[6/6/2011 6:11:33 PM] Echo307: Ok… exclusives… about damn time.
[6/6/2011 6:11:35 PM] Adam Garrett: I think I saw nofi… he is the one asleep in the front row
[6/6/2011 6:11:44 PM] Chris Clarke: Someone shout ZELDA!!!!
[6/6/2011 6:11:48 PM] Blair Inglis: Hey! Low!
[6/6/2011 6:11:49 PM] teflon6678: lol, not then :P
[6/6/2011 6:11:53 PM] Blair Inglis: Gears of War
[6/6/2011 6:12:05 PM] Chris Clarke: Ozzy!
[6/6/2011 6:12:30 PM] Adam Garrett: Cliffyyyy
[6/6/2011 6:12:31 PM] Echo307: Cliffy B? Now way!!!
[6/6/2011 6:12:44 PM] Gareth Chadwick: rapper?
[6/6/2011 6:12:45 PM] teflon6678: still looks about 20
[6/6/2011 6:12:47 PM] Gareth Chadwick: Ice Tea?
[6/6/2011 6:12:58 PM] Kris Lipscombe: WOO ICE T
[6/6/2011 6:12:59 PM] Adam Garrett: bouncers shouldnt have let him in
[6/6/2011 6:13:18 PM] Peter Chapman: Ice to the T muthafuckers.
[6/6/2011 6:13:45 PM] Blair Inglis: That’s a big… thing.
[6/6/2011 6:13:55 PM] Gareth Chadwick: I don’t even like Iced Tea.
[6/6/2011 6:14:26 PM] Adam Garrett: Reminds me a lot of Resistance
[6/6/2011 6:14:40 PM] teflon6678: Same here, Adam. Little bastard spinner things
[6/6/2011 6:15:23 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Mechs!
[6/6/2011 6:15:26 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Hells yeah
[6/6/2011 6:15:27 PM] Daniel Lee: Cant wait for this
[6/6/2011 6:15:30 PM] Greg Aldridge: Look they’ve got Killzone exo-skeletons
[6/6/2011 6:15:38 PM] Blair Inglis: These Mechs don’t TRANSFORM INTO HAWKS.
[6/6/2011 6:15:39 PM] Chris Clarke: Mechs! Now where’s the Quadrocopter
[6/6/2011 6:15:55 PM] Adam Garrett: that monster face is full of LOL
[6/6/2011 6:15:55 PM] Peter Chapman: Where’s his neck?!
[6/6/2011 6:16:17 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Cogs don’t need no stinking neck
[6/6/2011 6:16:17 PM] Blair Inglis: aw man, even though this is shit… I love e3
[6/6/2011 6:16:22 PM] Gareth Chadwick: is that puss on the moster’s face?
[6/6/2011 6:16:26 PM] Blair Inglis: Wonder what Al’s doing.
[6/6/2011 6:16:43 PM] Greg Aldridge: playing on his 3DS…
[6/6/2011 6:17:18 PM] Blair Inglis: We’re not going to be surprised by this big boss now, are we? Same as Resistance 2 with the Leviathan.
[6/6/2011 6:17:20 PM] Echo307: That looked a lot like Gears of War.
[6/6/2011 6:17:26 PM] Adam Garrett: Shut the hell up tea bag
[6/6/2011 6:17:28 PM] Gareth Chadwick: did he just say the whore mode?
[6/6/2011 6:17:37 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Ok that was not good.
[6/6/2011 6:18:02 PM] Adam Garrett: Crytek
[6/6/2011 6:18:24 PM] Adam Garrett: interest has peeked
[6/6/2011 6:18:25 PM] Blair Inglis: Oh this is that cool thing that the mentioned last year.
[6/6/2011 6:18:47 PM] Blair Inglis: GOD OF WAR!
[6/6/2011 6:19:02 PM] Gareth Chadwick: it does actually look like God of War, actually
[6/6/2011 6:19:05 PM] Blair Inglis: Dog of War, I mean.
