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Really hope the 3DS thing tomorrow is good.
Really hope the 3DS thing tomorrow is good.
Who "won" E3? Apple.
So far, they've been giving me all the videogames I need and love, usually at 69p a go. Shame Nintendo didn't want to even try. Maybe Christmas 2013 I'll get a Wii U, but I'm not holding my breath for it.
So far, they've been giving me all the videogames I need and love, usually at 69p a go. Shame Nintendo didn't want to even try. Maybe Christmas 2013 I'll get a Wii U, but I'm not holding my breath for it.
I just cracked open a new book, settling into the idea of having a lot more free time in my schedule, and then I wept, sorrowfully, into the night.
The E3's of late have been pretty mediocre. I hope next year may be great considering we should get some info on the next gen consoles. I was really not surprised by M$'s shitty showing. But, Sony really disappointed me with little to no Vita news. Oh well.
So it has just been bad and not out right emberrasing this year?
See man its just not as fun without konami.
See man its just not as fun without konami.
This was only day 1 .
There are quite a few cool things in the e3 - Watch Dogs , Splinter cell , Tomb Raider , Ass 3 naval combat and metro last light hopefully
And dont forget about Bioshock infinite .
There are quite a few cool things in the e3 - Watch Dogs , Splinter cell , Tomb Raider , Ass 3 naval combat and metro last light hopefully
And dont forget about Bioshock infinite .
I don't think I saw anything interesting at all. Just some nice visuals here and there. Back to playing old, old games, again.
I couldn't agree more with your grades Jim.
I was just thinking to myself in the moments leading up to this article that Microsoft totally failed, but Sony and Nintendo were close, but no where near amazing, with Nintendo edging out Sony simply because they're showing stuff for their new hardware..
Overall: This turned out to be a surprisingly dull E3 overall so far, and I'm not expecting the excitement to get much higher.
I was just thinking to myself in the moments leading up to this article that Microsoft totally failed, but Sony and Nintendo were close, but no where near amazing, with Nintendo edging out Sony simply because they're showing stuff for their new hardware..
Overall: This turned out to be a surprisingly dull E3 overall so far, and I'm not expecting the excitement to get much higher.
Incredible that Ubisoft of all companies had the strongest presentation.
I agree with you completelly, Mr. Sterling. Sony and Nintendo were at least focused and serviceable.
...and I'll get the obvious out of the way: Jonathan Holmes MUST SiNG. He must. Wii Demand It.
I agree with you completelly, Mr. Sterling. Sony and Nintendo were at least focused and serviceable.
...and I'll get the obvious out of the way: Jonathan Holmes MUST SiNG. He must. Wii Demand It.
*didn't read, only saw grades
I think they were all closer than that, actually. Pikmin really clinched it though... for me, at least. Incredible game.
Since we still have announcements and content to be shown tomorrow and throughout the week, I'd say Nintendo has the best e3 presence.
I think they were all closer than that, actually. Pikmin really clinched it though... for me, at least. Incredible game.
Since we still have announcements and content to be shown tomorrow and throughout the week, I'd say Nintendo has the best e3 presence.
Everyone played it safe, and I don't think anyone did some kind of awful job in any regard (except for maybe the Wonderbook). It's clear that there's little to no incentive for these companies to court that core gaming audience, or make bombshell announcements, at E3 anymore.
Personally, I'd love for E3 pressers to be judged a year later, after things have gone to market. Not to single Sony out here, but so many times in the last handful of years have I seen Sony declared king of the E3 mountain (not that it ever really meant much, even back in the day), only to have their big reveals absolutely fail to gain traction. It seems like they expended more effort talking about the Move at E3 than they did supporting it once it came out. All I know is that perceived E3 success doesn't seem to mean jack shit a month later.
Also, year of the third person action/shooter with bows and arrows. Jesus Christ, their metrics must say that it's the only thing "core" gamers want.
Personally, I'd love for E3 pressers to be judged a year later, after things have gone to market. Not to single Sony out here, but so many times in the last handful of years have I seen Sony declared king of the E3 mountain (not that it ever really meant much, even back in the day), only to have their big reveals absolutely fail to gain traction. It seems like they expended more effort talking about the Move at E3 than they did supporting it once it came out. All I know is that perceived E3 success doesn't seem to mean jack shit a month later.
Also, year of the third person action/shooter with bows and arrows. Jesus Christ, their metrics must say that it's the only thing "core" gamers want.
Worst conference= Microsoft
Worst segment= Sony (Wonderbook)
Most disappointing= Nintendo
Who gives a fuck about grades. None of them won. Except maybe Ubisoft.
Worst segment= Sony (Wonderbook)
Most disappointing= Nintendo
Who gives a fuck about grades. None of them won. Except maybe Ubisoft.
