Reminder: Bill Gates' CES keynote happens tonight [update]
by Dustin Burg 
{ Jan 6th 2008 at 5:00PM }
Update: Major Nelson is set to live blog the keynote and is posting pictures to his Flickr account. Also, if any exciting 360 news goes down you can guarantee we'll be blogging about it.Just a reminder fellow fanboys that you (yes you!) will be able to watch a live broadcast of Bill Gates' 2008 CES keynote tonight at 9:30PM eastern (6:30PM pacific). Tonight we may hear about the rumored Ultimate Xbox 360, maybe some new Marketplace partnerships or even learn that Microsoft will start offering a Blu-ray player peripheral (don't bank on that one). No matter what is announced, we'll get some Xbox 360 news and a first glimpse of what is planned for the 360 in 2008. To watch, simply make your way over to the Microsoft at CES website for a live feed of the keynote and be sure to have either Windows Media Player or Silverlight to watch (insert sad face for non-Microsoft fanboys). Gates walks on stage at 9:30PM eastern tonight, get pumped and watch live! Dahhh!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dr Rumble @ Jan 6th 2008 5:09PM
Linux FTW! We shall overcome!
But I gots to have my XBL. Just fix it? kthxbye.
JakubK666 @ Jan 6th 2008 5:10PM
Shit that's like 3am English time...
Shadowcast @ Jan 6th 2008 5:27PM
Yeah, 2:30am... apparently.
tanuj dua @ Jan 6th 2008 6:19PM
lol, yeah 2.30am...i'm thinking of staying up.
Tony Bowman @ Jan 6th 2008 5:20PM
is anyone liveblogging the Gatesnotes?
Jason Sheehan @ Jan 6th 2008 5:24PM
Xbox live issues anyone?
My previous post got deleted by a mod so I'd thought I'd post again since I'm well within the rules of conduct and there is something called freedom of expression plus acknowledging a customer issue is important, ignoring or being down right rude is plainly stupid.
LIVE has for me been shaky again since yesterday, dashboard freezing and matchmaking non existance for titles like Catan. My friends on LIVE have had similiar issue with COD4 and Gears. Anyone else experiencing issues?
I dont think the service standard is good enough and the offer of a free xbox arcade title insulting. What are your thoughts?
PS Im going to copy and paste this thread to http://xbox.joystiq.com/ just in case a MOD tries to hide their customers worries for a second time..
Jason Sheehan @ Jan 6th 2008 5:28PM
http://forums.xbox.com/17757012/ShowPost.aspx
here's the xbox.com forum link
ps it's disgraceful how xbox.com forum MODS try to hide negtative service on their part and simply remove any thread stating such. It would be fine if the point wasnt a valid concern, you have to wonder when such a company acts in such a manner.
mark @ Jan 6th 2008 5:30PM
too bad apple didn't make the 360 so steve jobs could talk about it with a sense of style and features we could actually use in the near future (I'm looking at you IPTV!)
Donny @ Jan 6th 2008 5:54PM
I would just like to mention that, actually, don't insert a sad face for non-microsoft fanboys. Silverlight works fine with Macs and Firefox and Safari. Just go to the silverlight site and tools and resources and download the Mac version.
Phil @ Jan 6th 2008 5:58PM
Yes, it works fine with Macs, but why try to fix something that isn't broke (Flash)?
Dr Rumble @ Jan 6th 2008 6:01PM
Because the more proprietary formats we have, the better. =/
dave @ Jan 6th 2008 7:40PM
it might work with macs, but not on linux :-(
Yes, flash video (as used by everyone else on the internet) would have worked fine - as microsoft don't want to let me watch I'll wait for it to be posted on youtube.
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YoRone22 @ Jan 6th 2008 5:53PM
Hmm...Chris Rock or CES Keynote....Decisions decisions....
shay07 @ Jan 6th 2008 6:07PM
When would the announcement of gears 2 come...does epic have a set time or would BG announce it.
Hooligunn @ Jan 6th 2008 7:00PM
Well last year they said NOTHING new at CES about 360 except IPTV I think. There is DEFINETELY something going down tonight as there is a green halo 360 looking thing under the desk with a matching controller in one of Major Nelsons CES 2008 pictures from rehersal --> http://www.flickr.com/photos/majornelson/2173565856/in/set-72157603649003698/.
