Microsoft skipping Gamescom, TGS

Microsoft should skip TGS if they do not have anything to take about. And clearly they don't. Nintendo also skips but that ison purpose and fir a reason. It can be the Sony/Konami/Namco/ Ubisoft show!

This is why I bought a new PC, MS suck nowadays and have nothing to show (except Halo which I'll keep buying) so they have no reason to go to any conventions. They're too busy trying to be a PC with media services and the odd new bit of tech attached (smartglass and kinect) but till they get the games I refuse to even consider there next console. The 360 was awesome early on with some good games and exclusives but after a while they jut stopped doing anything interesting to gamers so screw them.

lol why would they show up they suck and they even know they suck not any original games to even talk about.

How many times can you show Halo and Gears? They've got nothing anymore but their smart glass. So sad because it use to be the premier system for games until Kinect showed up.

I can see them skipping TGS, since there's not much happening for the XBox 360 in Japan, but skipping Gamescom doesn't make any sense. They've done well in Europe this year, so they really should attend this show. Especially since what they showed at the E3 wasn't really anything special. Still no price drop or brand new IP's for the XBox 360. All the apps they are adding to the 360 aren't really needed since most HDTV's and Blu-Ray players now come with these same apps. There's nice to have, but they really shouldn't be the center of attention for the XBox 360.

Cause they have nothing to show?

Oh wait, Halo, Kinect, Kinect, Kinect, more media integration no one asked for.

Considering that these shows really don't cost these companies much in contrast to their total revenue, I'm surprised this isn't big news. Microsoft supporters in the other markets might take it negatively. 

Skipping TGS makes sense since the Xbox 360 is basically a nonentity there, but skipping Gamescom is a little weird.

MS skiping the Toyko Games show I can understand. Mircosoft is better off skipping Japan next generation. The Xbox brand will never find success in Japan.

Their E3 show was very disappointing once again. 3rd party games were just filler, Kinect and smartassglass stuff...no point in beating a dead horse on Halo, GeoW ODST lol version by new dev, etc. What are they going to do, show up and show off Splinter Cell for Ubi, and COD for Activision? Nah. They are skipping both the TGS and Gamescom....but they don't care. They are rolling in Xbox Live Gold Subbys.

They didn't show much at E3 from their 1st party so it stands to reason they won't magically have 1st party games to show at Gamescom/TGS...and this isn't the first time they skipped out on some other shows. They really need to build up their 1st party, this is getting ridiculous and sad...and I'm a duel 360 owner. Give me a reason to turn on my 360! At this point, I just buy exclusives for the darn thing.

I approve of this business strategy from MS.

Really no surprise. They had what I thought was the worst showing at E3. Not that Nintendo or Sony was much better, but I have said many times over the last year or two that they seriously lack first party support and that it might lead to their downfall in the gaming industry. It is sad because they once had a ton of exclusives which prompted my purchase of the 360 in the first place.

Well, since they don't have anything new to show there's hardly a reason for them to be there. Put the resources on building the new Xbox instead.

They have nothing to offer so I'm not surprised that they're skipping it.

Honestly, I had a 360 my favorite 2 games were doa 3 and Gears of war. After a while of no real good games on the 360 that I could not get on the ps3 or PC I sold it and never look back except for DOA3, but there is other good fighting games out there. Hopefully the new xbox 720 has better stuff. I agree with many people who talked about lack of games for 360.

MS really need to improve their first party content. I'm really looking forward to Halo 4 and Gears but there isn't anything after that. Their FP content should be much better considering MS has enough money to buy the entire world. What the f~ck is going on with Rare? You can only get so far with multi-platform games. I'm surprised MS have done as well as they have this gen. Maybe if they were making a ton of FP content, they'd have a reason to go to these shows.

Sadly 360 is getting less and less games it seems.  All FPS with the few good games like Dark Souls, but even the good games are all multiplatform with no reason for me to get them for the 360 over the PS3.  MS really seems to only concern themselves with casual games (kinect) and apps (video and music) for the xbox anymore.  They need more exclusives and frankly gears and halo just aren't doing it for me when I get to play so many more jrpgs and such on ps3. 

Kinda makes sense, they get their most money from North-America, or the USA should I say.. Going to TGS or GamesCom, with no new first party titles or new hardware, is just a waste of time, too.

MS, you wouldn't have to do this if you would just freakin' announce the Next Xbox already. Then you would actually have something new to show us, and wouldn't have to fill out your empty presentations with 20-minute Usher performances.

Makes sense.

Considering they phoned-in their E3 presentation, they may as well skip the Europe & Japan shows.

(Man, I was disappointed with their E3 showing!)

If I was an X360 owner I would be on my way to the store to get a PS3!  Their E3 was terrible and they don't have much in the pipeline.  What they do have is very good in GoW4 and Halo 4.  It's not enough and X360 players deserve better.

There isn't any reason for them to show up. They don't publish that many games anymore and they have no new hardware to show off. Most Xbox 360 games are third party.

"Both are still important shows for the industry, and we do wish the organizers well."

ROFL

...he might as well have said "it's not you; it's me"