Comments on: Live at the Microsoft E3 press conference (Last Remnant date, Star Ocean 4) http://www.siliconera.com/2008/07/14/live-at-the-microsoft-e3-press-conference-last-remnant-date-star-ocean-4/ The secret level in the world of video game news. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:38:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: fidgetwidget http://www.siliconera.com/2008/07/14/live-at-the-microsoft-e3-press-conference-last-remnant-date-star-ocean-4/comment-page-1/#comment-504094 fidgetwidget Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:43:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2008/07/14/live-at-the-microsoft-e3-press-conference/#comment-504094 @Darrien: The interface is something Microsoft has used elsewhere, was created long before XMB (but not a Microsoft invention) @Darrien:

The interface is something Microsoft has used elsewhere, was created long before XMB (but not a Microsoft invention)

]]> By: Darrien http://www.siliconera.com/2008/07/14/live-at-the-microsoft-e3-press-conference-last-remnant-date-star-ocean-4/comment-page-1/#comment-504038 Darrien Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:03:05 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2008/07/14/live-at-the-microsoft-e3-press-conference/#comment-504038 Not to sound really hatin' on Microsoft, but for all their talk of "innovation"... their new dash looks an awful lot like a sideways XMB with Miis... and their choice in highlighting games could certainly have been a little better (6 of their 9 "best sellers" are multiplatform, two of the four demos as multiplatform, all but 1 of the music games thus far are multiplatform)... It just seems like they could've made some better choices so far (and yes, if the same happens with Nintendo or Sony's presses, I'll complain about those too...) Not to sound really hatin’ on Microsoft, but for all their talk of “innovation”… their new dash looks an awful lot like a sideways XMB with Miis… and their choice in highlighting games could certainly have been a little better (6 of their 9 “best sellers” are multiplatform, two of the four demos as multiplatform, all but 1 of the music games thus far are multiplatform)… It just seems like they could’ve made some better choices so far (and yes, if the same happens with Nintendo or Sony’s presses, I’ll complain about those too…)

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