Microsoft to make "spectacular, desperate" play in E3 press conference

NO_PUDding - 563 days 2 hours ago

Blu-Ray?

Or a game?

But It's too soon for anotehr Halo (or is it?) and Gears of War 2 is already on the horizon, so what are they actually going to do?

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ericnellie - 563 days 2 hours ago

I agree, timed exclusives are one thing but paying for a triple-A exclusive title may be a little too much money! =)
What the hell could it be - motion senseing? Whatever the case, I think beefing up their 2008 4th quarter line-up is a step in the right direction.

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hideo kojima - 563 days 2 hours ago

@fighter...you hv too many bubbles for being an ignorant fanboy. Its says games can't u read.

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kewlkat007 - 563 days 1 hour ago

30+ billion like it's nothing.

@fighter they said games..buddy, read before you troll.

Whats up with the title>?

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Jandre02 - 562 days 23 hours ago

They needed a loan to buy Yahoo. LOL.

And why waste money buying games WHEN NO ONE BUYS YOUR CONSOLE. They aren't fanboys, and if the business isnt bringing in billions they waste billions just to buy AAA games no one will buy on their system anyways.

Microsoft has lots of money, but their purpose for the Xbox including HD-DVD, digital downloads, and Live memberships have already been ruined this generation. Now they are in it just for face, and face is the videogame industry isnt worth billions.

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Kaneda - 562 days 23 hours ago

new game will be BigLittleAsteriod.. :)

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PR0F3TA - 562 days 23 hours ago

what does being american have to do with anything related to this article... we may look dumb to you, but you just proved your about as smart as a shoe

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killax3563 - 562 days 22 hours ago

@pro3ta:

b/c 'oh they have plenty of money' is the dumb response u get from us citizens. u guys always make the same mistake. always....u guys never learn.

@bladestar:
ms is profitable? yeah because they have a monopoly. doesn't take much brains to make money from a monopoly.

your utility company is also very profitable...because they have a monopoly.

oil companies are also very profitable b/c they have no competition....have u ever tried to put anything other than gasoline in ur car? u can't b/c there's no competition...no solar cars, no hydrogent cars, no ethanol cars (xcept for a handful).

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AceLuby - 562 days 21 hours ago

But M$ does have a monopoly on PC OS's. The competition they have is Linux, which is free and not particularily user friendly for the avg consumer, or Apple's OS, which you can't install on anything except a PC made by apple which is usually double the cost of a PC. So if you want a PC OS that is easy to use you have one option and that is Windows. Every PC manufacturer includes uses Windows and includes it in the cost of the PC. This is also by far their most profitable division.

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Xi - 562 days 19 hours ago

can be installed on any PC you want.

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AceLuby - 562 days 16 hours ago

But it really doesn't matter. You can't walk into ANY store and ask for a PC w/ a mac OS on it. I don't even know of any that have Linux on there. That means if you go buy a non-apple PC, M$ is getting some of that money because the OS is pre-installed on it. There's no choice in it, just like you can't choose who your power company is you can't choose an OS out of the box either. There's a word for that...

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BWS1982 - 562 days 9 hours ago

before you go spouting off a conviction on someone's intelligence, try and learn some grammar and debating skills...secondly, this isn't about nationality or some cultural pissing match. It's E3, calm down. I am American, I'm not dumb, I learn very well, and I buy whatever works well, regardless of global orgin. I feel 360 has an amazing lineup with some sketchy hardware, and the PS3 has awesome hardware and features with some killer apps and prospects as well, and the Wii has a novel idea and a few brilliant games. Between the two of 360 and PS3 though, I say flip a coin and enjoy the result, because there's no reason to reject a certain product due to it's manufacturer's base country, the same way I don't discriminate against a person just because they come from country X or Y.

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plenty a tool - 562 days 6 hours ago

a platform holder announcing two as yet unannounced games at a gaming convention??????

that's just the height of desperation! i cant believe a platform holder could act so desperately. announcing games at a game convention

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somelikeithot - 563 days 3 hours ago

hah hah hah superb comment!!!

My guess would be another FPS game.

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beavis4play - 563 days 2 hours ago

just 2 and a half hours till i can pick up MGS4.

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crck - 563 days 2 hours ago

Halo Crossing?

Halo Xtreme Volleyball: Do the Dew. Sponsored by Moutain Dew

The Legend of Cortanna: A Data Stream to the Future?

Perfect Dark Merc Party?

Seriously though I'd like to see a Dead Rising 2 on both or either system.

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hideo kojima - 563 days 2 hours ago

HOw about MGS5, FF XXII, RidgeRacer 9 ? See how much sony can milk them as well

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NO_PUDding - 563 days 1 hour ago

Team ICO is the only thign I trust, they won't milk, and they will just create stuff.

