Microsoft Press Conference: Stream & Discussion

[Perfect Stu]

Originally Posted by Bond

Well, sure. I thought it was made fairly clear at the start of the press conference that they would only be dealing with games being released this year. Obviously they weren't going to announce any surprise games being released this holiday season.

Just because it was clear from the beginning doesn't make the press conference any better. A couple of the games looked awesome (CoD4 especially) but the overall conference seemed kinda empty.

[Bond]

Originally Posted by Perfect Stu

Just because it was clear from the beginning doesn't make the press conference any better. A couple of the games looked awesome (CoD4 especially) but the overall conference seemed kinda empty.

Again, with the holiday lineup that I posted, nothing seems kinda empty to me at all.

Microsoft and other third party developers obviously have future games in the works, but I'm sure the decision not to show them (all but Resident Evil 5) was a tactical one. They wanted to showcase the games that will be available this year. If they were to unveil a future blockbuster, it may overshadow other games that developers are releasing this year.

Anyway, that is simply my read on it.