Game Over's E3 Preview 24
CNN's Game Over column has a preview of what you're likely to see at this year's E3, and what's probably not going to make a showing. From the article: "For the first time in years, Microsoft will shine some of its gaming PR spotlight on the PC as it prepares for the launch of Windows Vista. While we'll almost certainly see a couple of games that take advantage of the system's improvements, we'll probably also hear a fair bit about how Vista gamers will be able to interact with Xbox 360 players."
Re:Microsoft pushing PC gaming? (Score:2)
Re:Microsoft pushing PC gaming? (Score:2)
Microsoft learned long ago that people will upgrade for games. I'm guessing that, outside the business world, it's the main reason early adopters upgrade their home OS.
I laugh when I see people on gaming forums bitch that their not going to upgrade to Vista (because of DRM, bugs, slow code, etc.). They may hold out for a while but, unless Microsoft changes its mind and releases DX-10 for XP, they'll have to upgrade when game developers stop supporting DX9.
Re:Microsoft pushing PC gaming? (Score:1)
And on my god, the laptop users!! how many will make the switch to Vista do you think
Re:Microsoft pushing PC gaming? (Score:2)
I've not sure which god you want me to swear on but, unless something major happens (e.g. Apple or Linux finally figures out how to get the gamer market), all Windows gamers will make the switch to Vista *in time*.
You're right however in that this will not happen overnight. Last word I got was that the first Vista machine will probably not even have the hardware to run DX10. But Microsoft is playing the long game her
Re:Microsoft pushing PC gaming? (Score:1)
Re:Microsoft pushing PC gaming? (Score:2)
Re:Microsoft pushing PC gaming? (Score:2)
I'm WAY out of my element here (I'm a Code Monkey, not a Market Researcher), but I think Microsoft would crush Linux with marketing, PR, and FUD ("Did you know Linux might rape your dog? It's true!" - Bill).
I think Linux may beat Microsoft yet, and game support would take them a lot of the way there, but it's going to take lots of other elements as well.
Not open to the public ... (Score:2, Insightful)
Electronic Entertainment Expo - is closed to the general public
Re:Not open to the public ... (Score:2)
Heartbroken (Score:3, Insightful)
Ever since EA got their exclusivity deals on anything that smells like football, the genre has sucked horribly. There have been rumors flying high that we'd see something from VC/T2, but so far nothing.
Re:Heartbroken (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Heartbroken (Score:2)
Does anyone know if Blitz: The League is any good? It's the only non-EA football game out there that looks to have any sort of interesting gameplay / plot / whatever.
Re:Heartbroken (Score:2)
Blitz was the football answer to NBA Jam. It has 7 players to a side (as opposed to 11), and thus plays more like arena ball then NFL. The game's working title was Blitz: Playmakers and thus attempts to be more like ESPN's TV show than reality.
Just not my style of game. I'm
Re:Heartbroken (Score:2)
What the...? (Score:1, Redundant)
Can't wait (Score:3, Interesting)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8372603330 420559198&q=spore&pl=true [google.com]
It looks to be such an awesome game.
Undocumented Vista feature (Score:1)