WEBVTT - E3 2009 Preview 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:02.880 Brought to you by the reinvented two thousand twelve camera. 0:00:03.240 --> 0:00:09.039 It's ready. Are you get in touch with technology? With 0:00:09.119 --> 0:00:17.880 tech Stuff from how stuff works dot com. Hello to everybody, 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:20.480 and welcome to tech stuff. My name is Chris Poulette 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:23.079 and I'm an editor here at how stuff works dot Com. 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:25.919 Sitting next to me, as usual, is senior writer Jonathan 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:31.319 Strickland insert coin excellent. So I suppose we're talking about 0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:34.760 video games today. Yeah, we're actually talking about a video 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:38.280 game conference, the E three Conference in Los Angeles. They'll 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:41.840 be taking place in the first week of June. That's 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:45.720 over with. Nobody goes to E three. Oh no, no, no, 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:48.560 no no. You're thinking of previous years where they started 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:51.760 to tone it down and cut back and and everyone 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:53.880 started to question whether or not it was even worth 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:56.320 going to the conference. Well, they've decided to go back 0:00:56.360 --> 0:01:01.120 to uh, big flashy booths and skinnily women and uh 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:03.680 lots of fog machines. Lots of fog machines. Yeah we're back, 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:07.000 baby awesome. So Los Angeles Convention Center, it's gonna be 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:11.199 filled with gaming geeks, including yours truly. I'll be there 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:14.880 covering the event and updating our blogs live while I'm 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:17.720 there and hopefully not falling asleep on the floor from 0:01:17.959 --> 0:01:20.640 lack of sleep. Yeah, hopefully it will not be a 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:24.600 repeat of my behavior at c E S. Well this uh, 0:01:24.760 --> 0:01:27.000 this E three thing we're talking about is the Electronics 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:31.800 Entertainment Expo, Weight Electronic Entertainment Expo. Yes, sorry, and do 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:34.800 the same thing. Yeah, yeah, I added in s and. 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:40.280 Um So every year is a gathering of the entertainment 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:43.480 elite basically video games. Well there there's some other stuff, 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:47.400 there's primarily video games, and and it's an opportunity for 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:50.280 companies to make big announcements about what they're working on, 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:53.680 what they're gonna unveil in the coming months, usually stuff 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:56.680 that you're you're going to see, possibly as early as 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:59.600 the holiday season. That's a big, big driver for a 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:02.520 lot of the companies. Um And you know, the summer 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:04.000 months tend to be kind of slow in the video 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:05.800 game industry, so it's one of those things that helps 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:08.040 propel it through the summer months as well. We've got 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:10.000 to generate your hype, you know, otherwise you don't get 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:12.880 the sales come October, November and December. So you know, 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:16.880 you're these companies. These are marketing stuff essentially to store 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:19.840 owners things like that, and just trying to to get 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:22.440 some excitement behind the products that they've been working on. 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:25.079 This is usually also when in the United States you'll 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:29.000 hear announcements about new hardware coming out, new consoles, that 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:31.200 kind of thing, if there are any. If there are, 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:33.800 and it's been a while since we've heard anything, well, 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:36.680 we thought what we would do is make a few 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:41.400 little predictions about what we think we'll go down at 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:44.400 this year's E three. Yeah, and uh, I'd like to 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:47.160 point out while doing research for this article that as 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:49.760 soon as I wrote something down and went to a 0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:53.160 different site, the next site said, oh, that's never gonna happen. 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:54.960 This is what's going to happen. And they all went 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:58.200 in a big circle. So you know, your mileage may 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:01.840 very some restrictions apply. Well, that's the thing. These are predictions. 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:05.040 They don't have to come true. It's just what you know. 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:08.320 We're what we're looking at the state of how things 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:11.440 are right now and making some best guesses at what 0:03:12.160 --> 0:03:15.400 these companies are gonna do when E three rolls around. 