Greenberg: MS E3 was "historic" - Sony did a "good job" too

VG247: Xbox 360 product boss Aaron Greenberg has said he believes Microsoft's E3 performance was nothing short of "historic." He also revealed that he owns a PS3, plays games on it and reckons Sony did a "good job" in LA earlier this month.

[WildArmed]

lol. ok.
Im Glad Greenburg enjoyed his press conference.

Next Up:
Jack Tretton: Sony E3 was 'Epic'. MS 'succeeded' in entertaing its croud.

Miyo: Wii still on top biatches! Sony n MS just dream of being up here with Miiii.

lol
I dont like articles which PIN POINT a certain thing in an interview -.- stupid fanboys will rush to give it hits

[Zedux]

There are 2 parties that wants to see a PS3 price drop and they are the poor and Microsoft! Yes Microsoft needs a PS3 price drop otherwise Sony will come out stronger this generation with much more revenue and end profit much higher than Microsoft. M$ believed a 360 price drop would had induced Sony to cut the price too making Sony loose lots of money but they didn't and surprised MS! Sony is lacking behind only in the US and once they drop the price the PS3 will sell like hot cakes and MS is desperate for Sony dropping the price very soon otherwise when they do it will be ALL profit for Sony which means stronger PlayStation brand!

[king dong3]

eh no! the playstation brand is already strong. they are NOT making anything off of the price of the hardware. AND ARE STILL LOSING MONEY ON EACH CONSOLE SOLD!!!

ZEDUX, reading your post its quite clear that your either young, or really stupid. but i'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say that you are young.

[beavis4play]

that's offensive material.

[gaffyh]

@1.3 - Actually they are probably pretty much making the PS3 for the same price it costs now. Shows how worth buying PS3 is really, even when it launched $599 for hardware that was worth $800+ completely worth it.

[El Botto]

And there you have it.

Haha who feels stupid now huh.

In fact, Sony's E3 was SOOO GOOODDDD and jawdropping that Im going to watch it again this afternoon just for the kicks.

"Its trench warfare out there, pal"
Gordon Gekko

[La Chance]

I was really happy with MSFT's press conference, a whole lot better than last years and better than Sony's.

It just seems like MSFT work harder on the 360 than Sony on the PS3.

And MSFT always have the surprise factor with them. I mean announcing Forza 3 and releasing it 5 months afterwards is just crazy especially when you see the quality of the game.

Same goes for Splinter Cell Conviction, they scrapped and havnt said anything about it until 6 months from release and who would have even guessed that L4D2 was on the way ?

Really have to congratulate MSFT for the 360, the strategy they drew up for it and its evolution through the years. Especially since the XBOX was for from being a success last gen.

[Syronicus]

Why is it that MS feels the need to rip ont he competition so much? If they are so confident in their sales and hardware/games, then why not let the good speak for themselves?

[Tarasque]

Man Oh Man.......

[anh_duong]

La Chance, no disrepect but after looking at your post history I think if MS had announced a huge steaming turd at E3 you would have lapped it up.

Anyways, this goes to show that Greenberg is someone I can respect because he puts games before fanboyism. This is what gaming is all about!

[deeznuts]

After years of hearing his mother call him handsome, smart and athletic, Greenberg learned the trait of "embellishing" descriptions of your child.

Same for Kim Jong Il.

[Jaces]

What was historic about it again....?

Oh you mean the technology that will revolutionize the gaming industry as we know it?

....When I see it do what MS promises then I'll believe it, but for now all I saw was a puppeted demoing of someone "interacting" with a virtual girl.

[ngg12345]

There are other hardware that is historic too:virtual boy,eye toy, sega cd, 3DO, and sega 32X. Doesn't mean that it still doesn't suck. And yes natal is a revoloutionary step. A step where peripherals that play one genre (plastic guitars that cost 40 $') all deserve to be burned. Peripherals should have at least could play any genre instead of only 5 casual games.

[gaffyh]

You know what, I'm gonna give you bubbles for having the courage to say what everyone else has wanted to say, but not had the guts.

[edhe]

Your point is absurd. The very purpose of natal is that it can contribute to any game, it's not just a peripheral, it's an interface.

So no, it's not like your previous examples.

[TresTrendu]

/\/\/\/\/\
Bubble up, for putting idiots fanboys in their place.

[really duh]

He says the same thing in all articles related to Natal. He goes in them all and says the same thing. I TALKING SEEKING NATAL OUT TO SAY IT SUCKS.

This is not news he said he owned a PS3 months ago. The TGS talk is much more interesting in the Major Nelson podcast this info came from.

[TheReaper42]

So.. what's the difference between natal and eyetoy?.. Besides someone running across the room and yelling GOOD NIGHT and turning it off. Would suck if you're watching a movie and someone pulled off that stunt. My opinion is based on the presentation they gave. I'm not going to talk about which is more accurate since I haven't tried natal yet. Revolutionary? i think not.

