CES: Microsoft shows how Home should be done with Gameroom

[ManaByte]

http://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/ch9/7/9/5/7/1/5/RobbieBCES2010_ch9.wmv

Sounds like a retro arcade or something similar.

[Third]

Gameroom 

[Stoney Mason]

Today's Microsoft CES keynote is likely to make mention of the arrival of the Xbox Game Room, a retro-themed game space, at least according to a video interview with Microsoft's Robbie Bach, president of the company's Entertainment and Devices Division.

More specifically, that's from the quickly pulled video, originally posted on Microsoft's On10.net and Channel 9 video blogs. In that video, Bach is said to have discussed a "one stop shop for retro games," according to a tipster who saw the video before it was pulled.

If true, that sure sounds a lot like the Atari and Intellivision game-filled arcade populated with Xbox Live Avatars that leaked in a survey late last year. At the time, the names RetroCade, RetroGame, Game Preserve, Game Gallery, Tower of ROM, Tower of Game(s), Classics and Classics LIVE were all competing against what sounds like the final winner, Game Room.

Microsoft's CES keynote is scheduled to kick off at 6:30 PM PST. We'll be liveblogging the event from the show, so check back to see just how much of a rumor this really is.

Thanks to Ian for the heads up!

Update: Looks like the video interview wasn't fully removed. Bach does confirm the Game Room addition to Xbox 360.

"It's sort of a retro approach. It's interesting, there's a generation... who grew up with a set of games like Centipede," Bach says of Xbox Game Room. "They look almost like casual, fun games today, at the time, they were high-end, edgy games. So Game Room is the idea of bringing that back to the market."

He also describes the Xbox Game Room as "like my daughter going to watch Journey." Hopefully that actually means Journey the video game will be playable.

http://kotaku.com/5441951/rumor-microsoft-to-announce-xbox-game-room-at-ces-%5Bupdate%5D

[Eric P]

"They look almost like casual, fun games today, at the time, they were high-end, edgy games. So Game Room is the idea of bringing that back to the market."

so they'll be expensive?

[chronovore]

If they add Achievements, my generation is doomed.

"They look almost like casual, fun games today, at the time, they were high-end, edgy games. So Game Room is the idea of bringing that back to the market."

so they'll be expensive?

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undoubtedly.  :'(

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[ManaByte]

[ManaByte]

If there aren't lines, that alone will kill Home.

[Himu]

Home sucks, this looks like it'll suck too.

[demi]

This is Gazunta's baby, I am excited to see how it is.

[Eric P]

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these may just be filler graphics but they would look better with real cabinet art

[M3wThr33]

Anything is an improvement over the NXE's way of showing your game collection.

Is this only for buying or also for browsing the existing shit?

[Eel O'Brian]

needs pinball machines

[ManaByte]

This is Gazunta's baby, I am excited to see how it is.

That seals it then. This is awesome.

[Stoney Mason]

Working version of that video in the OP.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/61835

[demi]

I'm not sure I was supposed to mention that... lol

[Crushed]

finally the point of avatars revealed

awesome, ms annihilates home on first try

[demi]

If they add Achievements, my generation is doomed.

"They look almost like casual, fun games today, at the time, they were high-end, edgy games. So Game Room is the idea of bringing that back to the market."

so they'll be expensive?

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undoubtedly.  :'(

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No achievements. It will be like Halo Waypoint. Maybe I'll be wrong

[M3wThr33]

I'm not sure I was supposed to mention that... lol

His Twitter feed says he's excited.

[demi]

Bump for stream

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/ces/

Apparently the power is out at CES

[cool breeze]

should there be a CES thread or something?

The sony one was a buncha drunk guys on stage

[demi]

I dont care for CES but this thread was here and apparently something XBL related so here I am

[cool breeze]

this is everything they'll show posted early: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2010/jan10/01-06CESKeynote.mspx

Xbox Gaming and “Project Natal”

Xbox plays a multifaceted role in Microsoft’s digital entertainment strategy from gaming to changing the face of social entertainment, and Bach highlighted exciting plans for 2010:

• An lineup of what promises to be blockbuster exclusive games including Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction, Crackdown 2, Mass Effect 2, Alan Wake, and Fable 3
 
• The release of what will likely be the biggest game of the year, Halo Reach, continuing the Halo saga
 
• The new Game Room on Xbox LIVE, which will be the place to relive the glory days of arcade games, with over 1000 games being released throughout the next three years.
 

Then Bach gave a behind-the-scenes look at the work behind “Project Natal,” the controller-free gaming experience that tracks movement of the body and facial expressions, and even responds to your voice. 

Scheduled to be available in holiday season 2010, “Project Natal” is only the most recent example of Microsoft’s work creating natural user interfaces.

[demi]

Sounds weak, hope they show off the Game Room

[cool breeze]

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/ces/VideoGallery.aspx

the trailers and shit they were going to show are up already

Reach and Crackdown 2 trailers are old

Game Room is on PC too

[demi]

Game Room doesnt really show much...

