The Internet Reacts To Microsoft's E3 Presentation

Microsoft was the first up to bat today, and this year they focused primarily on one thing during their presentation: the games. Not just big triple-A games, either—there were plenty of small indie games showcased as well. People noticed. In fact, in general, people seem to be โค้ดเครดิตฟรีสมาชิกใหม่ล่าสุด responding pretty well to everything Microsoft unveiled today during their press conference, relative to the sentiments last year. This is not to say people didn’t have snark to offer—it’s the internet, and that’s just the basic mode of communication around here. Still, there’s the feeling that Microsoft upped their game from last year. Literally. Here are some highlights of what folks are saying around the web, both about Microsoft or the games they presented during the conference: https://twitter.com/embed/status/476067950399455232 Great games shown off this AM. Our development community Y1 Games is stronger than ever. Congrats to all studios & teams that showed their new stuff! — ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ʙᴏʏᴇs (@amboyes) June 9, 2014 (Boyes is the vice president of publisher & developer relations at PlayStation, by the way.)cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"1588182355","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"culture","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"culture","TAGS":"microsoft","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); It's kinda hard to process how good that Microsoft conference was because thats what we think conferences are supposed to be like. — Tom Hatfield (@WordMercenary) June 9, 2014 Look, not everything in that montage looked amazing but it is nice that Microsoft has at least promoted indies in its Y1 com conference. — Ryan Letourneau (@Northernlion) June 9, 2014 This Microsoft press conference is really heavy on the "somebody rendered a trailer that has no gameplay footage in it". — Casey Muratori (@cmuratori) June 9, 2014 https://twitter.com/embed/status/476065052894572544 I wonder if Rise of the Tomb Raider will focus any more on this important, formative character moment for Lara. pic.twitter.com/YnJHMWQE6i — Andy Kelly (@ultrabrilliant) June 9, 2014 It’s kind of funny to hear how folks immediately knew it was Lara, too: https://twitter.com/embed/status/476066652753129472 https://twitter.com/embed/status/476040042524061697 https://twitter.com/embed/status/476044106435555329 https://twitter.com/embed/status/476042229505851392 "Hideki Kamiya is working with Microsoft. This probably means Snake won't be in the new Smash!" (via @mikeisapoet) pic.twitter.com/ZSIYwkMhT8 — BadMiiversePosts (@BadMiiversePost) June 9, 2014 https://twitter.com/embed/status/476060375004106752 This tweet is in reference to Crackdown—as is the next comment: https://twitter.com/embed/status/476059891527065601 https://twitter.com/embed/status/476040320527110145 https://twitter.com/embed/status/476059685557006336 So CoD is now Halo. — Goldy (@GoldGloveTV) June 9, 2014 https://twitter.com/embed/status/476059732747120640 (“King Joffrey” is definitely a reference to the dude we saw in Scalebound.) https://twitter.com/embed/status/476060839074480130 Microsoft Kinevermind — 🌏🔎Leigh Alexander 🐬💿✨ (@leighalexander) June 9, 2014 https://twitter.com/embed/status/476041915570196481 Would be a lot more excited for Crackdown if I hasn't just seen 17 other games about blowing up a city. — fort90 (@fortninety) June 9, 2014 The first announcement out of microsoft is that they've bought temporary DLC exclusivity for COD. I'm not very optimistic. — Simon S. Andersen (@snakepixel) June 9, 2014 I am a little disappointed there doesn't seem to be non-game stuff from Microsoft. — Ranneko (@Ranneko) June 9, 2014 https://twitter.com/embed/status/476075376268292096 Microsoft, I hate you, but nice stage, nice presentation. Nice, not thrilling, but nice. — Red Luigi (@RedLuigi64) June 9, 2014 More Sony vs Microsoft debates while either company takes your money! Who's winning? It sure ain't your opinion! — mos (@MoSDeF121) June 9, 2014 microsoft's e3 flopped on the basis that shenmue 3 was not announced;( — Rafe (@rafeclarke123) June 9, 2014 In response to Fable Legends: In response to the new Halo collection: Other folks were a bit more emotional about the Halo announcement: In response to Conker: And at least one person didn’t seem happy with the amount of CGI the presentation had: Francis, naturally, also has things to say: What about you, what did you think about Microsoft’s E3 presentation? Let us know in the comments. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find her on Twitter @patriciaxh