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Xbox E3 Conference 6/11 2pm PST
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daTRUballin
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Or sometimes the winner of E3 could even be the "underdog" platform if the other company fucks up. See Sony 2006 and Microsoft 2013 (although gamers' interest in the Xbox brand was already starting to wane even before the Xbox One launch fiasco and were already leaning more towards the PlayStation camp).
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
There has been the Discord leak, there have been rumours in the past month and there is Phil Spencer saying on Twitter that he doesn't think all stories in the Fable universe have been told yet. Looking at Microsofts lineup it makes a lot of sense to have a first party action adventure/role playing game. Fable 3, Journey and Legends were just stupid concepts, Fable 1 and 2 are great. So the demise of Fable can be blamed more on Lionhead than on the series itself.
VlaudTheImpaler
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If MS brought both Halo 5 and Sunset Overdrive to play anywhere so I could play them at max settings and 60fps on my PC... I mean, they could end the show right there and it would "win" in my eyes. Heck, even if it was just Sunset...
Doug Heffernan
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Microsoft have done a pretty good job recently as far as keeping things a secret. No insider ever predicted Backwards Compatibility. The fact that they are keeping things so closely concealed is encouraging to me.
Starfield
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source to this discord leak?
yep . its extremely hard to talk scrounge up a good bit of stuff to talk about with Microsoft E3 cause we already know the usual stuff from Microsoft like Crackdown, Sea of thieves, below, red dead redemption, and forza. Halo won't be there and the team that worked on gears probably won't have anything. So what else can you talk about?
That right there is bogus . It seemed like before the xbox fiasco everyone was predicting the end of playstation and xbox dominating this gen.
Self_Destructive
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Maybe this is one of the first times they'll be able to talk about stuff that ISN'T those things?
Yup, we know nothing so predictions are moot at this point.
CalamityPixel
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An insider is telling me exclusively that MS are going to have an E3 conference. Will keep you all updated!
Salty Hippo
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This is true. It's almost Kinda Funny levels of scrounging. They are not even capable of speculating about what they would like to see.
That would be wonderful if they branched out a little bit more. I respect that they keep pushing out those games at a decent pace but they really do need a bit more variety.
schaft0620
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On top of that, Sony has Red Dead and Crackdown has a small fan base.
Please go ahead.... Also, lets not forget their E3 betting special is later this week.
rokkerkory
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fake news!
Am i getting my promoting games mixed up was Sony red dead and Microsoft assassin's creed? I thought Microsoft had red dead.
schaft0620
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Sony has Red Dead for sure, we all assume MS has Assassins Creed.
Here i was thinking that red dead was the perfect game to promote the power of the scorpio, so Microsoft must have the marketing deal for it.
edit: the ad that i had on this post was really messing up my typing.
CalamityPixel
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daTRUballin
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Yes, some people were predicting Xbox would win this generation, but I was talking more about the fact that the PS3 had a huge turnaround the last few years of its life, while at the same time MS was beginning to garner a negative reputation from gamers due to things like the Kinect, Avatars, their focus on casual gaming experiences and non-gaming related stuff, the Halo/Gears/Forza/Fable/Kinect cycle, mismanagement of their first party studios, etc. The warning signs were all certainly there before the Xbone fiasco.
MosquitoSmasher
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I was reading that thread about Sony on their confirmed E3 games and God of War in particular stood out. More narrative, almost open world and you could say a complete new direction for the franchise. One of the reasons is Europe cause apparently God of War didn't sell incredibly well there, which surprised me.
But back on topic, I love that Sony allows a beloved and established franchise like that to be going into a new direction and that definitely makes me wish MS would do the same for Gears and Halo. People here said it before about Halo that a RPG based on that universe could work out really well and why not let Gears go into a different direction or as it has been said many times now let these studios do something new.
Fat chance, I know. But MS Game Studios could definitely take a look at Sony and learn a bit from it. You just know when a Sony show happens that surprises will happen and I am not afraid to admit that I am a bit jelly that MS is quite the opposite often with exceptions like BC.
