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Xbox E3 2017 Press Conference Runs Longer Than Usual

The E3 2017 Xbox press briefing will last more than 90 minutes.

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This year's Xbox E3 press conference will run longer than usual. Xbox boss Phil Spencer has revealed on Twitter that the show will be more than 90 minutes in length. According to him, this is to make room for all of the games that the company hoped to showcase, though it's unclear exactly how much of the show will be dedicated to games and not hardware.

"Had some games that just didn't want to leave out to hit the time, so made a call to just run a little long," Spencer said. He didn't indicate if these games were exclusives or what portion of these presentations would be dedicated to Scorpio.

Microsoft is expected to officially announce the name, price, and release date for Project Scorpio during the briefing. In addition to that, there will of course be game announcements and demos.

Meanwhile, Xbox engineering lead Mike Ybarra is traveling to Los Angeles for E3 and he tweeted a picture of the Xbox Scorpio chip he's apparently carrying with him.

The length of this year's event isn't the only thing that's new for Microsoft, as the show is now taking place on the Sunday before E3 week instead of Monday. The event kicks off at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET, and we now know it will run until after 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET.

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Hopefully it's an action packed 90 minutes, and not 70 minutes of waving that chip around to the sound of crickets. I want to be forced to run to EB to throw down pre-order monies on the XBone Pro. Ball is in your court M$.

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Is the chip really that special? It's just old tech that's been modified a bit for console use. That said I am looking forward to seeing what the console can do and how much it will cost. I miss playing games on an Xbox console.

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@Iamkalell: All microsoft cares about is the technical side of the console they dont give a shit about the quality of the games

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Changing the post date so google thinks this article is trending? Can't say I'm surprised.

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This is a good sign, but hopefully they don't spend too much time on the Scorpio. Give us the price and release date and be done with it. What Microsoft desperately needs to show off is some games to play on it - and more specifically some brand new IP's

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@northArrow: You think they should just gloss over and rush through the fact they're unveiling a new console they hyped a year ago? Nobody has ever seen any gameplay footage running on Scorpio...they kinda need to show that you know? Also...comparisons between Scorpio and regular X1. Why wouldn't they show footage of every game, running on Scorpio? If they do, most of their conference will actually be Scorpio footage.

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@NeonicTrash: They've already revealed the specs and we already know it's a powerful console. If they're going to spend over 90 minutes beating that dead horse, its going to be a long, boring show that won't impress anybody who isn't already planning to get one. They do need to show games playing on it, but they shouldn't be showing the same games we already know about. All of the Scorpio's power and features are wasted if there's nothing to play on it

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It's about time they show their damn Scorpio and announce the damn thing properly and then bla bla bla bla bla bla about it until release and then finally shut the **** up. Everything about the Xbox division is cringeworthy at best. Talking about it every damn day and kissing ass all day long. How desperate. THE GAMES guys. MAKE GOOD GAMES. Nobody cares about the power if it doesn't have games.

And you already showed the damn chip. We get it. "WOAH A CHIP WHOOAAAAAAAAAAAA".

It's not the second coming of Christ, it's an electronic box.

Maybe they were actually better off with Mattrick.

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@Keaze_: They teased it last year. They allowed Digital Foundry to do one major set of articles a few weeks ago. They've properly maintained some hype and mystery about it, for E3. At E3 they will show what remains to be known. You act like they're the first company to long term hype a console. The internet and gaming world has been abuzz for a year speculating price, performance, and name. They've gotten a lot of publicity from withholding information, seems like a smart move to me. By your logic they should've shown everything last year, then have nothing about it show for a year and a half leading up till release. What a terrible launch strategy that would've been. Sony's the one who didn't and have never even really marketed their Pro.

And...there are plenty of Xbox games. And I care about the power regardless of new exclusives. Every multiplat I play on Xbox will be better than it is on PS4.

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@Keaze_: Are you off your meds? Apparently so.

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@Keaze_: Maybe it doesn't interest you, in which case try another article.

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@Keaze_: Your so tired of Scorpio talk and yet here you're on a Scorpio article smh.

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You know the sad part is they've been hyping about this oh so expensive new console, that's going to be so powerful. When in reality the only thing that's going to make this thing more expensive is the 2 gig hard drive and the 4 extra gigs of memory..

Otherwise the chip ain't all that much more bigger than the PS4 Pro's. It's just clocked higher.

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@alaskancrab: Scorpio's GPU is superior., CPU/GPU architectural design is much more refined, with higher speed system bandwidth to reduce bottlenecking. GPU cooling solution is also better and unprecedented in a console. Also 4k blu ray player.

And until you actually know the price, your comment is completely without substance. Your trying to attacking MS's justification for its price, but if it launches at 399 same as Pro, that is a great price for a better machine. If it launches at 449 that's still justified and a fair price. Nobody without a Sony agenda thinks it will be more than 499.

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@alaskancrab:

Dude, let me make it a simple for you and other fanboys claiming that Pro is nearly as powerful as Scorpio...

