so if people dont like it they shouldnt talk about it? that is like when nintendo unveiled the wii. i mean cmon alot of teh stuff i saw today was in my opinion lame. there was nothing i could live without from them. besides in MW2 ill just get it for the pc and have even better graphics then what they have anyways.

@ squilliam, sky will only stay in UK/Eire, maybe they will do a deal with a NZ service

Maybe it's because I care more this year, considering the fact that I got an Xbox360 6 months ago. But I felt this year's conference had a bigger overall wow factor. The only thing I basically remember from 2008 was the FFXIII announcement.

I'd said that this year's MS conference was better than the one in 08.

wow and i thought the M$ guys during the conference was arrogant. ive seen many e3's and this is about as exciting as when nintendo unvieled the gamecube. it was boring and everything i saw i already knew about except for the natal thing but to have that work and sell lots it cant be released this gen by any means. if it is it will be a massive failure. cause if you think of it no one is gonna buy a xbox360 then turn around and spend another 200 bucks to buy this thing that hasnt really been proven to work perfectly like they want it to. im not being negative just wanna see something exciting at e3 and M$ failed at that.

WOW! you really wasn't paying attention was you? they said more than once that ALL existing 360 games WILL also work with the new motion camera, seriously......

More news :

On Demand for Xbox Live will allow full downloads of games just like Steam.

http://kotaku.com/5274406/microsof-offering-360-games-on-demand-starting-august

Good for you, but considering how fast MS is trying to get out a new version, shows that most agree with me, and that Vista was poorly recieved by most

Lol, a lot of people are focused on Natal here. I guess it was a success then. People already forgot the other fantastic announcements.

Anyone who loves music should love the last.fm connectivity. If you're into music and haven't checked out last.fm, do it. That and Pandora are awesome music discovery sites.

Facebook and Twitter. Listen, I have Facebook, but I'm never really "on it". I signed up for Twitter ages ago, but I didn't understand the allure. However, I'm also not naive enough to think that my opinion is the consensus. People love that stuff. Especially, wait for it, them casuals Microsoft wants to get on board.

Games! Are you kidding me? Forza 3, seems to look amazing and will, unless the 2010 release has been bumped, will be released before GT5. Alan Wake is looking great. Crackdown 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Dead Rising 2, Halo ODST, and Halo Rising. These are all big games. Most of which never before seen.

Then there's Natal. People are saying the tech won't work as advertised. This technology is based off the research and development by a company called 3DV which Microsoft acquired. There were already demos of the technology and everything. Check out the many articles at Ars Technica, Engadget and Gizmodo. All of which said it worked surprisingly well. Very surprisingly well. I read one article which said the boxing game they demoed was much much more responsive than Wii Sports Boxing and that the interface navigation demoed seemed to demonstrate a preciseness above that of the Wii controller.

Finally, yes the Natal has gimmick written all over it. And you know what? Gimmicks sell.... very well. If this product works as advertised, it will sell very well. Hell, I'll be baying one just for the navigation elements.

Microsoft is turning the Microsoft into a very flexible entertainment device with all of it's future offerings: Netflix, Last.fm, Zune, Live, Twitter. And it will soon be able to all be controlled without having to pick up a controller. I think that's pretty F'in cool.

Actually they said it would work with all existing hardware