Everyone needs to get a bit real about what Microsoft achieved here.
They just came out and entirely bested Nintendo on all the "gimmicky" fields of gaming like music, fitness and animal games. That may be extremely cynical, and an absolutely copy-fest, but they still did it.
They also announced a feature-improved slim, at price parity with a PS3. You add in all the crazy shit you get through Xbox Live now and that looks very impressive next to a PS3 for the same price with only Blu-Ray as a stand out.
They have the shooters absolutely cocked and locked, those trailers were awesome. They have an awesome looking RPG in Fable 3, and a new adventure looking game from CRYTEK.
Then they have Kinect, which looks extremely impressive. Read what the IGN bloggers were saying about Star Wars. It looks awesome. And audio control for everything? If they advertise this well (and price it half-decently), that is huge.
Was this an absolutely jaw-dropping, mile-a-minute conference? No, it largely did what we expected of it.
And that is to ensure Microsoft is throwing down the gauntlet this holiday season and going for Sony and Nintendo's jugulars. Not only that, they have just put price pressure on Sony by matching and exceeding most of their features. Microsoft will be making a motza off that $299 slim. Reduced components and about $15 extra for internal wi-fi and a bigger HDD?
They have plenty of room to move in the off-season next year. They could even be looking to move slims at $299 on launch this week then dropping the price in November. Microsoft have real game right now (no pun intended).
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