Please Not Kinect Games, I Want Proper Core Games Like PGR5

Finally, some competition? :)

I'm guessing that these two situations may occur:

1. It features Forza 4, Gears of War 3 and perhaps a new Fable game
2. It's filled with Kinect games, and Microsoft confirms it now considers that to be the core audience.

We'll see what happens.

Aaron Greenberg describes ANY MS event as 'hardcore' if they are serving ribs. Lots and lots of ribs. Doesn't even matter if there are games. Just ribs.

It's about time... Microsoft need more hardcore exclusives for 2011.

How hardcore can you get with titles like Body and Brain Connection?

Great! Wonder what titles they will unveil?

Kinect is just a fad like any other fad, its one of these must own things amongst casual gamers just like COD.

I'm desperate for MS to reveal some hardcore, 360 exclusives (games that are only on 360 as they seem to count 360/pc games as exclusives) to give me an excuse to turn mine on again as I only have Gears 3 as a planned 360 purchase.

I'm not getting excited though, I allowed my hopes to be raised at the 360 E3 event last year and was massively disappointed as there was nothing new that interested me.

I don't expect a great deal from this event though, I'd expect any of those new announcements to be saved for E3. I remain hopeful but won't get my hopes up too much beyond the likes of Gears 3 and Kingdoms (Kingdoms seems interesting but need to wait and see how it looks).

I really really hope we see Steel Battalion in action.

I would LOVE to hear about some new fresh exclusive ip's. Hopefully they will show Kingdoms and more. Gears series is not for me, Im happy with my Forza 3 and Kinect is not something I would get, yet. If they can bring games that are played using Kinect+pad I would be interested.

Please MS, do not forget the gamers who chose you from the very beginning, the core.

Good luck with this MS fans, I wonder how many of you people here actually read articles or just start commenting based off of the headline? Here's an excerpt...you know..from the article.

Small Update: The press conference hasn't been confirmed in a press release yet, so there's a chance that it might be an NDA event (Non Disclosure Agreement). This means that we might not be able to get any announcements until GDC. As soon as anything comes up, we'll keep you updated .

He's probably going to host a killzone 3 Game Night :)

If Microsoft announce some potentially great exclusive games, then excellent - That is what the userbase deserves after all.

But if the fanboys thinking it will be some sort of rebuttal to the content Sony is offering in 2011, they can just go on home. Nothing is taking the crown from Sony winning 2011, in terms of content.

I really hope Microsoft aren't hyping up their consumers for nothing here. They are known for that, and it will only cause disappointment if this "hardcore games event" is not really anything special.

Fable has always been overrated trash, Alan Wake 2? No one bought the first, LO, no one bought the first.

Yeah and people say PS3 guys don't buy their exclusives. Look at mod nation and heavy rain.

Alan wake and lost odyssey have sold more than modnation racers.

Xbox 360 Exclusive Gun Loco

i will believe it when i see it. Cause as Microsoft says the 360s focus for 2011 will be Kinect. Anyways if they do announce any new core exclusives they will probably be for 2012

This could be good or bad depending on the type of gamer you are.

probably some exclusives and the re-announcement of the so called for the 'core' Kinect games. I hope for some real controller based games for the real gamers instead...it would be a master move if Microsoft announced a new exclusive core only list for 2011 though.

I will proceed with caution, i've been burned before.

Realistically we can expect the Halo remake to be officially announced, and the Gears of War announcement delayed from the VGAs. I don't think we will see Kingdoms until E3. Hopefully Microsoft will surprise us with something else.

Probably a host of generic kinect games loosely labelled as hardcore ie Kinect Pillow Fight, Kinect Cooking LOL...although I do expect Halo Remake to be announced, if so Microsoft may be doing something right for a change.

Kinctimals 2?

360 fans have been very patient.. I have a feeling Microsoft is prepping for some huge surprises in the following months, for both this year and next.

I wonder what their definition of "Core Games" is/

Two things make me question this:

1) Microsoft only has, roughly, 8 first AND second party development studios. How many of those studios do you think has the manpower to produce all the Kinect games MS is touting, AND, "core" non-Kinect games?

In comparison (not an attack or stealth troll, just a fact), Sony has 19 first party studios, AND 11 second party studios. Many of them have "core" AND MOVE titles in the works for this year (I won't list them here, but Sony has, at least, one major title releasing every month of this year, some months have TWO, and they are all first/second party, and EXCLUSIVE). Point is, they have PLENTY of manpower to produce enough content to satisfy BOTH markets. Microsoft simply does not.

There's:

Lionhead: Fable 4 most likely
343 Industries: New Halo (confirmed to not be releasing this year)
Big Park: Joyride (Kinect game)
Good Science Studios: Kinect Adventures
MGS Mobile Gaming: Mobile games, of course
Rare: Kinect dudes these days
Turn 10: Forza
Xbox LIVE Productions: Fable Pub games, South Park Tower Defense
Wingnut Interactive: Have yet to release ANYTHING

Most of Microsoft's "core" games have come from 3rd parties like Epic. Heavy hitter studios like Bungie are now making multi-platform titles. Unless they've struck up a LOT of really lucrative deals concerning 3rd party exclusives, I don't see the same exclusivity love being showered on the 360 these days like it was in 2005 and 2006, when there wasn't any competition on the market, and 2007, when the PS3 was too difficult to develop for. Both consoles are nearly dead even as far as market penetration, so I don't see many 3rd parties eager to ignore half of their selling potential.

2) Lack of leaks. This is a HUGE one. Days, weeks, sometimes MONTHS before a show event like GDC or E3, we'd have numerous leaks concerning what the companies are planning. The PSP Go, NGP, and numerous other products/games have been revealed WAAAAY before Sony's conferences.

I highly doubt journalists are doing MS a courtesy by not revealing potentially hot, breaking, hit garnering stories.

The Halo 1 remake is the only leak I've heard about concerning the 360. No new hardware buzz. No secret followups to some obscure title we've been dying for for ages now (sorry Killer Instinct 3). It's ominously quiet. Kind of like it was before GDC 2010, E3 2010, and TGS 2010.

XBLA has some great titles hitting this year, but as for retail release Xbox 360 games, there hasn't been nary a PEEP outside of Gears 3 (which was announced AGES ago), and Forza 4 (announced around the start of the new year).

THAT, is why I'm simply reserving judgment, and waiting for MS to deliver.

It's ironic, as a big PlayStation fan, I remember the many "wait and see" posts by fellow PlayStation fans concerning the potential and future quality games for the PS3, and now the shoe is on the other foot.

I've NEVER experienced a console generation where each year a console gets LESS exclusive titles compared to the year before. Microsoft should be looking to EXPAND it's first and second party studio line up. They have the money. There isn't a lack of talent (especially with all these studio closures from Activision, to name just one publisher closing doors on devs).

Microsoft were at one point more hardcore than Sony in regards to titles available for the system. I purchased a 360 before I moved to PS3 as I could see the inevitable.

Microsoft has been downsizing and closing studios over the years thus reducing their ability to satisfy the core market sufficiently.

The casual market might seem like a treasure trove of potential income but this theory is very shallow. Most casual gamers might purchase one or two titles before moving on to the next fad whilst hardcore gamers are reliable and consistent purchasers.

In effect hardcore market is probably more lucrative and important.

i all ways thought that HARDCORE gamers were people who just played games all the time.i don't remember game types being a sign of hardcore.