Microsoft getting the Community involved in E3 this year; Microsoft's E3 2009 booth is HUGE

While listening to Major Nelson's (Microsoft's own Director of Programming for Xbox Live, Larry Hryb) podcast for today, Major Nelson announced some very interesting news.

Major Nelson stated:

"I can't say much but I will say this; part of the Xbox Experience is Xbox Live, and part of Xbox Live is the community. The community will deffinitely play a role in this."

In response to Major Nelson, "e" stated:

"We're gonna try and get the community involved in E3 this year."

[morganfell]

Booth size doesn't matter after E3. Game offerings, innovations, exclusives and third party support matters.

[Blademask]

I cant wait to see what they bought! And how NXE users are going to get their own version of HOME. Mark my text :)

NM i can wait, when is e3?

[GiantEnemyCrab]

I agree.. I think that's a first.. prolly a last.

Anyway, this isn't too hard to figure out.

Xbox Primetime has a game 1vs100 and I bet it will go live during E3 and the community will get to play the game vs the E3 attendees and maybe they will show it off during their presentation.

Considering Primetime and 1vs100 were last year E3 announcements pretty lame that they are probably going to use this show to announce it again, but with the extra benefit of "hey it actually works and you can use it now!".

Bragging about booth size tells me that they are going to try and make up for their lack of first party exclusives with flash and bling.. Not buying it this year, I gave last E3 a chance when they announced a bunch of sh*t like Lips, You're In The Movies and Scene-It and chalked it up to development cycles. But if they pull the same thing this year by announcing a bunch of DLC and multiplatform games I am going to be disappointed.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

I agree. I'm expecting some announcement of some upcoming unannounced games.

[Tony P]

New XBL stuff... I'm not into the service part of 360 that much. Not to the exclusion of games. I'll take some new Live stuff, but as a gamer I expect to hear some new games announced in addition to it.

[sonarus]

Well i think its good that they are trying to get the company involved. It will be interesting to see how each company does E3 this yr now that its going back to the old style

[StephanieBBB]

Does anyone know if E3 this year is going to be broadcast live in HOME?

[tordavis]

Booth size IS important at E3. The bigger the booth, the more quantity of games to show. Both Sony and Microsoft always have the biggest booths and the most games to show.

Don't listen to Morganfail.

[DeadlyFire]

Xbox 720 announcement coming I can see it now.

[morganfell]

Most people do not visit E3. More people get their E3 news from the videos they see at various sites such as Gametrailers than actually being at E3.

More people are impacted, and I mean a vastly greater number, by websites than by actually standing in the E3 convention hall.

According to the logic (ha ha) espoused by Tor Davis, more people are affected and pumped up by football that attend the Superbowl than the number of people that watch it on TV and we know that just isn't true.

The number of people you will show a game to that are actually at E3 is infinitesimal compared to the number of people that will be impacted by web and print publications detailing games from E3. Tor Davis is smarting because I have been exposing his fellow MS employee and he doesn't like it. Tough. Don't listen to Tor Davis.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

More booth space certainly suggest more stuff to show. However, they can also just repeat the same stuff over and over. I'm going with the former as that makes much more logical sense. We will see...

[Montrealien]

The Idea of a trade show is to wow the media and the people attending it so they can talk about what they liked most, or what impressed them to then sell the products that are showcased. If the media is impressed by a booth, or a game, or a product they will talk about it more on the website, or magasin, or blog ect.

The superbowl is a football event that would not attract millions of viewers if it was in an empty stadium with a half time show that involves a plywoodstage and a toothless banjoplayer as a half time show. Just like at E3, if you are in a corner with no lights and a table with a few flyers and a SDtv showing you latest project, people and the media would not talk about it on the web site, or to their friends. Is it so hard to admit that boothsize does have an effect?

[No Way]

You're an idiot. You never seem to amaze me.. -.-

Booth size has a huge impact at E3. The bigger the booth, the more games that will be shown. Simple as that. Ever wonder why companies like MicroSoft, Sony, and EA have the biggest booths?

[panasonic23]

ahahahahahahh look at the droids but why would they have a huge booth if they have no games lol keep dreaming ms have no game.

[jaybdemented]

they got to make room for halo allstars, halo golf, halo -1(thats the back story), the gears and halo cross over( yet to be named but i heard master chief drops to one knee. who in gears will get the ring). i could go on but i'm sure someone else will finish the list.