But back on topic, I love that Sony allows a beloved and established franchise like that to be going into a new direction and that definitely makes me wish MS would do the same for Gears and Halo. People here said it before about Halo that a RPG based on that universe could work out really well and why not let Gears go into a different direction or as it has been said many times now let these studios do something new.
Fat chance, I know. But MS Game Studios could definitely take a look at Sony and learn a bit from it. You just know when a Sony show happens that surprises will happen and I am not afraid to admit that I am a bit jelly that MS is quite the opposite often with exceptions like BC.
Gears Judgement nor any Halo game has reached the depth of trashitude that God of War Ascension reached. It takes a complete botteming out like that to throw away the formula.
But to also be fair, who was predicting Xbox would come out with $100 more than the competition and expect it to ride out. That was their mistake
Sickness702
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Xbox Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane Edition
Salty Hippo
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Huh?
If you go right back in time to the original game, the release came out 4 months after the US. During this time the Xbox 360 was announced and subsequently the old gen started to die.
Also the game was 18 rated in the UK, which was PS2 land at the time, which it only prohibited its advertising somewhat, but also meant the game was inaccessible to a huge portion of buyers.
I suspect that put the game on the back foot here.
Also, it looked hyper dudebro with the super masculine Keaton's on the front, very America.
DriftingSpirit
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That is all I want from MS. Something to go along with their usual formula that gets the blood pumping. Something unexpected game wise.
It was just a stopgap game like Judgement. They are talking about sales for the series overall. They know God of War can be bigger than that so they are making adjustments.
Doug Heffernan
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I've learned that most Gears and Halo fans DO NOT like change, that's just how it is. I'd rather they focus on new IPs than trying to reinvent current franchises.
Fatmanp
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Not sure if this has been posted.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/5/1...t=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
MS Trademarks a new S logo.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/5/1...t=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
MS Trademarks a new S logo.
schaft0620
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What should they be talking about?
And I hope that continues because MS used to be so rubbish at keeping their show under wraps. I remember one year someone in their PR sent out an email before the show started that basically had the entire show on it.
I hope even at their rehearsals they don't do certain parts in their on stage run through as anyone watching will probably leak what they see.
I want to be truly surprised. That goes for all the shows.
Sony
Nintendo
I'm leaning towards they don't have much to show. I'll happily eat crow.
Yearsoflurking
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I wonder what this could be , Microsoft secrecy has me intrigued
Nah. If Ascension had done really well there was no way they were rebooting the whole thing from the ground out. The game was awful so they flipped a switch.
Did you read it? It tells you the source is a user on NeoGAF and links back to here where it came from lol. It is from this very thread.
DriftingSpirit
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Hahahahah.
No way, Ascension still has it over Judgement which was atrocious.
Yearsoflurking
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lol damn oh well
that sucksXbox One SS
The article links to this thread.
dragonelite
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gaf -> internet -> gaf...
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
It's somewhere in this thread, reposted on 4Chan.
Yearsoflurking
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can you please repost it.
anyway , I think microsoft should give halo a bit of rest so they can build up perception and nostalgia . maybe do something else , even could do like a spin off instead. I would love to see a mass effect style halo spin off. ME:A played similar to 5 I think halo could prosper with that type of spin off. it would be expensive to produce though.
DomsPlaying
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Microsoft just filed a new logo.
Source: EUIPO
guys, could this be the logo of Xbox Scorpio? Can't find anything on gooogle and I want to ask here before making a thread about it.
Great catch.
I am more and more thinking it will be called Xbox Scorpio. Gets away from the specific Xbox One branding and keeps the buzzword that people have been calling it for months.
CrimsonEclipse
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Won't people get confused with Xbox One S and Xbox One Scorpio if scorpio is abbreviated with just that S with the splice in the middle? Assuming they are sticking with the Scorpio name?
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
Here you go:
http://boards.4chan.org/v/thread/379090451
I just now realized that they say this is Ntkrnls leak. Interesting.
What if one is printed 4 times as thick?
Or sideways. I think calling the One S that was a mistake. Maybe they will rename that to just Xbox One and have the Xbox One S(corpio).Sounds like a wish list honestly, but I'd love to be surprised.
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