How did MS manage to screw up their 2009 so badly?

[QUOTE="PS3Fanaddict"]it doesnt make any sense to "wait until E3"...is microsoft against early publicity or something? the most i see as maybe a "surprise", will be at MOST, 1 game. if anythinglawlessx

yeah..microsoft will announce ONE game for the rest of 09. :roll:

http://720games.blogspot.com/2009/01/microsoft-we-have-lot-planned-for-2009.html

"Yes, it's a big year for Halo fans starting with Halo Wars and then Halo 3: ODST, but if you look back at January 2008 when we started the year you'll see that as a company, our philosophy is that we try to under promise and over deliver," Greenberg told G4.

"We tend to save things until they're much closer to being ready to be brought to market, and I think that that is a little different than traditionally how this industry has worked."

He added: "Take the NXE for example. We showed it at E3 and a few months later we launched. We announced a lot of games at E3 that came at holiday - Lips, You're in the Movies, Scene It. We have a lot planned for 2009, but we absolutely have not shared what our line-up looks like."

[QUOTE="PS3Fanaddict"]it doesnt make any sense to "wait until E3"...is microsoft against early publicity or something? the most i see as maybe a "surprise", will be at MOST, 1 game. if anythinglawlessx

yeah..microsoft will announce ONE game for the rest of 09. :roll:

http://720games.blogspot.com/2009/01/microsoft-we-have-lot-planned-for-2009.html

"Yes, it's a big year for Halo fans starting with Halo Wars and then Halo 3: ODST, but if you look back at January 2008 when we started the year you'll see that as a company, our philosophy is that we try to under promise and over deliver," Greenberg told G4.

"We tend to save things until they're much closer to being ready to be brought to market, and I think that that is a little different than traditionally how this industry has worked."

He added: "Take the NXE for example. We showed it at E3 and a few months later we launched. We announced a lot of games at E3 that came at holiday - Lips, You're in the Movies, Scene It. We have a lot planned for 2009, but we absolutely have not shared what our line-up looks like."

Is it that hard to hold off til E3? :?

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]

[QUOTE="PS3Fanaddict"]it doesnt make any sense to "wait until E3"...is microsoft against early publicity or something? the most i see as maybe a "surprise", will be at MOST, 1 game. if anythingmitu123

yeah..microsoft will announce ONE game for the rest of 09. :roll:

http://720games.blogspot.com/2009/01/microsoft-we-have-lot-planned-for-2009.html

"Yes, it's a big year for Halo fans starting with Halo Wars and then Halo 3: ODST, but if you look back at January 2008 when we started the year you'll see that as a company, our philosophy is that we try to under promise and over deliver," Greenberg told G4.

"We tend to save things until they're much closer to being ready to be brought to market, and I think that that is a little different than traditionally how this industry has worked."

He added: "Take the NXE for example. We showed it at E3 and a few months later we launched. We announced a lot of games at E3 that came at holiday - Lips, You're in the Movies, Scene It. We have a lot planned for 2009, but we absolutely have not shared what our line-up looks like."

All good and well but 2008 was not exactly great for the Xbox. Halo Wars and an expansion to Halo 3 can't carry 2009.teh_cell

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]

[QUOTE="PS3Fanaddict"]it doesnt make any sense to "wait until E3"...is microsoft against early publicity or something? the most i see as maybe a "surprise", will be at MOST, 1 game. if anythingteh_cell

yeah..microsoft will announce ONE game for the rest of 09. :roll:

http://720games.blogspot.com/2009/01/microsoft-we-have-lot-planned-for-2009.html

"Yes, it's a big year for Halo fans starting with Halo Wars and then Halo 3: ODST, but if you look back at January 2008 when we started the year you'll see that as a company, our philosophy is that we try to under promise and over deliver," Greenberg told G4.

"We tend to save things until they're much closer to being ready to be brought to market, and I think that that is a little different than traditionally how this industry has worked."

He added: "Take the NXE for example. We showed it at E3 and a few months later we launched. We announced a lot of games at E3 that came at holiday - Lips, You're in the Movies, Scene It. We have a lot planned for 2009, but we absolutely have not shared what our line-up looks like."