[gamersden]

halo wars = flop
race pro = flop
so4 at 510p= mega flop
ninja blade = flop

how many flops do u have?

on a side note we are playing the best fps ever --KZ2 along with flower

:)

power of flops = x360
x360 has no game for 09 and beyond. all it has are mega flops and multiplat games . when u dont have any game then u revert to retardedness like this

[xbollox]

call Greenbored ASAP: we got our 2010 lineup!

[TheMART]

gamersden aka NASIM

King of flops are allways on PS3rd

FOTY 2007: Lair
FOTY 2008: Haze
FOTY 2009: ....

But it must be PS3rd dude, history has shown that!

[HS83]

E3 is june 2

[Jerk120]

MAYBE NEXT YEAR, SONY.

[gamersden]

drastic difference in gameplay and graphics

already we had an AAA this year KZ2 and more incoming with Infamous, HR, MAG, Uncharted 2, GT5, GOW3,FF13 versus etc

too bad all x360 has are vapour wire and crap games like Halo wars, race pro, so4,ninja blade etc

everything is over for x360 when PS3 drops to 300$
It is already finished in europe after KZ2's release

[TheMART]

Right Nasim. So when the PS3 drops to 300 bucks, the 360 Premium will go to 149 to 179.

The most expensive console will never have the price advantage as Microsoft can dictate the price even lower.

Sony won't be able to win this gen, unless they instantly cut their price to 199 Euro now, but still then Microsoft could drop to 129 instantly.

It is just impossible to outdo the 360, anyone can see.

[Mighty Healthy]

Sounds good to me

[Zeus Lee]

What,they're going to have XBL members make an appearance at their E3 booth?

That is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO innovative,to have you know,gamers that support your product at your E3 booth.

[hippo24]

Your acting as if this is somehow a bad thing.

Granted its nothing large scale, its not a new game, its not a new feature, but it is a company making accommodations for its customers,
and I cant really say thats a bad thing in any sense.

[thats_just_prime]

MS has always tried reach out to their community at E3. They have "bring it home" every year.

I think that they be adding xbl primetime with 1 vs 100. I also think they will be showing off boku this year. Boku allows gamers to create their own XNA games

[paul-p1988]

it would be funny to see this community playing uno with there webcams on... we all know what would happen there.

exclusive to xbl, perverts in the buff on uno :P

[Delt4]

I can't wait! The best thing about E3 is the competition in my opinion. If all fans can get involved more, I think the outcome will be better because they will be voicing the opinions a lot louder!

[Zeus Lee]

Gold members sit in the front,Silver members are waaaaaaay back by the entrance

[DelbertGrady]

Jealous? You troll as if you were.

[SupaPlaya]

if he meant it as a joke...

[Tiberium]

So who sits in the middle?

[lowcarb]

Well I'm already getting excited and can't wait to see what they have on display at this years E3.

Edit: I also hope that 99 nights 2 is much better than part one and they show some footage.

[hippo24]

It cant be a bad thing that M$ is reaching out to the community, but I would be more enthused if it was an announcement for a new game.

[outlawlife]

very well could include game announcements, nobody has any idea

microsoft is one of the few companies that can keep things sealed up, remember last years e3? everybody thought the big announcement was going to be some lame wii style controller

[ftwps3]

I know its grasping at straws, but I cant help but wonder if the enlarged tent might be for, you know, a LARGE announcement.

[XLiveGamer]

I wanna see you guys in June 3-5 trying to post a comment here if they drop a big bomb at e3. But whatever you guyz are just 13 years old.

[gamersden]

cuz they dont have anything that can ever rival KZ2

also more misery incoming with HR, sony's secret game , MAG etc

the big bomb will be death of x360 since all x360 games flopped this year

[TheMART]

Nasim, you just called Halo Wars a flop. Seen its score you also define:

Heavenly Sword
GT5p
Disgaea 3
Tekken 5
Warhawk
Motorstorm 1&2

As major flops. Nice dude, I thought you said those games are great?

[leeger]

hmm i wonder what PS3 exclusive will become multiplat this E3...oops I think almost all of the exclusives left for the PS3 are all 1st/ 2nd party games. Well I hope MS will announce a new game....

[NinjaRyu]

http://www.vgboxart.com/box...

https://www.videogamesplus....

