The big 3 press conferences are over and what a treat they were. Full disclosure here, I didn’t see Nintendo’s so I’m going to refrain for speaking too much about them, but from what I read we can expect more Mario. Shocking, I know.
Microsoft definitely asked uncle Bill for a raise in their E3 allowance. The remaining Beatles and Steven Spielberg! Wow, star power goes to Microsoft. Games aside, the Facebook and Twitter integration looks cool. Netflix upgrade is a long time coming. And the 1080p streaming sounds awesome…IF the ISP’s play ball with bandwidth caps.
Sony’s focus on the PSP and PSP Go was a little much for me. I don’t play portable games on my PSP or DS. My hands are two big and cramp up. Would have really liked to see a realease date for Gran Tourism 5. The trailer was cool, but come on! Anytime this decade Sony?
Now, motion controls. Look, I like the idea, I really do. But this could turn bad quick. Both Sony and MS showed working demos that were close but not fully bake…yet. MS’s is completely free of any wand or mote of any kind but lacked precicion. Sony’s had a wand that reminded me of something out of Total Recall but looked more accurate. Honestly, it’s too close to call right now. Both companies have really good products it would appear. What it is going to boil down to is how well it works and (most important) price!
These are going to have to be bundled with systems if they hope to really get a good saturation of users. By it’s self if the price is too high, forget it. $99 with a game like Wii Sports is more then likely what is going to happen. Sony did go as far as to say that theirs will be ready by spring 2010. MS didn’t even hint at a release date. Time will tell on this one.
-Mike
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