Smeags on 01 June 2009
Pros
- Metal Gear Solid (Not a huge fan of the series but it's a great snag for 360 gamers everywhere)
- Great showings on the previously known games (ODST, Conviction, Alan Wake)
- New Games announced (Crackdown 2, Forza 3, L4D 2)
- With Facebook, Twitter, and NATAL, 360 is finally putting serious effort to capture the non-gaming populace. A huge improvement over last year.
Cons
- With Sixaxis and the WiiMote, Sony and Nintendo used both Demos and Actual "Traditional" games at their respective showings (Metroid Prime 2 at TGS 05 and WarHawk at E3 06). As for Microsoft, they still needs to prove that this can work wonders in the traditional setting (Painting elephants and Krazy Kickball* are alright, but let's see a "core" game being used.).
- Where's Rare?
Overall a lot is going on the success for NATAL and the games that can come from it. Right now I'm giving the conference an 8.3/10 (I'm very specific!). Solid, but I want to see if all of this potential Microsoft announed today is more than just potential.
*I forgot the name, you know what I'm talking about. 
