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Microsoft promises 'tons' of Xbox exclusives

Xbox executive Aaron Greenberg says Microsoft will reveal numerous platform exclusives and world premieres at E3, hints that next Xbox will launch this holiday.

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Microsoft has spoken out to promise "tons" of Xbox exclusives to be revealed during next month's Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. During Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb's latest podcast, Xbox executive Aaron Greenberg teased the news and suggested the next Xbox may be on store shelves by this holiday.

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"E3 will be all about the games," Greenberg said. "At E3, I mean, if you're a gamer, it's going to be tons of exclusives, world premieres. Obviously, even beyond that we have a lot to share between then and this holiday."

If the next Xbox does launch this holiday, it will do so directly in competition with the PlayStation 4.

Greenberg also discussed tomorrow's high-profile next-generation Xbox reveal event, taking place at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington. He said the presentation will focus on the new platform and will be full of surprises.

"We're really going to tell one story across two events. We're going to start on the 21st and really that's about revealing next Xbox platform [and] our vision for the future of games, the future of entertainment," Greenberg said. "We definitely have a lot of surprises planned. I know everyone knows that the Infinity Ward team is hard at work on world premiering Call of Duty: Ghosts and we're going to see what that looks like for the first time."

Infinity Ward yesterday launched a teaser video for Call of Duty: Ghosts, showing off an in-development version of this November's first-person shooter.

Greenberg further explained that the reason Microsoft chose to invite media to its headquarters for the announcement was so that they could get an "inside look" into how the platform came to life, directly from the developers who designed it.

"People are going to get a great inside look at really the making of the new platform and the team that's brought it to life. To be honest, it's really about the team, the people here," Greenberg said. "That's why we're inviting people to campus. We're going to bring them behind the scenes a little bit. We've never done this before and it's really exciting to be able to do that. It's a lot of laying the foundation. Just a couple weeks later we go to E3."

GameSpot will have full coverage of the presentation, which begins May 21 at 10 a.m. PDT. Microsoft is widely believed to announce its next-generation Xbox at the event and give first details about the long-rumored platform.

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If M$ is talking about exclusives, they better step up. I can only think of 3 games on top of my head that are good and system seller.. Gears of War, Halo and Forza. PS3 had way more exclusives.

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@berserker66666 Vs what: God of War, Little Big Planet, Killzone and er... um what else?

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@MVan86 @berserker66666 Oh boy. Fanboy alert...

Uncharted, Last of Us, LBP Karting, Ni No Kuni, Beyond: 2 Souls, Dragons Crown, Dust 514, Gran Turismo (which has sold more than any MS exclusive) Guacamelee, MLB 13: The Show, Puppeteer, Rain, Sly Cooper, Ratchet and Clank, Until Dawn, Time and Eternity, Tales of Xillia, Disgaea D2, and shit, there's more. Wicki will tell you there are over 200 exclusives...

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@northArrow @walmongerer @MVan86 @berserker66666 I resent that, what do you consider "worth playing"? Many of those game were underrated little gems and amongst the best games I've played this generation :O

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@walmongerer @MVan86 @berserker66666 Don't forget about Journey GOTY :)

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@walmongerer @MVan86 @berserker66666 Most of those aren't worth playing though

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@walmongerer @MVan86 @berserker66666 Nope just tying to think of things off the top of my head and not coming up with much.

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Uncharted, heavy rain, Gran Turismo, Metal gear solid 4, sly cooper, infamous and more

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This is actually bad news lol

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what would really suck is if they added a new tier to LIVE subscription

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@cheese232323 Xbox platinum to remove annoying ads

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Yeah but that 'ton of exclusives' will probably be about 90 percent shooters.

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@Johny_47 and that 90% will be Halo and Gears

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M$: Surprise, our nextbox requires always online internet to play games. Also we're charging double for Gold Membership".

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@berserker66666 Once again - wait to see if this is the case before rabbiting on about it like it's fact...

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@sgt_F79 How about you wait to hear if the NextBox has AO BEFORE you start a temper tantrum towards MS about it, hmm?

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My reason for Sony was free online... If Microsoft brings a better free online experience then I'll give them a fair shot... However if the 720 is just millions of times better than online or not I'll get it...

