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

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1. I think from a general public perspective Nintendo wins.

The general public won't be seeing MGS4 or Rockband much at all, if any, come holiday shopping time when the morning talk shows host a quick run down of the coolest and must have stuff from Santa.

I see Wii and thus, the WiiBoard, getting the most press coverage. So while this isn't the biggest "win" for Nintendo in the hearts of the entrenched gaming community, it will expand the base for Nintendo even further, also allowing for the success of the peripherals to then supported and integrated for future established games and genres for the traditional gamers.

Their show to me had the best flow and charm even though it wasn't a firecracker. They could have announced more games than they did. Also, why wasn't the Zapper used in the demonstration of Metroid?!

2. Sony did really well with pulling a few aces out of it's sleeve for the traditional gamers. Lots of the content looks really good. Echochrome, MGS4, Unreal 3 look fantastic!

PSP has some nice stuff on the way if your interested in the system. Personally, I'm not much of a hand-held gamer, it took New Super Mario Bros, to convince me to buy a DS. So I wasn't impressed by much, although I thought the Starwars Vader emblem was cool. Personally I would rather pay an etching service and get something more personal, but hey it's not that bad. The $200 bundle pack, also sounded like a real deal.

I think Sony did the best at saving some face and actually making some noise for established gamers. I think everyone expected Sony to really try hard this round yet only to equal about the consensus that MS is getting for their presentation.

It could be just me, but I thought that the Sony camp was bordering on the most cheesy though. Especially Jack with his really lame jokes. At least with Reggie on the scale, that all came off naturally.

I was planning on using E3 as a barometer in which to spend my money: Get a PS3 or Buy a ton of Wii games and items, and well it didn't make my decision any easier!

3. MS didn't really do anything surprising that was interesting; That was their biggest fault. We know about all their games mentioned, Rock Band was much less stellar than I think everyone was hyping it up to be, at least aesthetically. Oh and the Halo Edition Xbox! Overall: Yawn.

 

General public perspective:                                                         Established Gaming Community: 

1. Nintendo                                                                                 1. Sony

2. Sony                                                                                        2. Nintendo

3. MS                                                                                           3. MS