outlawauron on 03 June 2009
| misterd said: Only seen Nintendo and Sony so far. I have MS's on DVR. Nintendo gives the same predictable delivery - their presenters all over-enunciate. over rehearsed, stale humor and forced laughter, they show too much footage of people playing games, not enough of the games themselves, and far too much time explaining a philosophy we all get now (see the Sony Dildo and MS Natal - they get it). And it was painful watching Iwata talk about a gaming accessory he hopes will put us to sleep. WTF? That said, they mostly delivered the goods in the game department, though I'm not sure SMB Wii suffices as the big holiday release. Metroid.... just wow. So while the show was in need of some pizzaz, the WiiMote+ and WSR will be what gets the most attention outside the gaming community, and the announcements of new Mario, Metroid and Zelda for 2010 will get gamers moist. The software problem is improving, if not totally resolved. Sony generally gives a better presentation. They have the bigger stage, the crowd seems a bit livelier (its clear the gaming press has largely passed from the Nintendo to Playstation generation). Most of the presenters were more relaxed, ad libbed a bit, had fun at their own expense (the one exception was the guy presenting the motion device - it sounded as if Sony were holding his family hostage). They had a lot of good looking games, and showed a lot of them, probably too much. The presentation just dragged on for too long IMO. As always its a bit painful watching some of the ways they... avoid the truth in their presentations. Avoiding how the GlowStick is a shameless (but understandable) WiiMote knockoff, which is still early in the testing phases. Showing off games like Assassin's Creed 2, not exactly mentioning its a PS3 exclusive, but not complaining if you make that conclsion. Saying FF14 is PS3 exclusive sounded less triumphant than defensive. Glossing over the PSP's software troubles. Hell, the whole PSP presentation made me think of a terminal cancer patient talking about their plans for the future. Sure, it might happen, but... In the end, Sony tapdanced a decent show (albiet one in need of heavy editing), but I don't know that they convinced anyone that Home was going to take off, that the PSP would turn its software issues around, or that the PS3 would really be able to close the gap on its competitors. |
Eh, Home has already taken off.......
