SRTtoZ
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1) 2 months is 2 months, especially for a conference ONLY segment.
2) Lets see what they actually show at GDC.
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Scalebound, Crackdown and Quantum Break at Gamescom
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1) 2 months is 2 months, especially for a conference ONLY segment.
2) Lets see what they actually show at GDC.
Spyder_Monkey
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Well, that's a dumb move by Microsoft.
Phil says a lot of things.
Still, I'll be watching because I'm interested to see if they can fill it with awesomeness.
To me it seems like they're using E3 to focus on their Fall lineup since it's being advertised as the 'best lineup in Xbox history'. I'm sure we'll see teasers for a new Gears and Rare game but it'll mostly be Halo, Gears remaster, Forza and Tomb Raider along with third party stuff.
Dumb how?
It's actually brilliant and if I were them I'd even reveal more games to Gamescom.
Sony has no Gamescom conference this year. What this essentially means is that Europe's largest gaming show will be Microsoft's to own, as they will have a big conference filled with highly anticipated games that everyone will talk about for weeks until the next conference at the Paris Gaming show. At E3, many of these games would be drowned out by the big announcements by rivals. At Gamescom, they get to have the news to themselves, as well as give the strategic appearance that their system is packed with games while Sony isn't even there so they must not have much to show.
spons
Gold Member
The Phil Spencer Effect? Seriously though, unless they have a large amount of unannounced games we can probably predict the entire presser, as some people have done here.
I see this as a good thing, it's a sign that they do have a lot for E3 and it means their gamescom will be great to look forward to!
Fried Food
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lmao so what are they going to show at e3?
I thought TP and Toylogic are small studios?
Looking forward to Press Play's new game.
Black Mantis
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This makes me more excited for their conference. I think we'll see new stuff from Rare, Lionhead and some of their smaller studios for sure. New Gears showing is also a certainty.
Maintenance
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I'm getting my popcorn ready for the "Sony has no games" - Gamescom 2015 edition.
Bingo.
StealthGoblin
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So:
E3:
Gears
Gears
Fable
Forza
Halo
Tomb Raider
Rare
(Where've we seen this before?)
Gamescom:
Quantum Break
Scalebound
Crackdown
If they are being truthful about having the same number of big games focused on at E3 as Gamescom, they need more Gamescom games. To me that doesn't bode well for E3.
E3:
Gears
Gears
Fable
Forza
Halo
Tomb Raider
Rare
(Where've we seen this before?)
Gamescom:
Quantum Break
Scalebound
Crackdown
If they are being truthful about having the same number of big games focused on at E3 as Gamescom, they need more Gamescom games. To me that doesn't bode well for E3.
Then Paris comes and Quantic Dream's game is shown, new Rime footage, new WILD footage and that mindshare fails to carry to Oct.
If anyone has been paying attention, Sony is loading Oct. (we all know why).
BananasWithGuns
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Not sure how much they've grown honestly. Here's what I found though.
http://steverulez.com/?p=15808
https://twitter.com/lifelower/status/605775575827947520
Spyder_Monkey
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No it's not. It's their big games for the next year. The whole statement comes across as "we are not ready to show off these games. Wait more." Plus E3 is Gamescom times 100 so MS winning would be nothing compared to E3.
Not sure what this has to do with xbox exclusives being pushed to gamescom but ok.
Triggerhappytel
Member
I hope this doesn't mean that E3 will be packed with CGI trailers of games which are 2-3 years from release.
Can't wait to see what jam pack conference full of games MS will have! One fucking mention of TV or any non-gaming related bullshit, then Crackdown could have taken that spot.
Seriously, E3 really seems like a waste with shit moving to Gamescom and games being announced before press conferences. Why bother.
Seriously, E3 really seems like a waste with shit moving to Gamescom and games being announced before press conferences. Why bother.
Wat. 'Winning'. Wat. Companies don't compete to 'Win' @ E3.
Forum console warz!
