E3 2016 Microsoft Press Conference Discussion


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1 minute ago, Audioboxer said:

They didn't say "exclusive to Xbox and Windows 10" just "coming to Xbox and Windows 10".

I'm not 100% but that probably distingushes the Windows 10 Store. But DR3 came to Steam, and is playable on Win7 etc.

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Just now, vcfan said:

list says 201X. what if its 2016?

They surely wouldn;t have bothered with an XBox One S

Just now, Andrew said:

I'm not 100% but that probably distingushes the Windows 10 Store. But DR3 came to Steam, and is playable on Win7 etc.

You may be right there.

1 minute ago, vcfan said:

list says 201X. what if its 2016?

Doubt they'd nerf the Xbox S chances like that. We'll see!

 

Also doubt the 6 TFLOPS deal would be ready this year.

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Just now, George P said:

Nope, didn't show you what it looks like.

Because it won't even be built yet. Hardware is in preliminary stages.

 

If they could show you what it was like it wouldn't be 1.5 years away.

Just now, George P said:

Nope, didn't show you what it looks like.

That was never going to happen though.

 

Looks like we're all right though, the future of consoles is incremental hardware updates without sacrificing backwards compatibility.

Decent conference, but damn that leak list hurt it.

 

Scorpio announcement while good to clear up rumours is very early and hard to get all that excited about. It's a while off. IMO no point in buying an Xbox S, original One owners should just hold off till next years E3 and hope for full specs and prices of Scorpio.

 

Seems like a tactical announcement to try and dampen the Neo release this year (as specs will be lower).

 

Crackdown being MIA was strange.

Just now, MikeChipshop said:

Better start saving...

There's enough time, and they only said 2017, not holiday 2017, it could be next Spring, or in the summer, like July.    At least they're going to give developers time to play with it.

Just now, Audioboxer said:

Decent conference, but damn that leak list hurt it.

 

Scorpio announcement while good to clear up rumours is very early and hard to get all that excited about. It's a while off. IMO no point in buying an Xbox S, original One owners should just hold off till next years E3 and hope for full specs and prices.

 

Crackdown being MIA was strange.

That's my plan really. All depends on the details and release but i'd hate to grab an XB1S (lol) now just to have to replace it in a couple of years.

Just now, Audioboxer said:

Decent conference, but damn that leak list hurt it.

 

Scorpio announcement while good to clear up rumours is very early and hard to get all that excited about. It's a while off. IMO no point in buying an Xbox S, original One owners should just hold off till next years E3 and hope for full specs and prices.

 

Crackdown being MIA was strange.

Yeah not sure why anyone would buy the S unless they discontinued the original.

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3 minutes ago, George P said:

There's enough time, and they only said 2017, not holiday 2017, it could be next Spring, or in the summer, like July.    At least they're going to give developers time to play with it.

You say there's enough time, but whisky doesn't come free you know :p

Also need to save up for a 4k UHD TV

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