Official Microsoft E3 thread - conference at 12:30pm EST 6/15

[purbeast0]

surprised there isn't one yet. their conference starts in 90 minutes. i'm assuming a link to it will be here at 12:30 EST:

http://www.ign.com/wikis/e3/E3_2015_Live_Streams_and_Press_Conferences

if anyone has other links, feel free to post them.

i just hope we have some sort of surprises, and not just the usual halo, call of duty, battlefield, and madden crap.

i REALLY hope they announce killer instinct season 3 though.

won't be able to really watch anything though since i'm at work, hopefully i can find a decent live blog.

 

[zokudu]

I'm using the youtube live stream.

https://www.youtube.com/e3

I've heard rumors of a rare collection. I would be super excited if they announced that.

 

[purbeast0]

im using this liveblog which seems to be pretty nice

http://live.arstechnica.com/microsoft-at-e3-2015/

 

[purbeast0]

lol @ this comment on the ars live blog

"New and innovative IP" - kicks off with Halo and Gears of War
by Mark Walton 12:33

 

[Pheran]

The Xbox.com stream is horrible - rebuffering constantly.

 

[mzkhadir]

http://download.xbox.com/content/mgs/liveplayer/production/amp/e32015_media_briefing_xbox.html

Here is the xbox briefing

 

[purbeast0]

lol @ "halo of duty".

i'm curious to watch the footage later though. as burnt out as i am of fps games, i've always had a little soft spot for halo games.

 

[Aikouka]

Oh dang...

"Play Xbox 360 games natively on your Xbox One" D:

im using this liveblog which seems to be pretty nice

http://live.arstechnica.com/microsoft-at-e3-2015/

My only issue with their stream is the text and photos are kind of interspersed, which makes it a bit hard to understand what goes with what. I thought they got Keiji Inafune to work on Halo 5 for a second, until I realized that they were talking about that game Recore.

 

[Skel]

wow.. backward compatibility with the 360 games announced.

 

[purbeast0]

curious to hear about this 360 BC stuff. i only have my 360 hooked up to play SF4 every now and then. would be nice to just get rid of it.

 

[Pheran]

Holy crap, backward compatibility! But is it streaming or local?

 

[purbeast0]

i still think BC is probably the most overrated feature available.

 

[Aikouka]

Holy crap, backward compatibility! But is it streaming or local?

Sounds like it's local and similar to the 360 compatibility with the original Xbox...

"OVer 100 titles this holiday"

EDIT:

i still think BC is probably the most overrated feature available.

I think it may not be a hugely used feature, but I think it's a good selling feature. Frankly, if it's compatible with the majority of my 360 games, I'd consider selling my other 360 and just using two Xbox Ones instead.

 

[Pheran]

Goddammit, my stream cut out right after they said backward compatibility.

 

[purbeast0]

yeah i agree it's more of a selling point than something that people actually use.

 

[Aikouka]

Oh, and purbeast. I know you had complaints about the Kinect and being unable to use it. Since I'm thinking about moving mine around in my new place, I did a bit of research. Apparently, the only way to make it work is to use this really expensive powered USB cable that also removes the ability to use the Kinect's IR. :\

 

[zokudu]

Pro controller looks excellent depending on price point.

Paddles, trigger stops, swappable components and button remapping.

 

[purbeast0]

eh couldn't care less about fallout 4. show us some new shit.

 

[purbeast0]

Oh, and purbeast. I know you had complaints about the Kinect and being unable to use it. Since I'm thinking about moving mine around in my new place, I did a bit of research. Apparently, the only way to make it work is to use this really expensive powered USB cable that also removes the ability to use the Kinect's IR. :\

definitely wouldn't spend that lol, even if it did work. i want to just sell mine. should put it for sale in the FS/FT forum.

 

[Aikouka]

definitely wouldn't spend that lol, even if it did work. i want to just sell mine. should put it for sale in the FS/FT forum.

I thought about that since I never use it, but then if I ever want to sell the Xbox One, I'd be selling an incomplete unit. Well, unless I buy a Kinect prior to selling it to replace the previously sold one.

 

[zokudu]

Bored of this demo already. I know how Fallout works, there's nothing new here.

 

[purbeast0]

I thought about that since I never use it, but then if I ever want to sell the Xbox One, I'd be selling an incomplete unit. Well, unless I buy a Kinect prior to selling it to replace the previously sold one.

i think you would make more selling it separate from the console than bundling them together.

 

[zokudu]

Holy crap. Modding in Fallout 4 on Xbox One!

 

[purbeast0]

oh god looks like here comes the battlefield/madden crap that nobody cares about.

 

[zokudu]

Meh. Knew these were coming to EA Access eventually.