[Sarick]

If anyone had tried to use the speech recognition system in windows they'd know it's not a simple feature to use.

I tried this revolutionary speech recognition feature in windows vista and became so frustrated that I quit using it. Sure this looks good in the demos but in reality some things like speech recognition and motion controls are so limited that their learning curves are often higher then using a controller or remote.

This is why I stopped using my Wii as the motion controllers became more of an annoyance then a feature.

[Oztheboss]

This little chubby bastard is starting to piss me off, I know that he's employed by Microsoft and, by definition, is getting paid for hyping their products and not the competition's, but he always sounds so arrogant and condescending.

Business doesn't always have to be like that.

[WildArmed]

But it was like that b4 too.

Right now: Wii has bragging rights, so MS need to kewl down.

Sony was first so they had bragging rights (till this gen)

(sales ofc)

everything else is just an opinion

[Salvadore]

How is he arrogant or condescending if he acknowlegdes Sony's briefing as being good? fill me in because I don't understand. He works for Microsoft, but is yet willing to praise Sony instead of going ape-sh*t.

[mastiffchild]

Well, as I see it Kareem, and I'm sure you know Greenberg's MO(though he's by no means the only one like it in the industry)well enough by now, Aaron is a very antagonistic chap. That he gives (feint) praise here to Sony can be seen as a back handed compliment at best as it only serves to highlight his "historic" view of MS and their showing by comparison.

In fairness this is much more subtle than his usual methods(which usually include twisting NPD data and ignoring Japan and the EU as much as possible) but his gify for overstating things remains unchecked.

To me he's a bit of a cartoon figure(in that I can't take him too seriously because of his naked bias)but, I guess, MS feel he's doing his job otherwise they wouldn't pay the guy. People have also said that it isn't his job to appeal to PS3 gamers but I don't get that as surely he should also be trying to convince them to join his team and idk if the way he does things is the best way to get that done.

That said, after the T10 Greenawalt arrogance the other week, maybe the abrasive approach is one we'll be seeing more of from devs and execs alike-I much prefer a gentler, more subtle way of doing things myself but, hey, what do I know?

[Syronicus]

What Aaron Greenturd is doing here is called a back handed comment. A rather small but hideous slam that always show one-upmanship on MS's part. Its sad really since he should be relying ont he hardware and games to do the talking and keep his mouth shut or at least more professional.

[Oztheboss]

What was so historic about it, anyways?

Natal? Haha

[ExgamerLegends2]

I dont think I trust the new positive aaron greenberg. hmmm.

He's right though. this was MS's best conference. Sony's was still better. I still watch it on my ps3 just to hear that joke about the industry's ability to keep a secret LOL. Tretton's an awesome speaker.

[LarVanian]

I gotta admit Greenberg isn't as bad as he used to be.
In the past he always used to take shots at Sony. But now he has admitted that he even owns a PS3 and even plays it (That pretty much means he gave Sony his own money). He even admitted that Sony did a good job at E3 (That probably means amazing in "Micro-Soft" language lol)

To the people who get annoyed at his comments, honestly don't take him seriously. Getting people angry at his comments is one of the things he aims for.

[Oztheboss]

Did he get nicer or is the fact that Sony SPANKED them this year at E3?

[Chicken Chaser]

@Oztheboss

He's just being nicer now.. I don't think he changed because of sony spanking them at E3

He must know that the majority of the media from Michael Pachter to G4TV,Gamepro,1up and Gamespot gave Microsoft Conference the upper hand.

[snipermk0]

and I cud say the other half of the media gave sony the upperhand. It goes both ways mate.

[Tarasque]

/\/\/\/\/\
Well no you can't, cause the other half of the media did not give Sony the upper hand. Here goes this dumb fanboy logic again.

[devilhunterx]

Greenturd: I CAN HAZ CHEEZBURGER?

[El Botto]

And there you have it, bots.

haha who is stupid now huh.

Its like we said: EVERYONE wants a PS3.

[ShabzS]

ahh good stuff... greenberg is finally playing it cool now.. good for him

[cmrbe]

It was historic for MS as they have finally able to equal what Sony had since the PS1.

[Valkyre]

^^+ bubbles! :D

[Chicken Chaser]

yep .. i remember those times..when sony had zero competition,too bad time changes everything and instead of buying 1 console people need to buy 3.

[dawgsfan117]

I own both a 360 and PS3 so I have no reason to give either company any fanboyism.

But so far every gaming site that I have read articles about Natal on say that it actually does work as well as the demos during the MS press conference claimed. If thats true then the potential for this technology blended with the use of a standard controller could revolutionize the RPG, FPS, and RTS genres.

I mean consider an actual conversation with characters in a game where they reacted to your tone of voice or simply tracked your face while they spoke to you. Also throwing grenades would be awsome.

[table]

I completely... disagree. Imagine throwing a grenade and in the process smashing your light bulb! And I don't want the computer to know what faces I'm pulling. I want to be free...

