Microsoft Xbox360 announcements

[Reschke]

M$ and Activision just announced @ E3 that all Call of Duty games and map packs in the next three years would appear on the XBOX360 FIRST! That takes those away from us PC guys which have traditionally been first.

Watching it live here:

http://xbox360.gametrailers.com/e3/livefeed/microsoft

Also checking other stuff at this link as well:

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2010/06/e3-live-coverage-microsoft-xbox-media-briefing/1

[Flench]

WHAT ! ?

[gyrene81]

Of course, they're making more from the online gold subscriptions than they do off us computer people. It's all about the benjamins.

[AKH]

Why the surprise? PC gaming has been in decline for several years now.  Many games are developed for consoles and then ported to the PC.

[Ack-Ack]

It's just a ploy by Activision to help shore of a flagging franchise on the decline, especially after the creators of CoD jumped ship.  Microsoft is looking for ways to try and keep the console market share in the US and Europe, especially with their new "slim" 360 and "Kinect" controller coming out this year.  Microsoft has lost a lot of ground to PS3 these last couple of years.

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[allaire]

One thing that also hurt them was when HD DVD lost to Blu-ray.

[Reschke]

I just watched the "Kinect" coming out demo and it was pretty cool what they did but of course I doubt it works as well as they want it to.

They also just showed that ESPN would begin streaming live content over the XBOX360 for over 3500 event both live and VOD. The big key thing with this is if you are an Xbox Live subscriber they are offering that ESPN service for no additional cost.

Kinect launches on Nov 4th this year.

[Curlew]

Ill see you all on there for some smashing, live tag: theflag1035

[Reschke]

Microsoft and Lucasarts are going to put out a game in 2011 that has no controllers at all and uses the Kinect platform.

Forza using the Kinect looks pretty slick also.

[OSU]

Microsoft and Lucasarts are going to put out a game in 2011 that has no controllers at all and uses the Kinect platform.

Forza using the Kinect looks pretty slick also.

What game?

[Reschke]

New xbox has a 250GB HDD with built in wifi n standard and prices are staying at the current rate. Are shipping to retailers TODAY and available for sale by the end of this week! It looks slick! Has an HDMI port on the back now and when Kinect comes out you don't need a power cable with the new xbox but the existing ones you will need a power pack to make Kinect work.

[Reschke]

What game?

No name on the game yet but they showed a trailer and it looked kinda funky in the graphics department. Co-developed between MS Game Studios (Terminal Development Games) and Lucasarts.

[Ack-Ack]

I had passed on going to the MS press show because I'm going to be at E3 on Thursday and if anything interesting is announced, my co-workers that went would fill me in.  Found out today that everyone that went got a slim 360 from MS.


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[sntslilhlpr6601]

M$ and Activision just announced @ E3 that all Call of Duty games and map packs in the next three years would appear on the XBOX360 FIRST! That takes those away from us PC guys which have traditionally been first.

I wouldn't think any self-respecting pc gamer would care about the xbox getting priority over a bunch of overrated games and overpriced map packs.

But I guess I'm in the minority nowadays. I just didn't think quality, innovation, and dedication were too much to ask. But gyrene is right, its all about the benjamins. And boy do those sheeple dish 'em out. 

[Reschke]

I had passed on going to the MS press show because I'm going to be at E3 on Thursday and if anything interesting is announced, my co-workers that went would fill me in.  Found out today that everyone that went got a slim 360 from MS.


ack-ack

Yep but the upside is they just got them for free...you can buy one this weekend. My oldest has $400 burning a hole in his savings account right now and is torn between a PS3 and the new Xbox. He only plays sports games on his consoles and the first Xbox I got 8-9 years ago finally died about 8 months ago.