[Cormacaroni]

Can't wait to distract DCharlie from his 1CC run on Gradius with dry humping

[Phoenix Dark]

Hopefully they use dudebro inspired art for the avatars

[Purple Filth]

Game Room pricing revealed it seems

http://www.gamervision.com/gamer/coop/news/article/game_room_pricing_revealed

    It is free to download “Game Room,” which you can then populate with classic arcade games available for individual purchase. Buy games once and play on both an Xbox 360 system and a Windows-based PC for 400 Microsoft Points. Or, to purchase a game for only one platform, each individual Xbox 360 or Windows-based PC title is 240 Microsoft Points. You also have the option to pay to play a single game, just like dropping two quarters in the slot in the old arcades, for 40 Microsoft Points. Visit your friends’ “game rooms” and try their games free before you buy.

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

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H M E

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[demi]

Its not a home like experience, but you can explore their environments like a menu.

[M3wThr33]

Sounds like the single-game payment is more of a novelty than a trend.

Will the PC version just be games in a shitty interface or will Avatars finally make their way to the PC?

[cool breeze]

From the video it seems like Natal will be 30 fps and doesn't seem to do a good job at picking up fine details 

[M3wThr33]

From the video it seems like Natal will be 30 fps and doesn't seem to do a good job at picking up fine details 

Natal's been repeatedly downgraded since the original kits to make it not hella expensive. Though it was accurate, supposedly the SDKs weren't ready to handle multiple people well. Still makes it freak the fuck out.

[Eel O'Brian]

so basically natal is turning into the wii

[pilonv1]

Apparently KROME STUDIOS did Room.

LOL @ 400 points.

[demi]

Krome has nothing to do with the pricing.

[Crushed]

Natal HD coming in 2012, promises true 1:1 60fps multi-user motion tracking*.

*black people still not supported

[Eel O'Brian]

[Stoney Mason]

so basically natal is turning into the wii

It always was. It's not primarily for the hardcore portion of the audience and it never was.

[pilonv1]

Krome has nothing to do with the pricing.

I never said it did dipshit

[Eel O'Brian]

jokes, man

[MCD]

reported for insulting an admin.

[pilonv1]

sorry just in an aggressive mood today, shit day at work

leper me

[Stoney Mason]

jokes, man

I hear ya and I don't disagree. And in that sense it is appropriate.

Just saying because some of the hardcore crowd seem to have this delusion that it will somehow be for them.

[demi]

Krome has nothing to do with the pricing.

I never said it did dipshit

Clearly you did. Nice FUD though.

[Eel O'Brian]

well, they did show it off with burnout paradise, and they were talking up the combined use of it with a normal controller, so i sort of thought there'd be a few bones thrown our way myself

if it's been as gimped as rumor has it, though, pass

which rabbids games do you think will be available at natal launch

[Stoney Mason]

If it's cheap I'll probably get one. If it's not then I won't ever get one.

My expectations are still quite low however.

[Purple Filth]

Natal HD coming in 2012, promises true 1:1 60fps multi-user motion tracking*.

*black people still not supported

 

[ManaByte]

Game Room has achievements. The video on the XBL dashboard shows a 50g one being unlocked. You can also customize the cabinents in your arcade.

[ManaByte]

CNN was calling Natal a new gaming system and attacked MS for abandoning the 360 so soon.

They should go back to fact checking SNL skits. 

[Beezy]

Eh... not sure if want.

[ferrarimanf355]

Honestly, I'm pretty interested in Game Room, hopefully the current classic games on XBLA will work with this.

Also, at being able to play the games like a real arcade, 40 points a pop. I'd rather buy the whole game, thanks.

[Crushed]

ruh-roh, ms took out the processor from natal

10-15% cpu reduction in natal games

[Eel O'Brian]

yep, it's been gimp't

http://kotaku.com/5442458/report-microsoft-drops-natal-chip

now that it's the eyewii no one's going to go through the hassle of adding the functionality to their games,interest dissolving

they should have just held off and launched it with their next system

[Eric P]

Also, at being able to play the games like a real arcade, 40 points a pop. I'd rather buy the whole game, thanks.

....

the fuck, microsoft?

[M3wThr33]

yep, it's been gimp't

http://kotaku.com/5442458/report-microsoft-drops-natal-chip

now that it's the eyewii no one's going to go through the hassle of adding the functionality to their games,interest dissolving

they should have just held off and launched it with their next system

Yeah, that was dropped around 4 months ago. Now the only advantage it has over the PSEye is the IR lens.

Also, at being able to play the games like a real arcade, 40 points a pop. I'd rather buy the whole game, thanks.

....

the fuck, microsoft?

I think the pricing is quite reasonable.
40 points translates to a 50 cent play like in an arcade. (Trash panic on the PSN has this feature in Japan)
240 for the game.
400 for the game on both platforms.

Normally I complain about MS, but this seems fine to me.

[maxy]

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[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Natal will be dog shit.  Gimping it only confirms it.

Gameroom will be just as bad.

[M3wThr33]

GameRoom will find a niche market. Plus it's a stealth way to get more stuff onto GFWL.
A plethora of cheap games is just what MS needs.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Gameroom?  lol no fucking thank you.  Shitty Home like games in a shitty Home like on-rails enviornment.

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I don't want any of this garbage.