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Finding High Quality Videos from E3?
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?"
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.
I usually end up resorting to bittorrent for the console press conferences, as you mentioned. I find that there's always SOME smaller news site that has a bittorrent link for those.
However, for actual gameplay footage, I usually find myself coming to these:
http://www.advancedmn.com/ (WMV... uggh)
http://www.gametrailers.com/ (WMV and QT. Better)
So yeah, I usually come to gametrailers for my E3 fix. Posting is prompt, and quality is usually good.
Well, my Xbox 360 said that it's the only place to turn of exciting E3 footage. Although something tells me I won't find any Metal Gear Solid information on it...
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Apparently, all the 360 trailers released during E3 will be downloadable on your 360. Now that's great marketting. Plus, some of the E3 demos will actually be downloadable :) I can't wait for next week.
They have a queue-based download system that's free, although queues will probably be pretty long during E3. I do believe, however, that the first month's subscription, allowing you to skip queues, costs $1.
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Xbox 360 related coverage will be available here on Microsoft's Xbox site. I also believe that you will be able to download demos and videos via Xbox Live Marketplace directly from your 360.
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G4 will be covering E3 (you sunk my battleship!) live the whole week.
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I'm at a loss as to why someone or some group of large publishers hasn't set up some sort of virtual E3. The XBOX360's allowing users to download videos and demos is a huge step toward this- but it only really works for people who have a 360.
I can imagine some sort of Virtual E3- have some live streaming video of the various events, virtual booths where you can view game demos, maybe read interviews with developers and get high resolution screenshots. I think a lot of people would pay to have access to something like that as well. I can't really imagine a better situation. Millions of gamers who would sell their mothers to go to E3 pay publishers for the priviledge of watching a few hours of advertisements.
The only reason I can think why they might not do this is that to the game journalists, E3 is like christmas. I would imagine magazine and web subscriptions probably go up considerably around E3, and as E3 is really a press event, it might not do well to piss off the press by stealing their subscribers.
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Gaming Horizon has partnered with DivX for E3 video coverage. They're offering everything for free, including high quality trailers and such. Everything's nicely integrated with the divx web player, or you can just download.
Am I the only one hoping to get high quality videos of these two booth babes going at it? *drools*
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