E3 2007 - Most important ever?

[Sullla]

This is definitely not the most important E3 ever; it's unlikely to have anywhere near as large of an impact as last year. Don't forget, E3 2006 gave us the first glimpse of Wii mania and "Five Hundred Ninety-Nine US Dollars", both of which were unexpected. You could make a reasonable argument that the 7th generation of console wars was largely decided by the decisions made at last year's E3. This year will still be important, but I don't see how it can equal the annoucements from last year.

As Desroko and tabsina stated, Nintendo will not cut the price of the Wii; the thing is still hard to find, so there's no need for a price cut to boost sales. Microsoft is more likely to annouce a price cut than Sony, but it's possible for either of them, although that would mean driving their operations even further into the red. (I'd encourage more console fans to think in terms of profit rather than market share; price cuts that gain market share are hardly the panacea that many believe them to be. Selling more units means little if you end up having to lose money to do so!) Saying stuff like this:

Thrillhouse said: Get rid of Online Fees. It will help in the long run.

Sounds great from the perspective of the end-user, but is terrible from Microsoft's point of view. They ARE planning on making a profit at some point in time, right? This kind of business plan will land them right back in the position of the original XBox: selling lots of units, but bleeding out money from the ears to do so.

We'll see what happens. "Winning" E3 is often overrated; only very devoted fans actually follow what goes on. It's a major event, certainly; I just think that the sales trends for this holiday season are pretty set in stone already, regardless of what goes on at E3. It is fair to say this: Microsoft and (especially) Sony have a much greater need for a good showing than Nintendo.