Pro has 36 Compute Units (CU) and each of these run at 914MHz. Scorpio has 40 CU and each run at 1172MHz, which is significantly faster per CU. Since you are downplaying Scorpio's upper hand, let me calculate this for you.

4 CU on Scorpio total to a roughly 4688 MHz. It would take Pro roughly 5.25 CUs to match that. Multiply this by 10 and you get 40 Scorpio CUs and 52.5 PS4pro CUs

It would take roughly 16.5 CUs (52.5 - 36 current ps4pro) that PS4Pro need to compete with Scorpio. It is bloody nearly 50% more efficient than the next top console currently on the market!

I don't care if you side with pro because you have Sony's stocks or something, but don't make pro sound nearly as good as Scorpio when in reality they are not!!

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@trolleyproblem: what does that have to do with the price of tea in china?

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@trolleyproblem: Don't forget that bandwidth on Scorpio is also 50% faster, or that DX12 is on chip now reducing overhead to almost nil.

Pro is a good machine and I'm sure devs will maximize the capabilities of their games on it, but Scorpio is going another step forward.

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@suicidesn0wman: won't make a lick of difference in any game that isn't CPU bound.....still Crackdown 3 might be said game.

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@alaskancrab: what the scorpio is better in everyway cpu and gpu (apu)

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@suicidesn0wman: agreed

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I hope it is about games, some cancellations really hurted.

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Many many leaks/Rumors about Microsoft having 3-5 new games that have been kept hush hush.

Fable open world RPG with co-op

OG Xbox Sequels like MechAssult, Ninja Gaiden, Jetset Radio

Halo 5 DLC, or ODST type of FPS based on team Osiris

Scorpio being an actual PC/Console hybrid running win 10 S allowing Office.

Keyboard and mouse

VR/AR

Then you have the stuff we already know about.

Scorpio will be called Xbox 10 S 399.99-449.99 Release 10/31/2017

Then you have the very unlikely

Blizzard app XB1 Xbox 10 S

Steam app on XB1, and Xbox 10 S

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@sdecker425: Keyboard and mouse support coming to X1 and Scorpio has already been confirmed. Some of the other stuff you say is stuff we already know has not.

Xbox 10 S is not confirmed and makes no sense. The rumored X1X or....XBOneX...seems more likely. And they wouldn't release on Halloween, that's a bad launch day.

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@sdecker425: From the numerous rumors; ninja gaiden and fable being turned in to an MMO seems to be the most consistent ones.

I'm not surprised with fable - if you can't get a highly rated MMO like FFXIV then make your own. Fable could have been the answer to MS problems of not getting more FF, Tales of and losing the Elderscrolls exclusivity.

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@lumpy: They were in talks to bringing FFXIV to xbone after Microsoft changed their stupid MMO/Xbox Live policy. But doesn't seem like anyone was in a hurry.

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@sdecker425: I really doubt you'll see Jet Set Radio as an MS exclusive - that's not an OG Xbox IP, but Sega property that got an Xbox sequel from the original on Dreamcast. IMO, Sega is not in a place now where they would develop a classic DC name like that exclusively for XBox.

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@xantufrog: Rumours are flying around that Sega have partnered up with MS. Meaning that MS may have access to publishing some of Sega' other IPs. This is just conjecture.

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@lumpy: hm, that would be a pretty big coup

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@sdecker425: Hmm if you listing is true then I'm all for it especially the Steam app that would fix a lot of the Indie games that are currently PS4 exclusive that i'm interested in like Transistor.

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@sdecker425: I hope it isn't called Xbox 10 S... that does not roll off the tongue very nicely.

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@p0tent: I just want it to be called Xbox 1 Scorpio :)

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@sellingthings: i'd like a new crimson skies with VR support

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@slendertony: you would literally vomit playing that

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It's fine if they are games that we can play soon, and not 2-3 or more years down the road.

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I hope so. Microsoft has been really quiet since Gears 3 launched so unless they give Scorpio and VR an hour of the show we should get some good stuff.

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@noshotskill: No VR to be shown at this E3. They are waiting until the new year to support the wireless MR headset they have in development for the Windows ecosystem.

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@noshotskill: Gears 4*

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@bahamut_au: I am not worried. I am sure they have stuff lined up and ready to show coming this year and next. 90+ minutes is too long not to have a lot games.

However, since 90% of all games played on consoles are multi-plat I just want to make sure all the top games (Battlefront 2, COD, Shadow of War, Destiny 2, Far Cry 5, Assassins Creed, etc...) take full advantage of this device. And from what I am hearing they are. So that is great for me and that will make Scorpio my go to device for any multi-plat. Unfortunately, since Sony has marketing deals with COD, Battlefront, & Destiny they most likely won't be shown at the Microsoft conference. Which is bummer. I guess one can probably see these games running on Scorpio at each distributors booth just not at the conference.

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A lot of salty fanboys here trying to downplay this

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@xenomorphalien: Haha yup... Tryna downplay it like hell..

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Great news. It'll be a very interesting show.

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I can't wait for the Scorpio to come out ;)

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