https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aThCr0PsyuA
Hololens reveal, 10-15 seconds of the 2:12 video showing the headset used for Minecraft. Really pushing that gaming device angle hard eh?
Average Joe? Since when does the average joe browse GAF, watch E3, know the name "Project Natal" ever existed, cry about "FUD" or "bait-and-switch" tactics?
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Gone from a seasoned gamer to Average Joe in little over 90 minutes. With some luck, at the rate you're regressing you'll have forgotten how the interwebs works by the morning and we will be free of your shitposting.
Do you cry "shitposting" when you don't like what you're reading? I am saying that Microsoft's display of Hololens at E3 and its gaming utility was misleading. I don't understand how linking a video from January has any effect on what they showed at E3.
I use "Average Joe" tongue-in-cheek, lemme just answer that for you now, since it seems to be throwing you off. Every response to me in this thread so far has been "what? You were misled by the showing at E3? Didn't you watch such-and-such video and read such-and-such article?"
I did not. I am not as in-tune with Microsoft's branding as some of you seem to be, and for someone like me the E3 showing led me to believe that gaming was going to be a big part of the system. Hence, "Average Joe" sice I am implying that I have an average working knowledge of this device, based on (what could be argued) the biggest showing of the device thus far. Those are the chain of events, which should be very easy to understand. If you have a hard time understanding why someone would jump to those conclusions, well, please refer to the articles and impressions that also assumed it would be for gaming based on the E3 showing.
That's exactly what Windows 10 is. What do you think they've been doing with Windows insiders for the past nine months?
Nothing about HoloLens' marketing should lead you to believe that about it either.
We're going in circles here. E3's showing for Hololens led me (and others) to believe it is a device used for gaming. That isn't "nothing".
I'll turn the question around and ask you: what about Hololens' marketing up to this point - including E3 - would lead you to believe that Hololens is "aimed at [...] not gamers". Objectively, it is impossible to prove that they haven't aimed it at gamers since they have - in fact - pitched the thing to gamers.
Fixed.
So when the game releases, branded something like this...
... whilst being playable with an Xbox joypad, cross-play with people playing on an Xbox One, whilst being able to join their parties and chat with them, whilst gaining Xbox achievements etc... you'll be happy to return to this thread and apologise for sending it off the rails with stupid bullshit, because somehow you couldn't see how it may be related to the Xbox brand, without actually being an Xbox One game?
Yes?
Huh... weird. I must have imagined all the titles that they noted would be releasing on Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs, even going so far as to detail the crossplay nature between the platforms.
False equivalence, but good try. ilomilo was not shown off at a gaming conference as a "game" and then later clarified as "not actually a game when it comes out; more focused on fans of Music".
This might shock you, but I am fully aware that there are things carrying the Xbox brand that aren't explicitly game-related. If you think that's what I am failing to understand, then you are mistaken.
I'll repeat myself again: the device was shown off at a game conference, using a videogame, showcasing how the device can be used for gaming. With that being the case, it is perfectly reasonable for someone to think "hey, this device is for gaming". Then, when Microsoft comes back a month later and clarifies: "actually, no, that device is not aimed at gamers" it might seem contradictory?
I can understand where
YOU are coming from. You are clearly more knowledgable about the device, its history, its functionality, and even all the youtube videos and trade shows where it has been shown off. I defer to your superior knowledge on the topic.
That being said, can you understand where
I am coming from, me and the other gamers and journalists who wrote articles about the gaming potential of Hololens, only to find out later that it's not actually aimed at gamers? Within the context that I don't know as much about Hololens as you do, are you able to see the logical progression of why someone might come to this conclusion?
Or is it all just "bullshit" to you?