[JeffGUNZ]

What do you live in a trailer? And why would there be a lamp in front of your tv? If you are that cluttered when playing video games, then you need a bigger place. This technology is going to work perfectly when its a hybrid. Picture playing a game like gears or even for PS3 people, KZ 2. You get into cover and want to see around the corner and you peek your head in real life and it interacts with the game, but you still fire the gun with your controller. A hybrid of this tech would be the best for hardcore gamers. I think it has excellent potential as long as they follow through. Don't bash it till you try it.

[table]

Incase you didn't realise, you arms will be flying about all over the place if you have to throw an imaginary grenade. Peeking around an imaginary corner will be ridiculously annoying to do also. After a crap days end, I wanna lie back on my bed/couch and play games, not make faces and prance about like an idiot at the tv. Natal is basically for kids. No normal grown man wants to talk to Milo. That's the bottom line... 'cause stone cold said so!

[dawgsfan117]

Look im talking about a hybrid between the two techs. Both controller and natal. Milo is simply a tech demo. Im thinking about fallout 3, oblivion, mass effect and other story driven games. The voice recognition could make these games so much more immersive by letting you interact with the characters and not simply choose a pre-renderd dialog. If everyone thought like you stewgart then we would still be playing games in arcades or not at all. You cant simply right something off as simply flailing around when the technology has such potential. Ihave seen people play burnout paradise simply by placing their hands in front of them (as if on a steering wheel) and moving their foot (as if on the gas pedal) and the motion sensor can read it perfectly. Im rly ready to see it in action at my house.

[JeffGUNZ]

Really, because I am a grown up and I think it would be an excellent addition. I would be able to involve my fiance who can't get the double joystick down. Also, that is your personal opinion. I don't think everyone likes to lay on their bed or couch and play games. The whole Milo thing was a tech demo, to show you the possibility. Implement that into Mass Effect or Fable 2 and you got the most interactive and personal RPG's EVER. Think outside the box. You might not want to move your head around corners, but many others might love to do that. This technology is innovative, whether you want to accept it or not. You remind me of my grandparents who are too afraid to accept new technology or give it a chance, rather they say it's nonsense and they don't need it. I am very excited for Natal. I can't wait for my Fiance to enjoy the 360 as I do, instead of a controller her small hands can't get use to, holding her back. Let's just sit back and watch what comes out of it. Simply disagreeing or shutting it out before you even see it completely finished is childish and pretty much ignorant.

[Valkyre]

So Greenberg from MS thinks MS had an historic show...yeah well... obviously he does! :)

[d0nT wOrrY]

at first i really liked Natal, but when i saw a vid about someone plays burnout with empty hand ???? NOOOOOOO it's not for me, No buttons ? FAIL.

maybe for causals

[Bobbie001]

Motion control= EPIC FAIL

[Bathyj]

Good for him for being a gamer but is he serious. If I was an Xbox only gamer I think I might have gotten another hobby by now.

I just dont see how Natal is enough to justify what has essentially been a year with no games so far. Its great we finally saw Alan Wake and Splinter Cell but still, were not playing anything yet.

It wouldnt bother me that M$ isn't delivering the steady quality Sony is, except they have such big mouths. No one liked it when Sony got arrogant a couple years ago and had to learn to pull their heads in, and I dont like it now with M$.

[king dong3]

steady quality????

bathy i know you're one of the worst sony fanboys on here, but can you please point me in the direction of this steady stream of top notch exclusives that sony have released this year? looking at your post, I would assume that sony have dropped a megaton game every month this year.

When in reality all we have seen is killzone ane infamous that really stand out as top quality! you sony fanturds are seriously the most annoying cretins on the net!!!

for my ps3, i've only purchased two of this years games!! perhaps i'm not seeing this steady quality you are talking about! can you tell me what other meatons i've missed please??

if not, shut up yeah!

[Jdoki]

@King

The first part of the year is always slow, but Sony have been dropping just enough games to keep my PS3 on all the time! Plus, because of the strong 2008 the PS3 had, I still had a few titles left over to play.

For me 2009 has been about, Killzone 2, Valkyria Chronicles (late 2008 release), inFamous, Demon's Souls (import), plus a few other 2008 titles I didn't have time to play (like Saints Row 2 and Dead Space).

Then there's a few other multi-plats, and a tonnes of stuff on PSN - in fact I've been playing PSN stuff like Flower, Burn Zombie Burn and Outrun as much as full retail titles.

Sure that's only 2 major retail titles in 2009, but it's two more exclusives than I've bought for my 360 this year!

So all in all, my PS3 has not been turned off this year so far.

Compared to my 360 and Wii - both of which are currently in the cupboard. I've not played on the 360 since I finished Gears 2 and Fable 2.

And King, how does 'steady quality' translate to 'sony have dropped a megaton game every month this year' in your world. Nothing in bathy's post suggested that.

[ultimolu]

king dong 3...you're kidding me, right?

What kind of a gamer are you? Only two games?