I think Nintendo and Sony were tied in terms of content. Both had games I wanted to play (Pikmin 3 and The Last of Us), but they also had "games" that I want to avoid like the plague.
Nintendo was the worst. Microsoft's might have been cringe worthy, Sony might have got too distracted with the wonderbook thing, but for Nintendo's, I was literally, without exaggeration, dozing off. Everyone was talking and talking, presenters presenting more presenters, trying to hype short proof of concept videos, featuring games we have already played. Nintendo was absent from its won conference.
Thank god Watch Dogs was shown, at least this E3 wasn't a complete waste of time, just 99%.
Thank god Watch Dogs was shown, at least this E3 wasn't a complete waste of time, just 99%.
I agree with your ranking Jim. Thoroughly and completely. Ninty may be able to reclaim some points tomorrow with there 3DS showing, but it is going to have to be a heavy hitter to make an impact. I really wish they would have cut out the N-Land bit and in its favor used the stuff they planned on showing for the 3DS tomorrow. Oh well.
1. Sony (by a long shot - biggest difference in a long time, MS were closer in previous years)
2. Microsoft (some good stuff, but depressingly average and too much about other things than games. Games MS, GAMES!)
3. Nintendo (what an atrocious showing. You couldn't convince me I need your new hardware and your software was more than lacking)
2. Microsoft (some good stuff, but depressingly average and too much about other things than games. Games MS, GAMES!)
3. Nintendo (what an atrocious showing. You couldn't convince me I need your new hardware and your software was more than lacking)
These scores have to be trolling. Hardly anyone came out of this unscathed, with Sony being the only worthy one because GAMES. Nintendo's launching an unchallenged console and it was as uneventful as MS' show. Give me a break.
Believing that the Nintendo conference was "solid" might actually be a symptom of battered-wife syndrome.
How is Nintendo B-? Are you kidding me? It was so painful to watch. At least Sony has some big 1P games. Even MS was better than Nintendo.
I was pretty happy that Nintendo decided to give the 3DS its own conference so they could really focus on the Wii-U and convince me to want one, with that in mind they utterly failed. They've had much worse conferences before and this wasn't terrible but only Pikmin 3 I had some form of interest where as everything else was content we already have on PS3/360 or fucking Wii Fit U or Just Dance.
There's nothing on the Wii-U that's appealing to me right now, I was hoping Nintendo would go all out and really change my mind but sadly that's not the case.
Still I enjoyed it more than Microsoft's train-wreck and I enjoyed Sony's conference quite a lot although the Wonderbook section was fucking painful. Overall like many people have said Ubisoft is the winner for me.
There's nothing on the Wii-U that's appealing to me right now, I was hoping Nintendo would go all out and really change my mind but sadly that's not the case.
Still I enjoyed it more than Microsoft's train-wreck and I enjoyed Sony's conference quite a lot although the Wonderbook section was fucking painful. Overall like many people have said Ubisoft is the winner for me.
Nintendo disappointed me with the lack of new announcements (Pikmin 3 was a given, we all knew it was coming). I was really hoping they would announce a new Star Fox or maybe a new IP, who knows. They didn't do a very good job of selling WiiU either, it just looks like Wii 2, and I mean that in a bad way.
Overall I think Sony and Nintendo were pretty much equal. At least both of them have a couple of interesting games, even though we knew about all of them. Microsoft... Well, you know.
Overall I think Sony and Nintendo were pretty much equal. At least both of them have a couple of interesting games, even though we knew about all of them. Microsoft... Well, you know.
You're seriously going to give Nintendo a B for a soulless rehash in New Super Mario Bros (Which they're doing TWICE) and Nintendo's weakest IP in Pikmin???
Their 3DS showing was ok but the Wii U is looking god awful. Microsoft showed absolutely nothing but sometimes the best show is showing nothing at all. I'm happy about the obligatory additions to the XBOX making it more media capable
Sony probably had the best showing but they mostly showed obvious things and I'm disappointed by the trickle down strategy for PS1 on Vita
Their 3DS showing was ok but the Wii U is looking god awful. Microsoft showed absolutely nothing but sometimes the best show is showing nothing at all. I'm happy about the obligatory additions to the XBOX making it more media capable
Sony probably had the best showing but they mostly showed obvious things and I'm disappointed by the trickle down strategy for PS1 on Vita
Really? I thought Nintendo was a complete borefest, but that's just me Sony1 microsoft2 Nintendo3, Ubisoft trumps all though.
Hmm... I don't know, Jim, I think you might be missing some stuff on the MS side. Sure, they had a TON of BS/fluff, but there was a good chunk of games in there as well.
