Microsoft - So last year Microsoft opened with what felt like a 30 minute Modern Warfare 3 demo. No one cares. This year they ended it their conference with a Black Ops II demo while making it sound like they were going to announce something much bigger. Again, no one cares. We know what Call of Duty is all about, a new CoD comes out every year and most people don't care about the single player they only care about the multiplayer. Gears of War 3 came out less than a year ago and they already have a new one in the works and announced it and showed it at E3. Zzzzzzzz...(and im a huge gears fan, even though nothing will ever be better than Gears 1, but come on give it some time before coming out with a new game).
Sony - The Last of Us looks amazing, no denying that and God of War: Ascension is a day 1 purchase for me. I know a lot of people are excited for Beyond, but it's not my kind of game, and I just don't see Playstation All Stars being that great (I'm a huge Smash Bros. fan). The rest of the conference was just blah. I usually buy every console and handheld that's on the market from the Big 3 companies, but the Vita just doesn't interest me at all. I owned the PSP twice and i regretted buying it shortly after i purchased it both times (fool me once shame on you. fool me twice shame on me.) But as for the Vita, I don't want to play dumbed down console games on my handheld. I want new experiences. I don't want to play the side story of Assassins Creed or Uncharted on a weaker system. If I'm going to play Uncharted or God of War, I'm going to do it the right way and play it on my PS3 which it was meant for. That's why i hated the PSP.
Nintendo - Now on to my favorite company...Nintendo. Huge Nintendo fan here. Their conference I thought started out great with the whole Pikmin showing, but again their press conference was beyond under whelming. I was expecting some big title reveals for the new Wii U system, but all we got were some third party ports and some more New Super Mario Bros. How can I get excited about announcing New Super Mario Bros. 3DS when one was just announced for the Wii U, they're practically the same thing. I love Mario more than the next Nintendo fan, but isn't it time to give the lil guy a rest??? I mean two more New Super Mario Bros. games!? One for Wii U and one for 3DS. I'm sure they'll sell like hot cakes and that's all Nintendo cares about, but I'm getting a little tired of the the Italian plumber. We just had New Super Mario Bros. Wii and New Super Mario Bros. DS and now we're getting two more. What could possibly be so different about the 3DS version and the Wii U version. I'm sure either game could have been made for either console. There's a million Nintendo franchises out there that haven't been touched in a long time. How bout we reach out to one of those other franchises for once.
All in all i didn't come in with big expectations for E3 this year since the last few years have been disappointing, and this year was no different. Another snooze fest.
"If new things are so great, where have they been the whole time?"
