9/10

BIG surprises: Left 4 Dead 2, Halo:Reach
- never saw that coming

small surprises: MGS:R, Crackdown 2
- I knew something about a Crackdown 1.5, but a true sequel is even better
- Somehow I'm not surprised by a MGS title on the 360, but it's nice to see that Raiden is the main character. (Obviously not exclusive)

other nice informations: Forza 3, Halo 3:ODST, Alan Wake, FFXIII

won't comment anything about the new NXE features or NATAL.

Things I expected but weren't shown: Mass Effect 2 (No big deal. I guess it will be at EA's conference), Halo Chronicles (probably dead)

6.5 out of 10

+MGS
+New Epic Side Scroller
+XBL functionality for movies/music
+SC: Conviction looks sweet

PUSH: Crackdown 2
PUSH: Alan Wake looked very average and Alone in the Darkish
PUSH: Facebook, Twitter

-Halo milking
-Natal
-limited amount of NEW games
-no web browser addition, seems so easy
-no Zune HD interactivy detailed

overall id say meh, only because they based the wow factor on two things.....MGS which isnt WOW anymore....sure it seems wow but when Sony owned the PS2 era it was only natural progression that wed see 3rd parties make all multiplat eventually now that the 360 is a real player and the leader this gen...it was inevitible and Natal.....i dont even want to ellaborate anymore...it will be broke, im not going to argue it anymore....if you care to call my doubt of it out just search my post history and ill directly respond to any of my quotes.

7/10 as a gaming system 8/10 overall (home theater Netflix/TV apps included)

Pros: Splinter Cell Conviction, L4D, Alan Wake (all great looking games I will buy for PC). Metal Gear Rising (multiplatform)

Cons: Natal doesn't look good for the Core user. Some applications demonstrated look very poor and absurd. The skateboarding was the most interesting to me, but then why not just ride a skateboard in real life than pretending to jump around in your living room. It would get to tiring fast and I could see people breaking stuff. Tony Hawks new board at least looks better than imagining to skate. Still no reason for me to get a 360. MS may have dropped the ball on Natal, the concept is very unique to use your body as a controller but it needs a killer app like Wii Sports to capture people. I didn't see one. I guess time will tell if it takes off like the Wii. The voice control for starting movies and turning off the system is cool though. If it costs $150+ or half as much as the console that would be very bad.

Netflix improves to 1080p video. Is surround sound still stereo only? Is the video bit-rate still half of blu-ray? Some people aren't as critical of the difference. Still it's likely an improvement over what they have now so thats why I gave it an extra point above. And the virtual couch feature to watch the same stuff at the same time as your friends is neat too.

IMO, 6/10. It was a nice one until the very end, without surprises but OK. The Molineaux part is not only something that doesn't interest me a bit, as I think it's sick and hard to believe that exists.

Barozi said: 9/10 BIG surprises: Left 4 Dead 2, Halo:Reach - never saw that coming small surprises: MGS:R, Crackdown 2 - I knew something about a Crackdown 1.5, but a true sequel is even better - Somehow I'm not surprised by a MGS title on the 360, but it's nice to see that Raiden is the main character. (Obviously not exclusive) other nice informations: Forza 3, Halo 3:ODST, Alan Wake, FFXIII won't comment anything about the new NXE features or NATAL. Things I expected but weren't shown: Mass Effect 2 (No big deal. I guess it will be at EA's conference), Halo Chronicles (probably dead)

I thought we all knew about Halo Rech already

Seriously, do you have no concept of the difference between the EyeToy and Project Natal? 

I have no hate for the EyeToy, but the fundamental gesture recognition the EyeToy has is NOT full body, 3D space recognition.  The eye toy also  does not claim to have face and voice recognition abilities (not voice command, voice recognition).  You can compare the two right now to marginalize the importance of Project Natal if you'd like, but they are not as similar as you'd have everyone believe.

On topic, I'd rate the conference about an 8 - 8.5.  What was announced was solid, both for video games and entertainment purposes of the 360.  I like others however, was disappointed at the lack of Rare and Mistwalker announcements, and would have loved to have seen other multiplats besides Beatles and Tony Hawk taking up so much time at the beginning.

7/10... MGS, SC, Forza 3 where decent showings IMO. 2 Halos/event are way to much for a conolse, that has 2 other already. Natal has pottential but I doubt it will ever apeal to the hardcore crowd, and the multiplatform presenattion was decent but touting exclusives like one song for RB:B and map pack comming earlier in MW2 was pathetic...

7/10

(+) New MGS
(+) FF13 Release Date Window

(+-) Halo: Reach
(+-) Halo 3: ODST

(-) Natal

(--) Modern Warfare 2
(--) Left 4 Dead 2

(------------------) NO JRPGS!!!!!!!!

No Mistwalker was disappointing

At the end it was interesting, so 7/10 due to the motion and voice recognition stuff they are promising. The beginning was IMO horrible.

I expect better from Sony and I don't expect anything of interest from Nintendo for me personally, unless they would announce a new awesome and faithful Mario64 sequel.