Microsoft To Announce 360 Game Room Tonight

Microsoft will be making an announcement tonight during CES about a new Xbox 360 application called Xbox 360 Game Room. The interview was originally posted on Channel 9, but it was soon pulled from the site. Thankfully, some people were able to view the interview before it was pulled off the website.

According to NeoGaf posted Iced_Eagle, Robbie Bach of Microsoft talked about the new application for a short time during the interview session. He described the service as something that will link this generation to previous generations. The goal of the service seems to focus on ****c titles and how they are still fun in the modern day. What this means exactly is unclear. Could it be something like ****c arcade titles where your avatars walk around in a PlayStation Home like environment as you play ****c titles from the past? Anything is possible, but we'll have the official details later tonight.

No other details about the service were explained, but the official announcement is scheduled to occur later tonight at around 9:30PM Eastern once Microsoft holds their CES conference.

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...microsoft's version of home?lawlessx

Please don't let it be like home, there are a lot better things microsoft can be doing with their money. Like making more games.

FOUND IT! . . I bet this is exactly what it is

There be any streaming? I like watch keynotes :)

FOUND IT! . . I bet this is exactly what it is

wolverine4262

Miis and now Home? even with arcades? o.o

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]...microsoft's version of home?GamerX2311

[QUOTE="wolverine4262"]

FOUND IT! . . I bet this is exactly what it is

Miis and now Home? even with arcades? o.o

...microsoft's version of home?lawlessx

[QUOTE="wolverine4262"]

FOUND IT! . . I bet this is exactly what it is

ShadowriverUB

Miis and now Home? even with arcades? o.o

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]...microsoft's version of home?jakarai

[QUOTE="ShadowriverUB"]

[QUOTE="wolverine4262"]

FOUND IT! . . I bet this is exactly what it is

Vadamee

Miis and now Home? even with arcades? o.o

Ok let's see what they gonna annouce and how it will look like

This is weird. I don't know if I like it.Cherokee_Jack

[QUOTE="ShadowriverUB"]

[QUOTE="wolverine4262"]

FOUND IT! . . I bet this is exactly what it is

Vadamee

Miis and now Home? even with arcades? o.o

Well 360 quite suppricly innovative (not about 3 year warranty as some cats think :p) from MS in terms on online and achivments is popular thanks to them, still riping Mii's most innovative thing this gen was quite shameless.

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"]This is weird. I don't know if I like it.wolverine4262

[QUOTE="wolverine4262"][QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"]This is weird. I don't know if I like it.Cherokee_Jack

[QUOTE="wolverine4262"][QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"]This is weird. I don't know if I like it.Cherokee_Jack

[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"] Maybe they want to have some sort of arcade-style payment model, where you pay 5 MS points or something and play the game until you die a certain number of times...that would be crazy.Cherokee_Jack

[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"] Maybe they want to have some sort of arcade-style payment model, where you pay 5 MS points or something and play the game until you die a certain number of times...that would be crazy.Cherokee_Jack

games like battlefield 1943 and marvel vs capcom 2 would be packed :o

Please don't let it be like home, there are a lot better things microsoft can be doing with their money. Like making more games.

ujjval16

There will be live stream from CES

But remember that this is not gameing event so there will be lot of talk about Windows and everything else too. Steve Ballmer will be keynoteing so it might be fun to watch, since he like to act like a clown sometimes :P

So basically it will be a copy of the only worthwhile section of home? :P

So basically it will be a copy of the only worthwhile section of home? :P

angelkimne

Well rooms that you can enter and walk with avatars would be quite interesting for casuals

Btw. it CES event will start in few minutes if my timezone calculations are right

There will be live stream from CES

But remember that this is not gameing event so there will be lot of talk about Windows and everything else too. Steve Ballmer will be keynoteing so it might be fun to watch, since he like to act like a clown sometimes :P

ShadowriverUB

[QUOTE="angelkimne"]

So basically it will be a copy of the only worthwhile section of home? :P

ShadowriverUB

Well rooms that you can enter and walk with avatars would be quite interesting for casuals

Btw. it CES event will start in few minutes if my timezone calculations are right

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"][QUOTE="lawlessx"] what if they have lines? :| the horror lawlessx

games like battlefield 1943 and marvel vs capcom 2 would be packed :o

If they charged by the death, you'd spend about $35 in MS points to play one Battlefield match....

But you know what, if I could spend 5 MS points to play one whole match, that would be kind of cool. I don't want to spend 1200 points or however much it is for the full game because I wouldn't play it regularly, but I could see myself putting in a match or two every once in a while if it was just 5 MS points each time.

If they do that sort of thing, and it's something like 5 points per game and not something like 20 points, I would like that. I think a lot of people out there would use it.

[QUOTE="angelkimne"]

So basically it will be a copy of the only worthwhile section of home? :P

ShadowriverUB

Well rooms that you can enter and walk with avatars would be quite interesting for casuals

...microsoft's version of home?lawlessx

Even MS is smart enough to realize that home failed waaaay too hard in order to attempt to copy it

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[QUOTE="angelkimne"]

So basically it will be a copy of the only worthwhile section of home? :P

angelkimne

Well rooms that you can enter and walk with avatars would be quite interesting for casuals

Arcades? Hmmmm.... Pay-per-play? :D