[6/6/2011 6:19:21 PM] Gareth Chadwick: it’s kinect?
[6/6/2011 6:19:25 PM] Gareth Chadwick: That looked decent.
[6/6/2011 6:19:31 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Ok this looks like fun
[6/6/2011 6:19:35 PM] Gareth Chadwick: Of course, we haven’t seen it actually being played yet.
[6/6/2011 6:19:37 PM] Adam Garrett: God this looks energetic
[6/6/2011 6:19:41 PM] Chris Clarke: oh Kinect
[6/6/2011 6:19:44 PM] Blair Inglis: That looked fun until Kinect :( [6/6/2011 6:19:46 PM] Gareth Chadwick: HALO4!
[6/6/2011 6:19:47 PM] teflon6678: Hello
[6/6/2011 6:19:52 PM] Kris Lipscombe: HALO MO FOS
[6/6/2011 6:19:54 PM] Kris Lipscombe: HALO
[6/6/2011 6:19:56 PM] Kris Lipscombe: FUCKING HALO
[6/6/2011 6:20:01 PM] Blair Inglis: Halo remake
[6/6/2011 6:20:02 PM] Blair Inglis: boom
[6/6/2011 6:20:19 PM] teflon6678: Graphics still look quite nice from 10 years ago.
[6/6/2011 6:20:38 PM] Chris Clarke: It better have Quadrocopters this time around
[6/6/2011 6:20:54 PM] Kris Lipscombe: I will buy this day one
[6/6/2011 6:21:02 PM] Joshua Hood: This does look pretty snazzy.
[6/6/2011 6:21:12 PM] Echo307: Ya, day one.
[6/6/2011 6:21:28 PM] Chris Clarke: They’ve gone to town on adding features & not just jizzing up the grfx [6/6/2011 6:22:08 PM] Blair Inglis: Fourza… why didn’t the call it Fourza.
[6/6/2011 6:23:05 PM] Blair Inglis: Forza is like Gran Turismo but fun, at least.
[6/6/2011 6:24:09 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Man people do NOT get any time on stage
[6/6/2011 6:24:38 PM] Gareth Chadwick: …new Fable?
[6/6/2011 6:24:39 PM] Blair Inglis: “How can we KINECT you?”
[6/6/2011 6:24:44 PM] Chris Clarke: Fable the journey… Milo tech finally in a game?
[6/6/2011 6:24:59 PM] Gareth Chadwick: oh no, not kinect, I want to just play Fable with my controller
[6/6/2011 6:25:06 PM] Gareth Chadwick: age of heroes is over? That doesn’t sound like it’d make a good game
[6/6/2011 6:25:15 PM] Kris Lipscombe: I only care about Fable cause Molyneux is amusing
[6/6/2011 6:25:30 PM] Gareth Chadwick: ‘Play villagers being murdered! Real life being decapitated sim!’
[6/6/2011 6:25:37 PM] Gareth Chadwick: Making heroes, wonder how that’ll work.
[6/6/2011 6:25:40 PM] Chris Clarke: Shame all this leaked earlier
[6/6/2011 6:25:57 PM] Gareth Chadwick: horse/carriage simulator!
[6/6/2011 6:26:05 PM] Kris Lipscombe: OH GOD NO
[6/6/2011 6:26:10 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Kinect driving sucks
[6/6/2011 6:26:21 PM] Daniel Lee: FFS
[6/6/2011 6:26:38 PM] Blair Inglis: on rails shooter…
[6/6/2011 6:26:46 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Wonder if this is kinect only
[6/6/2011 6:27:11 PM] Joshua Hood: Have we seen ANYTHING yet that wasn’t leaked or pre-announced?
[6/6/2011 6:27:11 PM] Chris Clarke: Hmmmm, people wanted Kinect in core games and not Wii-like games, now its here
[6/6/2011 6:27:23 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Ok the charge mechanic is vaguely cool
[6/6/2011 6:27:33 PM] Gareth Chadwick: pretty cool, that
[6/6/2011 6:27:49 PM] Chris Clarke: Who’s ringing a bell? is it Kinect bell ringing?
