[quote name='Energy Penguin']i thought the press conference was fine. It wasn't great, but not horrible either. I mean, essentially it's a huge commercial for xbox. That's what all these press conferences are. I like some of the kinetic stuff, mostly menu navigation, but I am worried they didn't announce a price. I fear it is $150 which is twice what i would like to see it at. I read somewhere $399 w/ the new box, which might be ok.[/QUOTE]
$399 with the Elite. $299 with Arcade. So far no Slim60 bundle sited and when Aaron Greenberg was questioned if there is one he dodged the question (this was right after him talking about the 2 bundles with the old consoles). $450 for the Slim60 & Natal is not out of the question. But maybe after this MS will realize they need to lower the price of Kinect.
[quote name='cmb00']I thought the show was good. I am excited about all the goodies due later this year. What were all you monday morning quaterbacks wanting to see at the show?[/QUOTE]
A few unannounced games with significant footage, at least a few Kinect games that were tailored to core gamers, not Wii shovelware as Kinect's best games (the whole launch lineup is that), more Live features. But...
[quote name='Ecofreak']I've been anxious to hear Microsoft's big surprise announcements given their past track record (GTA4, FFXIII, NetFlix, etc), but this year, I've left disappointed.
Given how much money Microsoft spent to buy the Kinect company and subsequent R&D (both internal and external), my confidence that they'll make a good return on investment based on the software shown today is not promising.
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given how much money they spent on Kinect, it's no surprise there are not surprise announcements of core games.
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They carried Monday Night Football for four years now and its been a goldrush for them. Why throw all those ratings away for Microsoft?
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A big check and free advertising?