Topic: Who did better at E3? Microsoft? Sony? Nintendo?

[Ahasverus]

Sony and M$ were too underwhelming that even the lackluster Nintendo conference kicked them both. The WiiU announcement is the most anticlimatic announcement I've seen for a "big" console EVER and its announced library consists of games that will be in already established platfforms and like.. one year earlier. I'm not too sold, but I think Ninty's conference was more fan-directed, even if it was unsurprising, it deserves some kudos for that.

[RichterB]

There are WAYYYY too many FPS games coming out. The lack of a Japanese aesthetic in video games and the cost of dev time is really showing now. Sony's PSVita is intriguing, but I don't see it generating enough desirable games. Nintendo put on a good show, though not exactly stellar. However, I'm noticing that Nintendo is making strange choices lately. They're either putting games on the wrong systems (Luigi's Mansion and Pilot Wings should have been for Wii, as should have the after-show talked about Pikmin 3), and the Mario games are missing the point. Why have the Tanooki suit if you can't fly with it? And why are the levels less open than Mario 64/64DS? And also, why is Kid Icarus Uprising mostly an on-rails shooter? (This is something that could have been a big Wii game if done more ambitiously).

Anyway, Skyward Sword looks very promising in its gameplay, despite the somewhat questionable visual aesthetic (I preferred the WiiU demo Zelda's art direction). Elswhere, Rayman Origins looks excellent, but I'm just not a fan of the Rayman world, so it doesn't do too much for me. The new Kirby for Wii seems too little too late. I'm rambling...

Not trying to sound negative. I was intrigued by a lot of stuff, but it seems that all three systems are making odd choices and are struggling to find a consistent tone. Nintendo is the closest, but again, their recent scatterbrained approach to releases in the market is concerning to me.

[Maedhros]

Vita won the conference for me. I don't see why I would want to get a 3DS right now excluding the first party titles.

This shit is doing everything right: No region lock, dual analogs, better third support, great lauch line-up (with some innovative games to boot), cross-chat, better online model, cross-play games, multitouch, gyros... If it's really suscesfull, I can't see why western thirds would not want to develop for this (because the cost is about the same as the PSP as said in interviews). For Japan, I already expect it to be a blast there, specially if they can make Capcom release a new Monster Hunter title for launch or almost next next to it's launch.

The only thing I'm seeing wrong in this the name.

[Profbeanburrito]

I think that with everything I saw I'm most excited for is Uncharted 3, which wasn't a surprise at E3, and the MGS collection, which have two games I've played before

[Munchy]

Sony and M$ were too underwhelming that even the lackluster Nintendo conference kicked them both. The WiiU announcement is the most anticlimatic announcement I've seen for a "big" console EVER and its announced library consists of games that will be in already established platfforms and like.. one year earlier. I'm not too sold, but I think Ninty's conference was more fan-directed, even if it was unsurprising, it deserves some kudos for that.

Yeah... I think they should have waited for some more substantial things to get started for it before showing it off. And was the Wii really doing so badly that it needed an upgrade already? (Don't know honestly)

[Mr.Bushido]

Yeah... I think they should have waited for some more substantial things to get started for it before showing it off. And was the Wii really doing so badly that it needed an upgrade already? (Don't know honestly)

Before the E3 they said that the rumors forced them to show it early