Oooh the possibilities.
Hooligunn @ Jan 6th 2008 7:01PM
:O - And on further notice, 2 GUITAR HERO GUITARS! Bill Gates vs Peter Moore (in a comeback obviously) anyone?!
Magic Whiskey @ Jan 6th 2008 7:10PM
X3F /Dustin and Richard: can you please live-post info about the keynote when big-ass news drops? I'm a Mac user and inable to use Silverlight. OR...you could message me on the fly via AIM...Richard has my name there.. :)
(I'm so not worth the time for all that; but it was worth the mention anyway.)
The keynote might give me reasons to 'call in' for the next Fancast! it's been a while since I sent you guys anything. God..it's been since the Halo 3 meetup in (October??) that we even talked!
Killswitch On @ Jan 6th 2008 7:15PM
Should we really expect anything special to come of CES?
No. Every time we do expect something, we get nothing. And what could they possible announce that would blow our minds or be that significant?
They would be stupid to announce a 360/HD-DVD console. After the latest from Warner, there is no reason for MS to go further with HD-DVD.
Gears 2? Um, we know it's coming. Its just a matter of when.
So, I cant think of anything imaginable that they can announce that would be great breaking news for 360 owners. I expect to hear about things we already know about or things that wont excite us too much if at all.
Dave @ Jan 6th 2008 7:34PM
Yay for my time zone. It's on at 1.30pm here - so I can just sit back with some lunch and enjoy.
john paul @ Jan 6th 2008 10:26PM
could some former exclusives be coming
I'm sorry for the speculation but posibble
mgs4 maybe?
like anyone believes u know who
SoxFan13 @ Jan 6th 2008 7:48PM
AHHHHH!!! How could this kind of scheduling mishap occur?? American Gladiators starts tonight during Bill's keynote!!!
Norbert94 @ Jan 6th 2008 8:07PM
Xbox portable anybody?!?!?!
decadeofevil @ Jan 6th 2008 8:30PM
im hoping for some kind of zunepass- xbox live discount.. and more zune/ xbox connectivity
wa27 @ Jan 6th 2008 9:43PM
For a second watching this I kind of felt sorry and embarassed because Bill Gates is pretty bad at public speaking.
Then I remembered he's the richest man in the world. :(
Mal F4cti0n @ Jan 6th 2008 10:04PM
Someone ask them why the hell xbox live is still broken!
john paul @ Jan 6th 2008 10:25PM
uhh FYI
both windows media player AND silverlight work on macs
im watching it rite now u just have to go to the default media thing or download silverlight (which takes 2 minutes...literally)
Chase @ Jan 6th 2008 10:28PM
Yeah, Live is running smoothly here as well and has been for the last few days.
*shrugs*
As for the news, I can't say it interests me. I was sorta hoping for a Microsoft announcement about incorporating BluRay drives into a new batch of 360s. That way, they can steal part of the PS3s thunder quicker. Sure beats just waiting around while BluRay booms and people buy PS3s for the same reason why some people find sense in buying an iPhone (all your proverbial/colloquial 'crap' in one device).
Jared @ Jan 6th 2008 10:40PM
wow that was an hour of my life that I'll never get back...
Yardie1208 @ Jan 6th 2008 10:42PM
WTF, Thats it? What a waste of tie. LOL. Well some cool presentations but I wanted to hear some exciting news about that XBox 360. Other than IPTV, which is not even in the US there was nothing special.
Brandon N. Hatfield @ Jan 6th 2008 10:50PM
That was probably one of the weakest CES keynotes I have ever watched. Honestly, there wasn't a single new announcement except for new content coming to Xbox Live. There wasn't a single significant Xbox 360 announcement the entire evening... instead they went on and on about Windows Live.. a service other companies have mastered, including Apple long before Microsoft decided to get in on the fun. Weak. Hardly worthy of Bill's swan song.
Yardie1208 @ Jan 6th 2008 10:50PM
That was an hour+ of my time that was lost as well. I was really excited to hear some new development about that XBox 360. No Ultimate 360, No Blue Ray, No XBox News, actually there was a whole lot of nothing.
P.S. Thanks Bill, we will miss you. Thanks for everything and for having the best damn Next Gen Gaming system on the market. Can I get hooray for Bill?
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