[E3 2009] And the winner is...

[ojsinnerz.]

Microsoft > Nintendo > Sony

Sony should have kept all their exclusives under wrap until e3.

Exactly what I thought.

 

[VVoltz]

Haven't seen the videos but the Motion controller from Sony looks more precise than Project Natal, I wan't to play FPSs not draw stuff on a board. I'm hardcore not casual.

 

[kalmis]

In my books Sony's conference was the best one. Two hour show with game after another. Shame that lot of it had leaked but it doesn't bother me since I don't follow the rumours too much anyway. GT5 (finally!), Uncharted2, Last Guardian and AC2(multi i know) look absolutely amazing. Not to mention new Rockstar game! Let's just see how exclusive it will be. Strange that they didn't show Heavy Rain though.
I don't have PS3 yet but that list sure makes me buy one. It was also really nice to see that PSP finally get's some love. Not really sure if I want to get that PSP Go since I still got my phat PSP. But GT for PSP sure sounds amazing.

Microsoft showing of Alan Wake and Forza 3 were the most interesting games for me. Also Crackdown 2 and new Splinter Cell will be must buy games. And of course Mass Effect 2 and new (old)Monkey Island game. I just hope that the new Telltate Monkey Island games come to Xbox Live as well.

Nintendo's show was embarrasing imo. Milking the Mario francise to the full. Wii fit + and Womens Murder Club uh? Ok they are making games for mainstream gamers now and mentioning how they want to get the "maybe gamers" to start gaming as show's just what they are after. And what shell was that vitality sensor, NES power glove anyone? That had not been shown if MS hadn't announced Natal. At least they showed Golden Sun DS and new Metroid game.

On other note the full body controll showings from each camp looked tad idiotic(woot new idea lets all jump on that). Sony's tech demos seemed like fun though. I wouldn't make boring cartoony games either. Let's just see how well it will work on a real game. At least they had though about using it on RTS and FPS games. MS had obviously more polished product but the game's looked simple as hell. I dont just see myself play say Forza without a controller. The whole interface looked interesting and cool futuristic style. Voice recognition and Minority Report style browsing yau! Nintendo's motion plus seemed like a joke besides Sony and MS, especially since they are the only company who got a product in market already.

Huh, I hope that didn't make me sound like a Ninty hating Sony fanboy because that's what I am not.

Just been a gamer for more than 20 years and really don't like the direction Nintendo is going.

 

[Joey Ravn]

I see no reason why we can't just agree that every company at E3 did amazing this year.

Because that's not the point of this topic. You have to rank the conferences, give your opinion, express your thoughts about them, what hyped and what disappointed you... It's not that hard. Of course, if you think everyone did well this year, that's fine, it's your opinion. But don't try to force others into thinking the same.

PS: Does anyone know anything about the "supposed" Zelda RPG (proper RPG, I mean) and Miyamoto's "adult Link" (as in "more-adult-than-ever Link") sketch from the round table?

 

[frantier123]

Hats off to Microsoft. Their shows were organized, talkin about core games first before unveiling the casual

So it's between Sony and Nintendo.

On improvement wise, Nintendo did a great job.
On utilizing 3rd party wise, Sony get the idea.

So I think between the 2, I will just choose Nintendo for the fact that I've a Wii and I am a Nintendo fanboy, but I won't deny the fact that Sony's show is pretty awesome too, especially last years'.

 

[Satangel]

Nintendo.
3 great announcements for the Wii, and 1 for the DS.
Can't go wrong with that IMHO.

 

[Trolly]

Uhh we've know about the camera for about a year and we've known Microsoft was using it for a couple of weeks.

Er, did we? Is that why it was such a big surprise?
I'll give you that we knew there was some kind of camera, but that hardly constitutes knowing about it.

 

[DSGamer64]

I thought all of them sucked pretty hard actually. Golden Sun will no doubt be good, although is it just me or did that the beginning of the video look almost exactly like the starting town in the original game? I get the feeling that it's a remake for some reason. Anyway, $ony and Micro$oft proved that once again they can't come up with their own fucking ideas and have to steal them from Nintendo, as per usual though when you think about it. I am excited for PC games at this point, I am hoping I can get a desktop that will play some of these awesome up and coming games like Supreme Commander 2 and The Old Republic. All the individual showings by various developers beat the snot out of any of the major gaming companies so far at E3. EA and Activision were jokes like usual, DJ Hero seems like a retarded concept, sorry but it doesn't take talent or skill to spin a vinyl disc backwards, whereas it does to play drums, sing or play guitar. NHL 10 has terrible graphics, jaggies galore man and milkage galore with another Guitar Hero game. Ubisoft failed too with Assassin's Creed, the first game I thought was horrible and nothing they have shown thus far was even close to being impressive, EA was the same.

 

[Maz7006]

Microsoft, just for the better surprises. The better depends on peoples taste, Microsoft has my taste

 

[El-ahrairah]

MS showcased some good games and interesting technology.

Nintendo showcased a fitness game for stay-at-home mommies, an attachment to fix something that should have been done right the first time, and new shovelware for the "tweens". That new Metroid game looked sweet, though.

Sony showcased SecondLife Home updates, a silly-looking update to their handheld, a FPS where you can now be called a fag by 256 different people, and a Wiimote.

I think that Microsoft stole the show, mainly because they were first and had the chance to showcase the multi-platform games first. If that makes me a fanboy or an "xbot" so be it.

 

[Scorpin200]

We can all agree Sony won.
Custom Kart racer 10 x better than Mario Kart, GOW 3 and I hate GOW.
The Wii mote rip off, the tons of games it has.
The PSP Go!, LBP, It had the crowed clapping more than Micro or Ninty had.
Nuff said.

no we can only agree that's just you thing that, and of course Nintendo wins as usual order hasn't changed much.

