Xbox 360 Keynote

Arkin710 · Post by **Arkin710** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:34 pm

Apparently, they mentioned Pro Evolution coming to the 360. And GTA IV in October 2007, along with episodic content from Rockstar.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:36 pm

Here's a breakdown so far......

http://www.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?sid=6149698

Feanor · Post by **Feanor** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:40 pm

Didn't he say you will only to be able to play Madden on the 360? That can't be right....

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:43 pm

Feanor wrote:Didn't he say you will only to be able to play Madden on the 360? That can't be right....

Kinda confusing. Is it true GTA 4 will be 360 exclusive? If that's true, that's unbelieveable.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:50 pm

Not clear if GTA4 is exclusive forever or it's a time-exclusive.

I believe they will have exclusive downloadable content though to extend the GTA4 game.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:56 pm

There's just a ton of arcade titles coming to the Marketplace. I realize a lot of these titles can be played on the computer, but I like the idea of kicking back on the couch and playing Contra, or Galaga, or Paperboy.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Tue May 09, 2006 4:08 pm

New York, NY – May 9th, 2006 -- Rockstar Games, the universally-renowned publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce Grand Theft Auto IV, the next-generation console debut of the genre-defining Grand Theft Auto franchise. Developed by world-class designers Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto IV will be simultaneously available for the PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360™ and is currently planned to be in stores in North America on October 16, 2007 and in Europe on October 19, 2007."

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue May 09, 2006 4:10 pm

Seems to be a lot of "in 2007" announcements.

But MS easily held their own compared to Sony and Nintendo for the pre-E3 presentations.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Tue May 09, 2006 5:24 pm

I was hoping we'd hear something about being able to play a game while downloading something off the marketplace. Even if it's just an arcade title, that'd be sweet. Oh well.

seanmac31 · Post by **seanmac31** » Tue May 09, 2006 6:31 pm

Aaaah....Halo 3.

vader29 · Post by **vader29** » Tue May 09, 2006 7:50 pm

Looking forward to this feature from this link:

In another amazing example, Major Nelson e-mailed a Forza 2 car to Scott's cellphone. Scott tuned the car on his phone, painted it on his Vista PC, and then raced it on his Xbox 360!

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Tue May 09, 2006 8:08 pm

vader29 wrote:Looking forward to this feature from this link:

In another amazing example, Major Nelson e-mailed a Forza 2 car to Scott's cellphone. Scott tuned the car on his phone, painted it on his Vista PC, and then raced it on his Xbox 360!

Here's my fear: Compatibility with all of these "gee-whiz!" new features will become more important than quality, deep gameplay with new titles. It's already bad enough that graphics have supplanted gameplay, but there's a real threat that gameplay will fall to No. 3 on the totem pole.

After all, who cares if the game plays like sh*t if it looks pretty and you can send new features to buddies with your cell phone?

Call me an anachronist or Luddite, but I have genuine concerns.

Take care,
PK

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Wed May 10, 2006 1:29 pm

I enjoyed the press conference. Peter Moore is one smooth cat. Nothing unbelievable came out of the keynote but some nice footage of upcoming games. MS seems to be doing things correctly. Their plan looks great. I'm looking forward to Bros. In Arms.