E3 is over, and I figured I would give my breakdown on all three.  I was thinking about doing several, but figure one would be appropriate.  This isn't the how the companies slammed dunked, but issues they need to overcome:

* Nintendo: Will the 3DS this holiday season Europe or North America, and how much will the 3DS go for?  Price and when they are released matter.  It seems issues about if 3D is worth it have been resolved with yes, but the price point and release date remain.  A secondary issue of how to advertise the 3DS to people over regular TVs needs to be dealt with also.

* Microsoft: Kinect got mixed reviews.  There is the issue of price still left to be resolved, along with how well it would work in homes, and also the price point of it (and what would be bundled with it).  Another issue I see with Kinect is the issue of the controller being a gateway for people into playing the full 360 experience.  Kinect seems to be stuck where it is, separate from regular 360 controller.  The Wii is a gateway in how it works.  I will say that the Kinect is a definite push for casual players, and it seems to fit that well... assuming it works well enough. 

* Sony: The price point for doing 3D is now prohibitive for a lot of people.  It may be cool and leading edge, but I see concerns about this.  And then there is Move isn't a transition controller into the full Playstation experience, the same way that the Wii remote is.  I would also say here that the price point is on the expensive side.  Have to wonder how will it is going to catch on.   I also see an issue of trying to cater to hardcore gamers with Move, when hardcore gamers found the Wii Remote, and Wii on the stupid side.  The feeling is a want to stick with the standard joypad.  I also am not sure that being more precise than Wii Motion Plus is a selling point that casual gamers would care about.  Greater precision seems to be a point more appealing to hardcore gamers than casual gamers, because precision rewards skill more.  And maybe graphics count some, but how much more is Sony's realism going to be able to offset the cuteness and approachability that Nintendo has with Miis.

I am firmly convinced that the 3DS will be out come Spring 2011. As for the price point of $200 , Nintendo better have some classic titles in the works because the PSP was $200 and look how it fared compared to the $149.99 DS.

Kinect won't catch on. It is $50 less than the Wii and if a casual consumer buys a new 360 slim and the Kinect, they are paying $450 (assuming no bundle). For $450 you can buy the Wii and 6 brand new games.

People play PlayStation 3? LOL, just kidding. Let me say what everyone is thinking, is the Sony Move controller going to pull double duty as a sex toy? Seriously, Sony has the same pricing problem as Microsoft if not worse. Then again, the PlayStation 3 is one of the cheapest blu ray players out there.

Nintendo announced the 3DS in March because it was releasing this fiscal year, and without announcing a release date or price yet I think it is safe to discount it being released before September. At the same time, I highly doubt Nintendo would plan to just miss the holiday season, so I would expect that the 3DS wouldn’t be released in January through March of 2011 unless it is delayed. With how many units they had on hand, and how few problems people had with these systems, I would expect that the hardware is near completion and what is preventing Nintendo from releasing it is the availability of games; and with how many developers are working on it, and how far along some of the projects seem, in 5 or 6 months (October or November) Nintendo might have enough games ready to launch the system.

Good thing I never picked up a DS then because I work graveyards and I have been going through Gameboy Advance games like crazy. I was looking at the PSP mainly because I like the library of games available for it, but the pricing is still a tad too high for a hand held on it's way out.

Nice! I have something to look forward to :)

Nintendo sells the board accessory for $100.  They were between $75 and $100 in the past, and they sold a LOT of them.  It is possible Kinect won't be dead if they price it right, with the right bundled games.  Also, I could see the likes of Dance Central (the dance game by Harmonix) possibly becoming the top dance game, and that means sales. 

I don't think the 3D is a problem for Sony. They know exactly who they are targeting right now and what it will do for their business. They have said that the 3D is very much a long term plan, so I think it will go "according to plan".

I'm curious to see how Move and Kinect will do, the $40 pricepoint for first party Move games is certainly a good move from Sony (no pun intended).