Really...?

REALLY?

[Bathyj]

King Dong, you dont know crap. Yes I'm one of the worst fanboys here simply because I prefer the PS3 to the Xbox.

2 games hey? Well thats 2 more great games then I've bought for my Xbox this year. Please dont tell me that Halowars is good enough for 6 months worth of releases cos its not.

I moved earlier in the year and my Xbox still sits there unplugged. It hasn't been worth the effort to dig up the cords except for when I feel like another game of Tenchu.

So what have you been playing on Xbox since Gears and Fable came out, last year? It was just as bad the year before. The most noteworthy game after Mass Effect, before Gears 2 was Ninja Gaiden 2. You might be happy with the tiny trickle of one game mid year then a couple right before christmas but I'm not. I've being busy all year.

[Jdoki]

bathyj "You might be happy with the tiny trickle of one game mid year then a couple right before christmas but I'm not. I've being busy all year"

That sums up the 360 experience perfectly.

MS has had almost nothing since 'the perfect storm' in 2007. Fable 2 and Gears 2 were good, but not amazing (I still can't believe Fable 2 got such high scores considering it was so buggy).

It really annoys me that MS seem to think the gaming year is nothing more than Oct to Dec (and Sept if we are lucky). My gaming runs from Jan to Dec!!

[king dong3]

i've purchased 5 games for my ps3 this year..;kz2, r2, mgs4, infamous and pes. and i've purchased star ocean, sacred 2, the last remnant, halo wars, red faction2, resident evil 5 and infinite undiscovery for my 360! i'm sure theres a couple more that ive forgotten.

you know, a list of games thats cost me more than you lot make in three years of mowing lawns or delivering papers!

plus i'm going to be buying atleast another 10 games before the year is out!

thats the sort of gamer i am turds. not an idiotic fanturd that is obsessed with one console maker that doesn't give a sh!t about you!!

jdoki: in response to your first post.. yeah i think killzone2 is the best game released so far this year! i've not even touched the single player because i cant drag myself from the multiplayer when i put the ps3 on. awesome, especially now i have the x-battle adaptor, so i can use the 360 pad with my ps3.

[Utalkin2me]

It is so funny how you always comment on stuff like this. But you despise the 360 so much. Do you feel better when you do it? Does it help your ego or make you feel superior. I mean we know you don't own a 360. Lets see what do you guys call a person that has all 3 systems and talke a little bad about a Ps3 game or something A TROLL!! That's right.

[Cenobia]

Give me a break. There are like 5 things that make me think you are actually 12.

1. You pretend to be more mature and then call people 'fanturds'.
2. Apparently think everyone's counter argument has something to do with you being poor or not (which nobody even cares about), and feel the need to describe how many games you can afford.
3. Excessive use of exclamation marks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4. Your use of the word 'turd' is off the fudging charts.
5. You question the maturity level of anyone that doesn't share your opinion.

Oh, I guess its 8 reasons, because you are also extremely annoying, a hypocrite, and a bit of an idiot.

[Bathyj]

@ Utalkin2me

Dont talk about me like you know me, and dont act like your frankly WRONG opinion is fact. You want to know about my preferences, just ask, I'll tell you straight up.

Hypocrasy is a funny thing. To call someone who owns all 3 systems and talks abit bad about PS3 a troll would be bad in your book, but aren't you doing exactly that to me?

I dont despise Xbox. The 360 is mearly dissapointing to me. I've had one since the midnight launch night only to get home and find I must have been one of the first people to discover RRoD. Thats right RRoD out of the box. Thats a good start for you. I immediately took it back and got another one. I only had one more since then about 9 months later so I'm on my 3rd Xbox. But still I dont hate it. It hasn't lived up to me expectations, sure, and thats why I say its disappointing, but thats IN MY OPINION. I dont speak for anyone else.

Now, I do despise Microsoft. They suck and they suck FKN hard. But if Enzo Ferrari raped my dog, I would still like his cars, so I dont hate XB for my feelings on M$.

2nd XBox fanboys I do hate. More than M$. They sh*t me to tears. They call themselves gamers, and only game on one console. Not just that, they dont want anyone to enjoy that other console either.

PS3 was still a year away from being released they made it their mission to kill it before birth through their whinning on the net.
It was really quite an ugly time to be on forums or message boards, not that now is that much better, but at less now trolls and FUD are usually recognised for what they are and not simply accepted as fact. Seriously they all just wanted PS3 to die and no one had even played it yet.

Seems they prefer winning against no one, rather than winning against worthy competition, but I can understand this attitude given alot of them are more Microsoft fans than they are actual Xbox fans, or so it seems.

So there you have it. If a good game comes out on XB, I still get it. Thats hasn't come up alot this year but has it. Obviously multiplats dont count, I buy them for the controller I prefer and on the console I think will still be running in 4 years. They happen to be the same machine, and the 3 pixels difference in most games dont bother me since the differences are usually so minute, you really can pick them, sometimes even side by side.

