- Play from hard drive. Copy your games from the game disc and play directly from the hard drive. Not only will the drive not spin, but load times are quicker, as well. Of course, you will still need the disc in the tray to prove you own the game.
- Access Xbox LIVE Marketplace on the Web. Browse and purchase Marketplace content whenever you want from Xbox.com and it downloads automatically to your console. Purchase that new map, television episode, the latest Xbox LIVE Arcade game or set up a movie to watch when you get home from work.
- Dashboard built into the new Xbox Guide. For everyone who loves the blades interface, it's not going away; they are now built directly in to the new Xbox guide. Every feature and option is available right from the guide. You can even access your full games library at all times. No matter where you are (in dash or in game), immediately call up your games played list and directly launch a game.
- LIVE Party system. Create a party of up to eight friends, and stay with them from one game to another, or watch a Netflix movie together, or share a slideshow of your personal photos. It works with all Xbox 360 titles, not just upcoming games. LIVE Party allows up to eight people to chat in the dashboard, so you can meet up before playing.
- Xbox LIVE Primetime. This whole new category of games is going to give you more reasons to get online with your friends. Games will support everything you'd expect, like Achievements and leader boards, but many of these games will include real prizes. You can invite your friends, and even set a reminder for an upcoming show. Each game is broadcast simultaneously, so everyone is answering the same questions. Many events will have a live host, calling the shots as they happen.
- Avatars. Your online identity started as a Gamertag - it then grew into a personalized Gamercard. Now, it has evolved even further into avatars. You can express your style, check out new outfits and share this with the community. Avatars will also be integrated into Xbox LIVE Arcade games, LIVE Party, as well as retail games.
- New display support. Because you asked for it, we are adding 16X10 over VGA or HDMI, and support for 1440x900 or 1680x1050.
- Microsoft will show videos of Fallout 3, Resident Evil 5, Fable 2 and Gears of War 2. These games are expected to represent over half a billion dollars in sales.
- Fallout 3 demoed live by the game director from Bethesda Softworks.
- Resident Evil 5 demoed by game producer (in japanese, live translated). There will be exclusive 360 and Games For Windows downloadable content. Will be released March 13th 2009, worldwide!
- Fable2 demo. Game is finished. Will have co-op over live. It's coming out in October 2008.
- GoW2 trailer now. Cliff Bleszinski on stage showing a new level. There will be a new 5player co-op mode called "Horde" where teams fight waves of increasingly difficult Locust enemies. Coming November 7th 2008, worldwide, exclusively on Xbox360.
- According to a recent PriceWaterhouseCoopers forecast, people will spend an estimated $48 billion on video games worldwide this year.
- Last year, Xbox360's 3rd party game sales outpaced the Wii and PS3 combined. Xbox 360 is leading the market with the largest installment base in the US (NPD)
- 1y ago 6M people were connected, today more than 12M! A new member joins every 5 seconds.
- More than 1 billion USD has been spent on the LIVE network.
- NBC/Universal content is coming to the Video marketplace starting today.
- Also 2 new partners for Europe: MGM International and Constantin.
- After a system update ... the 360 boots with a complete new dashboard ... called the 'New Xbox Experience'. It's an entirely new interface, coming this fall.
- The new look and feel is "more fun, more social, and simpler to use".
- The "My Xbox" channel: quick access to everything you have on your console (photos, videos, music and games).
- The 'New Xbox Experience' will have avatars like those leaked some time ago. You can fully customize your avatar.
- The "community" channel: You can create a LIVE Party, and have up to 8 friends chat, share and interact.
- Xbox LIVE Primetime: coming this fall. Partnership with Endemol: 1 vs 100 MMGS (Massive Multiplayer Game Show).
- "Games" channel: showing off UNO RUSH ... a new game. Other new XBLA games: Geometry Wars 2 (coming only to XBLA next month), Pac-Man World Championship Edition, Galaga Legions (Galaga sequel), South Park game.
- New Portal game ('Portal: Still Alive') from Valve coming as '2008 exclusive' to XBLA with brand-new levels and achievements.
- The Xbox Live Community Games will be launched in the fall as part of the 'New Xbox Experience'
- New partner: Netflix (as leaked some time ago)! Subscribers instantly watch more than 10,000 movies and TV episodes and they can even share 'em with their LIVE Party. If you're an Netflix AND Xbox LIVE subscriber, you can enjoy the Netflix library at no additional cost with your 360.
- Shane Kim shows trailers of Banjo Kazooie and Viva Pinata 2. Also announcing 'SceneIt: Box Office Smash' and 'You're In the Movies'.
- 3.5M songs are downloaded from LIVE every month for music games - accounts for 80% of all downloaded songs on all platforms.
- kai Huang (Red Octane) talks about Guitar Hero World Tour. 85 songs on disc.
- Keiichi Yano of iNiS on stage presenting 'Lips' (leaked some time ago remember). First game that lets you sing from your own music collection (zune, ipod, ...). Has wireless and motion sensitive microphones. Duffy on stage to demo the game.
- CEO of Harmonix present Rock Band 2 ... timed exclusive on Xbox 360 this september. 84 songs on disc. New songs: song of new Axl Rose album, Shackler's Revenge, Bob Dylan's "Tangled Up in Blue", AC/DC. Those tracks are forward-compatible with Rock Band 2.
- CEO of Square Enix, Yoichi Wada on stage! w00t!
- Coming to Xbox 360 from Square Enix: "Infinite Undiscovery" (first as 360 exclusive on september 2nd in the US, september 5th in Europe and september 11th in Japan), "Star Ocean: The Last Hope" (spring 2009) and "The Last Remnant" (coming this fall (November 20th?) on 360 'first'). New trailer of "The Last Remnant" and announcement it's also coming for Games for Windows.
- Microsoft's Don Mattrick was wrapping up the Press Conference... but Wada just interrupted him. OMG lol.
- BAM! Xbox 360 scores Final Fantasy XIII ... heh. Not exclusive but afaik together with the PS3 version (at least in USA and Europe ... kinda strange it didn't mention Japan).