[6/6/2011 6:27:58 PM] Blair Inglis: looks quite cool, honestly
[6/6/2011 6:28:25 PM] Adam Garrett: like most of this stuff… looks cool but cant see the fun [6/6/2011 6:28:31 PM] Chris Clarke: Minecraft!
[6/6/2011 6:28:40 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Fortresscraft?
[6/6/2011 6:28:45 PM] Chris Clarke: Kinect Minecraft
[6/6/2011 6:28:48 PM] teflon6678: Notch is going to have his work cut out
[6/6/2011 6:28:49 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Oh actual minecraft
[6/6/2011 6:28:57 PM] Chris Clarke: Exclusive for 360+Kinect
[6/6/2011 6:29:22 PM] Gareth Chadwick: what, no more Minecraft info?
[6/6/2011 6:29:27 PM] Gareth Chadwick: is that it?
[6/6/2011 6:29:52 PM] Chris Clarke: Kinect+Disneyland is a winner… surely
[6/6/2011 6:30:15 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Wut Disney?
[6/6/2011 6:30:16 PM] Adam Garrett: I agree.. Kinect and Disney is full of $$$
[6/6/2011 6:30:25 PM] Peter Chapman: it was basically that Kinect Harry Potter bullshit from last year. But without Hermione.
[6/6/2011 6:30:32 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Oh god this will sell infinity copies
[6/6/2011 6:31:15 PM] Joshua Hood: Well this is 2011’s Kinectimals then!
[6/6/2011 6:31:15 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Children cannot act
[6/6/2011 6:31:18 PM] Adam Garrett: without the script please
[6/6/2011 6:31:23 PM] Daniel Lee: this is so cheesy my ovaries hurt
[6/6/2011 6:31:27 PM] Gareth Chadwick: fucking hell those kids are annoying
[6/6/2011 6:31:27 PM] Chris Clarke: This looks great… don’t agree… get kids
[6/6/2011 6:31:30 PM] Gareth Chadwick: I want to shoot them
[6/6/2011 6:31:55 PM] Joshua Hood: This does look great for Kids
[6/6/2011 6:31:55 PM] Peter Chapman: terrible actors. Cheesy as fuck
[6/6/2011 6:32:01 PM] Peter Chapman: Get out, brats.
[6/6/2011 6:32:09 PM] Kris Lipscombe: OH GOD
[6/6/2011 6:32:11 PM] teflon6678: Fiiist Bump!
[6/6/2011 6:32:13 PM] Kris Lipscombe: “Fist bump”
[6/6/2011 6:32:15 PM] Daniel Lee: PAIN
[6/6/2011 6:32:18 PM] Kris Lipscombe: That’s getting Memed
[6/6/2011 6:32:18 PM] Adam Garrett: fist into your face bump
[6/6/2011 6:32:41 PM] Peter Chapman: Fist bump, guys! GUYS!
[6/6/2011 6:32:45 PM] Daniel Lee: every podcast needs to now end with “fist bump”
[6/6/2011 6:32:48 PM] jimbob1010: You thought that was painful, wait until they get the sweaty nerds out to demonstrate Star Wars Kinect
[6/6/2011 6:32:54 PM] Chris Clarke: Might be getting 360+Kinect then seeing as Sony have forgotten about Move
[6/6/2011 6:32:59 PM] Adam Garrett: yep .. looks really Disney and perfect for kids
[6/6/2011 6:33:27 PM] Joshua Hood: I was thinking the same – there’s nothing here monumental, but I’d feel much more comfortable buying Kinect now than a year ago.
[6/6/2011 6:33:57 PM] Gareth Chadwick: fuck yes
[6/6/2011 6:34:00 PM] Kris Lipscombe: This looks good
[6/6/2011 6:34:02 PM] Gareth Chadwick: lightsabres?
[6/6/2011 6:34:05 PM] Gareth Chadwick: fuck yes
[6/6/2011 6:34:11 PM] Adam Garrett: Space battles yes please!
