How Microsoft Can Win E3

When Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft enter the E3 arena next week, they need to be at the top of their game. This year, there's no margin for error, and anyone who does slip up will feel the full brutal force of an angry fanbase. There's no doubting that Microsoft are the proverbial underdogs in the running, currently boasting very little in the way of new hardware or big game announcements, but that's likely about to change, so here's my suggestions of what we should expect/hope for:
MORE KINECT- The launch of the Kinect camera last year was HUGE, forcing thousands of day one sales and tons of happy kids at Christmas, yet since then there's been next to nothing in the way of new games for the peripheral, and so now's the time for Microsoft to reveal all the software they've been at work on. Star Wars: Kinect, Forza Motorsport 4 and the rumoured Gears of War: Exile all need to make appearances here- for a start.
MENTION THE PSN (FLEETINGLY)- Those who write the scripts for these conferences would be fools to not reference a certain network failure in May at the 360 event, but let's be honest, we only need a passing remark that garners a few laughs, not a dramatic emphasis on the strength of Xbox Live (Sony have plenty of evidence against Live already, let's not make them use it).
NEW FRANCHISES- Codename: Kingdoms and Rise of Nightmares both look like promising additions to the world of Xbox 360, but what I really want to see is full gameplay footage of those too and titles with potential to take on the Uncharteds and Mario Galaxys of this generation, franchises that could span into the next generation.
HALO- Quite honestly, if Halo does not feature at all in Microsoft's biggest conference of the year, most of us will suffer from a spontaneous heart attack. Rumour has it we're about to see the reported Halo: Combat Evolved high definition revealed, but as many game analysts have said, the company stands a great chance of winning E3 if they close on a brief trailer for Halo 4 to prove there's still life in the 360 or (and this is an unlikely but if done well massive one) to reveal the next generation of Xbox...