#1 Nintendo

#2 Microsoft

#3 Sony


"The PSP Go!, LBP, It had the crowed clapping more than Micro or Ninty had.
Nuff said."

so......it's still below the ds

 

[dinofan01]

Uhh we've know about the camera for about a year and we've known Microsoft was using it for a couple of weeks.

Er, did we? Is that why it was such a big surprise?
I'll give you that we knew there was some kind of camera, but that hardly constitutes knowing about it.

We'll maybe you didn't but me and many other people did. This was called along time ago.

 

[triassic911]

I can't imagine why anyone would say Nintendo won (and no I'm not a Microsoft/Sony fanboy). I actually thought the Nintendo conference was pretty bad, only salvaged by Golden Sun and Mario Galaxy 2. My vote goes towards Sony, their motion control was the most impressive because it had an actual demo and not a trailer with cool tricks. That and I was in shock with FF14 was announced.

Haha for real! It's really between Sony and Microsoft. Nintendo did better than last year though.

 

[granville]

If I'm allowed to express an opinion without being flamed then I'll revise mine now that my opinions have been thought about long enough.

It's my opinion that Nintendo won. I do have a good reason for thinking this not including fanboy crap. My reasoning is that games are far more important than new technology. New tech demonstrations may have awed people on the showfloor with Sony and M$, and some people may seem to think they won due to this. However, it is my firm opinion that Nintendo had a better game showcase. We got these games as everyone knows at the Nintendo showing-

- Mario Galaxy 2
- New Super Mario Bros Wii
- Metroid Other M
- Mario and Luigi 3
- Golden Sun DS
- COP DS (looks like console GTA on DS)
- Final Fantasy CC Crystal Bearers (looks far superior to the old CC games)
- Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
- Starfy DS
- Zelda Spirit Tracks
- Zelda Wii talk and art
- Megaman Starforce 3 (said to be infinitely superior to the last ones, we'll see)

There were some other games that people loved too, but I am just not personally into. For me, games >>> technology showcases. I probably even forgot about other games I want as well.

 

[Joe88]

I can't imagine why anyone would say Nintendo won (and no I'm not a Microsoft/Sony fanboy). I actually thought the Nintendo conference was pretty bad, only salvaged by Golden Sun and Mario Galaxy 2. My vote goes towards Sony, their motion control was the most impressive because it had an actual demo and not a trailer with cool tricks. That and I was in shock with FF14 was announced.

yea I think some one mentioned here nintendo did a type of video like that with people jumping behind couches for cover when they first showed off the wii
but you could never really do any of that once it came out (at least not to my experience)
just to hype it

 

[triassic911]

If I'm allowed to express an opinion without being flamed then I'll revise mine now that my opinions have been thought about long enough.

It's my opinion that Nintendo won. I do have a good reason for thinking this not including fanboy crap. My reasoning is that games are far more important than new technology. New tech demonstrations may have awed people on the showfloor with Sony and M$, and some people may seem to think they won due to this. However, it is my firm opinion that Nintendo had a better game showcase. We got these games as everyone knows at the Nintendo showing-

- Mario Galaxy 2
- New Super Mario Bros Wii
- Metroid Other M
- Mario and Luigi 3
- Golden Sun DS
- COP DS (looks like console GTA on DS)
- Final Fantasy CC Crystal Bearers (looks far superior to the old CC games)
- Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
- Starfy DS
- Zelda Spirit Tracks
- Zelda Wii talk and art
- Megaman Starforce 3 (said to be infinitely superior to the last ones, we'll see)

There were some other games that people loved too, but I am just not personally into. For me, games >>> technology showcases. I probably even forgot about other games I want as well.

It's not so much the games as the way they are presented. Personally I think they should fire that old hag. While I do agree that Nintendo has an amazing line up of games coming out, some of those games have superiors coming out, if not already out.

 

[Domination]

The only thing I don't like about ninty's conference is cammie and Iwat-san's english.

The games are all excellent really.

-Mario Galaxy 2 a game that sells 8 million units and is a lot of fun!
- New Super Mario Bros Wii 4 players Mario, good concept for our favourite plumber.
- Metroid Other M Looks so awesome. The action is really cool. Probably closer to the so-called "hardcore games"
- Mario and Luigi 3 MLRPG is always good. Then this was a hit in japan too I hear.
- Golden Sun DS NICE. Real nice.
- COP DS (looks like console GTA on DS) Looks quite good. Though I cant say it is really promising....
- Final Fantasy CC Crystal Bearers (looks far superior to the old CC games) Pure ownage! the video pretty much left me in awe. Square had this in development for so long after all.
- Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days A massive and epic game. And after fiddling with the J version, Quality guaranteed.
- Starfy DS A long time japanese exclusive. This fierce friend coming to US is a winner I'm sure.
- Zelda Spirit Tracks Phantom Glass was good. And from the looks of videos, this is even better!
- Zelda Wii talk and art Hear someone had took a picture of the art without Miyamoto-san's consent and released it on the web. trying to find it now. But it sounds awesome, really
- Megaman Starforce 3 (said to be infinitely superior to the last ones, we'll see) This. Is. MEGAMAN!

 

[jan777]

oh shit is this it?

yep...this isnt it

 

[updowners]

The thing to worry about the Natal Project is that Peter Molyneux was involved. Doesn't anyone remember what happens to every 'ambitious' game designed by him?

 

[Domination]

oh shit is this it?

yep...this isnt it

No it isn't.

I found another one though. Its just a small blurry image that seems to be projected and I cant see no crap from it. Anyone wants to see it?

Edit:
see it in my other post

I'll wait for gonintendo's updates, they said they would.