[6/6/2011 6:34:11 PM] Gareth Chadwick: wait, that was on rails?
[6/6/2011 6:34:13 PM] Gareth Chadwick: never mind
[6/6/2011 6:34:14 PM] Kris Lipscombe: But it looks good
[6/6/2011 6:34:14 PM] Adam Garrett: Battlefront like
[6/6/2011 6:34:23 PM] Chris Clarke: Star Wars is Star Wars though, which elevates above other stuff… if only for the sound effects & music
[6/6/2011 6:34:25 PM] Echo307: yeah, on-rails doesn’t mean immediate failure.
[6/6/2011 6:34:35 PM] Joshua Hood: Star Wars sucks.
[6/6/2011 6:34:44 PM] Peter Chapman: GET OUT.
[6/6/2011 6:34:45 PM] Gareth Chadwick: No YOU SUCK
[6/6/2011 6:34:45 PM] Kris Lipscombe: YOU’RE DEAD TO ME JOSH
[6/6/2011 6:34:47 PM] Kris Lipscombe: DEAD
[6/6/2011 6:35:13 PM] Adam Garrett: this lightsaber is too slow
[6/6/2011 6:35:15 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Ok “Lighsabre on”
[6/6/2011 6:35:17 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Less cool
[6/6/2011 6:35:23 PM] teflon6678: There’s zero control in that lightsaber fighting. Just poor slashing
[6/6/2011 6:35:28 PM] Gareth Chadwick: yeah, lightsabre on sounded ridiculous
[6/6/2011 6:35:38 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Oooo super lag
[6/6/2011 6:36:15 PM] Adam Garrett: completely out of time with his arm unfortunately
[6/6/2011 6:37:14 PM] Gareth Chadwick: that front sith dude was totally strutting there
[6/6/2011 6:37:14 PM] Chris Clarke: Lag is unsurprising (if its live in the first place) especially when played on a stage with massive screen behind you
[6/6/2011 6:37:25 PM] Peter Chapman: FROZEN IN CARBONITE!
[6/6/2011 6:37:38 PM] Kris Lipscombe: MUPPETS
[6/6/2011 6:37:38 PM] Kris Lipscombe: WOO
Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster
[6/6/2011 6:37:38 PM] Kris Lipscombe: WOO
[6/6/2011 6:37:41 PM] Chris Clarke: System seller?
[6/6/2011 6:37:48 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Tim Schafer Muppets?
[6/6/2011 6:38:05 PM] teflon6678: Haha, Schafer is a total legend
[6/6/2011 6:38:10 PM] Chris Clarke: Tim Schafer… Double Fine = win
[6/6/2011 6:38:20 PM] Echo307: Hmm…
[6/6/2011 6:38:49 PM] Kris Lipscombe: ELMO
[6/6/2011 6:39:05 PM] Chris Clarke: Lots of Kinect stuff for both core games & new family stuff, wonder if Sony will have anything
[6/6/2011 6:39:06 PM] Peter Chapman: I love Sesame Street. There, I said it.
[6/6/2011 6:39:16 PM] Gareth Chadwick: yeah, sesame streeet, that’s the one
[6/6/2011 6:39:25 PM] Blair Inglis: imagine N4Ging this… we’d never get to see ANY OF IT
[6/6/2011 6:39:26 PM] Adam Garrett: I wish it wasnt all Kinect though Chris
[6/6/2011 6:39:32 PM] Echo307: Dude, youngsters are going to go BONKERS for that…
[6/6/2011 6:39:45 PM] Gareth Chadwick: thriller dance! Sold.
[6/6/2011 6:39:48 PM] Kris Lipscombe: This and Disney are going to make kinect fucking sell
[6/6/2011 6:39:55 PM] Kris Lipscombe: It’ll fly off the shelves
[6/6/2011 6:40:08 PM] Gareth Chadwick: no, it’ll thriller dance off the shelves
[6/6/2011 6:40:11 PM] Chris Clarke: Loving Disneyland Kinect, Star Wars & this… Kinect & 360 sales will surely spike further
[6/6/2011 6:40:12 PM] Joshua Hood: Yup, especially when backed by Microsoft’s advertising budget.