My happen, may not happen, not sure what will happen. The only thing I sure of is that I'm gonna lose some of my bubbles after making this comment!^_^

[indysurfn]

They have not taken MGS4 yet but they HAVE TAKEN FFXIII already! Both versions: See link

http://www.gamestop.com/bro...

[NinjaRyu]

I could tell you the error you made in your comment but I'm feeling kinda lazy right now so I'm just show you the picture again! Try to look closely at the box art this time!

https://www.videogamesplus....

when you realize the error you have made in your comment just go ahead tell me, or & edit your comment.

Now if you don't mind I have some more aqua teen hungerforce to watch. ^_^

[IaMs12]

What is the difference between the 2 anyway? besides the name as in gameplay content

[no-spin]

or just for MS???

[ChozenWoan]

The reason MS is announcing their focus on community for this E3 is simple. Due to the knowledge that Sony plans on having an exact replica of their E3 Booth in Home, and they will involve all PS3 users with the event. So by MS saying that they plan to involve the Xbox Live community, they want to make it seem as if Sony is coping them.... good try though.

[Tiberium]

So HOME users they can wait in line to hear an announcement.:)

[xaviertooth]

you expect limited-budget "community" to create compelling games when even square-enix which was funded by hundreds of millions of dollars (by microsoft) cannot even make a good game for the 360?

community games? yeah right... more like community flash games with game size in several kilobytes/megabytes.

on the community involvement, guess what? sony has been doing that since Singstar, Buzz, UT3 and LBP. Look who is trying to match that kind of a service?

rejoice xbots! that's all you have right now!

[Zeus Lee]

Nobody's acting like it's a goddamn bad or good thing,having Members of a community you created attend your company's event isn't a new thing at all,hence the reason for the sarcasm.

I don't care if their E3 booth is the size of Greenland,unless they're announcing brand new first party games that aren't ripoffs of Sony properties,I have absolutely no reason to tune into their E3 show.

Sorry if my honesty upsets you.

[tordavis]

I don't know of any Sony properties that MS has ripped off. Please enlighten us.

[IaMs12]

and if your statement before is referring to that if someone MS incorporates the E3 into LIVE so all can watch that way as well, Silver membership should be able to watch it too, maybe not play lol

[gameman]

before they were saying it to Sony (you ppl always talk about home what about the games?) and now see ( although Sony was having more game ) will will MS i'm looking Forward to E3 and see what you are getting

[xxBATTLECATxx]

Aaron Greenberg: "Ehhhh us here at microsoft have uhh come up a little short on original IPs and big exclusive titles. so errr we were wondering if you guys, the community, had any orginal ideas for E3. We tried the newton motion controller, the Mii wannabees, the LBP wannabee, and we seriously got nothing."

=/

[green]

Wow, so much hate in here.

[DelbertGrady]

Was about to say the same thing. Then again N4G is Sony Land so. I have a feeling MS will be making big headlines on both E3 and GDC this year.

[green]

If Sony announced that hey were involving the community at E3.You will see the heaps of praise that would be lavished on Sony.

[boca]

don't be so sensitive or look back at 2007 Sony or any home news @ n4g. you can always read Sony hate festival @ kotaku and other websites.

[green]

I have been here since 07 and journalists make headlines based on the mistakes of each company.

But this is not about journalists but fanboys behaving like toddlers, idolizing a console like it gave birth to them and bashing on the opposition for no good reason.

[boca]

^^^
I'm talking about fanboys, too. Read posts under any Plunkett's headline on kotaku, any new ps3 footage on gametrailers. and if its not enough for You there is always NPD thread on gaf, so much fun.

[green]

"and if its not enough for me" to do what exactly?Justify the bashing and the hate that is going on concerning a thing like "Microsoft getting the Community involved in E3 this year".

I don't go to gaf or whatever site they bash consoles on except N4G.Maybe because i am not as hardcore a gamer as a lot of people on this site.I love games but have interests in many other things so don't have the time to love something to the point were i have to retaliate whenever someone says something about my precious console.

All i know is that if it was done in the past does not justify it being done now (2 wrongs don't make a right).

[Droid Control]

blu-ray?

slimline 360?

[KingKionic]

this is good news. connecting more with there community.

[T-Baggins]

Wow, my comment was so true and unsettling for the xbots they had it removed, how very sad, I guess I'll just have to write it again.

Microsoft has so little to show they are going to distract the fans with a lame community cover up, also expect Sony to have a bigger booth and even if they don't there will still be more new games and info then Microsh!t and Nintendo combined.