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JEMC said:

Nintendo has advantage as the launch of  a new home console usually means winning the show. But this time Nintendo really needs the support of third partys with big games or else they will fail to convince "gamers" to buy it. They also have Zelda and the games for the 3DS.

Sony has the launch of NGP and their sagas: Uncharted, Resistance , ¿God of War?. Also The Last Guardian.

Microsoft has Gears, Forza, ... and Kinect.

If Nintendo's console lives to our hopes and has true support from third partys they will win no matter what Sony or Microsoft do.

Sony has advantage with it's games but to win they depend on NGP. If the price is right they will have a big chance to win.

Microsoft is the underdog. To win they need some big surprises, but which ones? New IPs? Project Milo?

My expectations are Nintendo > Sony > Microsoft.

I would have to agree.  New hardware usually creates the most buzz and Nintendo and Sony both have that.  I would also expect the 3DS to be highlighted prominently with lots of first and third party game reveals.  I think most would agree it was launched a bit prematurely and this is a great time for Nintendo to show off some amazing first party stuff like Super Mario 3DS and a couple of new IPs.  Also, I think Capcom and other 3rd parties will have some great stuff to show off for it.

For my money, I'm most excited about the prospect of Cafe'.  Unless Nintendo really nerfs their conference they should coast to an easy "win".  I don't see Cafe' disappointing, but stranger things have happened.  All they would have to do IMO is show off whatever EAD Tokyo, and Retro have been working on for the Cafe' (fingers crossed about Retro) as well as maybe a Smash Bros trailer to have an impressive Cafe' display.  Couple this with solid core 3rd party support from several big Westen devs like EA, Activision, and Ubisoft and big Eastern devs like Capcom, Konami, and Square Enix and I think they can't lose.  That is, as long as the titles aren't "Petz" games, Madden J.V. league football, or other stupid spinoffs that most of these devs were guilty of this current gen on Wii.



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