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:19.360 So please no wagering, right, yeah, don't don't bet the 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:23.080 farm based upon what peltin I say, because you'll be 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:26.920 searching for Col's for the next few years. Excellent. So 0:03:26.919 --> 0:03:29.799 where do you want to start? Nintendo? Alright, alright, so 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:35.520 I don't think so, No, I do not think. I 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:37.200 do not think there will be an announcement of a 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:41.040 new console from Nintendo. They have not. I mean, first 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:44.040 of all, the WE still going strong. It's still really 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:47.760 hard to find, really much in demand, although it's much 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:49.480 better than it had been. Oh yeah, no, it's not 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:51.520 as bad as the first full year of the WE 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:54.520 being out now. Video game sales were slow the first 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:57.720 part of the year January through March, so maybe that's 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:00.160 helping out a little bit too with that availability. And uh, 0:04:00.240 --> 0:04:01.960 I think what we're gonna see is we're gonna see 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:07.600 more games and devices take advantage of interoperability between the 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:09.520 WE and the d s I. Oh yeah, the d 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:12.320 S I speaking in new new consoles. It's a different 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:14.320 version of the DS that has a couple of cameras 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:16.160 in it. Yeah, and the d S I, of course 0:04:16.200 --> 0:04:18.080 is one of the d S and d S I 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:20.200 they they account for, like the I think that's the 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:23.680 top selling console period. Yes, um, so we're talking about 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:26.080 a handheld device. So yes, this, this is this is 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:29.960 leaving every other console in the dust. And uh so 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:32.880 it makes sense to tie that into the Wii, which 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:36.160 is another very popular console. It's the the most popular 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:39.599 console console. And why did you hook up to your TV? Yeah? 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:44.560 So I'm expecting to see a lot more interoperability between 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:47.400 the two. Um, I I can give you. You want 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:50.800 to guess which title I think is gonna be announced, 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:54.719 It's one that Nintendo is famous for, not not Mario, 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:57.560 not Zelda. Although I do think a new Zelda game 0:04:57.640 --> 0:05:00.080 is going to be announced. Um, but a differ on 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:04.000 one and you have to catch them all. Oh no, 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:06.679 not another Pokemon title? Are you kidding me? Of course 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:11.280 a Pokemon title. Those things sell like crazy. And the 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:14.480 interoperability between the WE and the D s I, I 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:18.520 guarantee it. I I am almost certain that we're gonna 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:21.120 see a Pokemon game, and that it's going to be 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:25.400 a D s I game. Um. Possibly also some other 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:29.480 ones that that capitalize on other popular properties like Mario 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:32.120 and Zelda. I do think we're gonna see an actual 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:35.159 Zelda WI game, a new a new Zelda one. Um 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:37.279 that got a lot of excitement when that when the 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:39.480 we first came out. If you recall, so, I think 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.400 we're gonna see another one of those. Um motion plus 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:46.040 you remember, have you heard of motion Plus the dongle 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:47.960 that you plug into the bottom of the Wi mote 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:51.680 so that it makes it more accurate. Please don't say dongle. 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:54.720 I hate that word. The device you plug into the 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:57.560 bottom of the Wi moat so it makes it more accurate. Yeah, 0:05:57.600 --> 0:05:59.680 there's a little plug in that goes in that the 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:02.800 if you will the back end, the end that you 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:04.919 hold in your hand, you stick the dongle in the 0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:08.760 back end. Yeah, okay, So anyway, once you've done doangling 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:13.120 your we mote, um it makes the increases the functionality, 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:16.120 makes it more accurate, more precise. Um it's and so 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:19.000 you can do a lot more cool motion things with 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:22.080 your we mote than you could previously and lets you 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:26.640 create even more deep games. Well, I think, um, you 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:29.000 know we've seen seen as an action. I think they're 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:32.880 going to announce Nintendo will announce that the motion plus 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:37.200 technology will be built into we moats starting I'm gonna 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:41.360 say this holiday season. So yeah, I'm saying that's an 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:44.680 upgrade to hardware. It will be a hardware upgrade where 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:47.320 you can when you buy a we moat anytime after 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:50.159 the holiday season and moving forward, it's gonna have the 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:52.880 motion plus built in, or at least you can buy 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:55.200 a version that has motion plus built in. They may 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:58.039 offer both, because who knows, they might say that once 0:06:58.080 --> 0:07:01.320 the lower priced version. I've got a got a question 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:03.600 will make you laugh, all right, You think they'll announce 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:07.680 a price drop. Yes, they don't need to know. I 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:10.800 don't think so. Anyway. It would surprise me that there's 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:13.440 no need to. The demand is still so high. I 0:07:14.400 --> 0:07:17.240 can't see why they would. Um, I mean they could. 