No X07 This Year?

Aaron Greenberg, Xbox 360 and Xbox Live Group Product Manager, confirmed that there will be no X07 taking place this year. Instead he said Microsoft will have to find other ways to release their big surprises such as dashboard updates and so on later this year. You can hear him confirm this on the newest Squad XP Podcast. Also he confirms that Pixar Movies and Pirates Of The Caribbean will be finding their way on the Video Marketplace later this year.

[Odion]

Man that sucks, I was looking forward to X07 its always a fun event, I am guessing lipizeng is going to be their show then

[Captain Tuttle]

I thought they were holding back a bit at E3 for this. Oh well.

[killercam19]

lets just ignore certain ppl

[THAMMER1]

Oh well we can ask why all day but it is what it is.

[sjappie]

lol.

[The Wood]

lol but wtf

[Odion]

so so weird, where are they going to show off their 2008 lineup? Once surprises are in store for us? STAY TUNED!

[binard328]

I'm sure they'll just push more stuff on Marketplace or something. Instead of seeing a press conference that would have been at X07, we'll see a ton of new videos on Marketplace. Demos and other things may happen. An excuse to get the 120gb hard drive, maybe?

[ThaGeNeCySt]

BOOOOOOOOO!!!

I was really looking forward to X07 to see what the 360 has in store for us in 08 =(

[sjappie]

as we get the trailers, demos and anouncements, and we will.

[zonetrooper5]

They will show some stuff in 2008 lol. I was looking forward to this as well but hey.

[Babylonian]

I thought they were holding things up on E3 to show it at their own event.

I think Microsoft is making a 360 degree spin and ending up right where they were with the original Xbox.

[TruthHurts]

besides that i don`t have much to say.

@sjappie

a console w/ 10 million can get abandoned, LIKE DREAMCAST.

when i bought the DC, i didn`t think it would happen, but it does.

I`m not saying 360 WILL be gone, but its looking like it.

@ford GT

i completely agree, i didn`t say next week.
how many games do you know of for 360 coming late 08?

@odion

we, all ready argued about the price cut issue.

ps2 start slowly too, thats just the way SONY does things.
I seems wierd but it works.

but JAPAN should be better at this point.

@everyone
Ps2 did not b!tch slap th DC right away.

Nobody, bought the ps2 right away, cause it was more expensive and didn`t have as many games.

heres what IGN thought.........
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

look it up. google it ps2 vs. dreamcast and read the forums.

[FordGTGuy]

Have you noticed the lineup of games coming up?

[Odion]

Truth wouldn't the PS3 be gone since so far its been doing the worse? And like the dreamcast had to slash its price in less then 10 months.

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

Screw that PS2's sold like hotcakes. They didn't sell as much because they sold out.

I know because I was standing in line at day one and got my hands on one.

Your looking at a PS2 fanboy, converted to M$'s side because they put games first, not their next cash cow format to force on everyone they possibly could with name recognition.

Your such a lemming.

[Nicosia]

What people forgot was that ps2 destroyed dreamcast the moment it released. The thing now is diffrent, we have competition.

mm..nows lets speculate which 3rd party games he is talking about :P

[Odion]

Ya Sony never had competitors last gen they came in b!tched slap the dreamcast, sat down on the throne with a few girls and just dominated. This gen we have 3 console all on pretty much even ground, so we all win!

[MK_Red]

Its rather bad news. Now the only big gaming event left for us aside from E3 is TGS. I dont know why MS is acting like this. E3 without big surprises, letting go of Peter Morre and now this?

[Rybnik]

This to me, seems like continuing fallout from the disasterous losses MS is suffering due to their hardware failrate. I now think that if the warranty stuff wasn't an issue, there definitely would have been an X07...MS just can't afford the event at this point.

I don't want to sound down on MS, but this really doesn't look too great. Moore is gone, now no X07. This sure is falling fast on the heels of a lackluster E3 for them. I agree that MS has a steller 2007 lineup, and maybe all the 2008 stuff will be revealed at TGS...I must say this all is a bit bizarro.

[felidae]

i think that suck$ major a$$

[InSpectre]

It's possible that M$ is wrapping up the 360 after $7 billion dollars in losses since 2002. Nothing announced for 2008, no X07, Peter Moore leaving the company, Robbie Bach selling 6 million shares of stock a few weeks ago, etc...

It's unlikely, but possible.

[_insane_cobra]

Yeah, that would make a lot of sense, to go while you're at the top and just inches away from finally achieving profitability.

And nothing announced for 2008? Have you been living under a rock? There are at least two dozens of Xbox 360 exclusives announced for 2008 already, not to mention multiplatform releases.

[_insane_cobra]

Calm down people, there are more than enough events happening by the end of this year. Develop conference (in less than a week), Leipzig, Austin GDC, TGS, E for All Expo... There'll be plenty of opportunities.

[nice_cuppa]

they need xo7.

i suppose tgs could work as if they give all there big news at the japanese show it gives them more face in japan.

[mighty_douche]

i put it down to a lack of stuff to show, they probably dont have enough ready to justify the hugh cost of putting on a show like this! releasing stuff over the market place will allow them to release stuff as its ready! still... bit of a shame....

[Mike134nl]

Good for publicity but even if they don't have no X07 this years it doesn't mean they have nothing to tell.
It might suggest that Microsoft has nothing to report.
But by not holding a own conference it might also show that they don't think they need a X07 this year.
Considering their position and holiday line up they don't need to do that much marketing for the upcoming holiday season.

[nicodemus]

I was really looking forward to X07 this year, especially since the E3 conference was a bit lackluster. I was hoping they'd show Banjo Kazooie, Alan Wake, Ninja Gaiden 2, or some of the other big titles for 08...

Oh well, I guess as long as they step it up at some of these other conferences, all will be well. I hope so at least...

[Apocalypse Shadow]

to fix 360s.cost cuts will continue because the 360 is bleeding the company dry of money.now they're at 5 to 6 billion in losses.no profit since the first xbox.i'd bet they barely have a presense at TGS as well.

you'll get to see things.it just will be downloaded through live.

[FordGTGuy]

During the Interview he said there will be "No Real X07 This Year". What I want to know is what he meant be 'real'.

[PS360PCROCKS]

lame.