Xbox 360 Predictions for E3 2008

This years E3 expo is July 15th and Microsoft is going to be having a big press briefing right before that and unveil all the cool things that they are working on for this fall.

"Newton" Motion Sensitive Flying Mouse Controller Unveiled
Chance at E3 : 95%
If they are going to start selling it this year they need to show it off and build a buzz soon enough. Likely games to use it: Banjo 3, Gears of War 2 and "Ninja Blade"

"Lips" Microphone Communicator Accessory Unveiled
Chance at E3 : 95%
I would not be surprised to see a handheld wireless microphone that could be used with Rockband, Guitar Hero On Tour and other singing games. I could see them making karaoke games for XBLA.

$30 Price Cut for Xbox 360 hardware
Chance at E3 : 95%
They have a newer cheaper motherboard hitting the market in September and Shane Kim said that Nintendo might not always have a price advantage over the Xbox 360. That means that we might see a price cut in the US that is at least 30 buck off the 30 line to push the Xbox 360 Arcade SKU to the Wii's price point......

[kurnlx]

A price-cut would be nice

[morganfell]

MS tried to go cheap on their console once in the design and parts. One would think they would have learned their lesson. A cheap motherboard isn't the way to go.

[pumpkinpunker]

Just that the cost of the motherboard they're using is going down. it happens with all technology. When a console launches a lot of the technology is cutting edge so it's expensive to mass produce. as the console ages that technology becomes less cutting edge and expensive so the price drops. it's why you can buy a ps2 for $129 now. it's still the same quality but the technology is just cheaper.

I never get how PS owners can preach about the 360's launch console problems. My PS2 bricked twice and everyone I knew had their ps2 brick on them at least once and had to buy another. It was a common problem with the PS2 that people just accepted. Did Sony offer to fix bricked PS2's free of charge like Microsoft does with the 360? No! Quit yer complaining.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

and that comment got 5 agrees. WOW! You do understand that the shrinking of the die and motherboard are common in any console generation? It brings prices down and get this.. THEY PRODUCE LESS HEAT.

[morganfell]

No you misunderstand that MS needs to concentrate on quality before they worry about shrinking the die. Yes it is technically better quality but why haven't they aren't pushing that angle. They haven't announced a fix for the previous design issues? Because they still want to pretend it didn't exist. Yes Falcon is out but they still won't say they have fixed the design issue on the vast majority of consoles. I know, my 360 has died 4 times.

Oh, on top of that we all know about your lack of objectivity. Have I ever defended MS or a 360 title on this board? You didn't look did you?

[Fragking28]

oh shut up you have no idea of what your talking about using the chip with the less power consumption = less heat is the way to go idiot. + if your console died four times you should try something radical like TURNING IT OFF and get a life ther'es no way your console dies 4 times unless it on like 8 hours a day.

[whoknew]

There is also rumors about FFVII The Remake showing up at Microsofts E308, and FFXIIIVS being time exclusive to the 360.

[Wildarmsjecht]

Not to mention, you'll be able to touch a naked woman outside of your mom's nightly baths. OOOOOOOHHHHH....snaps.

On topic: The controller, and the price cut are the most likely.

[giovonni]

E3 is an exciting event, i HOPE THEY SHOW THAT Aliens game.

[HeavyweightInTheGame]

I haven't heard those rumours about the FF games. Anyone have a link?

[OOG]

Id like to see maybe some killer instinct.....the new perfect dark that is suppose to be a darker style game.....ummm that halo chronicles with peter jackson would be nice........and so on and so on

[Clinton514]

But how compelling is that without more appealing software? My opinion.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

It seems MS believe they have compelling software and some of the titles are but I agree they need to be throwing down the gauntlet on software. They say they have several "aces" up their sleeve so it will be interesting at E3.

I hope MS seeing MGS4 being such an exclusive PS3 critical success that it makes them hungry to get more of their own mega exclusives. Gears 2 is great but they need to go even bigger.

[juuken]

edit: Oh, my mistake. People, STOP predicting for the 360. Predictions don't always come true.

[G1TR4P3D]

"Predictions don't come true unless you act on them."

--just like Home and in-game XMB.