Just more FUD the XB only crowd clinge to whilst ignoring the XB peaked with Gears and hasn't been bettered since. PS3 is getting a new benchmark about 3 times a year. Its the console thats growing so I like it more as well as the diversity. Most PS3 exclusives are the best in their genres and not by just a little bit, like another comparison of which version of generic action dross is better on XB or PS3. They're better by a stretch. And the great thing is, most of them a 1st generation games on PS3 by their respective developers, so they will only get better.

You'll just have to live with that. Dont worry, I'm not trying to sway you. I dont want to change your mind. You can have your opinion. Now kindly let me have mine.

[Too_Hyped]

Project Natal was one of the biggest failures in E3 history.

BAM ! There it is ! I'm still laughing, that was even worse than the giant enemy crab.

[Utalkin2me]

Funny how Sony fanboy brains work around here. Do you really think creating another account called , which it should have been called 2 hyped. They only thing you are doing with your comments is making yourself look stupid which alot of fanboys do on this site.

[Too_Hyped]

You look quite angry, like the little Live kid on my avatar actually...

Seriously, chill out, even the most hardcore fanboys admitted the natal demo failure with the distorded avatar was very funny (BAM ! There it is !).

On a side note, my account has been around a long time ago, so no I didn't create my account recently (check history).

[Str8laced]

Wow, march of 09. Multiple account user no doubt. Being angry came from your first comment cause you was butthurt from natal or something. If you don't care why are you commenting on it. It obviously did something to enrage you. That is enough joy for me though seeing you getting bothered by natal.

[Too_Hyped]

Ah ah ah some people have no humor, you're talking like Natal was your baby. The only one here looking butthurt is you. Plus, you've got 3 bubbles, I've got eight. Nuff said.

Grow up, kid !

BAM ! There it is ;)

[Tarasque]

Listen to this dumb logic, I have 8 bubbles and you have 3 bubbles i am right you are wrong. I am so self insecure i have to go out of my way to create multiple accounts and make avatars and names to offend other people and consoles. Sure you might have your little fanboys backing you up and giving you bubbles. Unfortunately i am not a follower, i speak what is on my mind regardless who it offends or whatever. And if you are to butthurt to reply to a simple question then don't bother posting. But no instead you have to make a arse out of yourself with dumb comments that has nothing to do with the arguments that are being fed.

[Too_Hyped]

Continue crying, that's really interesting on the psychological side of things.

[Pizzagaki]

haha, all the natal haters in here, and 95 % of them are ps3 owners, the other 5 % are 360 owners that are afraid to move on to something new.

To the 5%, if you are unable to move on, then it means you are getting old.
to the 95%^, itl be sweet to see you guys admit your wrong.

You guys remember the scene from back to the future ?
Mcfly snr entered the 80íes bar, and played an old videogame, then the kids sneered at him that using your hands is for baby's :P
I see a lot of people here that will be hanging out in a retro bar in the future, talking about the good old days......

In the meantime, il be carrying around the good old days on some portable device, while hanging out with the new days.

[Cenobia]

I can see you are excited for Natal, but I would like to know why. What will it bring to games like Ninja Gaiden (which I assume you are fond of), any FPS or 3PS, Racing game, or ANYTHING besides Casual game #1523?

I'd really like to know why people are so excited for it. The people that are 'bashing' it aren't just PS3 fanboys, they're mostly pessimists. We don't see these possibilities that people like you apparently do, and nobody has given a convincing argument as to how Natal will improve core gaming at all. Unless you are embracing the death of real core gaming and moving onto casual gaming?

PLEASE tell me how Natal will revolutionize gaming, besides making you fling your hands (oh, and now feet!) around smacking dodgeballs. Milo was cool and all, assuming it was real, but the camera had less to do with it than the programming and AI. Really it just reminds me of 'Seaman' from Dreamcast. So far MS has previewed Natal as eyetoy+ and until they actually DO something revolutionary AND fun, nobody should be eating the BS that they are spooning out.

[Jdoki]

@Cenobia,

I'm a real sceptic when it comes to motion controls (Sony's or MS' and certainly Nintendo's), and I suspect we'll see a million and one casual / party / shovelware games on Natal.

However Natal does have the potential to be great. Two examples below, used in conjunction with a controller and incorporating gesture recognition or tracking...

Imagine a game like GRAW where the player is commanding an AI squad... If Natal is as good as it is claimed gestures could easily replace button presses and menu options. This could add to the immersion, and also make control easier.

Say, I want my squad to stop and find cover, I make the gesture for this. If I want them to move to a specific spot I can point to it. If I want the squad to provide covering fire I make another gesture. I still use the controller for all my usual FPS movement and firing stuff, but Natal is used to complement this.

Realistically, which is quicker. Having to press a button to open a menu, choose the Flank option, then choose a location with an analogue stick. Or, simply raise a hand, make a gesture and point.

