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archbrix on 02 April 2012
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superchunk said:
archbrix said:

Nintendo didn't show any videos at E3 '05, save for a 10 second teaser of Samus in front of her ship.  They also didn't show anything on the controller, either; all they had was Iwata holding the console case and speaking for about 10 minutes.  It wasn't even "Wii" then... it was still "Revolution", and they said practically nothing despite the fact that it was launching the next year and Gamecube was already a sinking ship.

This year, Microsoft and Sony don't have sinking ships with their current consoles at all.  This holiday, one has a lot to gain with Halo 4 and a price drop, the other would do much better to sell as many PS3s as they can financially.

I agree that they may mention/tease something to try and detract attention away from WiiU, but expecting anything close to what Sony showed at E3 '05 (going all out with the next-gen spotlight, an official announcement, specs and target videos) is a bit presumptuous, IMHO.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/116/1167582p1.html

I think you need to reread the 2005 E3 stuff.

Nintendo and Sony both announced their next consoles (revolution and PS3). They both showed consoles and Sony also showe the boomerang controller that was dumped later.

Nintendo specifically detailed many of 'revolutions' new stuff, like backwards compatability, VC, and many other items including the metroid prime 3 teaser.

That is what I'd call a minimum and what in the least sense of the word expect a reveal from MSony this year.

Uh, this is exactly what I just said concerning Nintendo E3 '05.  Trust me, I remember it well; they showed next to nothing on Revolution, spoke about it for about 10 minutes, didn't even show the controller, and showed about 10 seconds of a Metroid teaser:

If this is what you consider worthy info, as I said, it's certainly possible that Microsoft or Sony may do this much just to try and take attention away from WiiU, confirming that new consoles are coming (which is something we already know).  Again, expecting what Sony did at E3 '05 (giving their new console the spotlight of the press conference) is setting yourself up for disappointment.