[juuken]

Home is coming out this fall and in-game is coming out during the summer.
Nice try, but no.
And I'm sure the 360 is MS's product, yes? I say that those predictions are meaningless unless they're acted on. Predictions are predictions. they can be right or wrong.

I predict they're wrong.

Know what I predict?

I predict that MS will drop the 360 just like they did with the regular XBox and create another console, forcing people to upgrade YET again.

[karlostomy]

Hey Pumpkin, how's therapy going?
Still angry?

ease up on the MS hate, huh?
It just makes you sound like a bitter twisted old woman.

*sighs wistfully*

[G1TR4P3D]

"Home is coming out this fall and in-game is coming out during the summer.
Nice try, but no. "

---Thanks for proving my point, ye old man cum gargler.

[ScottEFresh]

I predict FLOP.

[whoknew]

"FLOP" refers to the dealing of the first three face-up cards to the board, or to those three cards themselves, in community card poker variants, particularly Texas hold 'em and Omaha hold 'em.

OR

"FLOP" is an acronym meaning FLoating point Operations Per Second. The FLOPS is a measure of a computer's performance, especially in fields of scientific calculations that make heavy use of floating point calculations, similar to instructions per second.

[juuken]

And wikipedia isn't always reliable.
Wow, a disagree for that? Wikipedia isn't always reliable. Some of that information is usually false.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

I predict a flop..

Of my dong against the side of your face.

Whaaaaapap!

[jkhan]

My prediction apart from the obvious gears 2 and fable 2 infos:
1). Halo 3 for PC
2). Bungie Next Project
3). Some sort of Halo game
4). Peter Jackson Halo project.
5). Alan Awake
6). Splinter Cell Conviction.

[PoSTedUP]

sonys gunna rock the house at E3. they know it and you know it.

who else has a separate section at E3 for their online devision?

drop them bombs sony, DROP THEM BOMBS!

impress the world with the: transformer, head tracking, in game XMB, home, the video store, an up grade to qore*, all the exclusive titles we got coming, possible ps3mote?, 3D blu-ray, trophies? price drop? WHAT!?
GIVE ME A FU*KING VIRTUAL REALITY HELMET SONY!!!
PS EYE GAMES!?
PSN GAMES!?
SOCOM BETA!
40GIG BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY!!
PSP GPS
PLAY TV!!!
I CAN GO ALL FU*KIN DAY!!!!!
SONYS ONLY GETTING STARTED!!!
MLB '09 THE SHOW! (hopefully) 08 was the best Base-ball game i ever played.

DONT EVEN GET ME STARTRD ON GAMES!!!

KILLZO... ok ill stop now.

sorry i got a lil excited people, i apologize! AHHHHHH, i cant wait!

im also sorry for preferring the ps3, i like the 360 also, the ps3 is sexier though ; )

good luck at E3 microsoft!

[juuken]

Now, now Posted, we don't want the fanatics to start preaching again. They're preaching from the Gospel of St. 360, which states that the PS3 is a failure.

Save it for when the PS3 does come into 2nd place.

[PoSTedUP]

me sorry -_-

[juuken]

*pats* It's okay. :]
But you speak the truth anyway.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

This has nothing to do with the POS3.

Ah yes, and there is Juuken stealth trolling again. You want to talk about annoying??

@PoSTed: haha.. okay I guess we can let it slide

@Juuken: I was done with the other topic. I'm still going thru 360 posts looking for trolls and giving them the business. I thought I would slip one past you but you caught me again.

[juuken]

And you came here right away to post a comment. I thought you were done? MS sure has you brainwashed...that's really sad. I posted this comment a couple of minutes ago. You're a bit too late in claiming I'm stealth trolling. xD

Your comment has been reported as spam as well. Your comment had nothing to do with the 360 either.

