Fanpoll: How was Microsoft's E308 showing?

Posted Jul 23rd 2008 2:00PM by Xav de Matos
Filed under: Fan stuff, E3

After being privy to everything we heard, saw and played at E3 2008 we'd like to hear what you thought of Microsoft's overall performance. With suitable OMG-megatons like Final Fantasy XIII, awesome exclusivity announcements like DLC in Fallout 3 and rad showings of games like Gears of War 2 -- it seems like it was a great show! But ... noticeable absences like Alan Wake, the controversy surrounding the Bungie announcement and debatable decisions like the dashboard revamp this poll could go either way. So, X3F Army we ask you. How did Microsoft do overall?

Tags: e3-08, e3-2008, e308, fanpoll

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

7-23-2008 @ 2:24PM

Dirty said...

Was really hoping for something to look for in 09. I guess they are sticking to the same formula, which is just talking about games for the holiday. Hard to see thins far on the horizon, like ps3 did with god of war.

7-23-2008 @ 2:26PM

Cal said...

FFXIII?

7-23-2008 @ 2:30PM

Dirty said...

I have a ps3 so I was already waiting for that.... But yea I guess your right. I will be playing it on the xbox.

7-23-2008 @ 2:45PM

aaron said...

just my opinion but i dont consider a trailer as showing off the game. i hated when we saw trailers for halo wars and the other stuff.

what i liked at ms show this year was all the actual demos of the games (re5, fable2, gears2, etc). thats showing me something vs some trailer that may or may not ever look like that. not to mention if you are showing a trailer your game is really far off and there is no telling how many times it will be delayed (use halo wars here or one of the many ps3 delays).

7-23-2008 @ 3:51PM

El Bandanno said...

Hey Dirty, I also own PS3 & 360 and am basically unbiased, but why would you play FFXIII on the xbox? Just curious...

7-23-2008 @ 3:55PM

Glenn said...

Why Wouldn't you!?
The xbox 360 controller for one is 100000s times better, also load times are shorter, and 360 overal looks better when games are compared...

BTW THIS IS MY OPINION, NO NEED TO TRY AND CHANGE MY MIND, AS IT WILL NOT :O!

7-23-2008 @ 3:57PM

Dirty said...

Controller mostly, Achievements. Would have happily played it on the ps3 though. When playing through mgs I forgot about the controller.

7-24-2008 @ 8:37AM

Frosty22 said...

Also... by buying it on the xbox360 there is a better chance for square enix to release the game on both platforms from here on out. I would hate for them to not release them in the future because of poor 360 sales. PS3 has no worries of this with their relationship with SE, but MS does.

7-23-2008 @ 2:25PM

John said...

Great. I was expecting Gears of War 2, an update to the Dashboard and a Halo Wars delay, but what really blew me away was FFXIII and Netflix.

Though, I do wish they would have released a few more demos. If you -really- want to bring it home to us, give us multiple demos to try out.

7-23-2008 @ 8:22PM

Sev said...

Basically what he said. I thought it was excellent.

7-23-2008 @ 2:29PM

Remix said...

I really expected some big announcements. Everything they came out with was just "me too" stuff from other consoles. The FFXIII thing was cool but I don't own a 360 for RPGs. I wanted some good exclusives shown. The netflix was the only thing that really got my attention. E3 as a whole was pretty weak this year, alot of games we already knew about. Hopefully we'll see more announcements soon maybe from other shows.

7-23-2008 @ 2:35PM

Arnie said...

I dont understand peoples obsession with exclusives. Its like they dont want the other guy to have something even though they are not loosing anything by it.
I say live and let live. I wish every game manufacturer had the budget to make it for every console, then we might not need Fanboy sites:-)

7-23-2008 @ 3:51PM

El Bandanno said...

Arnie, I can't speak from a consumer perspective (I just go where the games are), but exclusives catapult a console's "brand equity" helping it have more mindshare and sell more systems.

And more often than not, developers and game studios are offered fat sums of money to make their title an exclusive. It's usually about which console maker is writing the biggest check.

7-23-2008 @ 9:16PM

Sentox6 said...

Another common argument is that porting across platforms consumes resources that could be used elsewhere in development, as well as reducing the game to the lowest common denominator of the systems it is intended for...

7-23-2008 @ 2:46PM

Rob Cannon said...

I think that the Netflix annoucement will be a game changer in the long run. Even though the Netflix offerings today are kind of meh, I would expect that to improve as Netflix turns from a physical delivery company (disks in the mail) to a digital delivery company.

7-23-2008 @ 2:48PM

aaron said...

Overall I thought it was a great show.... not because of the games but all the other new stuff we will be able to do this fall. there wasnt a whole lot of new games shown and i dont really care about ff13 so that wasnt that important to me.

but all the little things the new dashboard will be doing (netflix, party system, hd installs, web access, etc). i will be using my 360 alot more this fall because of some of this stuff. and thats what i really care about. show me why i will be using my console this year and thats one area ms did a fantastic job with.

7-23-2008 @ 2:57PM

Octantis said...

Netflix was my OMG Megaton moment. I've been drooling over that since that survey first brought up the idea.

I am liking the new dashboard avatar thing. I think it will help spread 360 to the masses. I know my neighbors who don't own a console like the look. (They are Rock Band players with gamer tags.) They like customizing their RB characters so they think these avatars are cool. Virtual barbie doll maybe.

As far as videos go they build excitement if you are already excited. If I wasn't on board with a game odds are a video won't help.

7-23-2008 @ 3:12PM

fuser197 said...

I am very excited about the new dashboard, avatar, Netflix, and ability to copy games to hard drive to ease load times and noise. And all these features are free! Which is really the best part about it.

Although anything Final Fantasy is not my cup of tea, it's good to know the option is there, in case I ever develop the desire to play a game where the guys compete with the girls for femininity

7-23-2008 @ 3:13PM

E.J. said...

Although there were large omissions like the new Halo game, Splinter Cell and Alan Wake, Microsoft still put on a great show.

7-23-2008 @ 3:18PM

joey said...

I'm pretty impressed with the new dashboard.
I mean who doesn't like cover flow?
Blades are too choppy for my taste.

netflix is neat.

Final Fantasy can blow me, but I understand it's importance.

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