E3 please brign info on ICO3!!!

PLEASE!

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ravenguard88 - 562 days 22 hours ago

Made my day. Thanks for that image.

Halo The Movie: Die Hardest

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MC_KOOL_K - 562 days 16 hours ago

lol

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ThatArtGuy - 562 days 14 hours ago

I was thinking more about his astronaut suit in Armageddon.

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kwicksandz - 563 days 2 hours ago

FULGORE MUST RETURN!

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DARK WITNESS - 563 days 2 hours ago

100% agree,

fulgore has to be my favorite character from any 1v1 fighter. i felt like he really was a complete killing machine.

he had every move you could think of to make him practically untouchable, and he was so underrated. Once i started using him that was it, no one could touch me.

what i would like is not a new ki, but an arcade perfect conversion. Not the Nes version.

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Daver - 563 days 1 hour ago

I prefer Saberwulf or chief thunder :)

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kewlkat007 - 563 days ago

Pwns all...lol

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MK_Red - 562 days 22 hours ago

Cinder FTW!

But seriously, more fighting games sould have blood and violence in them.

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DARK WITNESS - 562 days 22 hours ago

kudos !

Saber wolf was the only one i found to be a big threat to fulgore, he was the only you can sit and wait with.

none else could do that.... if you know what i mean.

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green - 562 days 22 hours ago

Orchid for me and Kim Wu from KI Gold.

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scissor_runner - 562 days 19 hours ago

I hate rare but that would be cool.

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Halochampian - 562 days 14 hours ago

I am just going to ignore all the BS that you wrote.

but for that last statement. Did you buy the Xbox??? Because that had to be the most durable systems ever.

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Condoleezza Rice - 562 days 22 hours ago

I'm sorry but where have you been these past few...20 years or so?They've been buying out their competition and any direct threat to their business for years and years now,heck,in 2008 alone we've seen them go after Yahoo! in what a lot of people consider a desperate attempt at slowing down Googles increasing momentum in the Search and Online Ad market.

http://www.alleyinsider.com...

Now back on topic;I think 1 of the 2 games will be a cross between 2...or 3 popular franchises,the other game I have no idea.

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ravenguard88 - 562 days 21 hours ago

I call smart business tactics.

Just because a person or a company does what is within their control to keep ahead of the competition, doesn't mean they're desperate, it means they're smart enough to realized that being a name brand only goes so far. Microsoft, from what I've seen recently, it isn't about talk, it's about action, and I can definitely respect that.

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ThatCanadianguy420 - 562 days 20 hours ago

An over-priced "console" that looks like an old dell modem
a 1.6 in 10 chance a brand new one will overheat and fry on you.(RROD)

If the system is knockd over,tiled it'll sound like a chainsaw and sratch the disc,dont belive me? try it..

Then there's the disc jamming problem,non self-loading drive

People calling Microsoft saying there XBL download content went missing.And they were told to just buy it again.

People's freind/message's dissapering on XBL

And seriously,name ONE console EVER where gamers have to wrap towels around it?

maybe if M$ spent all that money on a reliable peice of hardware instead of bribes and viral marketing tactics,i MIGHT consider buying it.

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Condoleezza Rice - 562 days 20 hours ago

That landed them in hot water with the United States Government?

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Don't shoot the messenger.

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Lcarrero5 - 562 days 20 hours ago

Staying ahead of your competition is one thing.
Buying them up and being the only one out there is another.
(Referring to the os on pc's thing)

No one likes EA having no competition on the football gaming front. It brings down the lvl. of quality. Better said you don't inovate and try better and new techniques when your the only one doing something.

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The Lazy One - 562 days 17 hours ago

"f the system is knockd over,tiled it'll sound like a chainsaw and sratch the disc,dont belive me? try it.."

yes... this phenomenon is exclusive to the 360. /sarcasm

If you're so confident in that statement take your PS3 with MGS4 inside and knock it around.

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Sphinx - 563 days 1 hour ago

Steel Battalion
Lost Vikings

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juuken - 563 days 1 hour ago

...-.-?
I'm getting a 360 but thanks for the stupid question there.
Wow, and a phantom disagree from a 360 fanboy! Cute, but I could care less.

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Montrealien - 562 days 22 hours ago

I heart Videagames, and I must say, my money is on some sort of Halo prequel for christmas 09.

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Pain - 562 days 21 hours ago

Coming from M$ that part scares me....And bots wonder why we hate M$ and its Tactics...