From what I remember:
Ascend: New Gods
Dance Central 3
Fable: The Journey
Forza Horizon
Gears of War: Judgment
Halo 4
LocoCycle
Matter
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Wreckateer
Sony's conference definitely had more time devoted to games, but it isn't as if Microsoft's lacked games entirely. Nintendo's, on the other hand, had me hard at the beginning but left me begging for more at the end... and not in a good way. And now that I've seen more footage of games implementing the WiiU gamepad, I'm almost certain it's going to be a hindrance at best and a burden at worst.
Regardless, NOTHING beat that Last of Us footage. That alone put Sony in the lead for me. (Unless we're counting Ubisoft, but that just wouldn't be fair...)
From what I remember:
Ascend: New Gods
Dance Central 3
Fable: The Journey
Forza Horizon
Gears of War: Judgment
Halo 4
LocoCycle
Matter
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Wreckateer
Sony's conference definitely had more time devoted to games, but it isn't as if Microsoft's lacked games entirely. Nintendo's, on the other hand, had me hard at the beginning but left me begging for more at the end... and not in a good way. And now that I've seen more footage of games implementing the WiiU gamepad, I'm almost certain it's going to be a hindrance at best and a burden at worst.
Regardless, NOTHING beat that Last of Us footage. That alone put Sony in the lead for me. (Unless we're counting Ubisoft, but that just wouldn't be fair...)
Nintendo's was good, but I was expecting them to finish with a bang, like "Oh, and here's the new F-Zero/Star Fox/Metroid/Pokemon/Zelda. Suck on this, bitches!" The NintendoLand stuff should have been a bit shorter and in the middle of the presentation in order to maintain momentum. Not something you should save for the end.
But Lego City looks so badass that it makes up for some of the presentation's shortcomings.
But Lego City looks so badass that it makes up for some of the presentation's shortcomings.
How people can be so incredibly jaded and cynical about gaming and still spend so much time on video game blogs just baffles me. Seems like at some point, you just move on to other things.
Stopped caring about E3 about 5 or 6 years ago; "journalistic" gushing and fan outrage on the other hand ha steadily become more entertaining with each year.
Lemme guess:
Microsoft = Everything better with Kinect
Sony = phoned it in, vague, disappointing, probably vitacrapola
Nintendo = Oh look, it's those games you've played dozens of times before, rehashed possibly on new systems
*reads article carefully*
I was pretty close. Noticing that statement on the Wii U and it's controls. Uncomfortably reminiscent of the DS and it's awful stylus controls, and the WaggleBox 2000 with it's waggly badness.
*sigh*
Lemme guess:
Microsoft = Everything better with Kinect
Sony = phoned it in, vague, disappointing, probably vitacrapola
Nintendo = Oh look, it's those games you've played dozens of times before, rehashed possibly on new systems
*reads article carefully*
I was pretty close. Noticing that statement on the Wii U and it's controls. Uncomfortably reminiscent of the DS and it's awful stylus controls, and the WaggleBox 2000 with it's waggly badness.
*sigh*
I'm down with the F for the Microsoft conference, but I think Sony's was just as good, maybe better, than Nintendo's. I loved Nintendo's conference, but there were not giant, awesome surprises. I'm so excited for the Wii U. But Sony simply showed a lot more fantastic looking games. I don't give a shit about Wonderbook, and the God of War bit was way too long, but still...so many GAMES!
I'd go with a D for MS for glass and Splinter Cell reveal. C+ for Sony, would have been higher if I didn't feel like they were spitting in my face for buying a Vita. And a B for Nintendo, mostly just for Pikmin 3
Project p-100 from platinum is pretty awesome...(wiiu)
Look it up. Its like pikmin+ little kings story
Look it up. Its like pikmin+ little kings story
Microsoft's was atrocious. Halo 4 was awesome, but everything else was terrible. I wanted to see new games, not to have the cross-social-media solution drivel. It sucks that they are spending so much gold subscripiton money on securing timed DLC exclusitivity on BlOPs2 instead of putting it towards worthwhile 1st party ventures.
Sony's was ok, Last of Us showed great, and the AC3 boat demo got me excited. I wanted a more support shown for Vita. They spent too long on the book.
Nintendo's was the worst, nothing interested me. Even if I did care about Pikmin, there was a total lack of substance, for fuck's sake give me something new and challenging to care about.
Sony's was ok, Last of Us showed great, and the AC3 boat demo got me excited. I wanted a more support shown for Vita. They spent too long on the book.
Nintendo's was the worst, nothing interested me. Even if I did care about Pikmin, there was a total lack of substance, for fuck's sake give me something new and challenging to care about.
@OneRed
"All I know is that perceived E3 success doesn't seem to mean jack shit a month later."
You're 100% right, of course, but it's still a hoot to play along.
Don't kill the joy.
"All I know is that perceived E3 success doesn't seem to mean jack shit a month later."
You're 100% right, of course, but it's still a hoot to play along.
Don't kill the joy.
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