VGC Poll: Who do you think will have the best showing at E3?

[dunno001]

Hmm... well, truth of the matter, all the fanboys are going to say their favorite company will win, and will stick to that regardless of what actually happens. The same is most likely true for the companies; it's very rare to have something like Nintendo's admitting of last year being poor from the companies themselves. But I'll look at all of them objectively:

Sony: There are too many expectations for them, and the company simply can't afford to do them all. People will say that they fail if there's not a PS3 pricecut, if they don't announce X exclusive, that the PSP4000 will do Y, etc, etc. Sure, I expect some PSP news, but really, announcing the removal of the UMD drive would be stupid, as it would render the slew of games coming out for it useless for the new system. Thus, if I am correct, the announcement for the PSP will disappoint alone.

Microsoft: This one's the toughest to call. They won't drop the 360 price unless Sony drops the PS3, nor do I see an announcement of a 360 pricedrop causing as many ripples. Gamewise, it's even tougher. Their biggest strength seems to be buying up exclusives, but given their financials and the fact that the 360 is finally turned around into profit means that the shareholders will most likely want to see some sort of return, thus less exclusives to announce. I think they're going to push heavily on the 3rd party titles, despite few new exclusives, since that seems to be their MO lately.

Nintendo: There is no middle ground for them this year. They're aware of last year's bombshell. This year is another bob-omb for them. Sure, people have the lowest expectation for them, unfortunately, everyone wants one different thing. This simply can't happen, so it will be based on whether people get their thing or not. In addition, Nintendo knows they need to do something different. But will they go in the right direction? I think they're going to try going in several directions, which will leave many with one 'wow', but overall unimpressed.

So I really can't vote in the poll, though again, that will just be a fanboy wank. But with my low expectations for all of them, I really can't say... I'll just see how the cards play out for all of them.