That actually won't surprise me at all... I almost expect ms and epic to work pretty closely together to optimize ue4 for xbox (and probably do more optimization around the xbox platform than sony).
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Epic: Xbox silence at GDC isn't the full picture
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That actually won't surprise me at all... I almost expect ms and epic to work pretty closely together to optimize ue4 for xbox (and probably do more optimization around the xbox platform than sony).
IrrelevantNotch
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Sony blew their load to quickly. The PS4 presentation was boring as shit.
Penguins&PolarBears
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Sony wants to end this console generation quickly, Microsoft doesn't because they're taking over 40% of retail dollars spent each month.
Why should MS rush a next-gen Xbox announcement and negatively impact current gen sales when the product won't be available until November?
The most important goal for them right this moment is selling Tomb Raider, GoW Judgement, Bioshock Infinite, Minecraft, etc.
Any important deals and discussions that happen, happen behind the scenes with announcements at E3 and beyond. MS isn't going to have a hard time getting media coverage.
Why should MS rush a next-gen Xbox announcement and negatively impact current gen sales when the product won't be available until November?
The most important goal for them right this moment is selling Tomb Raider, GoW Judgement, Bioshock Infinite, Minecraft, etc.
Any important deals and discussions that happen, happen behind the scenes with announcements at E3 and beyond. MS isn't going to have a hard time getting media coverage.
Neuromancer
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In Ballmer I trust
Probably, it takes a special kind of company to mass produce a budget gaming PC as a console.
BrainZEROX
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I totally expect that. If only because Epic will most probably have something related to Gears of War to show, something like a tech Demo or a teaser for GOW5 (or 4 depends on how you consider Judgement).
I trust in the two Phil's, especially Phil Spencer, he's tweeting confident stuff lately.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Examples?
Sort of. They mostly talked about features and tech/specs.
There's almost no way it's possible based in the rumor specs.
This "blew their load" schtick is one of the dumbest juvenile revelations to come around this forum in years, to understate it a little. There's gotta be a more elegant way to say what you mean.
It's most tweeting about seeing games from their studios overseas.
I think you already know the answer.
Penguins&PolarBears
Member
I think you overestimate the importance of your video game forum.
Just Dance 4 and Xbox Live subscription cards would not dominate sales charts if this place was a barometer of sales potential.
Nobody in mainstream world is paying attention to your rumor mill. E3 announcements will be the first time next-gen stuff makes any real blip on people's radar. Even then it will take hundreds of millions in advertising dollars to raise awareness of the product to anything of significance.
Punkster_NY
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So they held a private gathering to show off the new hardware and then a couple days later they cancel the April event?
Sony didn't show us the console. They didn't show us much of the Gaikai Playstation 4 features, and instead, made a series of promises. We didn't see much of the OS, or evolution of PSN from the Playstation 3 to the Playstation 4.
Microsoft has a history of not showing stuff until its far enough along that they can demo it to an audience, especially within the video game space. That's why they tend to not announce video games 2-3 years ahead, and instead, wait until it's playable which tends to be months to one year out from the games actual release.
SJRB
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I don't even know who's trolling who anymore.
I think since Sony showed such a gaming orientated vision with the PS4, MS just delayed the Durango presser to get more software ready to show on their event to counter that.
Nothing big really.
People in the know (and I'm not one of then! Lol!) have been saying Durango will get great software showing when it finally unveils for some time now, so MS is probably just reinforcing that.
Te april reveal was always a rumor. The delay to may is also a rumor. They kind of cancel each other out.
Is that from the thread about Oddworld Inhabitants having PS4 hardware and not been contacted by Microsoft? Because Microsoft don't just send hardware out to developers. The developers need to actually order it.
Coulomb_Barrier
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I think they are obviously talking to Epic, but the perception, rightly or wrongly, is that they ain't extending that privilege to smaller devs.
IrrelevantNotch
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They showed off their console before they even had anything to show off, including the console itself. Now whatever hype they generated will slowly wither away until the next announcement. They should have bided their time until they had a decent number of features and games to show off, and then steamrolled it until launch.
Sounds like you heart blew it's load too quickly, what were you expecting, consoles on shelves the week after?
Do you mean they showed the hardware behind closed doors and still (supposedly) pushed back their (rumored) announcement? Yeah, why not? I don't see what one has to do with the other. Updating and talking to developers isn't on some timeline attached to when they actually start marketing their product.
XtremeXpider
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It is very lol how some gafers "doomed" the next Xbox in the last post.
The April reveal wasn't a rumor. MS people confirmed the delay on twitter.
The fact that the event wasn't officially announced doesn't change nothing.
First of all, the most hardcore of the hardcore gamers, ie. the types of gamers that are on forums such as GAF and in a position to stay on top of console rumors, do not decide console generations anymore. They haven't dictated the direction of the industry since the Playstation 1.
Second of all, rumors, assuming they're just that, aren't going to mean a damn thing once the console is officially unveiled and facts begin to trickle out. It's not like Microsoft is going to unveil the console, potentially prove that the rumors were incorrect, and gamers are going to refuse to purchase the console due to the fact that the rumors surrounding the Next Xbox prior to its announcing were negative.
Bad publicity, is better then no publicity.
Every new Xbox (Including Kinect) is doomed before launch.
R3TRODYCE
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RYSE is still on? Cool beans.
Huh? That doesn't even make any sense. Killzone 2 was first shown with a target render. Everything shown at Sony's last conference was running off of dev kits. The Shadowfall demo was played live.
XtremeXpider
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Syphon Filter
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They aren't waiting till E3,calm down and wait till may people.
CrunchinJelly
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He was almost certainly at Rare after that demo tweet a week or two before. The timing was perfect.
Where does this new date come from?
Doug Heffernan
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The longer they take, the better the reveal will be. The last thing they need is a desperate, rushed conference.
Being calm and rational is no fun.
Metalmurphy
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That's one way to look at it. Another one is that, since most of the talk is out of the way, what do you think we'll see at E3?
Games games games!
It's 2013 not 2005. Jimmy Fallon played that game live on his show.
ChosenPredator
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Im not sure if this is right but i remember them saying Gaikai will come in phases, so it won't be like what they show right away but in increments i guess
Sorry but this is not true. Every company announces games way in advance. Microsoft revealed Alan Wake, Too Human, Gears of War, Crackdown, Milo, the Peter Jackson project that never materialized, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Mass Effect, long before they were released or even able to be demoed onstage.
XtremeXpider
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There aren't, only rumors.
A two hour reveal of the actual console!
And most recently... Ryse.
Syphon Filter
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The same guy that said April 26. All of it is rumors though so we shall see.
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