Microsoft’s Phil Spencer Reveals Length Of E3 2016 Conference

Phil Spencer reveals that the length of the E3 2016 Microsoft Conference will be 90 minutes long.

[DLConspiracy]

How long are the shows usually? I thought they were about that long. Seems like they should have enough material at least.

[DopeTech]

Yeah they always last 90 minutes and Sony's Press conference will last 90 minutes just like Microsoft's.

[WeAreLegion]

I thought Sony went 2 hours.

[sammarshall102]

Sony's usually last 2 hours with more filler and they'll have VR there this year

[OC_MurphysLaw]

I think Sony typically has been 2hrs and also almost always late to start for some reason.

[iTechHeads]

Microsoft is limited to 90 minutes because they are broadcasting live on Spike TV.
Sony has no such limitation which is why their conferences usually cross the 2-hour mark.

Nintendo's conferences are 0-minutes long. They don't hold press conferences anymore.

[Gasian]

@WeAreLegion Last year Sony's conference was 90 minutes. They have been trying to make the E3 presentations 90 minutes for the past couple of years, it seems. They use to be 2 hours though.

[ToxicSushi]

Sony needs 2hr's to include that awesome exclusive Powers tv show. /s

[iTechHeads]

Sony really does have more to show.

[XanderZane]

Are they really going to talk about the 2nd season? I haven't even watched the first season yet. It's FREE for PSPlus members. Sony's Tokyo Game Show Conference was better then the PS Experience last year. I even liked it a bit more then the E3. I'm sure they will have lots to show as usual.

[rainslacker]

They're typically 90 minutes. Occasionally(or often) they're 2 hours from Sony. 90 minutes usually runs long by about 10 minutes or so for all the conferences. Some of the publisher conferences are only 60 minutes.

[KiwiViper85]

I usually watch sonys conference on youtube, that way I can skip the boring parts.

Takes about 30mins of my time...

[rainslacker]

I could say the same about most conferences. They often go into games that I'm not interested in, like COD or something. I prefer to watch them though to see what's going on, because there is more to gaming to me than just what games they announce.

[christocolus]

Nice. I can't believe E3 is here already. It's just 3 weeks away now. Dayuum. Can't wait to see Recore, Halo wars 2 and Sot.

[Paytaa]

One of my favorite times of the year. Really interested in what type of game ReCore is and definitely hope to see some new IP. Halo Wars 2 and Gears 4 will have great showings.

Love having Xbox early in the day and having Playstation at the end of the day. Both usually tend to have the best conferences.

Honestly considering taking off work for the first day of E3. I get way too hyped lmao

[christocolus]

Regarding Recore, the devs claim to have drawn a lot of inspiration from Zelda, metroid and a few others. They also talked about the weather system and how it would affect the environments in realtime. From the looks of it,I feel It's going to be a full 3d adventure game with a unique gameplay style.

[annoyedgamer]

Recore is like a poor mans Kameo with robots. They should have given us a sequel to Kameo instead.

[Ipunchbabiesforfun]

Yeah I usually take vacation days too so I can watch videos on my computer...you know that or use those for actual vacations to cool places.

[Paytaa]

@Ipunchbabiesforfun or you know it wouldn't affect me at all since I work like 55-60 hours a week. The time would be made up regardless.

Plan on going to Canada this summer so I will be going to "cool places" as well.

Plus why not take time off to enjoy something I'm very passionate about? Do you know how many people take off work or school to play a new game or see a new movie?

[Automatic79]

@Paytaa for years I took off on E3 Monday one of my favorite days of the year. This year I am lucky my company is off. Can't wait. Enjoy your day off for one of the best days of the year.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Yeah, E3 is like Christmas to me! Can't wait to see all the new goodies I'll be enjoying in the near future :3

[bouzebbal]

Christo

Unique gameplay style like quantum Break? Crazy how you hype everything xbox related.. Hilarious 😂

[Eonjay]

Time goes by way too fast. Seems like just yesterday we were getting ready for E3 2015. I think it seems to swing around quicker because we have more confernces as well. In the past it was just E3 and CES and TGS
->Then GameCom
->Now PGW, PAX, GDC and PSX
So maybe its just with so many more shows, the wait overall between show is much smaller.

[christocolus]

I guess so. I can't believe a whole year has gone by. I still remember all the major announcements made at the last E3 conference.it just seems like yesterday. wow.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

You're right. This past year went by really damn fast. Feels like just last week I was watching Bethesda showcase Doom gameplay for the first time but in reality I finished it last week :3

[HaydenJameSmith]

I know, right. It really is gamer christmas and I love just watching the conferences live with a bunch of friends every year. Recore, Crackdown and SoT are definetly among my most anticipated to see.

