E3 2008

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:39 am

Yamagushi wrote:Something that made me really mad. Is the really short amount of time Resident Evil got! They had just gotten to a nice boss. It would have been a great preview... Instead it was nothing special and im sure all the PS3 fanboys will see the better preview during there E3..

Uh...you do realize a ton of game previews/trailers have an epic fight, and end when the main character reaches a boss or something, right?

mxrider108 · Post by **mxrider108** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:41 am

Tural wrote:
mxrider108 wrote:Now with the latest updates to the PS3 (in-game XMB, gamercards, trophies) that is going to take the cake (in terms of GUI as well as functionality) for sure.
Oh, so when the PS3 steals everything it's good. I see.

Well...they stole what was good about the current dashboard from xbox, and now that xbox is moving toward a wii-like "channels" system with little Miis, then yes, it is good. Plus the XMB is just sexy as hell.

Yamagushi · Post by **Yamagushi** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:42 am

GametagAeonFlux wrote:
Yamagushi wrote:Something that made me really mad. Is the really short amount of time Resident Evil got! They had just gotten to a nice boss. It would have been a great preview... Instead it was nothing special and im sure all the PS3 fanboys will see the better preview during there E3..
Uh...you do realize a ton of game previews/trailers have an epic fight, and end when the main character reaches a boss or something, right?

Obviously you werent watching.. They wanted to show it but didnt have enought time he was rushing them as they were playing telling them they were wasting too much time and need to hurry...

INSANEdrive · Post by **INSANEdrive** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:42 am

Your words shall be heard.

Behold - http://forums.xbox.com/972/ShowForum.aspx

Take note of the " New Dashboard Sucks Thread" Posts.

Dozens of them are popping up.

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:44 am

Tural wrote:They specifically said that if you subscribe to Xbox Live (Gold, that is) you can rent movies at "no additional cost."

Really? Well, that's cool, then.

My parents were a little hesitant to me buying a 360, but I think this will convince them that it was a good purchase.

UR MAST3R · Post by **UR MAST3R** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:44 am

Although nothing halo was announced there is a halo wars trailer on the marketplace under E3.

Things I liked:
Gears 2 looks amazing
Guitar Hero world tour
Multi-person chat/ movies

Things i didn't like:
The new gay fucking dashboard
Most of the games didnt really appeal to me
Avatars (I'm surprised there isn't any copyright infringement on that)
Lack of halo related news

There is probably more but thats the main stuff

And whats up with Bungie.net?

Hawaiian Modder · Post by **Hawaiian Modder** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:50 am

Read this
http://forums.xbox.com/21452512/ShowPost.aspx

[...]What John Schappert unveiled for the world on stage at E3 was just a sneak preview, so I wanted to share some deeper details on some of the new features in the new Xbox experience[...]

[...] Play from hard drive. Copy your games from the game disc and play directly from the hard drive. Not only will the drive not spin, but load times are quicker, as well. Of course, you will still need the disc in the tray to prove you own the game.[...]

shortbusheros4 · Post by **shortbusheros4** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:52 am

UR MAST3R wrote:And whats up with Bungie.net?

it's almost definately a countdown to their next big release.

metkillerjoe · Post by **metkillerjoe** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:58 am

Hawaiian Modder wrote:Read this
http://forums.xbox.com/21452512/ShowPost.aspx

[...]What John Schappert unveiled for the world on stage at E3 was just a sneak preview, so I wanted to share some deeper details on some of the new features in the new Xbox experience[...]

[...] Play from hard drive. Copy your games from the game disc and play directly from the hard drive. Not only will the drive not spin, but load times are quicker, as well. Of course, you will still need the disc in the tray to prove you own the game.[...]

Yes, I just saw that. But that latter part almost defeats the purpose...

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:02 pm

E3 Vids now available on Xbox Live.

shortbusheros4 · Post by **shortbusheros4** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:03 pm

Hawaiian Modder wrote:Read this
http://forums.xbox.com/21452512/ShowPost.aspx

[...]What John Schappert unveiled for the world on stage at E3 was just a sneak preview, so I wanted to share some deeper details on some of the new features in the new Xbox experience[...]

[...] Play from hard drive. Copy your games from the game disc and play directly from the hard drive. Not only will the drive not spin, but load times are quicker, as well. Of course, you will still need the disc in the tray to prove you own the game.[...]

well then why waste the disc space??

