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windbane on 12 July 2007
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Bodhesatva said:
windbane said:
Legend11 said:

Please don't take this the wrong way but the reason they "won" is because people really weren't expecting much and were just relieved that they actually have a decent Fall lineup that compares somewhat to the Microsoft and Nintendo offerings. Before E3 it looked like Sony was going to it's slaughter this holdiay season where it was up against major franchises/big guns like Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Super Mario Galaxy, and Halo 3 and all it had were unproven games. It was likely a major relief when Unreal Tournament 3 was announced exclusive for the year. I'm glad though because Sony was definitely due for some good news after the year they just had.


No offense, but we already knew what the lineup would be. 20 (or so) best games for the rest of the year were posted for each system on this forum and it was determined then that the PS3 lineup stacked up well.

Infamous and echochrome were the new games, and they stand out because of it.

UT3 and Haze (confirmation) were indeed welcome good news, but after M$ and Nintendo showed just stuff we knew was coming and didn't do a great job of it (barely showed Brawl, no online for brawl, no online for MP3, only 1 "new" game, Mario Kart, which by the way was my most exciting game announcement of E3 so far because of the release date being so soon, but that's it, and finally a focus on an exercise game that could be even better with the Playstation Eye).

I think the PS3 price-drop (leaked by Circuit City), PSP redesign (better battery life, smaller, and connects to TVs!), PSP bundles, Home connectivity to cell phones and PCs, Home menu that goes straight to any game or multiplayer online mode of games (which saves menu steps therefore making it faster), new MGS4 trailer and news that tehre will be a playable demo next week, and finally...Killzone 2 actually living up to expectations which were hyped out of this world...all show that Sony took the show.

Oh, and they made fun of the Ridge Racer quote. Come on...that's worth a lot. Sony making fun of itself.


I personally think Sony and Nintendo did a great job, but I agree that Sony did a better one if for no other reason than that this is E3, a convention that's basically for hardcore gamers. How many future Wii Fitness users were watching a streaming broadcast of the Electronic Entertainment Exposition online? How many watch G4? I suspect very few, so I think Sony did a great job of catering to the E3-esque audience.

One question, though -- I didn't hear Nintendo actually announce that Brawl did not have online. Are you saying that they confirmed it has no online?


Not confirmed, but it was assumed since they talked about Brawl right before pushing their online games.  They mentioned Mario Kart online but not Brawl or MP3.  Rather disappointing for most, although out of the 3 I might onl play MK.

I still don't understand what's so great about a pressure pad.  The Playstation Eye could easily do a better exercise game.