[christocolus]

“Gamer Christmas” couldn't agree more. Best time of the year for gamers worlwide. Lol. I took a day off work last year. I don't know if I'll be able to do same this time around. Would be fun watching with my friends though.

[rainslacker]

Last year we watched it at work since most everyone there is a gamer and everyone that wasn't going to the show that week was asking for Monday off anyways. Company paid for a nice party with food and we played games between different conferences or streamed events. Was a lot of fun. We didn't stay late for the Sony conference which started at 9pm for us, but I did go to the E3 experience with some of the people from work, which was also fun.

[Automatic79]

I love the games announced already just on early hype, I can't wait to see footage. What really excites me is the new announces. Those always have a special place for me. There is something about new announcements that shows commitment and longevity. So far since launch Xbox One has been consistent. I have always said it all need is four excellent exclusives titles a year and the rest are optional treats. Team Xbox knock them out the park with another great show.

[Zeref]

don't forget scaleBounde

[sammarshall102]

I can see Gears 4, Recore, Scalebound, Crackdown 3, and Sea of Thieves all being standouts at E3

[ABizzel1]

Allegedly there's also suppose to be 2 new XBO's coming.

A cheaper XBO slim with a 2TB HDD (silly to me, just make it 1TB to save on pricing even more), for $199 - $249, releasing this holiday season to help boost sales. And a more powerful XBO to help make up performance differences in newer releases that's supposed to launch in 2017 to avoid the PS4k, and take on the NX instead.

Exclusives:

Confirmed: Gears 4, Recore, Sea of Thieves, Crackdown, Halo Wars 2, Scalebound, Indies
New / Re-announce: Forza Horizon 3, Ion, Indies, Phantom Dust, More Backwards compatibility
Trailers: Halo 6,

Megatons:

XBO becomes unified with PC aka practically a SteamMachine:
More and more XBO games are making their way to PC, even if they're cut down versions. This is testing the waters to see if there is an area of opportunity for unification. There is already talk about being more open with XBL so PC and XBO players can play with one another, their exclusive games are popping up on PC at an alarming rate, and honestly it just makes sense from a business standpoint.

Oculus Support:
The current and slim XBO only use Oculus as a viewer, the new XBO can use full VR functions in some games that receive patched 1080p @ 60fps support.

Minecraft 2 exclusive to Xbox and Windows:
It's been 5 years since the originals release, a bigger and better version should be about ready and MS wants that $2.5 billion investment back.

[Sic_Parvis_Magna]

I have a feeling this year is going to be an even bigger disappointment than last year for Microsoft.

[DopeTech]

Take your trash elsewhere, please.

[ScorpiusX]

I have a feeling you are going to be wrong......................lol

[sammarshall102]

Last year was amazing and so will this year's E3

[Deadpooled]

Hopefully no bullshit camera trickery and "played on a beefed up developer pc on two gtx titans which would never be like that on the actual console" gameplay from both camps. I remember seeing hololens from that MS conference last year and thinking how unbelievably epic that was, then a month later found out it was camera trickery bullshit and was so disappointed.

[wutang4ever]

I think Sic is right on this one. I Predict MS will talk about the unification of PC and console gaming, and thus will be a disappointment. All xbox exclusive games will be going to PC.

Based on past history, MS live on PC was a failure. I also predict that Windows 10 gaming will also fall short and eventually Fail.

[asmith2306]

Banjo-Kazooie lol!

[ScorpiusX]

Why not , has a better chance of happening than say Crash especially since MS owns the Banjo IP .

@Kraenk the Question is by who , cause i seriously doubt Activision sold the IP , with the growing demand it has garnered .

@Fin_The_Human they would have to accepted it seeing how they created the demand for it .......lol

[kraenk12]

There have been way too many signs already. Crash is coming.

[Fin_The_Human]

Wonder how people would react to that.

Sony comes on stage and says it finally here CRASH Bandicott!!!!?

Here to give yo more is the publisher Activision :(

[DopeTech]

HYPED!! Can't wait to see new Crackdown 3 and Gears 4 gameplay footage and Recore also.

I hope they announce the new more powerful XB1, oh and 90 minutes is more than enough to reveal new games, features and even announce the XBOX 1.5.

[Budrazor]

Why does MS go 1st in the big 3 rotation? Do they choose the slot or is it given to them?

[poppinslops]

I like that they go first... not knowing what the competition has in-store ensures they're not holding anything back or making last-minute changes for the sake of PR.