[PoSTedUP]

i couldnt find anything else to say.

wait... heres something... i think microsofts waiting for sony to drop its price first IMO, just by looking at the 30$ price cut for their weakest system tells me they really dont want to cut the price at all. cmon 30$ is nothing. it will be up to mass market standards with the wii but it will do little damage. im waiting for the new flame tart ones to come in b4 i get mine. if the new one breaks on me, you will never here the end of it....lol : )

[Ali_The_Brit]

I am genuinly intrested to see what microsoft are gonna TRY to do to get back in the lime light and take eyes off the PS3 with MGS4

[chavafx]

caz if it sells less then 4 millions it sure will come to 360 thats the way it goes hehe you will see

[AngryTypingGuy]

A merger with Epic would rule. Use the Unreal Engine for Halo 4!

[zornik]

You wrote "1 -
It seems MS believe they have compelling software and some of the titles are but I agree they need to be throwing down the gauntlet on software. They say they have several "aces" up their sleeve so it will be interesting at E3.

I hope MS seeing MGS4 being such an exclusive PS3 critical success that it makes them hungry to get more of their own mega exclusives. Gears 2 is great but they need to go even bigger"

I think Microsoft is going as big as they can.
Gears Of War is one of the fastest selling games of all time (30)and it's just a start.
Here is the list:

No.SYS TITLE PUB REL First Week Sales Source
1 X360 HALO 3 Microsoft 9 / 2007 2,700,000 PR & Vgchartz
2 XB HALO 2 Microsoft 11 / 2004 2,380,000 PR
3 PS2 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Rockstar 10 / 2004 2,053,983 NPD
4 Wii Super Smash Bros. Brawl Nintendo 3 / 2008 1,420,000 PR & Vgchartz
5 PS2 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Rockstar 10 / 2002 1,412,429 NPD
6 GB Pokemon Gold / Silver Nintendo 10 / 2000 1,400,000 PR
7 PS2 Madden NFL 06 EA 8 / 2005 1,170,000 PR
8 PS2 Madden NFL 07 EA 8 / 2006 1,012,790 NPD
9 NDS Pokemon Diamond / Pearl Nintendo 4 / 2007 1,000,000 PR
10 PS2 Madden NFL 2004 EA 8 / 2003 850,000 Vgchartz proj.
11 PS2 Madden NFL 2005 EA 8 / 2004 810,000 Vgchartz proj.
12 X360 Call of Duty 4 Activision 11 / 2007 733,000 Vgchartz beta
13 XB Madden NFL 06 EA 8 / 2005 683,000 comp’d w/ PS2 ver.
14 X360 Madden NFL 08 EA 8 / 2007 666,000 Vgchartz proj.
15 GBA Pokemon Ruby / Sapphire Nintendo 3 / 2003 663,000 guestimate
16 N64 Zelda: Ocarina of Time Nintendo 11 / 1998 641,072 NPD
17 N64 Pokemon Stadium Nintendo 3 / 2000 632,000 guestimate
18 PS2 Gran Turismo 4 Sony 2 / 2005 618,559 NPD
19 PS2 Kingdom Hearts II Square-Enix 3 / 2006 614,436 NPD
20 GB Pokemon Yellow Nintendo 10 / 1999 600,000 PR
21 GBA Pokemon Fire Red / Leaf Green Nintendo 9 / 2004 596,000 guestimate
22 GC Zelda: The Wind Waker Nintendo 3 / 2003 588,000 guestimate & PR?
23 PS2 Madden NFL 2003 EA 8 / 2002 580,000 Guestimate
24 X360 Madden NFL 07 EA 8 / 2006 570,463 NPD
25 X360 Assassin’s Creed Ubisoft 11 / 2008 563,000 Vgchartz beta
26 GEN Mortal Kombat Acclaim 9 / 1993 550,000 guestimate
27 Wii Super Mario Galaxy Nintendo 11 / 2008 540,000 PR & vgchartz beta
28 PS2 Final Fantasy XII Square-Enix 11 / 2006 533,000 Vgchartz proj.
29 PS2 God of War II Sony 3 / 2007 517,000 Vgchartz proj.
30 X360 Gears of War Microsoft 11 / 2006 491,000 Vgchartz proj.
31 PS2 Madden NFL 08 EA 8 / 2007 469,000 Vgchartz proj.
32 X360 Guitar Hero III RedOctane 10 / 2007 433,000 Vgchartz proj
33 PS2 Final Fantasy X Squaresoft 12 / 2001 423,000 guestimate
34 Wii Zelda: Twilight Princess Nintendo 11 / 2006 411,862 NPD
35 PSX Final Fantasy VIII Squaresoft 9 / 1999 411,000 PR
36 GEN Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Sega 11 / 1992 400,000 PR
37 PS2 NCAA Football 06 EA 7 / 2005 394,000 Vgchartz proj.
38 GB Pokemon Crystal Nintendo 7 / 2001 384,000 guestimate
39 GEN NBA Jam Acclaim 3 / 1994 379,000 guestimate
40 XB Fable Microsoft 9 / 2004 375,000 PR
41 PS2 NCAA Football 07 EA 7 / 2006 364,000 Vgchartz proj.
42 PS2 Metal Gear Solid 2 Konami 11 / 2001 360,000 CSFB
43 PSX Resident Evil 2 Capcom 1 / 1998 359,444 NPD
44 N64 Diddy Kong Racing Nintendo 11 / 1997 352,689 NPD
45 X360 BioShock 2K Games 8 / 2007 351,000 Vgchartz proj.
46 GC Super Mario Sunshine Nintendo 8 / 2002 350,768 NPD
47 N64 Donkey Kong 64 Nintendo 11 / 1999 344,826 NPD
48 GBA Pokemon Emerald Nintendo 5 / 2005 343,000 guestimate
49 N64 Zelda: Majora’s Mask Nintendo 10 / 2000 330,044 NPD
50 PSX Final Fantasy VII Squaresoft 9 / 1997 330,000 PR