[6/6/2011 6:40:25 PM] Blair Inglis: This is just the Kinect conference, right?
[6/6/2011 6:40:26 PM] Peter Chapman: Mrs C just brought me a brew. This is true love.
[6/6/2011 6:41:06 PM] Gareth Chadwick: I hope that adult got paid shit loads to play that.
[6/6/2011 6:41:19 PM] teflon6678: I appreciate the market, but all Sony needs to do is show a series of ‘hardcore’ games and it’ll win E3. MS’ show has been 50% kids so far
[6/6/2011 6:41:23 PM] Echo307: I’d play that with my niece…
[6/6/2011 6:43:02 PM] Blair Inglis: I really like buttons, you know? Remember those things? Buttons.
[6/6/2011 6:43:10 PM] Joshua Hood: In all honesty, this really is game after game after game. Good showing.
[6/6/2011 6:43:11 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Oh is this gonna be cross porting from PC dev stuff?
[6/6/2011 6:43:13 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Cool
[6/6/2011 6:44:13 PM] Chris Clarke: Where do MS find these women? Wonder if she can say laygo
[6/6/2011 6:44:14 PM] Blair Inglis: So like… Avatars, but not Miis?
[6/6/2011 6:44:25 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Ok that’s awesome
[6/6/2011 6:44:32 PM] Echo307: That does look cool..
[6/6/2011 6:44:46 PM] Peter Chapman: Will it pick up that I spilled beer on this shirt?
[6/6/2011 6:44:49 PM] Blair Inglis: they should’ve got someone from the audience to do it!
[6/6/2011 6:44:53 PM] Greg Aldridge: Seriously, the last thing I want is an avatar that actually looks like me. Â It’d be one ugly avatar! Â :)
[6/6/2011 6:45:06 PM] Gareth Chadwick: Track THIS finger, Kinect.
[6/6/2011 6:45:11 PM] Joshua Hood: I really like that Kinect Me thing.
[6/6/2011 6:46:00 PM] Echo307: Drawing in 3D. Nice.
[6/6/2011 6:46:04 PM] teflon6678: That’s cool tech. They should’ve shown this last year
[6/6/2011 6:46:04 PM] Peter Chapman: that is fucking cool
[6/6/2011 6:46:17 PM] Peter Chapman: and I don’t even like the third dimension.
[6/6/2011 6:46:36 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Object scanning
[6/6/2011 6:46:41 PM] Adam Garrett: i want to know what is behind those sunglasses
[6/6/2011 6:46:50 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Nothing
[6/6/2011 6:46:59 PM] Chris Clarke: Slightly less annoying woman…. so far
‘[6/6/2011 6:47:00 PM] Kris Lipscombe: He’s the corinthian from sandman, his eyes are full of teeth
[6/6/2011 6:47:40 PM] Peter Chapman: scan in a dildo or GTFO.
[6/6/2011 6:47:44 PM] Echo307: lol
[6/6/2011 6:47:47 PM] Gareth Chadwick: :D
[6/6/2011 6:48:51 PM] Peter Chapman: Â BRB: scanning dildos in Kinect Fun Labs
[6/6/2011 6:49:05 PM] Gareth Chadwick: You own dildos, peter?
[6/6/2011 6:49:10 PM] Kris Lipscombe: DARTS
[6/6/2011 6:49:16 PM] teflon6678: Wife, perhaps? :P
[6/6/2011 6:49:19 PM] Peter Chapman: ten, so I can play a game called “Edward Dildohands”
[6/6/2011 6:49:34 PM] Adam Garrett: Dildo Darts?
[6/6/2011 6:52:24 PM] Blair Inglis: This is terrible
[6/6/2011 6:52:27 PM] Daniel Lee: Do you like pina coladas?
[6/6/2011 6:52:35 PM] Daniel Lee: and getting caught in the rain?
