| d21lewis said: Let's stop for a moment and think about those great E3's of years long gone. What made them so great? New harware like the DS and PSP? New games like Metal Gear Solid 4 and Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess being shown for the first time? Megaton show-stealing announcements like FF13 or MGS Rising going multi-plat? Epic fails like the Wii Music announcement or the PS3's price point? It seems like we only remember the epic highs or the dismal lows when it comes to E3. Microsoft had a solid showing without really hitting us with that one big surprise that set the internet on fire. Because of that, many think that the whole show sucked. We get a re-design, Gears, Halo, etc. along with some great new potential, and people aren't satisfied. I don't get it. Sony will probably have a pretty solid showing, too. Nintendo should, as well. What are people expecting from these 5 years old consoles? The good games are coming. The potential is there. E3 is just a glimpse into the future of gaming. We need to quit making it into something it's not. I look forward to the other showings and to this week, in general. |
I think the main issue people have with it is the lack of new game anouncements combined with an emphasis on Kinect.
Last E3 Microsoft announced Halo: Reach, Crackdown 2, and a couple of other games. It's already been a year since then, and they've announced what, Fable at GamesCom and Gears a couple of months ago? People were probably expecting a good number of announcements for upcoming games to flesh out Microsoft's late 2010 and 2011 line up, and instead they got a CGI teaser for a game with a no name and Kinect Sports.