Another idea... Add in herad tracking to an FPS. So actions like peeking round cover could be made quite immersive (how many times have you watched a buddy play a game and 'lean' to see round objects?). It also gives the player a slightly wider field of vision; if I'm strafing or moving forward I can move my head slightly left or right and scan in a more natural way than using the controller alone to spot enemeies on the periphery.

Like I've said before though... I remain to be convinced by this technology.

[kws1065]

it will be history.

[dawgsfan117]

I own both aswell and I like exclusives on both systems. However I always play multi-platform games on my 360 because I love the controller. The PS3 one feels so cheap to me.

[NMC2007]

I own PS3 and X360 but I will always favor my 360 more even though they are sitting right next to each other.

[bjornbear]

Its your personal preference.

Completely offtopic for sure, but its still just your preference, can't disagree with you =)

[peeps]

indeed. i own a 360 and ps3 and play my ps3 way more than my 360. its all personal preference, where ur mates are etc cus in my case my clan and most of my mates own a ps3.

and yes your comment was really off topic

[Too_Hyped]

Well I disagree, I use my PS3 a lot more, but to each his own I guess. Still, reported as off topic.

[bjornbear]

Egg sactly ;)

[saimcheeda]

is this a new strategy fromM$ thaat they are being nice to SONY now?or have they just gotten kinder?this guy always lashed out at SONY...weird...SONY's conference was better than M$'s in my opinion although both were good

[KingEamon]

have there heads up the arses when it comes to natal and it's going to end up killing them.

[CharlesDCI]

MS Conference equals Smoke and Mirrors.

Believe me I was there

First off they showed mostly Multiplatform games.

They showed two new Halo games. We were all expecting MS to milk this cow anyway.

They tried to make it seem like MS Rising was exclusive, just to find out the next day it wasn't. Kojima wouldn't even comment about its exclusivity. Why would he lie and say Rising is exclusive just to have Konami say otherwise? I'm sure it was because he didn't realize what MS was trying to do at the time of the conference.

They show Natal off and act like the tech hasn't been done before by other companies. They expected you to think your gaming experience will be like the "tech demo" they had. GameTrailers was even saying that the Natal demo was fishy.

Most of the conference had musical acts there. Pretty much making the conference seem longer then it actually was.

I don't see anything historic about it. At least Nintendo and Sony was straight up about what they had to offer.

[El Botto]

Everything you said it true.

Smoke and mirrors. Nothing more, nothing less.

Bribe a few hollywood celebs and half the audience is already sucking on your balls.

It was cheesy and incredibly amusing to see who is a c()cksucker at the end of the day.

IGN, EUROGAMER, EDGE, JOYSTICK, KOTAKU were the usual suspects and they did not disappoint. They must have practised their ball sucking skills before E3. They did not disappoint

[Utalkin2me]

"MS Conference equals Smoke and Mirrors."
Oh god here comes some fanboy comments.

"First off they showed mostly Multiplatform games.

They showed two new Halo games. We were all expecting MS to milk this cow anyway."
Well if you was truly there then you would know they showed more than just 2 halo games, but speaking of which i didn't know they even showed anything of reach. Just goes to show how much we can really trust your comments.

"They tried to make it seem like MS Rising was exclusive, just to find out the next day it wasn't. Kojima wouldn't even comment about its exclusivity. Why would he lie and say Rising is exclusive just to have Konami say otherwise? I'm sure it was because he didn't realize what MS was trying to do at the time of the conference."
Yeah but you are skipping the whole point, just having Kojima making a game for the 360 is a big deal.

"They show Natal off and act like the tech hasn't been done before by other companies. They expected you to think your gaming experience will be like the "tech demo" they had. GameTrailers was even saying that the Natal demo was fishy."
You need to back up your statements don't say tech say exactly what else has done this. I want to know which has had voice recognition and how it recognizes how i hold my hands to drive cars and such. And a possible new interaction within a game.

"Most of the conference had musical acts there. Pretty much making the conference seem longer then it actually was."
Maybe you don't like live bands or maybe you didn't like the ones that was there. But i love live music.....

[skip2mylou]

what i saw on ign, gamespot, gametrailers, kotaku, and gamepro what you said pretty much summed it all up on what ms did

[skip2mylou]

i laugh at my disagrees :) :]

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

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That is some FUNNY SH*T Aaron(Power of)Green-berg!!! ;-D

[Nexy]

Basically Microsft owned SONY this year at E3 to an extent where even Greenberg wanted to cheer SONY reps and fanboys up with some warm words.

[bjornbear]

I wasn't sure who owned who, i actually thought Sony was an independent company. Now its clear, finally i can go make my MS shrine and kneel to God as i pray for mercy for having a PS3 /s

LOL - get real =P only one owned this E3 was Nintendo, MS and Sony both did a good job and were pretty much tied, each conference balancing the other out.

