Cnet: How M$ stole the show at E3

[Shivetya]

Glad its not just me that notice Sony showed more & interesting exclusive GAMES at their presentation that will not be on other platforms.....thats clearly a winner in my books.

The Natal project has a lot of journalist jaded right now but I'm not convinced at all. I really hope the motion sensing thing stays optional because if MS version is the future(I mean without a controller) then I'm going to have to pick up a new hobby.


Bless

It stomps the multi touch crap that came before it. It should not be hard to incorporate anywhere within a few years. There is no reason it cannot be applied to home computers/laptops or even your phone.

If anything it will make Minority Report type functionality readily available.

 

[Tsubame]

I care as much about Project Natal (and I don't believe a thing Peter Molyneux says anymore, so I will believe that technology when I see actual users trying it out) as I do about Nintendo's Pulse Monitor or Sony's mo-capping. That is to say, not at all.

Of those three, the only one I can see being used for gaming is Sony's, and even then I think it's of limited efficacy. Natal may be nice for educational software (great, in fact) but not for gaming.

I care about one thing at E3, the games. Sony had the best showing for games, therefore Sony impressed me the most. Microsoft's highlight for games was the Metal Gear Solid game that is multiplatform anyway. I'm sorry, when your highlight for TWO E3s in a row is that you are ALSO getting a game your competitor is? I just don't care. Showing Rock Band Beatles and Metal Gear Solid: Rising on stage as your highlights, when they are games that are on other platforms as well, is lame.

Nintendo had Metroid, but not much else (Though that does look awesome).

Sony had ModNation, God of War 3 (Disappointed me, but still looks good, not great), Uncharted 2 (Best looking game I've ever seen, easy), FFXIV (arguable, since it's on PC too, but so were all MS's exclusives, so I'll list it here), APB, MAG, and a few others.

Microsoft showed cool technology, yes, but motion-capture is NOT the future of video games. I don't want to steer a car by moving my hands in the air like a ninny, I want an actual physical wheel-controller. I'm not going to navigate RPG menus by pushing at virtual menus in the air, I want an actual controller. The only uses i see for motion-capture stuff (this goes for Sony and Nintendo too) are sports games really, and educational software. If motion-capture becomes a standard for video game interfaces, I'm probably just going to stop gaming, because it isn't fun. (I have a Wii, it has it's niche games, but the best games I have played on it used the motion-capture barely at all, like Paper Mario or Mario Galaxy).

E3 is about the games, and Sony is the only one that really impressed me there.

EDIT: Doh, I forgot The Last Guardian, one of the most impressive games of E3, oops .

 

[0098386]

Nintendo had Metroid, but not much else (Though that does look awesome).

You forgot Galaxy 2, New Mario, Golden Sun 3, new Zelda in development.

 

[Tsubame]

I was just talking about keynotes, which Zelda isn't mentioned in, yeah it was good. New Galaxy is okay, but I have the same eh with God of War 3 (aka, looks good, but nothing new/great). But yes, Nintendo had a few other things worthy of note, but I still feel that Sony delivered the most in the game category.

Microsoft had a couple other things too, like Alan Wake.

 

[evan g]

I was just talking about keynotes, which Zelda isn't mentioned in, yeah it was good. New Galaxy is okay, but I have the same eh with God of War 3 (aka, looks good, but nothing new/great). But yes, Nintendo had a few other things worthy of note, but I still feel that Sony delivered the most in the game category.

Microsoft had a couple other things too, like Alan Wake.

Alan Wake DOES look good!

For me Sony did very well. I mean facebook and twitter on the xbox? I think everyone forgot that the PS3 can do those and even more social networking sites via the internet browser.

It's a shame the PSPgo was leaked, but stuff happens. As for games, everything was awesome! I did scoff at FFXIV (you still gotta release 13, silly!) but not for long.

 

[0098386]

Well then technically the Wii, DSi and PSP can also do Twitter and Facebook. But its the integration that will change it. Hopefully its done well since I use both a 360 and Facebook... The only problem is not being able to use both at the same time.
I jest. I'm not one of them Facebook users.