[ninsigma]

How much do you think anyone can change at such short notice?? These events are planned months in advance so making a change just to counteract another companies conference could be disastrous.

[poppinslops]

Sony rewrote their 2013 presentation based on the reaction to the XO's DRM policies - both companies had DRM going in, but Sony were able to nix it and pull a 180°, avoiding the backlash and acting like the champions of free-trade... so there's that.

[Sitdown]

Interesting that you say these events are planned months in advance, but don't consider that they plan multiple presentations that they can deliver.

[ninsigma]

When was that ever said??

@sit down
Yeah fair enough, that's possible .

[poppinslops]

Google 'E3 2013 Sony DRM' - there's a bunch of articles about it... apparently they were also gonna bundle PSEye cameras with the console, until they saw the reaction to Kinect.

Microsoft learned their lessons the hard way, which has ultimately led to them working their asses off to get back in gamer's good-books... Sony just pulled a bait-and-switch and rode the hype train to victory - all while working on s#!t like PSNow (at the cost of EA Access!) and an endless parade of remasters.

I was gonna buy a PS4 for Uncharted 4 (and Bloodborne), but now I'm waiting for the Neo... I suppose I should at-least be grateful for the 40 million suckers who funded it.

Thanks suckers!

[kraenk12]

You try too hard poopingslops

[poppinslops]

I do my best... am I wrong?

[XanderZane]

I wonder the same thing. I think they should go last for a change and close the show. Pretty tired of them going first at every E3. They should have had their conference on Tuesday.

[Budrazor]

So it would be better to go 2nd? For reasons below thats why Sony always chooses to go 2nd, they wait for the competition and one up them after seeing what they got. Seems like they wait for a screw up to capitalize on others mistakes. If none are made by MS like last year it's hard for them to win E3.

[ScorpiusX]

There better be a mention of new spec upgrade hardware , plus tons of new IP & certain studio acquisitions(Remedy, Playground games and Creative Assembly to name a few ) Wow talk about the discord my comment has created

[TheColbertinator]

Creative Assembly belongs to Sega right now. I doubt Sega will sell them since thats one of the few studios that makes them money.

[ScorpiusX]

Doesn't hurt to try , besides sega can still fall .
always best to cushion that fall with a fat check

[TheColbertinator]

Microsoft should pick up Relic if anything. Bring Warhammer to Xbox One

[ScorpiusX]

Would be cool if they did plus add cross play , but me adding this to my previous comment would easily been disagreed into oblivion .....

[TheColbertinator]

Heh you do have a disagree fanbase,castillo

[ScorpiusX]

Sadly nothing was negative but yet it receives disagrees . I don't get it ...........lol

[Fin_The_Human]

MS needs to buy Playground Games and give them a big studio like the Forza team.

Also they need to keep Cuphead on XBox and PC...that game is unique and amazing.

[ScorpiusX]

Like to see Remedy & the Studio behind Ori become first party to MS...

[MilkMan]

For the sake of MS and XBONE I pray they have killer games coming back to back to back. I had my XBONE for sale and I couldn't give the shit away. I had 7 games plus the system for 200. Not eBay or Letgo or Wallaop can sell it. I shipped it to my nephew in Romania and even he didn't want it.
W.T.F!

[Fishy Fingers]

You're obviously terrible at listing things then as a stock used XB1 without games are going for £200+ with bids.

So either you're talking rubbish or useless. You decide.

[Sitdown]

So which is it, you tried to give it away or you tried to sell it? Take it to Gamestop and tell them they can have it, and let's see if they force you to leave with it in hand. I remember when trolling back on the day was an art, now everybody just does it without studying the craft.

[AntsPai]

Trolling is a art,

[MilkMan]

Funny responses.

[Majister-Ludi]

Solid trolling bro but maybe next time pull your head out your ass and do some research since your lying. You could sell just the box for that much and the games for even more. Guess it doesn't matter since your a lying POS. Try harder.

[MilkMan]

I love replying to folks that think they know it all.
Here is the link from my WALLOP, at the time I was selling it for $400. I thought it was a fair price.
Ill see if I can dig up ebay and letgo and all that....LMFAO
You guys are so full of shit
http://i75.photobucket.com/...

[gangsta_red]

I think you actually forgot to post it since it received ZERO views. That may have been your problem.

Also you have to put "Property of..." in paint in order for any of us to actually believe you.

[sammarshall102]

Your story smells like a huge steaming pile of bull crap

[cyber_daemonx]

@milk, you should've offered it at 50 bux lol. Even that seems steep though.