The only warm words cheering fanboys here are yours ;)

[DragonWarrior46534]

Actually Nintendo owned Microsoft, but Sony won. Mario, Metroid, Dragon Quest 9, the new Zelda coming up with Wii motion plus. What did Microsoft have? Two average third person shooters that were supposedly the best of the show but didnt even win one award? Natal, a project that has yet to prove that its even gonna be relevant?

You guys who think Microsoft won, you must have seen vids of last years E3 cause the one I saw this year went like this. Sony>Nintendo>Microsoft. The only game I cant wait to play this year from Microsoft exclusively is Forza 3. MW2 will play better then the ps3 version no doubt, but thats what 2 games compared to Sony's 10 ten year?

[THC CELL]

hmm someone who loves xbox will say that

[bjornbear]

Wow...you know i expected Greenberg to say the Opposite...silly me /s

Glad he's fair play =) hope he isn't just blowing PR smoke up Sony's a$$ so people don't look at him like the un-fair playing douche he used to be....

[ultimolu]

Still don't trust his comments.

[Jdoki]

MS' 09 E3 was historic in the same way Sony's 2005 E3 was historic.

Smoke and mirror's mostly.

Natal - I remain to be convinced. I can think of some awesome applications for it (such as using gestures to control an AI squad in an FPS game). But overall, it was old tech in a shiny new box, and Milo was just creepy (and appears to have been mostly staged from what I've read). It will be interesting to see how it really works, and what games are released that really support it well.

The only title I really was excited to hear about was Crackdown 2 - a Day 1 purchase for me.

The rest of it... Like the lack of exclusives. Like Alan Wake looking like a Res Evil / Alone in the Dark spin off rather than something really exciting. Like the reliance on multi-plats. More Halo milking. No big RPG announcements. The whole Metal Gear Solid Rising announcement. It was just embarrasing.

For everything MS showed, Sony had a counter punch.

[cyclindk]

"We dreamed of opening with The Beatles and closing with Steven Spielberg and it happened."

Ohhhh, so THAT'S what makes a "historic" E3, now I know and knowing's half the battle. G. I. Joeee!!!

[Halo_FaN]

Microsoft raising the bar once again in technology!

I cant wait for Natal!

[Conan-O-Brady]

Just how historical is it , well alow me to enlighten you ........
http://lang.stanford.edu/co...

[mastiffchild]

The Beatles were embarrassed and embarrassing, imo, in the MS show-Lennon would NEVER have done it either and it left a bad taste to see them grasping the money pole so greedily when they're already loaded. And to do it alongside Yoko? WTF? She tore the band apart in the first place! It was just horrible to watch.

Speilberg just doesn't know which enmd's up anymore , sadly, and his movies have deteriorated to the point that Boomblox is the most credible thing he's done in years!

Personally I think MS would've been better off without the celeb padding filling parts of the show which should have been given over to more games-even to multi plats because even after them the biggest bit of the show was Natal and Milo-just not enough about games we'll be seeing sooner rather than later.

In the same way Sony wasted time with their yearly "Cooo! We still sell PS2 y'know!" statistics session at the start of their show-why? Loads of games we knew about got no stage time cos of this junk noone cares about(HR, R&C etc). 2 hours is NO time to show what either company has coming and to waste time on celebs and pie charts was criminal n my book and an illestration of why E3 is getting more and more pointless.

Do we HAVE to have the expense of dragging a while industry away from their jobs just for a press jolly in LA? Where info is released that could be done more cheaply and effectively elsewhere and taking less time and money away fronm game dev and R&D itself? E3 is just a waste, imo, and I struggle to see why it even exists if I'm, honest and it just looks like conspicuous expense for showing offs sake right now with the celeb apps being the biggest waste of all.

[redsquad]

"Historic" can mean all sorts. World War 1 was "historic"... Hitler's rise to power was "historic"... It is possible to make a mark on history for all the wrong reasons.

[Pizzagaki]

The nazi invented computers and speedways tho.
Some of the most important inventions from the last century.

[LiL T]

History repeats itself *cough* how long did xbox last *cough* how long did ps2 last *cough*

[Karum]

I think that MS showed a lot of things that fans of the system will have loved but to me, historic is going a wee bit too far.

Having Paul and Ringo on stage was a big coup but the two of them seemed lost and not really knowing why the hell they were there.

I think Greenberg, from both this interview and the audio interview that Torrence Davis of the bitbag did with him is actually a pretty decent guy and he probably does enjoy his PS3 because whether or not you dislike Sony, the system has some fantastic games. It's just that the attitude his employers have means the attitude and persona he has to take on due to working for them really makes him come across as a retarded, rabid monkey sometimes.

Now he didn't bad mought Sony or anyone else here in this interview but he's done it so many times, I don't mind reading this guy's interviews when he just focuses on the 360 and sells it on it's own merits.

[maverick1191]

i wouldnt say historic as natal has been done before with eyetoy and eyepet but sony and MS had good shows

[cryymoar]

the ones that disagree are so pathetic and have their head too far up microsoft's ass.

fighting game:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

paint game:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

party games:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

sports:
(this one made me lol) http://www.youtube.com/watc...

and there is so much more!
Sony was first to successfully put this technology in a console.

