I'm still puzzled by how games like Little Big Planet 2 aren't getting mentioned by journalists for this years E3.
I guess since PS3 is dominating review charts, certain journalists figure "well, if you can't smear them, ignore them".
So, you can do accurate sword-swipes with Kinect?
You can point and shoot in FPSs and rail games with Kinect?
You can accurately play golf, bowling, tennis, and more with Kinect?
Hmmmm...
EA has done this before, in a way. They've required you to have an "EA profile" to use many of their games. I saw this new "Online Pass" thingie in my copy of Skate 3, but I'm pretty sure even the first Skate required you to have an online EA id.
Honestly, I could care less as long as it doesn't interfere with playing offline, single-player games. Online games only cater to a certain audience, not all of the gaming industry.
I hope they show off 3DS stuff. I couldn't care less about Move and Kinect.
I'll take one great ending instead of multiple endings that all suck (Bioshock)
That pretty cool...and let's all watch it go multiplat and lose 2/3rds of the story. Horray!
Didn't I say it earlier?
Only able to track 2 active players (able to track up to six...standing there?).
It says it right there. Natal lovers denied it, but it's right there in plain text...again.
Well, there's popularity and then there's quality.
For a Ton Ten popularity, check a sales chart.
For Ton Ten quality, check metacritic (not perfect, but the best we've got)
Compare the two and you'll notice they hardly match.
Interesting list. The PS3 certainly has a lot of underrated gems (well, what system doesn't?)
I would have had Folklore on there, too.
Interesting article. I don't think it's as much "Sony vs Microsoft" as it is "Sony moves forward with a technology, Microsoft bashes it, but then later Microsoft comes along with a sub-par imitation".
Because Microsoft hasn't made a peep about 3D until it started to gather attention due to Sony and Nintendo's efforts.
Gaming hasn't been stepping back. Gone are the days when only a small handful of key developers are leading the industry (like the NES days). Now, gaming isn't stepping back, it's getting more bloated and generic.
But there are still awesome strides forward happening in the industry.
Kick me if I'm wrong, but wasn't supply for the system very limited when it launched?
It seems Microsoft took a page from Nintendo's book as to how to make your system sales "increase".
Then make better games.
I don't sell crappy games. At worst, I loan/sell them to my friends. It's the Maddens and Call of Dutys that I end up selling/trading in a week, so I either rent them or buy them used.
Not disagreeing with their list, but you could easily make a "Ten Worst Games" list with Wii and DS games alone.
It doesn't matter what he wants. Xbox brand execs have been dropping like flies, so if Microsoft doesn't agree with what you want, they'll just bring in someone new.
But Kinect's performance at E3 definitely showed Microsoft's focus, from what they said to the games they demoed. It's casual. Sorry, Natal supporters, but thems the breaks.
The "PC gaming is dead/dying" has been around in full force since the days of the NES, for those who are old enough to remember. Honestly, people undervalue the PC. They just say "Oh, well I don't want to spend $2000 on a gaming platform. Hurr hurr" or "The graphics on my console are good enough", as if high-quality graphics are the only reason to play a PC.
Teen pop icons have not yet proven themselves capable of selling something in droves. They've probably proven the opposite, in fact.
Case in point, we have yet to see any Hannah Montana, Spongebob, or movie-related game top any Top 10 sales charts.
FF13 and MW2 fully deserve all of the hate they receive.
Riiiight. Because FF13 really pushed the boundaries of gaming hardware.
Oh puleeeze. Wada needs to be replaced. SE is the laughingstock of the gaming world.
Nintendo was awesome, Sony was solid but didn't surprise me (other than Portal 2), and Microsoft disappointed, because I wanted a reason to pick up a 360 S but wasn't given any reason.
I think one of the writers' phrases "I’ll always remember E3 as the year Microsoft killed gamer expectations of Project Natal" is 100% true.