[QUOTE="mitu123"][QUOTE="lawlessx"]

yeah..microsoft will announce ONE game for the rest of 09. :roll:

http://720games.blogspot.com/2009/01/microsoft-we-have-lot-planned-for-2009.html

"Yes, it's a big year for Halo fans starting with Halo Wars and then Halo 3: ODST, but if you look back at January 2008 when we started the year you'll see that as a company, our philosophy is that we try to under promise and over deliver," Greenberg told G4.

"We tend to save things until they're much closer to being ready to be brought to market, and I think that that is a little different than traditionally how this industry has worked."

He added: "Take the NXE for example. We showed it at E3 and a few months later we launched. We announced a lot of games at E3 that came at holiday - Lips, You're in the Movies, Scene It. We have a lot planned for 2009, but we absolutely have not shared what our line-up looks like."

Floppy_Jim

[QUOTE="mitu123"][QUOTE="lawlessx"]

yeah..microsoft will announce ONE game for the rest of 09. :roll:

http://720games.blogspot.com/2009/01/microsoft-we-have-lot-planned-for-2009.html

"Yes, it's a big year for Halo fans starting with Halo Wars and then Halo 3: ODST, but if you look back at January 2008 when we started the year you'll see that as a company, our philosophy is that we try to under promise and over deliver," Greenberg told G4.

"We tend to save things until they're much closer to being ready to be brought to market, and I think that that is a little different than traditionally how this industry has worked."

He added: "Take the NXE for example. We showed it at E3 and a few months later we launched. We announced a lot of games at E3 that came at holiday - Lips, You're in the Movies, Scene It. We have a lot planned for 2009, but we absolutely have not shared what our line-up looks like."

Floppy_Jim

well as a 360 owner im not worried in the least. and they have stated repeatedly that they plan on showing more at the E3 than they normally do. its only a few months away. im kind of overloaded with games at the moment but if they dont have anything for the end of the year its PS3 time. i plan on getting one eventually anyway.

Last time I checked, the 360 had more exclusives so far this year.xsubtownerx

[QUOTE="xsubtownerx"]Last time I checked, the 360 had more exclusives so far this year.PS3Fanaddict

[QUOTE="xsubtownerx"]Last time I checked, the 360 had more exclusives so far this year.PS3Fanaddict

[QUOTE="PS3Fanaddict"][QUOTE="xsubtownerx"]Last time I checked, the 360 had more exclusives so far this year.lawlessx

[QUOTE="PS3Fanaddict"][QUOTE="xsubtownerx"]Last time I checked, the 360 had more exclusives so far this year.mitu123

[QUOTE="teh_cell"][QUOTE="lawlessx"]

yeah..microsoft will announce ONE game for the rest of 09. :roll:

http://720games.blogspot.com/2009/01/microsoft-we-have-lot-planned-for-2009.html

"Yes, it's a big year for Halo fans starting with Halo Wars and then Halo 3: ODST, but if you look back at January 2008 when we started the year you'll see that as a company, our philosophy is that we try to under promise and over deliver," Greenberg told G4.

"We tend to save things until they're much closer to being ready to be brought to market, and I think that that is a little different than traditionally how this industry has worked."

He added: "Take the NXE for example. We showed it at E3 and a few months later we launched. We announced a lot of games at E3 that came at holiday - Lips, You're in the Movies, Scene It. We have a lot planned for 2009, but we absolutely have not shared what our line-up looks like."

mitu123

In terms of "hardcore" gamers, no that won't be enough. In terms of sales though, I can guarantee that those 2 games will sell a hell of a lot.

Last time I checked, the 360 had more exclusives so far this year.xsubtownerx

what are they? and when are they coming?

[QUOTE="xsubtownerx"]Last time I checked, the 360 had more exclusives so far this year.Trinners

what are they? and when are they coming?

[QUOTE="mitu123"][QUOTE="PS3Fanaddict"] so do cell phone games....doesnt mean they are AAA quality games tho. see the way i see it, i dont have time to play every single game, so i might as well play the good ones.PS3Fanaddict

Just Wait

MrSlippery39

how ironic

[QUOTE="Trinners"]

[QUOTE="xsubtownerx"]Last time I checked, the 360 had more exclusives so far this year.CYB3R_N1GHTMARE

what are they? and when are they coming?

the games you speak of don't exist :lol:

i think because the 360 might be on its last legs, just look at the original xbox

Just wait...