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Just so everyone can stop with the Kinect talk, I'm sure some games will have integration, but Microsoft has a large number of studios working on "core" titles, so every if they have all 21 studios working on next gen titles, and half are Kinect, that still leaves 10-11 core titles, which is a lot. I suspect MS knows core gamer's buy launch consoles, but I know MS will want to attract as many consumers as possible. Cant wait! #XboxReveal

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I sincerely hope for that to be true, because WiiU isn't able to compete with PS4, and we both know what happens when there's no competition, right, Sony?

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Don't need tons, just need a couple of REALLY good ones.


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@unreal101 Yep - hopefully a couple of new franchises to join the existing ones.

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@MVan86 Yeah, hopefully they'll be different genres too.

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There's no reason for exclusives anymore. Other than greed.

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@billlabowski Um yeah there is - it's called a point of seperation.

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@billlabowski i think exclusives are just a continuation of proprietary IP like mario and sonic

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@billlabowski Agree, its so dumb. I wish we could enjoy all games together instead of creating a gap between gamers.

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@damiger @billlabowski That's stupid... If every game was on every platform there'd be no reason to get one over the other or both...

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@pspearman @damiger @jeremiah06 As a gamer, does it matter if you play X game on Y platform? What if X game ran equally on Y/A/B platform?

All im saying is, if you are standing by a booth and handed a controller (whatever kind you feel most comfy with) having a blast with the game i doubt you'd be "Oh, have to stop having fun now that i figured out its on Y platform."

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@pspearman @damiger @jeremiah06 It's 50/50.. Without a solid platform you can't have solid games and without solid games you can't have a solid platform.. Grey area

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@damiger @jeremiah06 Strange, as a gamer I assumed that games were the most important thing, now your telling me that the platform is more important, how I've wasted my life.

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@jeremiah06 Thats the thing, It shouldnt be the game that decides what platform you buy but the platform itself.

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I hope the majority are both original and none Kinect, but for some reason I doubt that will happen.... And just a side note for Sony bashers... What IF... Just IF.. Microsoft does have the better console and games???

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@BelaidKL you know they'd never admit it, and find fault in anything.

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@BelaidKL Hmmm... I think the world explodes... Am I right Sony fanboys?

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This will be 1/2 the reason the Wii u get discontinued

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@b74kd3th Dude, the Wii U was the reason that the Wii U will get discontinued.

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Microsoft promises 'tons' of Xbox exclusives yes and i bet 90% are all fps

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Why do fanboys on the forums think their opinions are the absolute truth?

You just want people to read what you think because you feel insecure of your choices?

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@R2C25 it's life deal with it lol no but for real fan boys wont quit so why get worked up

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@BillyColeman @R2C25 I'm not worked up I got gaming to do, I'm just making an observation of a constant thing that's been happening consistently on Xbox and MS articles.

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@R2C25 Sony fanboys are the Tea party of gaming. If they say it's true, then it must be true. No need for facts.

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@o016945 @R2C25 xbox fanboys are just as bad

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@o016945 @BillyColeman @R2C25 Well then my hats off to you for not bashing i on the other hand love to try n own all to get the most out of gameing yep got to work hard to buy em but **** it

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@BillyColeman @o016945 @R2C25 because not everyone has the money and the differences are not always enough to warrant both. I chose not to buy Sony for my own reasons, and it basically boils down to what they did to Sega during Saturn and Dreamcast. However, you won't see my name once in the comment sections in Sony articles speaking about the greatness of Xbox or the terribleness of Sony.

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@o016945 @BillyColeman @R2C25 lol can't say i agree but i do not see a point of owning just one thing anyway why not be a fan of both?

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@BillyColeman @o016945 @R2C25 I'm pretty sure you won't find Xbox fans constantly bashing Nintendo and $ony like the fans of the later do.

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@BillyColeman @o016945 @R2C25 all fanboys are just as bad, but Sony fanboys multiply like rabbits. They are the tea party of gaming. They are much louder, never shut up, and sound like complete idiots. Xbox fanboys are retarded too, but you don't get nearly as many.

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@MVan86 ya that the next gen xbox will going to fail sony is going to take over


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@Inferno2689 @MVan86 Anything is possible... but it's WAY too early to know for sure.

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