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Finding High Quality Videos from E3?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the your-bleeding-edge-game-fix dept.

Alec T asks: "Seeing how E3 is fast approaching, I was wondering where Slashdot readers go for their E3 fix? Gamespot, IGN and 1UP all provide free low quality streams and downloads, however we are reduced to having to pay to access high quality trailers and press conference screenings. Why is this? Is there a site out there which caters to our high definition needs? If bandwidth is such a concern, maybe BitTorrent would be the best distribution method, particularly for the console press conferences?"

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  1. Why... by ZiakII · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Gamespot, IGN and 1UP all provide free low quality streams and downloads, however we are reduced to having to pay to access high quality trailers and press conference screenings. Why is this?

    Profit, is the sole reason.

  2. Finid? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I've never finided anything in my entire life, sorry.

  3. Re:Microsoft really nailled it this time by JFMulder · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Getting the demos and files directly (and in their intended format, not some shaky cam)to the consumer in an easy way is good publicity for the games. Especially the demos, which you traditionally had to buy a magazine in order to get. Free demos for 360s owners is a great thing. People can buy into the hype even earlier because they get early access to the games that are on the showfloor. This can only be good for the game makers and Microsoft. I will not accept less from Sony and Nintendo next year.