[Jack Klugman]

still pretending that eyetoy pile is the same as natal. look at those embarrassingly stupid videos that fighter one where the guy literally has to twist to look at the screen and still be able to fight. that sht looks like fisher price compared to natal.

[cryymoar]

I never said that the Eyetoy beats Natal, the eyetoy is from the last Generation for crying out loud!
I'm giving those videos for the xbots who still believe Microsoft did it first, even when Sony beat them to the punch years ago, and were decently successful at it.
And again, that was last gen tech.
Now Sony has the PS3Eye,
Of course it has the same potential as Natal, possibly even more.

[donnie-2105]

although sonys E3 was also very good MS could be an important moment in history if natal is a sucess it could change the gaming landscape.the 360 combined with live is going from strenght to strenght and every year the ps3 is losing market share and exclusives to MS and the wii.although the ps3 motion control has a release date noing sony it will be delayed and delayed.MS offering was a lot more adventurous and future proof to coin a sony phrase.although the ps3 has some great exclusives none except gt5 are big sellers or system movers unlike MS halo expansions sony seem to have lost all there great well known ips this gen and it is showing in sales

[DarkSniper]

Not even Aaron Greenberg can resist to PLAYSTATION®3. A console of enigmatic proportions. With it's lineup of intense AAA titles combined with it's critically and commercially acclaimed features, it's very easy to understand why Aaron Greenberg couldnt help himself but to jump out and truly see b3yond the limitations of Xbox gaming.

$niper

[devilhunterx]

are you related to puke of green? like the good side twin?

[Jack Klugman]

you are an embarrassment. trust me i play a doctor on tv

[Rifle-Man]

Historic? Definitely.

Microsoft's performance at E3 is up there with the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the tearing down of the Berlin Wall.

This is one for the history books.

People hundreds of years from now will be reading about this on their holo-screens and saying, "By our great galactic lord Xenu, that was a good day for gaming!"

[Karum]

bubbles for making me laugh

[JokesOnYou]

Sony did a good job too. Thats sweet....and you play ps3. Awww what a nice well rounded "gamer" who works for micro. lmfao, he might as well have said "micro's conference was the best and all you biatches know it!".....the response from sony loyalists would be the same either way. lol

JOY

[chisox100]

lol historic

natal is the downfall of microsoft the xbots just fail to see it.

[walker_dawg]

As a 360 owner, E3 finally gave me something to look forward to. Before hand I was a little worried in their line-up and had not seen much information on games I have been waiting patiently for. The PS3 has had a stellar year thus far and it seems will continue. In my opinion they had a great E3 showing also. But at E3 MS gave me a look at a couple of games that are must buys for me, and thats all that matters as far as success goes for me.

[PS360PCROCKS]

whoa did this dude do some drugs or something? Lol he sounds high

[gamingisnotacrime]

is a word being used loosely in the last few years.
Natal is controversial as of right now. When it launches then it will have to pass the fire test: the real gamer. not reviewers, not PR people but u and me that love to play games and have become very picky in what is avarage and what is great. Is a huge opportunity for MS to wow the world, hopefully they will deliver to the current high standard in the gaming community. I have my eyes on the current controller and the games for us, i want those games too

[Avenged Sevenfold]

It was no where near historic. Both companies had a wonderful showing though.

[Obama]

The only way they can be "historic" is to have a 360 RROD on stage. You bet that everyone will remember that moment.

[CharlesDCI]

You can go to my website. www.gamesonsmash.com we have full E3 coverage. So yes I was there.

They may of not showed Reach gameplay, but they did announce it. I didn't mean that they did show gameplay. You took my words out of context.

I don't think I missing the point when MS tried to fool people into thinking Rising was exclusive. If I remember correctly those words were even used in the conference.

Now I can't name tech that has done voice recognition, but I can name tech that can track your movements. Its called the Playstation Eye. Theres games on the PSN Store you can play like Mesmorize and Trials of Topoq that use this. Then of course you have Eye Pet coming out. Go watch a demo of that and tell me what is so special about Natal.

And last but not least, the conferences are suppose to be about games and not live bands or musical acts. They were there plugging a game that is multi-platform (Rock Band).

Like I said before, nothing historic. The only thing I can give them props for is Alan Wake and Conviction. At least they are exclusive.

[Enigma_2099]

Seriously, he thinks telling us that he owns a PS3 proves anything?

He's either lying... or he's stupid... or both.

[yorkie]

He's after a job at Sony. You know what rats do when on a sinking ship !!!!

[Jack Klugman]

love this guy! he puts all the droids in check and gets them all bothered. even aaron feels sorry for sonys craptastic e3 and felt the need to throw a little compliment their way.

greenburg you dont need to peddle to these losers.. fuk the ps3 and its fuked in the head user base.

[Ripyealip]

funny article