[rainslacker]

I could sell a used Xbox One for $200 with no games on Ebay in less than 10 minutes. I've sold them for $250 with no games in less than an hour....so you must be terrible at using Ebay. If I threw in seven games, and a used system, I'd probably list it for around 450-600 depending on the games and how old/desirable they are. The used systems tend to go for $50-75 less than the new ones. Don't care how well or poorly the system is selling in general, Ebay has enough users that will want it at a great price....even if they don't care about the system at all. You could offer to send it to someone free on here, and you'd have plenty of takers. Your nephew is an idiot.

Looking at your picture, it would appear you have no watchers or views for your listing. That isn't typical. You did something wrong, and that's why it didn't sell. I'm a regular seller on ebay(have my own game selling business), and everything gets watchers unless you don't know how to get your listing noticed.

Also, were you selling it for 200 or 400? That's a pretty distinctive difference.

[MilkMan]

I have an awesome track record in eBay. By the time I posted it there and not in the phone apps. I had brought down the price to $200. I got plenty of views and scammers but no real hits. Some negotiated for a reduced price. I didn't want that.
Under normal circumstances I sell my goods rather quickly. Books, movies games. My stuff is pristine so I never have a problem. But in this instance it was.
Like I said earlier my nephew is relatively poor in Romania so I figured he would get a blast out of the Xbox, so I sent it to him.

[rainslacker]

I dunno then. If you know how to sell things maybe you just got unlucky. It happens from time to time, but a $200 X1 would probably go quickly with no games, much less 7 of them. The games you listed which I could see were pretty decent, and would be worth $200 alone. You could have gotten more trade in credit at GS for the system and games than what you were asking on Ebay, used it to buy new games, and then sell those instead.

[maniacmayhem]

@Rainslacker
I don't know why you are even attempting to discuss anything with MilkMan when he is an obvious troll. Nothing about what he said is even remotely truthful and yet here you are offering reasons why he couldn't sell his Xbox One?

And yet not long ago you tried to split someone in half for their heavy criticism of Sony. I guess for Xbox trolls it takes a soft hand and calm demeanor but for anyone who trolls Sony they get the wrath of god from you.

[rainslacker]

He responded to my comment, so I responded to his reply, since he responded respectfully. Did you ignore the original comment where I treated him like a troll and pretty much called him a liar without saying it? I know you have selective reading skills to try and criticize me, but it's right there in the OP. Is that not good enough for you? I don't know Milkman, I don't know his post history, and so I responded to his OP, and his followup comment with what I felt was prudent. He wasn't so hostile in his OP that I felt ripping him apart was necessary.

Why do you ignore the numerous comments I make defending MS, or correcting Sony trolls in Xbox threads for their BS? How come you never call me out on that stuff?

In any case, who I choose to discuss with, what I choose to discuss with them, and how I decide to treat them is my own choice. If I ignored obvious trolls, I would ignore you. I did at one point, but apparently with the new website design, I can't.

[Sm00thNinja]

Just stop

[Deadpooled]

I'll take it for £20 paypal ;)

[Night99]

Oh god Phil please just look at Sony and the success they have with the Ratchet and Clank reboot on PS4. Gamers still love jump an run games, just give us finally after all this years a proper new Banjo Kazooie or Conker game. Rare has so many awesome IPs and yet Microsoft makes so little use of them.

[Fin_The_Human]

I am still puzzled at how MS could screw up an amazing thing like Banjo.

I mean the two Banjo games are being compared to Mario 64 by the nostalgia critics which is an amazing honor.

Also MS had something going with Kameo which is the only game that can almost be compared to Zelda games.

[ShowanW]

Xbox Press conference has been about 90minutes or so the past 2yrs or so...

[Relientk77]

I wonder if Rare is working on a new Banjo

[Fin_The_Human]

Unless they have two team I don't see it since they are busy with Sea of Thief's .

I would rather Insomniac make they next Banjo game...those guys have talent and I could see them making an amazing and fun Banjo game.

They next developer would probably be the guys who make the Plants vs Zombie games.

[Bobafret]

Keeping my expectations in check. I am not expecting anything earth shattering.

[poppinslops]

Crackdown will be there - it's literally an earth-shattering game... Personally I'd like to hear some news with regards to Steam integration (those xbox/steam websites weren't made for nothing) and I'd like to start seeing some ports of PC 'only' titles (courtesy of Win10/DX12/M&K support) like Xcom2, the Talos Principal, Undertale, Her Story, Shadowrun and the first Crysis (which should run just fine on current-gen).