If they do announce something at E3, then expect the release date to be next year... which again we have to... just wait... LOL.

i think because the 360 might be on its last legs, just look at the original xbox

_SWAG_

[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="PS3Fanaddict"] so do cell phone games....doesnt mean they are AAA quality games tho. see the way i see it, i dont have time to play every single game, so i might as well play the good ones.PS3Fanaddict

M$ always brings their big hits Sept - December.lhughey

[QUOTE="PS3Fanaddict"][QUOTE="lawlessx"] what a shame..missing out on alot of gems that way.xsubtownerx

[QUOTE="PS3Fanaddict"][QUOTE="lawlessx"] what a shame..missing out on alot of gems that way.xsubtownerx

Nope still $49.99 at gamestop.

Nonstop-Madness, nice prediction, but there would be probably 5-10 games announced, I can't see 12. And Sony still has more exclusives, Year of the PS3 folks.

Exclusivity doesn't matter - people who already own a system are concerned about what games are coming to it - it doesn't matter if those games are "exclusive". That said, has Halo Wars been completely forgotten? Generally positive reviews (8.2 Meta) and over one million units sold? Whatever - the whole "SW fight" takes precedence over what gamers are actually playing sometimes. It always bothers me when the fights in SW don't reflect reality in the gaming scene.subrosian

Given what Sony has announced isn't it kind of strage that Microsoft hasn't hit back? I mean you would think they would want to quickly put aside any thoughts people might have that they don't have much to offer this year. As it is silence.

Nonstop-Madness, nice prediction, but there would be probably 5-10 games announced, I can't see 12. And Sony still has more exclusives, Year of the PS3 folks.

mitu123

So let me get this straight, the 360 has nothing coming on the exclusive front for months and what it does have isn't looking like AA/AAA material. It's pretty arrogant of them to just sit back and rely on multiplats given that a PS3 price cut could kill that strategy.

teh_cell

Are you sure 360 has nothing ? I count two PS3 RPG's coming and about 15 that 360 gets and PS3 does not

That makes 360 exclusive lineup a million times better for me

PS3 has almost nothing really for a RPG gamer like me

Given what Sony has announced isn't it kind of strage that Microsoft hasn't hit back? I mean you would think they would want to quickly put aside any thoughts people might have that they don't have much to offer this year. As it is silence.

teh_cell

So far, it's already had GTA IV: TLAD, Race Pro and Halo Wars, all three of which are great games.

Nope, doesn't look too screwed up to me.

EDIT: Oh, and Star Ocean. Almost forgot about that one.

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

Nonstop-Madness, nice prediction, but there would be probably 5-10 games announced, I can't see 12. And Sony still has more exclusives, Year of the PS3 folks.

Nonstop-Madness

So far, it's already had GTA IV: TLAD, Race Pro and Halo Wars, all three of which are great games.

Nope, doesn't look too screwed up to me.

The_Game21x

[QUOTE="CYB3R_N1GHTMARE"][QUOTE="def_mode"]

this is where Sony's strategy comes into effect, their long term plan.

DealRogers

[QUOTE="The_Game21x"]

So far, it's already had GTA IV: TLAD, Race Pro and Halo Wars, all three of which are great games.

Nope, doesn't look too screwed up to me.

teh_cell

Given what Sony has announced isn't it kind of strage that Microsoft hasn't hit back? I mean you would think they would want to quickly put aside any thoughts people might have that they don't have much to offer this year. As it is silence.

teh_cell

Given what Sony has announced isn't it kind of strage that Microsoft hasn't hit back? I mean you would think they would want to quickly put aside any thoughts people might have that they don't have much to offer this year. As it is silence.

teh_cell

[QUOTE="The_Game21x"]

So far, it's already had GTA IV: TLAD, Race Pro and Halo Wars, all three of which are great games.

Nope, doesn't look too screwed up to me.

teh_cell

Well since I've got both a PS3 and 360 it doesn't really matter much since I'll get the best of both systems. But '09 still has 9 mos. left last time I checked and I don't believe you're Nostradamus TC so I wonder how you can see the future and tell us MS has nothing else up their sleeves. Oh and why did you feel a need to basically re-hash one of your earlier topics by doing this one? I mean is it really neccessary? You can blog about this stuff ya' know.

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26821685

Hmmm...looks kinda familiar.

I could have sworn that 2009 just began.