happened since the ps4 reveal



noname2200 on 05 June 2013
Dunban67 said:
Re: Refresh my memory: what'd they do? (re Nintendo Wii U launch)

the 2 primary issues I have are:

making a big issue of unprecedented 3rd party partnerships - not only did it not happen- the 3rd party involvement in the wii u to date could not be worse- if Nintendo made even a modest effort to see more 3rd party involvement/games then we would have far more than what has transpired to date-

They announced a line up of launch game but waited until after the holiday sales season to disclose most of the key games would be delayed somewhere between 4-12 months and indefinitely. If anyone thinks Nintendo did not know how much effort/resources as a company they would put toward 3rd party relationships and they did not know those games would be seriously delayed until just after the holiday sales season then they would have to be naïve and/or in denial

many of us that purchased the wii u did so based on the general believe that Nintendo would make a good faith effort to follow through on their pre launch sales pitch- it is clear their Nintendo just did would it had to, to get a holiday sales season under wraps at the expense of those who purchased in good faith-

Fair enough. Personally, I see most of these as being essentially marketing fluffery (what does "unprecedented partnership" even mean?), and ascribe the repeated delays purely to incompetence instead of malice.

darkknightkryta said:

I think you guys are underestimating Microsoft's marketing.  This is the same company who charges users a yearly fee to reuse their bandwidth, bandwidth that they're already paying for, to host games.

True, but that's a service that's primarily gobbled up by the "hardcore," a group whose intelligence I rate far, far below the general public's. Or an average chimpanzee's, for that matter.



weaveworld on 05 June 2013

Or... Microsofts pressconference will take away ALL questions!



LiquorandGunFun on 05 June 2013
weaveworld said:
Or... Microsofts pressconference will take away ALL questions!


Well, one could hope. But it makes sense, idk if it iwll work in the business world. i believe this might even be a dilbert moment with M$ but hopefully i am wrong and everything is answered. But then again i am waiting a bit anyways so when it comes down to it, it doesnt matter right now.



 

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Max King of the Wild on 05 June 2013
weaveworld said:
Or... Microsofts preerence will take away ALL questions!


No. Because even if brought up in the confrence the journalist should still have an opportunity to have them confirm and clearify by wording the questions



thismeintiel on 05 June 2013
sales2099 said:
LivingMetal said:
sales2099 said:
This is good.

After the reveal, MS employees were bombarded with questions they werent equipped to answer.

This will ensure it doesnt happen again.

 

Really...?  This is pretty much what Microsoft is doing given the current situation they put themselves in...

 

Either way, they're screwed.  Good?  If you say so...

Games games and games will be their strategy.

And now people (haters?) want to know more about features.

This has nothing to do with features.  It has to do with MS's policies as it pertains to gaming.  And this move by MS will just be seen by the gaming community as them trying to skate the issues.  This is far from good.



 

Max King of the Wild on 05 June 2013
thismeintiel said:

This has nothing to do with features.  It has to do with MS's policies as it pertains to gaming.  And this move by MS will just be seen by the gaming community as them trying to skate the issues.  This is far from good.


When all else fails.... DONT PANIC!



thismeintiel on 05 June 2013
Darth Tigris said:
Sounds like they're still working out the details of certain things that they know will be drilled. It's the right call.

Does Sony have one scheduled? I'd be very surprised if it wasn't cancelled to now.

Why is seriously the only answer you guys have?  "I bet Sony will do it, too."  It was said about paid online play.  Wrong.  It was said about DRM and blocking used games.  Wrong.  Now, you're saying it over something so silly?  What reason would Sony cancel their press roundtable?  They have been very open to the press about their policies with the PS4.  The only thing they haven't announced is the look of the console, the release date and price.



 

Adinnieken on 05 June 2013

They haven't canceled the E3 Press Briefing. Steve Tilley from the Toronto Sun was uninvited to it.

There is no other press indicating that they have received notification that it isn't taking place. None that I can find.

Steve Tilley is a single source, and the Toronto Star may not be seen as imperative to the conversation.