CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I wonder if Microsoft will wheel out Sparrow again this year.
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CES: Xbox 360 Game Room
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Of course you have to download each room.Why For? said:
Do you think they magically pop into your PS3 once created?
OldJadedGamer has it right though, those things will never change.
Still, Home is a lot better (more things to actually do now), and there's tons of people in it buying useless junk.
abacab driver
Banned
I wouldnt be surprised if you'll be able to do stuff like wave and do silly gestures to people in this space with natal.
InaudibleWhispa
Member
I hope so. With the Xbox Live crowd, they're never going to be friendly, polite gestures are they :lolabacab driver said:
MightyHedgehog
Member
I hope that a bulletin board or joinable interest group on Live is in the works this year for those looking for public online matches playing those retail and Arcade games whose communities have evaporated or moved on to other newer titles. (Including Indie titles in that list or group would also be awesome!) The seemingly obvious benefit to visualized spaces for a group of games is to advertise the intentions and interests of those wanting to play the older and/or more niche titles as well as the general set of active perennially active games them more clearly to any other person wanting to play them or, at least, interested in the idea of buying them.
Everyone keeps saying "This is their Home rip-off," but the thing is, Microsoft is already besting Home with Avatars and the party system alone, and they're doing it by overcoming the biggest obstacle of Home (other than, you know, the horrifically bad word-of-mouth): the download.
This is how I see it playing out, because it's what they're already doing. You boot up your Xbox and you start a party with your friends. From here, you can watch movies together via Netflix, play social games in a massively online environment (1 vs 100) and soon, interact with one another in a virtual environment in apps like the Game Room and JoyRide.
Microsoft is basically giving users the promises of Home, only a smaller, more intimate scale and instead of wasting hours downloading massive amounts of data and roaming about a sterile environment only to get harassed by complete strangers, you're downloading these bite-sized apps with your friends, while interacting with the larger community through the games themselves
There's no need for Microsoft to "rip-off" Home with a full-blown environment. Why waste millions of dollars on something hardly anyone will download when they can hit you up immediately (and successfully) with the microtransactions for a tiny fraction of the cost?
Think about it.. what were the promises of Home that people clamored for? The ability to stream and share media with friends, interact in a virtual environment with custom avatars and most importantly, play games together. There's no need for them to step into that arena when the built-in 360 dashboard and some apps can take care of all that.
Trust me, I'm an expert on the subject :lol
This is how I see it playing out, because it's what they're already doing. You boot up your Xbox and you start a party with your friends. From here, you can watch movies together via Netflix, play social games in a massively online environment (1 vs 100) and soon, interact with one another in a virtual environment in apps like the Game Room and JoyRide.
Microsoft is basically giving users the promises of Home, only a smaller, more intimate scale and instead of wasting hours downloading massive amounts of data and roaming about a sterile environment only to get harassed by complete strangers, you're downloading these bite-sized apps with your friends, while interacting with the larger community through the games themselves
There's no need for Microsoft to "rip-off" Home with a full-blown environment. Why waste millions of dollars on something hardly anyone will download when they can hit you up immediately (and successfully) with the microtransactions for a tiny fraction of the cost?
Think about it.. what were the promises of Home that people clamored for? The ability to stream and share media with friends, interact in a virtual environment with custom avatars and most importantly, play games together. There's no need for them to step into that arena when the built-in 360 dashboard and some apps can take care of all that.
Trust me, I'm an expert on the subject :lol
Diablohead
Member
I'm gonna moon at all of you!abacab driver said:
Why For? said:
Yeah, exactly. I always thought of those little apps like the snowball fight and the football toss as Microsoft sort of testing the interest levels of NXE based mini-environments.
And I'm going to go out on a limb and speculate that the Game Room will most likely be a friends-only environment. It'd definitely solve the whole "only one person can play per machine" bit (If you can control the Game Room, you could easily double, or even triple the game of your choice in theory) and again, it'd be a much friendlier environment for the audience they're aiming for.
They better restrict this to friends only; I've always liked virtual chat worlds. I'm on IRC a lot, and having avatars and ability to do other stuff than pure typing would be nice.
I liked the waiting lobby of PS3's Hot Shots Holf for instance, though the things you could do was very much limited (like kicking a ball around).
MMOs are also places where there are some people who socialize more than they play.
I've always thought Home was a good idea, but with terrible implementation. Hopefully MS can provide a better experience. And it's a shame Nintendo is so backwards about the internet, otherwise we would've gotten something like this (I know I'm jumping to conclusions) and Home already, but with Miis.