But what I really want to see is a Scalebound demonstration that shows Drew flying on the back of his dragon, landing near a town, walking into said town and interacting with it's inhabitants... so far such things have only been described by Kamiya (via poorly-translated interviews), so I'm itching to see some more of it's RPG elements.

And it goes without saying I'd like to see some new IPs... but there's never been a time when that wasn't the case.

[Kerppamaister]

Did you check Gamespot? Slim and two new boxes supposedly in developement, one for streaming other for windows integration/games.... Or something.

[poppinslops]

Can you link the article? I couldn't find it - either way, it doesn't sound legit... That said, Gamespot are kind of almost reputable, so I would like to read it.

I can see why Sony's upgrading the PS4, but I don't think Microsoft needs to now that they're bringing their games to Windows... a gaming PC is going to cost roughly the same as an upgraded console, so I figure the hardcores would prefer to just keep their controllers and go with that option.

[ShadowKnight]

The best thing about Microsoft game division is Phil Spencer.

[TheColbertinator]

Phil Spencer : The Game announced

[rainslacker]

Heard he's gonna jump on some animal called Greenburgs.

[Deadpooled]

And the final boss is Don Mattrick, to beat him you have to grab the drm and shove it up his ass

[sammarshall102]

I'd say it is the games but Phil Spencer is the best leader for Xbox

[AG6686]

I don't own an Xbox I'm a PS guy. But I always love watching everything at E3 no matter what the platform is.

[RosweeSon]

Yeah always watch all 3 didn't bother with Microsoft's last year I will this year as I'm hoping for BIG Things... We shall see.

[Tobsesan]

Just give me a new Age of Empire, Mech Assault, Banjoo and im happy. Dont talk about new consoles other than slim versions, thanks.

[mark3214uk]

89 minutes of sports and 1 minute of normal games?

[cyber_daemonx]

88 miutes of sports, 1 minute of games and 1 minute of tv.

[RosweeSon]

I'm sure there will be 5-10 minutes of talking unspecific figures and numbers... Xbox live has had millions of hours played on it? Tell us how many consoles you've been selling if anything no other than that Games games games!!

[gangsta_red]

Hopefully those 88 minutes will be the Warriors dominating in the NBA championships!

[RosweeSon]

Sony had 2 hours and Ps experience Microsoft an hour and a half. No stats/sales anymore tho so let's see if they can fill it.

[fatsodubmo]

Recore might possibly be the only reason for me not to trade in my x1 for psvr. Please be the Metroid Prime type game that Nin refuses to give us!!!!!

Btw nice shirt Phil, you fckin doofus lol

[calvincrack]

Phil Spencer is a PR speak machine. He has earned his stripes. Even the 'human' things he says in the press reek of calculation. I respect him though.

[Deadpooled]

Much better job than what Don Mattrick did

[oSHINSAo]

Here comes Oculus Rift Partners with Xbox 1.5, save this comment

[Fin_The_Human]

That and Steam access on XBox 1...hey a guy can dream right.

[sonarus]

Rare and Microsoft partnership hasn't been nearly as solid as rare and Nintendo. A new banjo game would be great though. Let's hope they can capture the spirit of the original I don't really know if a straight up remake would be possible due to past Nintendo dealings but that would be cool too. First banjo games was fantastic and what Microsoft needs is more games that are less of the shoot Em up variety

[gangsta_red]

It's seriously pointless to ask these guys what specific future games are coming to the Xbox especially when it deals with old IP's. They always say the same BS answer, "I love that series too", "I hope to see it sometime in the future", "love the passion of the fans"!

Seriously, it's so frustrating to read those responses.

[S-Word]

Nice article title. I wonder what it's about.

[kraenk12]

After The Cloud and HoloLens I wonder what this year's flying castle will be.

[Pancit_Canton]

90 minutes is not enough for Quantum Break.

[MultiConsoleGamer]

I will be there, sitting in the audience, as I have done for the past several years. I love conference day.

[Psytrix]

Is this seriously news? Since when is the length of a conference of any significance?

[DivineAssault]

1:30 is plenty.. Too long imo.. I wonder how much is filler and how much is good.. They do tend to put on fancy shows for no reason.. Non biased opinion btw

[GamingIVfun]

Why is this news? Why is it at the top of the page? Are people that easily impressed?

[holdmyown83]

Are there any other sites woke n4g? I can't deal with h this lay out anymore.

[steve30x]

Most of which will be a whole lot of useless waffling as usual. I always watch their conference but there is always too much waffling and not enough gameplay and games shown.

[Jon_Targaryen]

90 minutes to show games they'll just cancel a year later. Gotcha!