Benzychenz
Member
I don't like Gears, never cared for anything Lionhead has put out, Rare hasn't made anything decent in some time (fingers crossed though).
Scalebound was one of the biggest games of this E3 to me, and I will likely buy an XBONE the day it comes out, and now it's gone
They could always announce some new unexpected games, but we'll see.
CrimsonEclipse
Member
I don't understand why everyone is getting so disappointed already, you guys are soft as hell. Gamescon is literally two months away, if anything this just shows that majority highly doubt MS has anything in the oven besides what's been announced already.
Lets just wait and see how the E3 conference goes before we judge. I'm just as excited to see scale bound and crackdown but I wouldn't go far as judging their E3 show before it even happens.
Please don't hate me <3.
Lets just wait and see how the E3 conference goes before we judge. I'm just as excited to see scale bound and crackdown but I wouldn't go far as judging their E3 show before it even happens.
Please don't hate me <3.
PensivePen
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Well I appreciate them telling me in advance so I don't have to watch their conference.
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Read Amir0x post.
CrimsonEclipse
Member
+1.
The Sarcastic Dude
Banned
Well at least we know MS at Gamescom will be incredible.
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
Look back two years to see what impact "winning" E3 has.
Black Mantis
Member
I don't like Gears, never cared for anything Lionhead has put out, Rare hasn't made anything decent in some time (fingers crossed though).
Scalebound was one of the biggest games of this E3 to me, and I will likely buy an XBONE the day it comes out, and now it's gone
They could always announce some new unexpected games, but we'll see.
Not sure why you're quoting me, I don't care what you like :/
How the hell is Scalebound gone? You'll see it in 2 months.
First, we do know what Sony will show at their Gamescom conference. Nothing. A company who understands good strategy is one that plans for what they do know, not what they don't.
They don't know what Sony has at E3, but it's a fair bet they'll have some big announcements and some of them will surely drown out some of Microsoft's smaller announcements, just like some of Microsoft's big announcements will do the same to some smaller Sony announcements.
Games like Scalebound are big to us, but it's a Platinum Game... their titles never sell a huge amount relative to the 'big AAA' titles, and so it's the perfect game to debut at a show like Gamescom when Microsoft can depend on Sony not being there to drown it out. Similarly, Crackdown is on a AA tier of game judging by sales, which makes it yet another perfect candidate for a show to Microsoft's own. And Quantum Break is a brand new IP from Remedy who has been hit or miss with their games in terms of the attention/sales they've received, and the title has already had a huge coming out party multiple times... and it was also delayed out of 2015. It's yet another perfect candidate for a show to itself.
This is a brilliant strategy. It really, really is. They will have games at E3. Microsoft will have a packed show just like Sony. They will show their new Forza, their Gears of War Collection, and all sorts of surprises. They have big stuff in the pipe. And that will be at E3.
But then they smartly now have a huge summer show to themselves, where they can highlight their second tier of products without any of them being drowned out by overwhelming E3 press coverage of a billion different products.
I do the E3 summaries each year on NeoGAF, and the number of announcements each year is staggering. It's basically impossible to keep up with. Microsoft has in my estimation made a very very clever strategic move.
CassidyIzABeast
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We still worried about meaningless conference grades in 2015?
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Doug Heffernan
Member
Wow, they must have a lot of surprises in store for E3 since they've already made the hardware announcements and moved some stuff to Gamescom.
Not me. I'm irritated I don't get to see Crackdown's cloud processing in 4 days because "MS has so many games at E3 already!"
I don't give a shit about Gamescom. Show the cloud power you been talking up, on the big stage, MS.
sixteen-bit
Member
It's indeed. The only question is which strategy will net the most gains in mindshare. Sony's Paris strategy vs. MS Gamescom. It will be fun to watch from the sidelines no doubt.
Agree.
igordennis
Member
Spot on.
Ami why is your line of thinking so close to Phil's? Hmmm? Something is fishy here.
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