well at least they wont be releasing what the member I jsut banned for database spamming posted an hour back. (Gaylo 27)

I figure their offerings will be quite impressive.

Does Nintendo go to GDC? I forget. It would be interesting to see the 3 show off something new and to compare announcements and new/upgraded engines.

My money's on a new IP since Fable 2, Conviction, Halo Wars, Ninja Gaiden 2 and stuff have all been previously announced. It could be Gears 2, but since everyone's already expecting it it wouldn't be that big of a bombshell, unless they have an insane demo for it...

That's because they've been advertised all of 2007 too!

I mean seriously though. 

Just wanted to point this out (hope Legend is still reading this thread)

Besides Brawl, the game my store has the most reservations for is Halo Wars. Even more than GTA IV, unless you combine SKUs. Right now, the reservations at my store go like this:

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4) Everything else
 

SG: You mention that your number one, which is a fantastic achievement however with the Wii’s sales beating yours this holiday season- does that show your simply in second place.

RB: At Microsoft we think of the Wii in a different bracket of gaming so its hard to compare the two consoles. The Wii has a very small life cycle and doesn’t compare to the Xbox 360 feature wise. And while it is taking plausible 360 sales its important to notice that Nintendo has created a revolutionary device and Microsoft expected it to sell decent, and the system can afford to sell decent because its very similar to a childs toy. It would be like comparing the 360 to the PSP which wouldn’t be a good comparison. Regardless to all this, overall sales is what counts.

I lol'ed. Don't like losing much, Microsoft?  

Yes, the Wii is clobbering everyone, and I'm also incredibly annoyed at the "lol kids" remarks which are now clearly untrue (but can you blame them? They're PR guys, that's their job). 

However, I do feel that this may be the right approach, all PR spin aside. The boat has sailed, the Wii has won the mass market, and I don't think there is a ton of use in trying to peel off users from the Wii at this point. I think the better approach -- at least for this generation -- is to establish the 360 as the "hardcore" gamer's console (not PC) of choice, and then perhaps flesh out from there in the future.

It's actually very similar to the way the Wii rose to power, Blakjak. Nintendo said: "MS/Sony are going left, why don't we go right?" And now, Nintendo is the one on top -- Microsoft can say: "Nintendo is gobbling up the mainstream market, why don't we go after the core gaming audience?" 

It's not as profitable, at least short term: I agree with that. But keeping a portion of the market (an important part) as your corner of the world is a lot better than having no corner at all, which is a situation I think the PS3 may be approaching. 

Alan Wake will impress FPS fans... Ninja Gaiden 2 will impress action fans... Halo Wars will impress RTS fans... Too Human will impress RPG fans... They may announce something like RE5 as a timed exclusive as it shows on Gamestop for 360 on May 5th, but not PS3 yet.... Expect some other 3rd party stuff too. Huxley MMO? Elders Scrolls MMO? GTA IV? And a preview of the extra DLC for 360 GTA IV?

Then, they will probably show a teaser for Gears 2 with no in game footage, and ending with "Shipping Christmas 2008".

The big news will be what they are doing with Live for spring and fall 2008 updates. They have been hyping Live changes for a few weeks now. They have to have something big happening.

Geesh 2008 isn't looking as bad as Sony fanboys put it out to be... 360 looks really strong again!

You forgot Rabbids. 

The Wii is doing great, but it doesn't seem to be "clobbering" anyone.  Almost everyone I know (including myself) who owns a Wii also owns a 360 or PS3.  The Wii seems to compliment the other two consoles in many cases instead of supplanting them.  This probably isn't true in families where the kids are < 8 and the dad doesn't game, but it seems to be true in many other situations.

I heard " just wait until motorstorm comes out", and "just wait until Heavenly Sword comes out", and "just wait until Uncharted comes out", and "just wait until AC comes out", and "just wait until UTIII comes out", etc., etc.  I certainly hope one or more of the 2008 PS3 titles tears up the pavement, because I'm not looking forward to hearing in 2009 "yeah, but none of the REALLY good PS3 titles have been released yet, so just wait until...".