The E3 Thread! Who will come out on top?

They got a good spanking last year though.

 

How much as GH sold? People talk about it being big, but has it sold loads and loads and loads? A look at VGChartz suggests about 5 million for the series. That's less than EyeToy's with Play. If Rock Band is going to cost as much as people are suggesting, is it really going to sell that much on any platform? I understand the appeal of the game, but I can't see it being a phenomenon unless they give away the peripherals.

 

two separate packages of the Xbox Live Vision Camera are available: the standart kit has Xbox Live Vision camera ,1 month Xbox Live Gold membership ,Wired Xbox 360 Headset and 2 Xbox Live Arcade downloads: UNO and TotemBall (i guess this is the game that you were refrerring to as "sucked" because it kinda did ) and gold kit has Xbox Live Vision camera,12 months Xbox Live Gold membership ,Wired Xbox 360 Headset ,200 Microsoft Points and 3 Xbox Live Arcade downloads (UNO, TotemBall and Robotron: 2084). i belive as the naming suggests xbox live vison camera was mainly positioned as a communication device for xbox live platfrom not necassarily as a motion tracking gaming device therefore there has not been eyetoy level gaming software support for it.

lol shifty, if 5 million unit selling franchise is not considered "big" then i do not what big is (then certainly mgs is not a big franchise for example)

mtv and record labels will market this game like it's the second coming. i do not if rock band will catch fire (since like you mentinoned price of the peripherals is a big obstacle) but i do know that most mtv watching youth (at least american) will know about this game. again gh sold very well despite it's 90$ price tag (and extra $60 for a 2nd guitar) and the potential financial gains from downloadable content for rock band could be projected to offsett some of harmonix/publisher's other costs (such as hardware).

 

I am hoping for SSBB live action demo over WiFi!!

 

What I meant by that was, some 5 million people bought an expensive game with an expensive peripheral, and a good many of those, some 2 million, were using the same peripheral from GH1. Thus the existing market for a $100 game is perhaps 3 million. Do we think even as many will shell out $200 or whatever on one game? Do we really think they'll shell out $200 for the game plus $300 for the console to play it on? Thus I don't see it as being megaton in being a platform defining event. It'd be a coup for MS, but I dare say an expensive coup without much potential for return.

 

Probably not all that expensive. EA can't be expecting huge sales on a console that costs $499 and will have at best 5-6million install base by years end.

 

i see your point, (i still think that we should consider guitar hero franchise as big franchise though ) i belive the main "gain" ms will have is the "marketing dollars".

this is a harmonix/mtv games(which viacom owns) title that is going to be distibuted by ea (and also is backed by most major music labels)... there will be tons of print/online/tv advertising/rb related publicity events and i belive ms might want to make sure that 360's name(maybe even exclusively for a while) is attached to them as the main platform .

also i don't think getting this game as an exclusive would not be a "near megaton" announcement, but i do agree that most people tend to underestimate the potential , if it manages to create it's own market it could be the next "big" thing

 

That's true. The promotion for the platform would make a purchase of RB exclusivity as much an investment in marketing as anything,

 

Not so out of the world...

HTML:

FINAL FANTASY XI: WINGS OF THE GODDESS
    Platform: PlayStation 2 system, Windows, Xbox 360
    Genre: MMORPG
    ESRB Rating: Not Yet Rated
    Release Date: Winter 2007
    Experience the next chapter in the immersive and ever expanding world
of Vana'diel(R) in FINAL FANTASY XI: WINGS OF THE GODDESS(TM), a
content-rich expansion pack that brings exciting new features to the world
of FINAL FANTASY XI. Delve into new quests, meet new players, view new
sights and experience the fourth chapter in the award-winning MMORPG that
has a community of more than 500,000 active subscribers and over 1.7
million characters from around the world. FINAL FANTASY XI is the only
title capable of triple-platform simultaneous multiplayer, allowing players
to take up arms together on the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment
system, Windows(R) and Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from
Microsoft, whether they are in North America, Europe or Japan.

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-09-2007/0004621563&EDATE=


You must be psychic. LOL

BTW, explain SNS.

Tommy McClain

 

Heh. But that's just an expansion pack to the old, first FF MMORPG. So that's not really what one meant.

 

Gotcha. How about this then?

Hironobu Sakaguchi is planning an Xbox 360 MMO.

http://www.totalvideogames.com/articles/TVG.Speaks_-_Hironobu_Sakaguchi_11783.htm

Tommy McClain

 

Hm. PSN video store announcement not likely: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3160898

Not that I care, but I would have thought Sony of all parties should have been on top of this.

Oh well, there's still that PSP redesign they can pull out of the hat.

 

I found the "furiously working" part rather amusing.

 

I wish fallout 3 wasnt 2 years away...

 

Infos

Gaffers claim 360 price drop all but confirmed also..

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/11/technology/11games.html

 

Conference has started..

Moore came out and played some song with Rock Band.

Then some Viva Pinata sequel trailer.

Mass Effect trailer (nothing amazing), game announced for November.

Moore is covering sales numbers. Install base leader by NPD, close race with Wii since Wii launch, 2/3 of third party games are sold on 360.

2.4b dollars spent on 360, only 1.3 on Wii 1.2 on PS3.

Top 5 selling games last gen: All GTA and Halo iterations. Pointing out 360 has those franchises.

Only 360 has GTA, Madden, and Halo. Those games will be possibly 1/3 of all games sales in holiday 07 says Moore.

Talking about "scene it" game for whole family. Ships with 4 of the new simple controllers for same price as regular game.

Now showing Naruto.

Boring show so far. Very family oriented.

Haha, now touting 60 FPS EA sports games. "Will run TWICE as fast as last year". Reggie Bush comes out to play. BORING.

So far this is the worst E3 I've ever seen by far..

Now showing upcoming XBLA game montage. Sonic 1 and Golden Axe available tonight.

Now getting to the Disney on Live video service announce. Many of the Disney movies available tonight.

XBL Video downloads coming to Canada and Europe. August 23 Elite launches in Europe.

 

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=42685

 

They are little slow with their update now. Waiting....