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#77
Well i Hate forza,to meany kids play halo online and destiny is on ps4. E3 they better show off or its going to be a easy decision for me.
 
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#78
Microsoft made big mistake thinking they could base a press conference on the casual market when the only people watching are hardcore gamers.... They have a lot of work to do at E3.
 
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stephenk24 said:
Microsoft made big mistake thinking they could base a press conference on the casual market when the only people watching are hardcore gamers.... They have a lot of work to do at E3.
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All of the internet huffing and puffing will die down. Once E3 comes around I'm sure MS will show off plenty of games to make "Xbots" happy. The questions for me will be...

1.) How many of these games are going to be 3rd party multi-console?

2.) The ones that are in-house developed, how many of those exclusives will be Kinect-driven/casual market focused?

3.) I know MS has been acquiring more 1st party developers, but are they actually any good? It's one thing to have in-house developed games, it's another for them to actually be good. Sony's 1st parties are tried and true. They've proved themselves over and over. MS' 1st parties for the most part are unknowns (besides Turn 10, Rare, and 343 Studios). Will their exclusive games actually be worth playing?
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
All of the internet huffing and puffing will die down. Once E3 comes around I'm sure MS will show off plenty of games to make "Xbots" happy. The questions for me will be...

1.) How many of these games are going to be 3rd party multi-console?

2.) The ones that are in-house developed, how many of those exclusives will be Kinect-driven/casual market focused?

3.) I know MS has been acquiring more 1st party developers, but are they actually any good? It's one thing to have in-house developed games, it's another for them to actually be good. Sony's 1st parties are tried and true. They've proved themselves over and over. MS' 1st parties for the most part are unknowns (besides Turn 10, Rare, and 343 Studios). Will their exclusive games actually be worth playing?
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I somewhat agree, but that doesn't make up for the fact that overall, most people and I felt the conference was a tad disappointing.
 
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#81
For those who've always wished they could watch The Price is Right on a video game console, it was an immaculate dream come true
 
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#82
GOATeric14berry said:
Well i Hate forza,to meany kids play halo online and destiny is on ps4. E3 they better show off or its going to be a easy decision for me.
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Luckily for you, these guys will be making an appearance on all consoles!

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Microsoft Patent Hints at Achievements for Watching TV

A Microsoft patent suggests that Achievements for watching television could be added to Xbox Live. According to a patent filed by Microsoft in 2011 (and published on May 16th), Microsoft seeks to “award a user” across a “TV ecosystem.”

“Television viewing tends to be a passive experience for a viewer, without many opportunities for the viewer to engage or have interactive experiences with the presented content,” the patent states. “To increase interactive viewing and encourage a user to watch one or more particular items of video content, awards and achievements may be tied to those items of video content. Producers, distributors, and advertisers of the video content may set viewing goals and award a viewer who has reached the goals.”

Such measures could be used for advertising, as the patent notes that “additionally, by tying the awards and achievements to particular items of video or advertising content, viewers may be encouraged to increase their viewership of the content, thus increasing advertising opportunities.”

The patent also suggests compatibility with Microsoft’s Kinect sensor, noting that “the viewing behavior may include an action performable by the viewer and detectable by one or more sensors, such as a depth camera.” The patent also mentions a system “configured to track the viewing behaviors of one or more viewers” that can “compile one or more user-specific reports of the viewing behaviors, and send the user-specific reports to a remote device to determine whether the user-viewing goal has been met.”

In addition to Achievements, “an award may be a virtual award, such as an addition to a viewer score or an update to an avatar associated with the viewer” as well as “coupons for an advertised product or service, or an actual product.”

For now, it’s unclear whether this patent refers to Xbox 360 or the recently announced Xbox One, but we’ve reached out to Microsoft and will update this story with any comment we receive. It's also worth noting that, like any patent filing, there's no guarantee that this will actually lead to a product or service being released.
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Microsoft Patent Hints at Achievements for Watching TV - IGN
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
Wow, so now we're rewarding people for sitting on their asses and staring at the TV.

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...and tracking their viewing behavior and targeting specific advertisements based on that. That's just what we need...yet another device tracking us and selling our information.
 
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