Xbox Live's Major Nelson

On my way to CES 2008

I am traveling to Las Vegas today for the annual Consumer Electronics Show where Bill Gates will be giving his last Keynote speech. The event kicks off Sunday (tomorrow) night at 6:30pm PT from the Venetian Hotel on the strip in Las Vegas. Much like last year, I have a prime seat backstage to record the entire Keynote directly off of the sound board which I will be uploading it as soon as I can to my show stream. If you don’t want to wait for the audio, you can watch the briefing live on Microsoft.com (You’ll need to download Silverlight to watch the event.) I will be also live blogging the event on my Twitter, so keep an eye on that if text is your thing.
When the show opens, I’ll be kicking out some videos for Xbox.com and the U.S. version of Inside Xbox. Keep an eye on John, Tony and Chris over at the Gamerscoreblog who will also be at the show. We will all be taking snaps and sending them up to Flickr (Gamerscoreblogs Flickr) and tagging them as CES2008. I am working on my schedule (which is very tight) to see if we can do a CES Xbox LIVE Member meet-up…if I can pull one together I’ll let you know. If you are attending the show this year, keep and eye out for me as I desperately search for the hottest of the coolness this year at the show. (hint: I am open to suggestions!)

Posted: Jan 05 2008, 11:35 AM by Major Nelson | with 111 comment(s) |
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Major: I only ask that if you know ahead of time if Gates is going to announce something big for 360/Live that you do your best to get some extra facts and figures on the news for your readers (after the announcement is public, obviously). But I know you'll do your best with your very busy schedule! Have a good time :)

January 5, 2008 11:45 AM [Direct Link]
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Great US gets the CES videos with Major, we (UK) get some chump called aceybongos who just posts adverts and poorly worded PR.

January 5, 2008 11:51 AM [Direct Link]
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Please post some souvenirs in the Japanese version of Inside Xbox as well!

January 5, 2008 11:57 AM [Direct Link]
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Computerdude103, a blu ray player/addon requires Java, I'm sure MS is just ecstatic at the prospect adding Java to the 360....

And BTW the war is not over, I dont see Universal, Paramount, Dreamworks and Toshiba saying HD DVD's will no longer be made. Till that announcement is made HD DVD is still in play.

Furthermore the 360 is a game machine first, if you really want a br player get a standalone or a ps3 as you suggest.

January 5, 2008 12:17 PM [Direct Link]
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Relying on you Major to comment on the cool stuff, cause in all honesty I get lost in that show X.X

Have a great time, and feeling for you e, unlucky TGS this year maybe ;)?

January 5, 2008 12:24 PM [Direct Link]
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Why do I need to download Silverlight? What's wrong with using Windows Media Player to watch it live? Don't see why I need to download this when there are other players that can do it fine.

January 5, 2008 12:35 PM [Direct Link]
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When Warner made the announcement to go BR exclusive, I already knew there was going to be no Xbox 360 Ultimate announcement at CES.

January 5, 2008 12:48 PM [Direct Link]
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It would be iteresting to see what the HD DVD camp does. They cancelled their press conference. Not a good sign. Maybe a Blu-Ray drive is not a bad idea. Peter Moore hinted at this, and got in trouble. As a HD DVD/Blu-Ray owner, it's time to move on. When Paramount went HD exclusive, thier press statements had a wait and see attitude. Toshiba has been mentioning partners, etc. so I wouldn't be surprised if Paramount, Universal and company make the jump. Let's pick a winner and move foward. By the way, my Blu-Ray player is a PS3; # of games I've played since I got it 4mo ago= 0. Games look better on 360, and the achievement system rocks.

January 5, 2008 12:50 PM [Direct Link]
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Wow live is barely live... can't rent a movie, just won't load.

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Have fun, Major.
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