Crackdown 2 was all worth it.

Ah well, I may as well go against the grain and say Microsoft had a really good conference. From a business point of view they have shown quite a lot to pull n more of the casual market but at the same time satisfying the 'core market - something we have all wanted Ninty to do for ages. From a gaming point of view it's the same, Splinter Cell, Forza, CoD, Halo, MGS, Alan Wake, FF etc There was something for everyone in some shape or form. I think some peoples problem is not looking at it objectively, instead focusing on what they like and blinkering out the rest. I mean from a technological standpoint the NETAL (?) was amazing but has been written off by many as shit for the kids or just shit! Anyway looking forward to watching the other 2 big conferences today, especially Ninty because Microsoft gave them a beating yesterday. Hoping for something good from Sony too. Still all to play for but MS came out fighting big time

In my opinion they did not have a successfull press conference because they did not persuade me to purchase an xbox. Now if they had a segment saying we have solved all of the current problems that the 360 suffers from, ie hardware failures, then I would purchase one. I honestly don't understand why people still support such iresponsability and neglagence. I want an xbox but as a consumer I cannot bring myself to purchase such shite. There use to be a day where companies were proud of there products. Microsoft just throws celebrities at you and hopes that you get hypnotized by all the third party company they have purchased. Just honor your product, thats all I ask. Cause I freaking want one.

@ The Meat

My veiw exactly, a couple of the things they've said today have made me think, "damn, should I go against everything i believe and get an Xbox too?" but then I'm still against paying for some broken piece of hardware and i really don't agree with them buying up all the exclusive deals, DLC deals and screwing over the competition, nor will i be paying for an online gaming service.

As you say, they throw money, gimmiks and celebrities at their market and hope that they fool enough people into buying their broken system.

I'm not going to be biting.

I thought Microsofts conference was overall above average. Problem was, there were no surprises games wise except for MGS Rising. Everyone seemed to know splinter cell, alan wake, l4d2 and crackdown were going to be announced. The gameplay footage shown of splinter cell and alan wake were great but that was it! MGS Rising had one craptastic teaser with no gameplay footage which makes me wonder how many years do we have to wait for its release and Natal sounds great but it is an add on. I wish it luck but by the time it comes out, will there be actual games for it or a bunch of mini-games?And will it be a consumer hit or failure?

I can only hope for nintendo and sony's conferences to show off more games with actual gameplay footage and less FMV.

@loki

Thank yu 4 tha sujestiun. Also, congratulasons on poentn ot the shourt comengs of uthrs.

@Kris S: G4TV. I've DVRed all of their shows this week. If you wait a bit, they'll have them on GameTrailers near the end of the week as well. GameSpot/IGN also had live feeds of the console conferences, might be able to find those still on the site. Not sure how they are handling the developer conferences.