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caffman - 562 days 20 hours ago

they make great TVs and no one can deny the PS2 was a good console (even though I've got through a few). However this console gen, the top brass at Sony have seemed to take a view that they can do no wrong and no matter what they churn out, people will buy it at whatever the cost. I will buy a PS3, just when there is a game that interests me on it as so far, on the one I play on occasions, I'm not impressed. The last game I had a go of was Haze for flucks sake!

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Wii60PS3DSPSP - 562 days 20 hours ago

It's not so much as I hate Sony (even though I had to buy like three PS2's and another PSP because of disk read errors) it's the Sony fans that piss me off. It's their elitist bullshit attitude thinking that Sony should take over everything and not have any competition at all. Not to mention their pointless flaming/trolling over anything not made by Sony.

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juuken - 562 days 20 hours ago

Understandable Wii60PS3DSPSP but some 360 owners get on the same way. We ought to enjoy the games instead of fighting like this. I even allowed myself to get sucked into this fanboy bullcrap. I'm starting to realize that it's going way too far. I will continue to support Sony, but I will support Nintendo and MS to a certain degree as well.

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Wii60PS3DSPSP - 562 days 19 hours ago

Yeah I agree I do see 360 fans like act like that as well though not as much as the Sony ones on this site.

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juuken - 562 days 19 hours ago

Oh...but you haven't met PoG, pp, and especially Jason360 have you? They're the worst around here.

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n to the b - 562 days 15 hours ago

here are 2 reasons some people might dislike sony this-gen:

1. the arrogant posturing "next-gen doesn't start until we say so". I think that was said @ E3 right near the 360's launch. they seemed to think that they would win the next console war on name and name alone, despite some impressive innovations from their competitors. they were really being d1cks.

2. some people just prefer to 'root for the underdog' as they say. sony was probably expected to dominate again; at least until a little further in the game. for some of us, it's too boring when the one with the advantage always wins!

and yes I would group myself with both the annoyed and underdog-worshipping. I try and make sure I don't go the other way and blindly support microsoft. I won't become the thing I hate!

that said, I think sony def got knocked down a few pegs in 2006-2007, and they prob deserved it. but they came back to E3 humbler and wiser for it. I don't know if we'd have gotten some of the great things for PS3 if sony hadn't needed to save some face.

so it's all good!

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juuken - 562 days 12 hours ago

1. the arrogant posturing "next-gen doesn't start until we say so". I think that was said @ E3 right near the 360's launch. they seemed to think that they would win the next console war on name and name alone, despite some impressive innovations from their competitors. they were really being d1cks.

"But wasn't the MS acting the same way? MS were being real d*cks as well if you ask me."

2. some people just prefer to 'root for the underdog' as they say. sony was probably expected to dominate again; at least until a little further in the game. for some of us, it's too boring when the one with the advantage always wins!

"The war isn't exactly over yet. I would think Sony has some tricks up their sleeves. MS won the battle but not the war."

and yes I would group myself with both the annoyed and underdog-worshipping. I try and make sure I don't go the other way and blindly support microsoft. I won't become the thing I hate!

"Good for you! You're actually the first gamer who said that they wouldn't blindly follow MS. I won't blindly follow Sony either, but I do support them."

that said, I think sony def got knocked down a few pegs in 2006-2007, and they prob deserved it. but they came back to E3 humbler and wiser for it. I don't know if we'd have gotten some of the great things for PS3 if sony hadn't needed to save some face.

"Exactly. That's why they're quiet now."

so it's all good!

"Yep. Game on!"

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Jandre02 - 562 days 23 hours ago

Are you crying?
(peeks around shoulder)

YOU'RE CRYING DUDE!

Guys, this kid is freaking crying! LOL!

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Montrealien - 562 days 22 hours ago

I`m guessing you only read Headline and stop at a phrase the pisses you off, and makes you cry, lol.

The last phrase:

(Consider our interest piqued)

Not:

(HAHAHAHA MS sucks balls, stupid depsperate laughable MS!!! HAHAHAHAHAH)

Like you clearly read, lol

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heyheyhey - 562 days 21 hours ago

jeez, kleenex aren't expensive mate :)

p.s i totally wouldn't said that if it wasn't for Jandre's comment

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PoSTedUP - 562 days 18 hours ago

business becomes desperation when one shall struggle : )

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power of Green - 562 days 18 hours ago

I don't think people care what trolls say.

Seems like you're in every 360 thread waiting, go wash your ass and clean your house lol.

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PoSTedUP - 562 days 18 hours ago

this is a news site doggie, i read news and comment on it, is there a problem with me speaking my mind?

ohhh.. you must be one of those fan boy's ; D

im only pointing out the obvious dog ; )

"go wash your ass and clean your house" "lol". LOL! that was pretty funny, only a duchebag would make himself laugh though : )

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power of Green - 562 days 18 hours ago

http://www.n4g.com/gaming/N...

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