[6/6/2011 6:52:35 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Please stop scripting things
[6/6/2011 6:52:41 PM] Adam Garrett: i am not crouching like that
[6/6/2011 6:52:45 PM] Peter Chapman: I want to play American Football.
[6/6/2011 6:52:53 PM] Chris Clarke: Why persist with ‘double acts’ it has never worked in any conference EVA!!!
[6/6/2011 6:53:13 PM] Kris Lipscombe: DANCE CENTRAL 2
[6/6/2011 6:53:23 PM] Blair Inglis: Kris, Dance Central 2
[6/6/2011 6:53:29 PM] Chris Clarke: whooop go Kris!
[6/6/2011 6:53:35 PM] Daniel Lee: Kris is now naked
[6/6/2011 6:53:39 PM] Adam Garrett: someone put the kris video in the conference
[6/6/2011 6:53:40 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Game of the year
[6/6/2011 6:53:42 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Calling it
[6/6/2011 6:54:24 PM] Peter Chapman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWJtyVObLz4
[6/6/2011 6:54:37 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Peter is that my video?
[6/6/2011 6:54:44 PM] Joshua Hood: It is :D
[6/6/2011 6:54:44 PM] Peter Chapman: mayhaps it is, sir
[6/6/2011 6:54:51 PM] Kris Lipscombe: I hate you Peter
[6/6/2011 6:54:54 PM] teflon6678: Get Nofi on stage!
[6/6/2011 6:54:56 PM] Peter Chapman: *KISSES*
[6/6/2011 6:55:09 PM] Kris Lipscombe: My Twitter feed is now full of “@halbpro will love this”
[6/6/2011 6:55:11 PM] Chris Clarke: Too busy playing Pilotwings 3D
[6/6/2011 6:55:12 PM] Blair Inglis: well, it’s like it.
[6/6/2011 6:55:18 PM] teflon6678: Oh, people. Search for Pingwin on TSA :)
[6/6/2011 6:55:21 PM] Gareth Chadwick: now all of TSA will see it in the chat transcript…
[6/6/2011 6:55:39 PM] Peter Chapman: haha, teffers found the Pingwin easter egg!
[6/6/2011 6:56:01 PM] teflon6678: Do I win something?
[6/6/2011 6:56:12 PM] Peter Chapman: a lovely video
[6/6/2011 6:56:35 PM] Peter Chapman: I need a wee wee.
[6/6/2011 6:57:16 PM] Gareth Chadwick: new trilogy?
[6/6/2011 6:57:29 PM] Kris Lipscombe: Here we go
[6/6/2011 6:57:37 PM] Daniel Lee: a new trilogy?
[6/6/2011 6:57:49 PM] Blair Inglis: I BET it’s a shooter.
[6/6/2011 6:57:50 PM] Gareth Chadwick: don’t know what that is, but it’s pretty
[6/6/2011 6:57:58 PM] Peter Chapman: New Trilogy?
[6/6/2011 6:58:01 PM] Peter Chapman: HMMM!
[6/6/2011 6:58:18 PM] Gareth Chadwick: woah, that was fucking cool
[6/6/2011 6:58:21 PM] Gareth Chadwick: shame it’s only CGI
[6/6/2011 6:58:38 PM] Blair Inglis: I’ve never liked Halo, but this is fucking cool.
[6/6/2011 6:58:43 PM] Kris Lipscombe: I’ll be honest
[6/6/2011 6:58:49 PM] Kris Lipscombe: That doesn’t look good for Chief
Final thoughts
[6/6/2011 7:00:43 PM] jimbob1010: As a whole the conference was a little underwhelming. Way too many cheesy actors and Microsoft trying to shoehorn Kinect into core titles. Even Halo 4 failed to impress to be honest; a nice teaser, but Mattrick announcing that it’s the start of a new trilogy killed it for me.[6/6/2011 7:01:30 PM] Chris Clarke: Thought the conference was good, good mix of core games & Kinect. Spoilt by leaks
[6/6/2011 7:01:31 PM] Kris Lipscombe: I quite liked the conference, nice use of Kinect everywhere, some good sellers, mix of core and other
How was the conference as you? Were similar thoughts running through your head or are we all just a little mental? Keep an eye out for our transcript on the Sony and Nintendo conferences!