I liked the waiting lobby of PS3's Hot Shots Holf for instance, though the things you could do was very much limited (like kicking a ball around).
MMOs are also places where there are some people who socialize more than they play.
I've always thought Home was a good idea, but with terrible implementation. Hopefully MS can provide a better experience. And it's a shame Nintendo is so backwards about the internet, otherwise we would've gotten something like this (I know I'm jumping to conclusions) and Home already, but with Miis.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I uploaded the specific bit to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRupZ3NcTdswhitehawk said:
dallow_bg said:
I'll jump back in soon.
Haven't been in there for a good 6 months.
Very sterile and you get a horrible iloated feeling despite so many people being around. Probably because they're anonymous I guess.
For some reason, PS3 owners don't use headsets. I don't know why I bought the PS3 Bluetooth headset.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
[Nintex] said:
But it's the latest trend in gaming, you party pooper!
Megadragon15
Member
If this is Microsoft's answer to "Home," keep that only for Gold members, okay? Let them have the privilage to suffer it. 
OldJadedGamer
Banned
Why For? said:
Don't worry, last time I was in Home they killed off voice chat anyway and made it all text.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
You know, for being a soulless corporate exec, this guy is kinda tolerable. People that can laugh at their own bullshit do good interviews.Iced_Eagle said:
Steverulez
Member
Why For? said:
I guess it kind of was but Microsoft have done 3/4 of those games, they did one with a globe where you put your friends in it and shake it, the snow ball one, a Madden one and another one with throwing something and getting your friends avatar in a bucket of water or something?
Problem was no-one noticed them so they thought the snowball one was a new addition...
UltimaPooh
Member
steverulez said:
Yeah I played all of those.
No point in having a score if you can't compare it to your friends... Also the games were lame.
EDIT:
Damn it Microsoft it's been years since you have had Live and there still aren't that many good board games... and the ones that are there cost too much.
I want a simple Monopoly Arcade game. Where is Risk Arcade? Pictionary Arcade would be wonderful if it was packed in with a Natal Purchase... hell you could probably just make it Cranium with what Natal can do... So much miss opportunity on the Arcade when it comes to board games.
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JonathanEx
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It's also for GFWL.
Basically, arcade games, emulated, virtual environment, invite your friends, you can customise.
Basically, arcade games, emulated, virtual environment, invite your friends, you can customise.
krypt0nian
Banned
Game Room video here - http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/ces/VideoGallery.aspx
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
There's a video here:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/ces/VideoGallery.aspx
Second from bottom.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/ces/VideoGallery.aspx
Second from bottom.
snoopeasystreet
Member
It's developed by Krome Studios the developers of Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, Viva Pinata: Party Animals and Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes.
Also, notice how the avatars in video are all older men... This one is marketed at your dads or those of us who are into something a little bit retro.
Also, notice how the avatars in video are all older men... This one is marketed at your dads or those of us who are into something a little bit retro.
The trailer now on Youtube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYOmk7psGJo
And yes, Krome is developing it, and it's awesome, and I want it now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYOmk7psGJo
And yes, Krome is developing it, and it's awesome, and I want it now
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Welp, that explains gazunta's twitter I guess.snoopeasystreet said:
I assume its going to cost money to download each game individually, no?
GarthVaderUK
Banned
Awesome news!
snoopeasystreet
Member
Avatars are also wearing Krome and Microsoft Games Studios t-shirts.
Shadowlink
Member
Woah! That actually looks awesome.
brain_stew
Member
Games For Windows: Live as well!? Mind blown, guess that means avatars for GFWL?
I still don't understand why you wouldn't just prefer to choose your game from a list but if I have to put up with avatars to get free games then I guess I don't mind.
Edit: 1000 games? Hmm, this might just get interesting then, at least allow me to choose them from a list and since you're supporting it cross platform make one purchase allow me to play the game on both platforms. Then I'm fully on board.
I still don't understand why you wouldn't just prefer to choose your game from a list but if I have to put up with avatars to get free games then I guess I don't mind.
Edit: 1000 games? Hmm, this might just get interesting then, at least allow me to choose them from a list and since you're supporting it cross platform make one purchase allow me to play the game on both platforms. Then I'm fully on board.
snoopeasystreet
Member
soco said:
Most likely, but the avatars playing the arcade games look to have a few wrinkles on them.
CadetMahoney
Member
abacab driver said:
they'll probably not allow that cos ppl will be "dirty" with gestures.
MightyHedgehog
Member
Treat it like the Vision camera video feed with a default or forced Friends-only visible limitation while canned anims and other emotes are available for public consumption.CadetMahoney said: