Major Nelson on Twitter: How long is the XboxReveal event tomorrow? The show will be an hour long

Not 2 hours, but just 1.

[MrBeatdown]

The Spike TV listing says it's an hour too.

http://www.spike.com/tv-sch...

There's a half hour GTTV thing after.

[GameCents]

Just bring the darn thing already

[Cueil]

The Xbox 360 is also nearly 8 year old and long past it's natural cycle... Microsoft has been ramping up for the next system for the past year or so

[MurDocINC]

Too bad it's at 1pm EST, middle of a work day. :(

[evilunklebud]

ps3_pwns

isn't it your bedtime? run along, now.

[EVILDEAD360]

Watching everything on Xbox Live and DVRing the Spike/GT stuff on cable just in case.

1 Hour pre-show on GameTrailers pre-show w/ Keighley & crew

Followed by...

1 Hour Xbox Next Gen Revealed main show

Followed by...

1 Hour GameTrailers com post-show Keighley and Don Mattrick interview

Followed by...

1 hour Twitch.tv post-show live show with Major Nelson & guests.

Can't wait to finally get this show on the road

Evil

[chrismichaels04]

@evildead360 - Pretty funny when the post game show is longer than the actual event lol.

[nirwanda]

@murdoc
I know I'm lucky its on when I'm not in work in the UK, you would have thought something as important to MS would have been planned for a Saturday or a sunday

[chrismichaels04]

@SMGP - I appreciate the metaphor, but this isnt Game 7 of the World Series. Its a video game conference. And in the world of video games, its pretty disappointing that Microsoft is going to be spending more time talking about the conference rather than actually showing us games in the conference itself. Id rather have Microsoft spend that extra time actually showing us more next gen games. Honestly, what real gamer is more interested in hearing about tech specs and apps over actual games?

[EVILDEAD360]

'Pretty funny when the post game show is longer than the actual event lol.'

Nah, if you actually looked at what's scheduled to be shown it's between 3 different sources.

GT, MS, and Twitch. They were just smart enough to not have them coincide. The post even interview from GT is standard stuff.

But, I'd rather the event go an hour and have nothing but content than to have two with a lot of fluff.

Either way, the event is on Spike and I'm assuming it's commercial free. That costs an arm and a leg. Compared to just streaming it over the net.

E3 is where the magic is going to happen for both consoles.

Evil

[Conan-O-Brady]

Did spike cover the PS4 reveal or is this just a personal favor for MS?

[pixelsword]

That depends if Sony wanted Spike to cover the reveal.

And who watches Spike?

[minimur12]

this is the first time i've heard of spike, what is it?

[Blacktric]

"And who watches Spike?"

Target audience of Xbox.

[Urusernamesucks]

MEN.

[3-4-5]

People who like to fight other people watch spike.

[snipes101]

Man this place is just a wealth of original Xbox and Microsoft jokes.

[Wenis]

My favorite show from Spike is MXC.. too bad they never show it anymore :(

[FITgamer]

People use to watch spike when UFC was there. Now they have Bellator which is the only reason i watch it.

[Docknoss]

Spike had covered the MS E3 for the past two years maybe three. But not Sony or Nintendo

[Blackdeath_663]

sony streamed it themselves

[GribbleGrunger]

What time will this be for the UK?

[hazardman]

6pm for UK.

[GribbleGrunger]

THANKS! bubble.

[Gazondaily]

Straight after work so rush home!

[solar]

only 1 hour? Sony win next gen confirmed!

[zeddy]

55 minutes of kinect 2 followed by 5 minutes of cod.

[imdaboss1]

epic meltdown tomrrow i cant wait lol

[malokevi]

Something something xbox360 something something else always online something something Kinect something something PS4 something else chicken sandwich.

[WillM17]

Live Stream on IGN: http://n4g.com/news/1261290...

[Prcko]

There will be a 1 hour post stream on Twitch with Major and Guests.
that is probably second h

[Evil_Ryu]

i just read a article that said 2....what is it damn it!??!?!??!

[greenpowerz]

The TV broadcast/live stream is an hour with post events going on after.

MSFT is not going to pay for two hours of TV time to announce things they are saving for E3 spots.

This reveal event is not E3 showing off games it's just a console reveal and some basic displays of its hardware with some software showing it off.

MSFT isn't going to waste money on TV time trying to fluff up their reveal with things they need to talk about in later shows and or things they would like to do later on. An hour on hardware using games to do so can still be much more than a hour of mixed bags.

There seems to be many PS3 fanboys happy about this but it means nothing. There will be interviews and websites still sharing on it after the reveal and the developer embargo will be lifted as well which is more important.

[ma1asiah]

@ WeMilk

ummm nope you would be wrong

To get the hype train steaming along, Aaron Greenberg has teased “tons of exclusives” and “world premieres” for Microsoft’s E3 conference, stating the presentation will be “all about the games.”

The 21st/22nd depending on where in the world you are is all about the console, illumiroom, Kinect 2.0 and maybe apps....the games might be teased in a sizzle roll but MS are saving the game reveals for E3.

This has been common knowledge for like the best part of a week now.

[ziggurcat]

"This reveal event is not E3 showing off games it's just a console reveal and some basic displays of its hardware with some software showing it off."

you mean exactly what the PS4 reveal was, which you consistently trolled.

[chrismichaels04]

@greenpowerz - don't blame people's disappointments on "fanboyism". For weeks, all we've heard on these forums from Xbox fans was "wait until May 21st". Now that May 21st is here and people don't like what they are hearing, the excuse is changing to "E3 is for games, wait until E3". If MS disappoints at E3, what will be the next excuse? "Wait until the system launches"? "Wait until the system reaches its 1 year anniversary"? People don't want to hear anymore excuses. People want to see exciting next gen games.

[andrewsqual]

This isn't news. It was always 1 hour long.
I feel sorry for the people tomorrow at 7pm who are going to be saying "Is that it?"

[_-EDMIX-_]

I'm sorry but I'm starting to get a feeling .that you're absolutely correct. with the rumored 20 minutes being spent talking about SmartGlass it's starting to make me really worry about the amount of games we going to see.

I'm starting to lower my expectations by a lot. this is not the same Microsoft that was trying to beat Sony core games, this is the Microsoft that is casual and is trying to beat Nintendo.

I mean many of you guys should have guessed smartglass would be there did anyone really believe it would be for 360? with what games? 360 is dead to Microsoft.

[GalacticEmpire]

Not long enough to give us much really is it? There's still going to be lots up in the air after the event tommorow. Wish they went all out with a two hour show like sony, hopefully we'll at least get a new IP or something.

[GameCents]

By us you mean whom exactly? I mean lets dispense with the pretences here.

[GribbleGrunger]

Actually, I don't think there's a whiff of bias in his comment. Sounds like a genuine guy to me

[CEOSteveBallmer]

By us gamers genius. I think your trying to find negative bias in his comments because you know hes a Sony fan. What matters is what he said in his comment, not what his thinking on the back of his head.

[ma1asiah]

Like I just posted tomorrow is about the console NOT about the games that is what E3 is going to be about, Aaron Greenberg has already confirmed this. So an 1 hour to talk specs and apps is a lot really.

[duli14]

why not talk about the games at both events? Sony is doing it. Personaly I think MS don't have any first party games to show because they are not up to par. Seems like the rumours about MS falling behind with their games are true.

[torchic]

Sony spent two hours giving tons of info about both the console and the games, and yet they have much more to show at the E3 show regarding both.

1 hour is disappointing. I was hoping they'd spend a bit of time on Illumroom and tell us more about it.

oh well.

[denawayne]

Like Sony showed off tons of games. I remember a lot of social crap and a lot developers talking about what the PS4 can do.

[B1663r]

IIRC Sony only showed three games. The rest were engine sizzle reels, but no games.

Also, there was very little in the way of exclusives...

[InMyOpinion]

And they didn't even show their console.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Yep pretty much. Some games, the controller and the specs. Good show but it got its point clear.

Btw I love how allot people have this mentality "think like Sony."

they're not Sony. There's a reason why both MS and Sony have install bases and its fans.

I'm tired of this "Sony did this" and "Sony did that" "How come MS isn't doing what Sony doing"

whah, whah, 90% of people here are gonna troll and spin everything that they show off tomorrow. Why watch it? Why, why waste your time?

And how does anyone know if an hour is enough or not? MS can have great pacing at its conference and I'm pretty sure they'll get to everything just fine. They built a campus for godsakes.

[rainslacker]

@denawayne

Sony showed off 9 games, mostly in depth, at their reveal. 4 are definitely exclusives, with two of those exclusives being new IP's. So not really sure what reveal conference you were watching.

@galactic

It all depends on how they use that time. Sony took it's time during their reveal to talk market strategy and importance of new features to their ecosystem in detail, as well as showed off quite a bit of actual running gameplay. MS may be presenting differently to focus just on the games, but not get to much into detail with hardware or ecosystem. For instance, everyone is familiar enough with XBL to not have to explain it too much.

I wouldn't doubt that some rumors are put to rest though.

Edit @ below
Obviously they didn't go all out, but they sure did start with a big wager. If they had gone all out, their recent console teaser wouldn't have been as effective.

[Sitdown]

Hahaha.....Sony went all out? If that was truly the case we would have a release date, I would have been able to preorder my ps4,and Sony would have limited to no new information to present at E3. Gone all out, and we don't even know what the console looks like. I enjoy Sony, but will turn a blind eye to the facts....they have about left to reveal, and so will Microsoft.

[Cueil]

seems from what I understand that E3 will be totally about games so I'm guess a couple of world premiers and that's it for games they'll use this to show off the new features of XBL and maybe to announce specs and any kind of info to get us reved up for E3

[DOMination-]

Sonys show was two hours long because they talk a lot of tedious corporate garbage instead of showing stuff. They talked about Vita for ten minutes at the start before even getting to the point. Then 15 mins talking about what gaikai might do if it ever gets developed. They didnt even show anything.. probably because it had only just been greenlit in their own words.. pointless!

MS won't have five montages, or idiots like the guy who announced the infamous trailer. They won't talk for ten minutes only to show a tech demo of a face or a year old final fantasy video. MS will just show stuff. And you can show a lot in one hour.

[Kingdom Come]

You'd have proffered a two hour conference full of unnecessary video montage's...?

[BabyTownFrolics]

who cares how long it is? as long as its enough time to detail hardware specs, show games, and dispel any untruths.

[Blaze929]

this aint E3...

[Kaizin514]

You're right, this isn't E3, but BabyTownFrolics is right. Essentially, they could detail hardware, show a few games, and dispel some stuff in a single hour given they don't go crazy talking about how successful Xbox 360 was and fluff up their event with it.

Although yes, we will likely see a lot more in terms of actual games at E3, Microsoft still should show off a little something so as to not ignore the fact it is still a gaming console.

[UNGR]

Well if they get right to it an hour would be fine, I don't need a long conference to tell me the same thing over and over. Just give it to me plain, and I'll go on my way. Just no silly performances, alright Microsoft?

[mediate-this]

I guarantee there will be a performance, god I hate spike.

every time I read or hear the spike tv name, I think I hear
machine guns going off.

[ichimaru]

where you a sheltered child?

[UNGR]

I don't think Spike is involved. They'll be showing the program no doubt, but I was talking more about that dancing crap Microsoft pulled at E3 that one time, or all of the dude bros they had around for the 360 announcement. A great console, it just get's some seriously off color advertisement. The ads work, just not for the serious gamers, we look at the details. I'll be getting it regardless, what kind of gamer would I be if I secluded myself to one platform? A horrible one, that's what. As for the machine guns going off, mix that in with sweaty boobs, and poker cards and you have a the current mouth breathing advertisement for Spike TV.

[blackbirdi]

hope they go straight to the point without all the blabla like sony press conference

[C-Thunder]

Not sure what conference you saw, but it was quite straight to the point.

[GamingWorldPeace]

I watched through the Sony 2 hour PS4 show and I think it was an hour too long. I think 1 hour should be perfect. Remember, this show is just an introduction to the new xbox so I expect MS to go straight to the point.

[Tei777]

WIth Fifa and COD already announced, I hope microsoft actually has more than forza and Rare's game in terms of exclusives to show off. Otherwise PS4 is eating them alive amongst the core gamers.

[FunkMacNasty]

Oh yea, I forget consoles only work for exclusives. Too bad I wont be able to enjoy any other games.

[C-Thunder]

But why buy the one with fewer exclusives? I'll get both if Microsoft drops the live fees and isn't always online if they have good exclusives, but given Sony's track record, it would be foolish to not buy the PS4, unless you just didn't like games or something.

[Cueil]

yeah no one wants Killer Instinct 3

[Why o why]

...or crimson skies

[supremacy]

Well, i am going to watch both Sony's ps meeting and Ms xbox reveal and make some comparisons. Is Nintendo holding an hour long direct? does anyone know?

[Robtherobot2013]

Tomorrow MS will spend 1 hour talking about hardware and at E3 (which is also an hour) MS will talk about software. The show doesn't need to be 2 hours long.

[Infamous2]

You do know Ms going to take up to 5 to 10 min on call of duty then fifa I bet. If you really believe Ms will spend 1 hour on hardware you will be very disappointed lol.

[GABRIEL1030]

1 hour, then:

15 min presentation
15 min Kinect 2
15 min Games : FIFA, COD and etc.
15 min Illumiroom.

:(

[FunkMacNasty]

^^^^^^^^Says guy with Killzone avatar. I'm sure that's reliable information.

[GABRIEL1030]

You'll see it tomorrow, KINECT man!

[XabiDaChosenOne]

Only a one hour conference huh? By the way it looks there might not be any surprises for me tomorrow, as for the over optimistic Xbox fans? Well...just wait and see :-) @SDFRepelant Oh really? Is Microsoft trying to make it's way into the Japenese market again? LMFAO!!

[ichimaru]

you call them over optimistic for.looking forward to the.reveal of a new console?

[FITgamer]

@ichimaru i think he's talking some of the people are expecting to get more than will likely be discussed in an hour.

[TXIDarkAvenger]

An hour is good enough. I expect them to announce the new Xbox with a few titles, but nothing majorly groundbreaking. Don't forget they need to show something at E3 2013 as well, so keep in eye out then.

[josephayal]

I have this feeling that MS will blow us away in 1 hour

[PSN-JeRzYzFyNeSt]

nah i doubt it they dont have great video montage skills like sony...

[FITgamer]

Day one? You should saved that until after tomorrow's reveal or even E3. I mean you know nothing about the console and are already invested in it? Unless they show some must have exclusives tomorrow, which im sure will be held off until E3, I personally would not invest myself into it.

[LAWSON72]

I want to see a game that is not halo or gears. Forza should be at the event and an actual rare game that is not better with kinect. I doubt they will go indepth with spec detail and the specs are last thing I care about. It will probably be a disappointing reveal, but I hope they can surprise me.

[PSN-JeRzYzFyNeSt]

i feel like they were rushed lol

[NYC_Gamer]

I don't mind long as the reveal is straight to the point

Games
XBL features
Hardware

[Bumpmapping]

Pretty much show the hardware get 2 the games no poncho parties and no celebrities.

[Supermax]

Spike is the channel that broadcast e3,video game awards,comic con,most the other tech expos so yea they show what's relavent in video games and hardware.

[WeAreLegion]

Well, they only show the Microsoft press conference at E3. Maybe because they own Viacom?

[rainslacker]

E3 is the only time of year where I'm actually going to miss G4. Having them broadcast the press conferences uninterrupted was really nice so I didn't have to worry about streaming issues.

[Indo]

A lot can be said within a hour. I'm just wondering how they going to spend their time, more talk about games or more talk about other things besides the point.

[r21]

Im pretty sure they're gonna do everything exactly opposite of the PS4 event.

[Zcarnut]

I have seen small articles one could read inside a minute on N4G lead to "dissusions" that go on for...pages easily.
An hour is plenty of time for some fluff,usual company bragging about accomplishments,and the actual information everyone is tuning in for.
There will be unanswered questions. Too bad theres not a larger event next month that might address them......

[KontryBoy706]

all I know major nelson is this... you trolled sony saying "how do you reveal a console without showing the console". Back up your talk or twitter is gonna troll the HELL out of you afterwards. We better SEE the Xbox because you trolled so hard

[Christopher]

You'll see the console. It's so close to E3, that it makes no sense since they have to show it at E3 or be "out of the game" so to speak.

I'm saying 99.9% chance we'll see the console and controller(s).

[urwifeminder]

One hour is fine my attention would not hold for much longer they really only need 30 seconds for domination..

[Saleem101]

Nothing will be shown because Microsoft has no games... My guess would be some live COD gameplay, go over some system functions no system specs will be talk about.. the last 15 mins of conference will be usher Kinect concert....

[ichimaru]

lol didn't realize the general makeup of fanboys here where high school kids with the humor if middle school children. recycled jokes are the toughest to land I suppose

[WeAreLegion]

Welcome to the internet. :/

[ThatsGaming]

Sony dragged their conference out too long focusing on graphics. MS will focus on the console features tomorrow. At E3 they will haul out games in dramatic megaton fashion.

Tomorrow is the cake, E3 will be the icing everyone wants.

[izumo_lee]

Hopefully Microsoft will do away with the 'concerts', Cirque de Soleil crap, sideshows & whatnot. Just concentrate on revealing a solid system with the features that will make or break the system.

If they are gonna try to grab the Wii audience/apple followers than get to the point of how they will do it. If they are trying to dominate the living room make it clear on how you are gonna do it.

If Microsoft still believes in the core gamer like they were when the Xbox 360 launched 8 years ago that took them to new levels that the original never accomplished than convince those gamers why to stay.

I know this is only the beginning of a build up to E3 but 1 hour seems not a lot of time to show what they will show. Sony's reveal was close to 2 hours & they showed a lot in that frame. I wonder if Microsoft is gonna rush through things in that alloted time. We'll see.

[Jek_Porkins]

A lot of people, myself included thought Sony's show was too long and bacame boring in parts. An hour is plenty of time to show the console, show a few games running on it, name it, you're done. Most the games are going to be shown at E3.

[saint_seya]

shocking comming from a guy that talked bad of sony more than once and always prising ms...

[Jek_Porkins]

Judging by the amount of trolls in the comments, Microsoft has some people insecure. I couldn't be more excited to be honest, this has been a long 8 years! #XboxReveal

[BOLO]

Insecure about Usher, TV set top cablebox advertisement Kinecthathon's, "always on" fiascos, and Halo 5 thru infinity? C'mon Xbot get real.
#PS4

[InMyOpinion]

Thanks for solidifying Jek_Porkins statement.

I'm excited about both the PS4 and the next Xbox, and I'm very hyped about the unveil tonight. Not sure you are able to comprehend what I just said. "He like both Playstation and Xbox? Syntax error..."

[Jek_Porkins]

Exactly what I was talking about, I mean we know Microsoft is going to show games between today and E3, we know that they will show core games as well, might show a good mix of things, and people here at N4G will try to spin it like Microsoft doesn't want core gamer's buying their console.

Funny thing, I never heard that when we saw kiddie games at the Sony presser, Kinect like camera, Move, social features and a glowing controller at Sony's show, but if Microsoft does any of those things, they've gone casual right? lol

It's the start of a new generation, core gamer's buy consoles at launch, Microsoft knows this, they've always launched with great core titles, I expect nothing different. With such a long console generation Microsoft had to put focus on developing games for the new console, had this been a typical 5-6 year cycle, the Xbox 360 would have went down as the console that had probably the best exclusives for the entire cycle, eventually you have to change focus, Sony does it with their consoles, Nintendo does as well.

You are insecure and hoping for things like Usher, I believe it scares ignorant fanboys that Microsoft just might have a great lineup. I'm sure you'd like nothing better than the next Xbox to be DRM, block used games, and have Usher, in your mind that would mean PlayStation would win easily, problem is, it's not gonna happen. Microsoft is going to put up a very good fight, and gamer's benefit.

[ChronicMW]

Well, lets just hope it's a good long hour show :3

[Drainage]

1 hour cuz they aint got nothing to show

[BOLO]

Brace yourselves...RROD redux inbound.
#Xbox 720

[daedra]

get ready sony fans >:)
damage control now, tomorrow epic meltdown

[CEOSteveBallmer]

Some excuses of people here are lame. They say the reveal will be only about hardware and the games is on E3. Oh yeah?? then why is it that sony's event they managed to show games and at the same time the hardware and features with just the exception of the final look of the box? it just shows that even if sony showed some games on its PS4 reveal they still have tons of games to show on E3. So if MS dissapoints xbox fans and people on this reveal, they will say, lets wait for E3, then if MS again dissapoints, lets wait for the system launch. So on and so forth.

[Blacklash93]

We know very little about how this conference and E3 are going to pan out. Wait until all is said and done before casting judgement.

[Blacklash93]

Hopefully this means the conference will be more to the punchline than the PS4 reveal, rather than there being significantly less material to show.

But even if it is, it's no big deal. E3 is just a few weeks away. We'll know what to expect then.

[linkenski]

They said the same thing about the PS4 reveal conference, and that was not true.

[InMyOpinion]

80% of the comments in here come from insecure Sony fanboys. Are you guys really that nervous? Why can't you let people be hyped about the Xbox unveiling?

[SOM3ROiD]

dude, why would anyone get nervous? it's not like we can't own playstation 4 AND the next Xbox.

[Stopher92]

I wonder if they'll have any actual games other than another Forza or Halo or Kinect games. We'll see.

[SOM3ROiD]

1 hour VS 2 hours of PS4 event, cuz they got only that much to show.

BA DUM TSS!

[vigilante_man]

Was Sony's announcement really 3 months ago!! - Seems longer now.

Let me tell you that here in the UK Microsoft advertise like crazy nearly all the time. So for them to keep this quiet for 3 months shows that Sony caught them off guard.

I am really excited (but also a tad sceptical) to see what the new XBox can offer.

If PS4 can focus on developers and all the cool new features revealed surely Microsoft can gives us gamers something amazing as well.

We may never know what MS were originally going to reveal in March before they were trumped by Sony. But good luck for tomorrow. Any true gamer will be hoping its all good news.

[sharkraiden0]

Sexbox fanboys :)

[sdrawkcab]

Let's go Microsoft.
Show me why I should buy your console! I'm feeling sceptical but I want to be surprised!

[Heavenly King]

damn, I was expecting lots of multiplatform games to be shown, looks like it will only be COD, FIFA, BF4, and another one sight.

[Condemnedman]

You got to love sony fanboys

Cant help themselves lol

I'll judge it myself and if its crap then I'll call it crap

[ssbains]

Xbox 1 really, the console launched 12 years ago, comes back and lets you control TV, oh and I still have to pay for XBox Live, games need to be preinstalled to play (so no used games or rentals), oh but then you can turn it on by talking to it. XBoxOneEpicFail. Hello PS4 who caters to gamers and not the entertainment audience who find it difficult to use a remote control