bunimomike
Funny to see how our feelings about consoles colour fresh opinion. Chris and well… Kris seem far more positive. After reading everything here (and online) I’d say it was a fairly poor showing and can’t see how Kinect was well implemented in many things. Looks like devs have almost been threatened! Then again, I wasn’t over the moon with the Sony conference but that’s because I’m not going to buy a Vita. Nintendo was possibly only comprehensible whilst on Class A substances.
cc_star
Thought it genuinely a good mix of Gears, MW3, Ghost Recon and Halo sitting alongside Disneyland & Sesame Street type stuff, not really sure how it could have been better. Although I didn’t think it was a brilliant keynote (like Sony’s was in 2009 and 2010) I just thought it did its job ok, if unspectacular. Additionally the edge was taken off their big reveals by the line-up being leaked in the morning.
Tuffcub
If ME3 is only using Kinect for voice controls surely there is no reason at all why it cant be done on PS3 via Eye or headset?
cc_star
Headset surely wouldn’t be a problem.
People who use PSEye voice chat during multiplayer games ruin them, so I don’t know if that would cause problems that headsets & Kinect can get around.
Tuffcub
So how long before they casualy announce the PS3 version has voice control then….
cc_star
lol
halbpro
Depends how much money MS gave ’em.
jimmy-google
What’s the new PS3 headset for?
jimmy-google
Don’t get the Disneyland game – I must have spent around 2 to 3 months of my life visiting Disney but I’d still rather travel there than play a game of it. How do you get the adrenelin rush of the rides sitting at home?
Just glad it they didn’t announce Disney Universe as an exclusive.
It does seem a little same old, same old with MS. Halo, Gears of War and Forza every year and now half the press conference taken up with Kinect. Where’s the wow? It’s not like they’ve had a network outage or a new console to unveil to distract them. This was MS’ chance to really come out and suprise.
Halo wouldn’t have been a suprise even if it wasn’t leaked, Halo is there every year!
Crocadillian
I found this conference very hard to watch, like Nintendo’s conference. Reggie seems to fill in for all the cheesy actors Microsoft had almost too much. Even being a Halo fan and Xbox 360 owner, this conference had nothing I would be interested in, not even Fable which I play regularly.
The only thing that interested me was the voice activated UI, because Windows Phone 7 has a similar system and it works incredibly well, plus the UI on WP7 is really nice too, so to see it being now used for the Xbox 360 UI is good.
waddo_89
Glad someone picked up on Lara’s groaning in the Tomb Raider demo! I watched the MS conference live and those within earshot at the time could be forgiven for thinking I was streaming something a little more ‘adult’!!!!
Sympozium, cyclone tornado AGAIN!
so funny to read………
Rob92
Disappinting conference from all three this year for me. Nintendo probably took it because of the WiiU, it was the only surprising thing for me this year.
Microsoft came out bottom for me though. Kinnect was shorhorned into everything and the Kinnect only titles looks awful, Star Wars and Fable and Ryse were on rails and therefore equalled crap (harsh but true). Why Lucas Arts decided Kinnect was the best place for a Star Wars game and not Ps3+Move is beyond me. Oh wait, no its not, money.
Shame though. MS seem to be relying on the same franchises for its core audience and its innovation comes in the casual area where its probably less needed. Halo Gears and Forza once a year dont cut it I’m afraid.
Im worried Sony are starting to do the same.
cc_star
On your last point do you mean relying on Uncharted, inFamous, Resistance, Ratchet & Clank, a God Of War remix (and in alternate years with relying on Killzone, LBP etc) with only one new IP shown off – Ruin, etc & etc and the only Move title shown off was the rather weak looking on-rails Medieval Moves making Kinect’s trio look not to bad and left us wishing for Sorcery