So come on then - who had the best conference??

[Thrillhouse]

1) Nintendo

Simply put... they brought the new peripherals.
As much as everyone went... "damnit" when the last game was WiiFit...
Who here didn't at least want to try the thing?
I will buy it, because I'm curious.
I bet 1/4 of the Wii owners will buy it.
This game may not be RE5, or MGS4,
But don't doubt for a second you won't see this on the news everywhere, especially when it comes out. If they sell it for $50, you can almost guarantee 3 million sold worldwide.
This is what makes Nintendo different. And for that innovation, they have convinced me that they will be #1 all throughout 2008 as well.

The Games... WHAT GAMES?
Sad that they only gave a glimpse of one other new game.
If it stays on its intended projected release date of 1st Qtr. 2008, then that will be great.
We will hopefully see a better presentation of games at the TGS to gear us up for 2008.
They failed to bring the thunder, and I can only hope they have some surprises behind closed doors ala Smash Bros last year.


2) Sony
I wanted them to win this... I really did.
They just were... I dunno...

PSP Lite... nice... nothing much else to say except I won't buy a new one.
Will you shell out for a new one?
If I didn't own one, I would buy it, but I do not know if the general public will see any difference.

Home... so I have to pay for more luxurious Spaces?
I remember this game... it was called the Sims
The cell phone stuff was neat... Nice feature.
I'm sure some users will use it, others wont remember it.

The Games
These are the same games we have seen. They will be great, and they will look fantastic. And if you like FPS games, you will snatch up every one.
If you don't... you didn't see much there.
MGS4 is MGS4.
Then what?

This is why they did not win. With the lackluster Ninty conference, Sony could have knocked it out of the park... Who likes Ninty montages?
No one!
But Sony again seemed to drop the ball.
They only win second because they showed some great looking but unmemorable games.
(The puzzle game was pretty cool)


3) Microsoft
Kotaku said it best
HALO 3 XBOX 360 Special Edition announced!!! "crickets"
Wow... as bad as Sony is doing sales wise, MS should have brought its A game, and they got to go first.

And then... then nothing.
RE5? Its on PS3, with the same clip.
HALO 3? Looked like HALO.
It's already sold.


All in all.
It was a bad E3 conference wise.
I'm curious how the rest of the show will be.

Call me Mr. Negativity