A second Gears Of War game is only to sell faster.
The first Metal Gear Solid in the chart is Metal Gear Solid 2 (42)....even the sequal is not selling as fast as Gears Of War.
OK....these numbers are US sales figures only but i think the fastet selling games of all time are all made in the USA.(and i'm from europe btw)
It's a bit hars to say that Gears Of War 2 is not a bigger selling potential then Metal Gear Solid 4.
And another quote of you....."throwing down the gauntlet on software"
uhmmm....the Xbox 360 has the biggest attache rate of all consoles and you'r saying they need to throw down the gauntlet on software???????
The exclusive games for Xbox 360 are just fine....don't forget Fable 2 and Banjo 3.

[poopface1]

gears of war 2 will definatly sell more than 491k in its first week

[ip-student]

There is no doubt that Gears 2 will be big - Gears 1 was sold to a much more limited audience - less consoles sold at the time. I expect Gears 2 will be at least half of what Halo was - maybe 75 percent (but not more than Halo because it is a little more violent).

I personally think MS is fine from a software standpoint - they have 5 exclusives that I plan to buy and that is pretty good for a single year from a single publisher. The real issue is whether all the games that are supposed to be ready in 2008 will make it. We shall see.

BTW - not so sure about Splinter Cell Conviction - I suspect they are finding it hard to get the AI to be good enough given the limited general purpose power of the 360 and its lack of good out-of-order capabilities (it has more than a PS3 but that isn't saying much). Could be a surpise hit but right now I am concerned the game is not working out the way it was expected. Assassin's Creed made it plain that cool free climbing is good but you need something more (how about variety) to prevent the game from being stale - I didn't finish the game - just got bored. I hope for something good but I am going to be skeptical until I see what happens.

[Citizen Cook]

I want the aquisition of SEGA, then we can finally have the entire Shenmue trilogy EXCLUSIVE to 360...

HA HA HA HA!

[xxBATTLECATxx]

that all sounds pretty good. but do you guys REALLY want that motion control? i wouldve put the money into something else

[poopface1]

and when this rumor first surfaced I said the only way I even look at the motion controls was if they had some FPS sword game. I just noticed hear it says ninja blade. I wonder what that could be. I hope its a first person ninja sword game. I dont mind motion controls as long as regular games use normal controls completly and offer alternate controls if you wanna use the motion thing(just so happens they have to do this for regular games anyways cause everyone doesnt have a wiimote/sixaxis)

by fps(first person sword) game I meam more along oblivion quality(with dismemberment/ninjas) than red steel quality.

[zethos56]

Why would the Newton be used in Gears 2? Most Gears fans would probably just stick to the normal controller.