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:19.920 And but if you're already at the point where you 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:22.080 still have people going into stores and say call me 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:24.600 when you get one in, you don't need to drop 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:28.200 the price. Um. And I think we're gonna see some 0:07:28.240 --> 0:07:31.400 more channels on the weed channels. You know, when you 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:32.840 turn your way on you can look at the different 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:34.400 channels on there. I think we're gonna see some D 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:37.960 s I stuff, maybe some stuff for kids. Um. I 0:07:38.000 --> 0:07:40.840 think it's just gonna be. You know, they're gonna add 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:43.000 more functionality to that, because that's one of those things 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:45.960 that helps set it apart. From the other consoles. So 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:48.760 you don't think anything groundbreaking coming out of the Nintendo campus, 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:51.320 I don't think so. I don't think we're gonna see 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:53.800 any you know, I definitely don't think we're gonna see 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:59.280 another Um I tell you here's what I think we 0:07:59.400 --> 0:08:03.320 might see that not really groundbreaking, but will excite Nintendo fans. 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:08.320 Kid Icarus. Really, I think we're gonna get a new 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:11.720 kid Icarus game, all right, And Kid Chris was one 0:08:11.720 --> 0:08:14.960 of those titles from the old Nintendo systems that hardcore 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:19.840 gamers will still you know, triumph to their dying breath. 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:22.720 It's one of I mean, it was a great game, 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:24.360 and so I think, uh, I think we're going to 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:28.000 see that. Okay, then, so that's what I have for Nintendo. 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:30.920 You want to move on to Sony. Yes, I wanted 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:33.840 to talk about Sony because if anybody needs a really 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:37.719 good E three, it's Sony. No joke, you know. I 0:08:38.160 --> 0:08:40.720 I am a we owner, but I do have a 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:44.440 PlayStation two, which also just went through a price drop 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:48.439 to uh do just under a hundred dollars um And 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:51.480 a lot of people think that E three is when 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:54.640 Sony has finally got a cave and dropped the price 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:59.440 of the PlayStation three again. Um, I think that's probably 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:04.160 a reasonably safe bet. The uh the big news that 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:06.920 everybody else seems to be really hoping for is the 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:11.480 announce the new PlayStation portable. Yes, an update to PSP, 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:15.560 so either either an upgrade or a brand new handheld device, 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:19.040 maybe the PSP two or a PSP go. I've seen 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:24.400 it call um yeah there. Apparently there was another device 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:26.959 that they made called the Milo two. Maybe they're even 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:30.160 still making it, but it didn't do very well. It's 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:34.680 basically essentially like an iPod touch. It's got the functionality 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:36.599 you know where it can It can get online and 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:40.920 do things that way, but it can't go online via 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:44.080 a cell phone network or bluetooth. So it's really limited 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:46.160 in its capacity. But it's about the size of a 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:49.520 PlayStation portable and people are saying maybe some of that 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:52.680 technology might be baked in to UH to help out 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:57.840 its online capability. Um. But they say, if there is 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:00.360 a new PlayStation portable, there won't be a u m 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.920 D involved the Universal Media disc UH. So you wanted 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:08.199 to deal with that atybity sliver of the electronics store 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:13.359 that's stocking titles for U, M D S anymore. Um 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:16.760 So let's see what else can I say about that. Oh, 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:20.520 they should have eight to sixteen gigabytes of memory if 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:23.560 it if it actually is announced. Um and there's a 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:29.480 possibility that Grand Turismo Mobile will finally be released for 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:32.440 five years, if I'm not mistaken. Almost as long as 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:37.400 as long as that less than half the r we'll 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:40.000 get to it. I know, I know. But this new 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:43.079 PlayStation portable should slide open so that you can get 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:47.319 to the controls, be very very cell phone like, and 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:49.920 that might be, uh, you know, a nice sort of 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:53.120 bridge between the gamer and you know, being able to 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:55.760 text your friends and do all that kind of stuff. Um. 