Gone are the days of E3 and it’s huge gaming booths with booth babes and games for all to play. Instead now it is an industry-closed event that gamers only get to listen to via chats, videos and live blogs.
E3 has been on the decline for the last few years with less and less actually being said during the press conferences. This year was no different and from the murmuring on the Internets I think it is safe to say that no one was impressed with what was said by the big 3, Sony, MS or Nintendo, during their press conferences. Read More »
Our good buddy Majornelson gives a wrap-up of what many are calling the best press conference at E3. Aside from the Netflix addition, major dashboard changes, awesome trailers, and oh yeah, Final Fantasy XIII coming, MS showed why they are at the top of the next gen pyramid. With Nintendo and Sony showing nothing worth mentioning, MS is making its bid to be the frontrunner for the immediate future.
Sony went last with their press conference at E3. I’m just going to put it out there… they crapped the bed. There was not much announced we didn’t know about and everything we saw was fairly boring. Hardly any applause in the theater could be heard. We got a teaser for God of War 3, saw info on the upcoming MAG online shooter, and a few others. Overall, it wasn’t very good.
Instead of bringing you our normal wrap-up, myself and Al chatted the press conference and here’s the entire log for your viewing pleasure:
Al
And so it begins, Sony is close to taking the stage and starting their conference
hope this turns out better than the Nintendo conference
Matt
We’re hoping for some big game announcements, hopefully God of War 3.
Microsoft had some strong announcement, but went very casual. Will Sony stay hardcore or will they go the Nintendo route?
Don Mattrick took the stage first in the Microsoft E3 press conference and talked about some sales data of the Xbox 360 and its software attachment rate. Pretty convincing and good numbers. They then moved into some cool new hardcore games coming to the system.
Fallout 3 was first, with a playable demo shown. There will be DLC exclusive to 360 and Games for Windows. The game has lot’s of choice and lot’s of weapons and will offer 100+ hours of gameplay set in post nuclear Washington, DC.
Kaz Hirai announced during Sony’s press event at TGS that Home has been delayed until Spring 2008.
Apparantly, the developers wanted to further fine tune everything before unleashing the online meeting place on the world. Hopefully Sony will further extend the Beta before the final release next year.
Want to know what the coolest part if of Remote Play now? Being able to turn your PS3 on and off remotely from anywhere in the world. Holy f’ing crap! If you want to remotely play some PS3 games or stream videos to your PSP from anywhere in the world, now you can.
No word on when the firmware updates would be released for PS3 and PSP to support this new features.
Sony really threw down the hammer at TGS. Between this and the DualShock 3 official announcement, the PS3 is continuing to look better and better.
Kaz Hirai, master of the PlayStation World, let the cat out of the bag (finally). The rumble-enabled version of the SIXAXIS, now called the DualShock 3, will be making it’s way to a PS3 near you.
No pricing has been set as of yet, but expect the new controller to drop in Japan in November and hit the US and Europe in Spring 2008. Why the huge delay? Anyway, the controller is said to be slightly heavier, with no outward appearance changes other than the addition of the DualShock 3 logo on the controller.
I’m quite excited about this one. Going to have to replace my current SIXAXIS with a DualShock 3 to get my rumble back for PS3 games.
Microsoft has been using their “X” Series conferences (X04, X05, X06) to reveal new Xbox related info for the past few years. But no more.
Aaron Greenberg, of Xbox 360 and Xbox Live Group Product Manager fame, confirmed to Squad XP that there will be no X07 this year. Instead, Microsoft will be searching for a new means to for delivering their big news to gamers and industry alike.
We all know they didn’t deliver anything at E3, so Microsoft better find something pretty fast.
Sony finished off E3 with the last press conference from the three console manufacturers. And just how did they do? There were some new game trailers, the announcement of the new slim PSP, and some new games (click here for more in depth coverage).
So what did everyone here at Loot Ninja think of the press conference? Read on to find out.
drunk pandas: Sony came into E3 on a slight high after announcing the $100 price cut of the 60GB PS3 and announcement of the 80GB model. They had a lot to prove to fans and the industry, as the negative press surround the PS3 was quite strong. This year, we got to see a lot of Jack Tretton, and less of Krazy Kaz Hirai.
Nintendo was sandwiched in the middle off E3 with the second press conference from the three console manufacturers. And just how did they do? There were some new game trailers and some new games/controllers announced (click here for more in depth coverage).
So what did everyone here at Loot Ninja think of the press conference? Read on to find out.
drunk pandas: With Nintendo, I was expecting a lot of games, since there is a great lack right now. The great Reggie-nator showed up some videos of Super Mario Galaxy (with a release date), announced Mario Kart for the Wii with online play, showed off the wheel for Mario Kart, and announced the Wii Zapper accessory. I can’t say I wasn’t disappointed by all of this. The Wii, for many people, has been lacking quality titles to really give a reason to play the system.
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Microsoft has been using their “X” Series conferences (X04, X05, X06) to reveal new Xbox related info for the past few years. But no more.
Sony finished off E3 with the last press conference from the three console manufacturers. And just how did they do? There were some new game trailers, the announcement of the new slim PSP, and some new games (click here for more in depth coverage).
