Joystiq Gives the E3 Crown to Sony

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Yep, I have to agree. I hit the boards right after Sony's press conference and said this thing was a piece of shit. Even went as far to give it a 4/10. However, after all the buzz died down, and I looked at what had been shown minus the flash factor, it became obvious Sony won in the end.

The biggest things MS showed were 1080p movies off Live/Netflix, movie sharing, Splinter Cell, Forza, Halo's, Alan Wake, and NATAL. At first that seemed huge, and I was like man Sony has to respond big time tommorow. At first glance it seemed like Sony bombed, but if you get rid of the great hype Microsoft created, and look at the reality of the matter, this is what you see.

Sony has had 1080p movies with 7.1 surrond sound since day one. Microsoft said movie sharing was coming, so did Sony a year ago. Uncharted stomped all over everything Microsoft showed. MAG set a standard for online multiplayer for consoles. Gran Turismo 5 added NASCAR, and WRC, plus damage. FFXIV as a console exclusive. Rockstar North making a PS3 exclusive. Motion controls will come next spring. God of War 3 hitting March of 2010. The Last Gaurdian is real, and along with GoW3, and GT5 it will be native 1080p.

The above is only a fraction of what Sony showed on stage, and that is yet another fraction of what they showed on the show floor and behind closed doors. To push things even further, Sony has already had the EYE on the market for over a year. When looking back on even the inferior Eye Toy for PS2, Sony has showen many of the things Microsoft showed in video form in real time presentations. Face tracking, full body tracking, and voice comand are all things Sony London has been doing since the PS2, and I stress, on PS2 hardware. We all know the PS3 is many times more powerful than the PS2, and arguably the most powerful console on the market. What people may not know is the Eye Toy was a 2D tracking camera with a 30fps refreash rate. The PS EYE however, has full 3D motion tracking, and refreashes at a blistering 120fps.

So in the end Sony won, and they won by a mile. I didn't even go into PSP, and how it and PS3 are closer than ever. Microsoft did not have a bad E3 at all, they just did not show as much as Sony did. Microsoft won the press conference hype award, and I give them all the credit in the world for that. I honestly came away thinking, 360 is becoming one amazing machine, and even doubting my favortism towards Sony. For non informed consumers Microsoft has done a great job showing why 360 is the only console you need in your home. Out of everyone Nintendo yet again blew up. Mario Galaxy is my least favorite Mario, even surpasing the nearly equaly bad Sunshine, and they are making a sequal to it? They rehashed The Conduit, Dead Space, Wii Sports Resort, and showed tons of games that have been out for months in Japan. They announced nothing about WiiWare, DSiWare, or virtual console. The only thing that came out of the conference that was even news worthy was Metriod other M. In my eyes, Nintendo has gone from failing the gamer, to failing the casual. It may not be enough to stop the momentum, but it has sure drained any remaining wind out of my sales. It is to the point were I can't even take them serious as a software house anymore.