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:58.160 And there are new titles coming out Rock Band and 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:01.600 Soul Caliber and Little Big Planet, Soul Caliber, all those 0:11:01.679 --> 0:11:05.880 for the PlayStation portal. Love that you know. There there's 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:08.640 those things are while the PlayStation Portable, the new one 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:11.679 is sort of if he some people really think it's 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:13.200 gonna come out, and other people think it's gonna be 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:16.000 you know, I had a few years. Um, you know, 0:11:16.000 --> 0:11:18.320 the the new games, they're definitely gonna be some hot 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:21.480 new titles announced, and Sony says that they've got fifty 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:24.240 percent or more of their catalog for the year that 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:26.800 they still haven't announced what it is yet. Cool, so 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:30.360 they you know, they're hoping for the big, big news. 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:31.960 I have a feeling that I'm going spending a lot 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:35.360 of time with Sony while I'm up there. Um, what 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:37.280 about Home? Do you think we're gonna see some new 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:40.440 Home stuff? Home? I haven't heard anything about Home and 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:46.559 so long it's in beta, the Nerd beta in December. Um. 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:51.080 But Home goes in and it doesn't come out. Maybe 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:53.760 it will be the Google of of the console world, 0:11:53.760 --> 0:11:58.440 where everything Google puts out is in beta perpetually. I 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:02.000 think we'll probably hear something or about Home, maybe some 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:05.040 some new features that that they're going to incorporate into 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:09.320 it or or expand homes usefulness. Um, which you could 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:11.840 argue doesn't even exist yet since it's still in beta 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:13.760 and you hardly hear anything about it. And this was, 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:15.840 of course something that's been in development for years and 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:21.160 years and um, and so you know, some people question 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:24.640 whether or not it'll ever really hit the public. Yeah, 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:27.160 whether or not there will be a release candidate for Home, 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:30.560 but I think we'll see something about that. UM and 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:33.520 also Sony recently, I don't know if you know this 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:38.240 has been showcasing some three D compatible games. That's true. 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:41.960 I've heard that the there's a possibility that the first 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:44.800 three D games are going to be announced to E three. 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:47.520 It wouldn't surprise that sort of seems like it's a 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:50.960 middling that, like people aren't wouldn't be surprised, but they 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:53.440 are really not counting on it either. I I actually, 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:56.560 you know what, considering what I saw at CES this year, 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:59.200 where I saw all that three D technology and the 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:03.160 huge this this on three D, including within the Sony booth, 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:05.880 I will go on record and say I will be 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:09.440 shocked if I do not see at least ah a 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:14.200 sizeable three D presence there. I mean, I'm I'm thinking 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:16.120 that now is the time when they're going to try 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:20.720 and jump on that, because uh, you know, the buzz 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:23.560 at c ES was so big about the three D stuff, 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:25.680 but you know it's it's like one of those cool 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:28.720 technologies you hear about, but you know, you you actually questioned, like, 0:13:28.760 --> 0:13:30.719 are we ever going to see this? They need to 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:34.360 strike now before people forget about it entirely and just say, oh, 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:36.200 well that was a cool idea, but nothing ever came 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:39.920 of it. Well, the uh, the PlayStation is a very 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:43.880 advanced machine graphically speaking, and it really does work better 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:47.800 on high definition sets than it does on standard definition, 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:51.000 so it makes sense that they would try to grab 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:54.360 that market. Um, so well, let's see what you know, 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:56.199 We'll see what they do. Well. I also think we're 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:59.840 gonna see some more stuff of God of War, that's 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.080 one of the more popular titles, Ratchet and Clank. I 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:05.320 think we're gonna see something about that Final Fantasy thirteen, 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:09.400 which I think we'll also see for Microsoft. But um, 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:13.040 uh and uh, and grant Theresono five, which we've been 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:17.520 waiting for for a while for PS three. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:14:17.600 --> 0:14:20.840 I think we're going to see more about all of that. Um, 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:23.160 do you have anything else about Sony? I don't have 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:27.320 any more son You wanted to move on to the Xbox? Sure, Yeah, 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:30.840 they've I've heard that Microsoft is has some big stuff 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:34.200 planned and they really haven't said much more than that. Yeah. 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:37.880 I know that Rare is going to announce a new game. 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:41.320 I'm not sure what it's going to be yet, but 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:44.320 I do know also that Rare was behind the design 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:48.800 for the avatars on the Xbox three. Sixty, but very 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:53.360 much like Sony Home right or the Knees on the Wii. UM, 0:14:53.440 --> 0:14:57.880 So here's a guess. Since they're behind the avatar stuff, 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:00.560 and because you know, the whole social net working thing 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:03.680 is still huge, I'm guessing that the game they announced 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:07.760 is somehow going to relate back to the avatars. So 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:10.400 it'll probably be I'm guessing some sort of party game, 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:13.000 you know, maybe something that's family friendly, a lot of 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:15.000 people can play all at once, and you can maybe 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:17.200 even play against other people who are networked to you 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:20.800 on the internet, and then UM uses your avatars as 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:24.040 your character. I'm guessing that's just a wild guess. I mean, 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:26.200 they could come out and have something totally different, has 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:29.400 nothing to do with avatars whatsoever. But based upon their 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:32.520 involvement in the avatar project, I'm I'm going with that, 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:34.720 you know what, I would agree with you, and I 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:37.600 think that some of the information that I pulled up 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:41.720 UM sort of suggests that that might be a direction 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:45.520 that they might be actually thinking about Nintendo more than 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:49.040 they are about Sony, because in my home is still 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:52.960 not out well. But you know, the Xbox three sixty, 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:55.720 in my opinion, is more of a hardcore gamer console 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:58.560 than it is a family friendly console. Not that there 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:01.600 aren't family friendly titles out there, but I mean there 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:05.120 are not lots of Eva Pinatas on their on their list. 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:08.760 But I hear that they might just be coming out 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:12.400 with a motion controller. Oh yeah, well, I mean there 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:15.800 have been talks about Xbox and the motion controller because uh, 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:19.840 they were already um accusations that they were essentially copying 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:25.960 Nintendo with the remote functionality. But yeah, I think, um yeah, 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:27.920 if they if they're going to unveil it, it's going 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:30.040 to be at this E three. Well the thing is 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:34.800 they've they've actually licensed some of the technology already, so 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:37.680 it wouldn't be much of a stretch. And rumor has 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:39.680 it that, uh, you know, part of the reason that 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:43.880 Bungee was unhappy with Microsoft is that they want Microsoft 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:48.480 wanted Bungee to put in some um remote functionality for 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:52.440 Halo three, and they balked at that idea. Yeah, so 0:16:52.520 --> 0:16:54.840 they you know, it sounds like they're gonna do it. 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:59.600 It's just a matter of when and how. So you know, 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:02.840 that would add some serious functionality to the Xbox three 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:05.720 sixty because you'd think, well, you know, there are plenty 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:07.720 of them on store shelves. They haven't really changed in 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:11.800 technology for a long time. You know, what else can 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:14.120 they do with the machine? This would this would add 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:16.159 something to it, maybe give people reason to buy the 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:20.320 console again. So do you since you mentioned Halo, yes, 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:25.360 you think there's gonna be any word about the Halo four. Well, 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:27.720 I don't know about Halo four, but there is an 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:31.560 add on pack, understand um. And I'm not much of 0:17:31.600 --> 0:17:34.000 a Halo nut, but I you know, I was actually 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:35.760 surprised to see that Bungee was working on it. Why 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:42.880 are you sided with the Covenant? Um? Well, I think 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:45.120 I think any mention of Halo four. First of all, 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:47.400 I think if there is mention of Halo four, it's 0:17:47.640 --> 0:17:50.760 first of all, you gotta understand it's not necessarily Bungee 0:17:50.760 --> 0:17:54.200 that would be doing it, because now they've parted ways 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:57.800 with Bungee, Bungee can do other things, right, And and 0:17:57.840 --> 0:18:01.040 I think Microsoft bought the rights to the Halo stuff. 