Hawaiian Modder · Post by **Hawaiian Modder** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:06 pm

I'm sure someone will find a way to exploit this and then furthermore modify the content on the Xbox 360. Therefore playing custom content.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:11 pm

shortbusheros4 wrote:
Hawaiian Modder wrote:Read this
http://forums.xbox.com/21452512/ShowPost.aspx

[...]What John Schappert unveiled for the world on stage at E3 was just a sneak preview, so I wanted to share some deeper details on some of the new features in the new Xbox experience[...]

[...] Play from hard drive. Copy your games from the game disc and play directly from the hard drive. Not only will the drive not spin, but load times are quicker, as well. Of course, you will still need the disc in the tray to prove you own the game.[...]
well then why waste the disc space??

*sigh*.

You're not playing it off the disk, you're playing it off the HD. The disk in the tray is simply an anti-piracy check. Next to nothing will actually be read off the disk. This will reduce the need for the dvd drive to spin up which will result in smoother performance.

Just watched the "New Xbox Experience (HD)" Thing off XBL, and yeah, that's pretty fugly.. The only thing I liked about it was the XBArcade parts.

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:13 pm

Man, that sounds great...first thing I've seen that actually warrants upgrading to a larger HDD (still got my 20gbs from my launch consoles).

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:13 pm

Running from the hard drive, as Kirk said, will not need the disc to spin, making the console massively quieter, and it will also save power and performance.

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:14 pm

*HDD

It's so irritating when people do that. Sorry.

shortbusheros4 · Post by **shortbusheros4** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:15 pm

Tural wrote:Running from the hard drive, as Kirk said, will not need the disc to spin, making the console massively quieter, and it will also save power and performance.

yeah but just doesn't seem worth it since I have maybe a gig and a half left on my HDD and halo 3 is i believe 8 gigs or so. even if I did have the space to fit it on my HDD it would take nearly half of my hardrive to have it on there.

EDIT: I have a 500GB lacie HDD that plugs in through usb. would I be able to use that as the storage device to for halo or any other game??

Yamagushi · Post by **Yamagushi** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:23 pm

shortbusheros4 wrote:
Tural wrote:Running from the hard drive, as Kirk said, will not need the disc to spin, making the console massively quieter, and it will also save power and performance.
yeah but just doesn't seem worth it since I have maybe a gig and a half left on my HDD and halo 3 is i believe 8 gigs or so. even if I did have the space to fit it on my HDD it would take nearly half of my hardrive to have it on there.

EDIT: I have a 500GB lacie HDD that plugs in through usb. would I be able to use that as the storage device to for halo or any other game??

Highly Highly Doubtful. Main reason being its much easier for piracy if its on a device like that.

Judging by how theyve handled USB storage in the past i can almost 100% say no.

Ragdoll · Post by **Ragdoll** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:26 pm

shortbusheros4 wrote:
Tural wrote:Running from the hard drive, as Kirk said, will not need the disc to spin, making the console massively quieter, and it will also save power and performance.
yeah but just doesn't seem worth it since I have maybe a gig and a half left on my HDD and halo 3 is i believe 8 gigs or so. even if I did have the space to fit it on my HDD it would take nearly half of my hardrive to have it on there.

EDIT: I have a 500GB lacie HDD that plugs in through usb. would I be able to use that as the storage device to for halo or any other game??

No you cannot, Xbox HDD's actually have an OS in them (which explains the prices) and a normal hard drive would not be able to communicate with the console.

Yamagushi · Post by **Yamagushi** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:29 pm

Ragdoll wrote:
shortbusheros4 wrote:
Tural wrote:Running from the hard drive, as Kirk said, will not need the disc to spin, making the console massively quieter, and it will also save power and performance.
yeah but just doesn't seem worth it since I have maybe a gig and a half left on my HDD and halo 3 is i believe 8 gigs or so. even if I did have the space to fit it on my HDD it would take nearly half of my hardrive to have it on there.

EDIT: I have a 500GB lacie HDD that plugs in through usb. would I be able to use that as the storage device to for halo or any other game??
No you cannot, Xbox HDD's actually have an OS in them (which explains the prices) and a normal hard drive would not be able to communicate with the console.

It can be used as a storage device if partitioned correctly, He isnt talking about replacing the HDD. He said through the USB. However the only content the xbox will read from a USB device is Movies, Music, and Images.