0:18:01.040 --> 0:18:03.439 I know that there are other developers who are creating 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:06.080 Halo games. So there's still the chance that we'll see 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:09.040 something about a Halo four. Um. I haven't heard any 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:12.320 rumors about that one way or the other. I would 0:18:12.320 --> 0:18:14.840 think that, um, if there is a project, we will 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:17.359 hear about a D three because Halo is one of 0:18:17.359 --> 0:18:20.400 those big name titles that always gets lots and lots 0:18:20.440 --> 0:18:22.560 of attention, and of course that's the whole reason to 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:24.879 attend E three in the first places. You want to 0:18:24.920 --> 0:18:27.760 get lots and lots of attention, right, So if they 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:30.360 have anything, I guarantee you we'll see it at E three. 0:18:30.720 --> 0:18:33.879 I think if anybody's gonna stand out this year, uh, sorry, Sony, 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:38.679 it's gonna be Microsoft. Because I was reading a quote 0:18:38.720 --> 0:18:42.240 from Don Mattrick, who's the Microsoft Senior VP for Interactive 0:18:42.359 --> 0:18:45.640 Entertainment Business UM, and he said that they're gonna kick 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:49.840 kick off E three with in blockbuster style. They actually 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:52.919 had their their big announcements scheduled for June one instead 0:18:52.920 --> 0:18:55.760 of June two, And I think I think they're gonna lead. 0:18:55.840 --> 0:18:58.040 They're gonna take the lead then and just never look back, 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:00.920 because I think they're gonna have some big announcements. And 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:02.640 they said that they're not even going to shy away 0:19:02.720 --> 0:19:07.600 from making some future prognostication, if you will. They're not 0:19:07.640 --> 0:19:09.400 just going to keep it the stuff that's coming out 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:12.800 this year, which means I think that you may hear 0:19:12.920 --> 0:19:15.600 something about the next generation Xbox at this point. So 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:19.960 you're thinking seven twenty, yeah, or possibly well, No, I 0:19:20.080 --> 0:19:21.480 don't think this is the year for that, you do. 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:23.240 I think that they'll even say that they're going to 0:19:23.359 --> 0:19:26.160 have something. No, I don't think so. So we'll see, 0:19:26.280 --> 0:19:29.639 well and uh, and I'll blog about it, and if 0:19:29.720 --> 0:19:32.760 it happens, I'll lie, And if it doesn't happen, I'll 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:35.040 champion the fact that I got it right. No, No, 0:19:35.160 --> 0:19:37.679 I will come clean if if I am wrong, I will, 0:19:37.720 --> 0:19:40.840 I will definitely admit it. Um. I think we're gonna 0:19:40.880 --> 0:19:43.800 see some interesting titles from them. I think we'll we'll 0:19:43.800 --> 0:19:47.320 hear about a metal Gear Gear Solid title from Microsoft. 0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:49.600 That's that's a biggie, you know. Any time you're going 0:19:49.680 --> 0:19:53.359 to talk about game titles that traditionally belong to a 0:19:53.400 --> 0:19:56.399 different system, Um, that's always gonna be a big thing. 0:19:56.400 --> 0:19:58.399 Which is why I think the Final Fantasy thirteen, I mean, 0:19:58.400 --> 0:19:59.879 Microsoft is gonna have to make a big deal of 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:03.040 that too. I've heard have you heard about the game 0:20:03.920 --> 0:20:08.200 Alan Wake, I've heard a little bit about it to 0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:10.919 show it off. Yeah, I can't wait to see that action. 0:20:10.960 --> 0:20:13.240 I've seen the previews and it looks really interesting. It's 0:20:13.240 --> 0:20:16.200 a psychological action thriller. And you play the part of 0:20:16.280 --> 0:20:20.040 a writer who goes to this little town and then 0:20:20.480 --> 0:20:23.840 things he's written a thriller novel that he has no 0:20:24.000 --> 0:20:30.159 memory of, and then he sees, uh, events unfold that 0:20:30.240 --> 0:20:33.119 happened in the novel. So it's as if he's somehow 0:20:33.160 --> 0:20:35.800 predicted what's happening right then and there, and yet he 0:20:35.840 --> 0:20:39.320 can't remember writing the book in the first place. And uh, 0:20:39.320 --> 0:20:41.600 it looks pretty intense. I'm looking forward to that, and 0:20:41.640 --> 0:20:45.640 I'm thinking there might be another splinter Cell uh game 0:20:45.680 --> 0:20:47.840 shown off there. I'm a big splinter Cell fan. I 0:20:48.280 --> 0:20:51.399 haven't played the last one, but now I've always enjoyed 0:20:51.440 --> 0:20:56.680 those games. Um, I'm not I'm not terribly skilled, but uh, 0:20:56.760 --> 0:21:02.119 I do enjoy playing them. Um, let's see what else, Um, 0:21:02.359 --> 0:21:05.040 Gears of War three, maybe, I mean it's a little soon. 0:21:06.080 --> 0:21:08.080 Gears of War two has not been out that long. 0:21:08.760 --> 0:21:11.399 But then so you've got you know, you gotta weigh it, 0:21:11.440 --> 0:21:14.159 like does it steal any thunder to announce it early? 0:21:14.800 --> 0:21:18.920 Or will it coast on the popularity of the Gears 0:21:19.000 --> 0:21:21.960 War two? And then just help them propel that forward, 0:21:22.040 --> 0:21:26.200 keep the momentum going. I don't know. Um, we'll probably 0:21:26.240 --> 0:21:31.239 see something, maybe a teaser. Uh. I think that's all 0:21:31.280 --> 0:21:34.520 I have for Microsoft. Do you have anything else for Microsoft? 0:21:34.600 --> 0:21:37.040 Not for Microsoft. There are some other companies, of course, 0:21:37.080 --> 0:21:39.840 going to be there, like Developers who had been shying 0:21:39.840 --> 0:21:43.000 away from E three for the last couple of years. Um. 0:21:43.000 --> 0:21:45.399