Both MS and Nintendo had solid conferences. They showed new stuff. Kinect is the new Wii.
MS lowers all 360 prices and reveals a new model with added features. Kinect was successful with Dance and Star Wars getting good reactions.
Nintendo revealed the 3DS and their bread-and-butter games. Zelda failed to impress, but for those that don't mind playing Zelda OoT for the 5th time, it was good for them.
Thet Sony's conference was boring...
You'll be paying for "free games" that you won't like. Even if you have a choice in picking the games. You have game trials and discounts already.
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The excuses need to stop. Xbox Live competes with PSN, today. If you want to play online games, Xbox Live Gold was always the best option, even if you need to pay $50/yr.
PSN Plus is garbage. Stop dumpster diving.
Worshiping God in secret is good, but it absolutely belongs in education. Thus, the major issue with government funded education.
But regarding sitting and gaming, it will happen. I think that MS said to focus on standing because that is more important for E3. It's a new SDK that developers are just learning.
Everything they are offering is already free, except for background downloads. Paying $50 a year for something that is free on Xbox Live Silver. Ok, you get some PSN games, and Wipeout. But, you can buy those right now for much less than $50! And, those games are only playable for the duration of the "subscription"!
Who knew that Home's address was located in Rip Off City?
Sony should have just kept the free service "as-is" until next gen. Or, revamp PSN and compete with Xbox Live Gold at the same level.
He says there's "consensus" and then doesn't give any sources. He belongs at the EPA or IPCC to "verify" global warming. He'd make a great "environmental scientist".
He'd smile and nod, convincingly, when asked if the snow on Kilimanjaro was melting.
3DS looks cool for those that play handhelds. Otherwise, the show is just for kids and families as always. There's nothing wrong with that, but it's not for me.
I've purchased and loved every Halo game, except Halo Wars (I bought it, but learned that I don't like RTS games.)
Halo 4 is a must buy, but I'm not excited for it. The demo at E3 was too similar to all other Halo games.
The series needs some fundamental changes. It was a great ride, but it is getting stale. I really hope I'm wrong. Having this attitude could be good, since overhype can let you down. I might be surprised.
The excitement for LBP2 is nothing compared to the original. The crowd at Sony's conference was pretty quiet. Although you can do so much more, it lost the charm.
Lens of Truth lists Xbox 360 winning over PS3 by factor of 3 to 1. You can make excuses about bad ports. But, if PS3 was fundamentally more powerful, like Xbox 1 over PS2, you would not see such dominance by 360 here.
http://www.lensoftruth.com/...
Look just above "Head 2 Head" and you will see a total of 63 games, 16 ties, 13 PS3 wins, and 34 Xbox 360 wins.
You're not getting anything you can get now. Paying for "free games" is available now. Paying for early beta access is taking away a feature that has been around since day 1.
Sony should make PSN equal with Live and charge for it, just like MS. Live is worth $50 (or less if you shop around).
I haven't seen anything on PS3 that can't be done on 360. If anyone disagrees please be specific. Don't just say, "KZ2 and UC2 is da bomb". Give me something technical.
I need to see something new. The beta was good, but didn't blow me away. I would like to see more realism in the graphics. More details instead of a sparse environment.
Of course, MS won't show the negative comments. If you were selling something, would you prevent negative comments from being leaked? Yes.
Even if they were all paid, it's a free market. No matter how much you pay someone to sell a product, the product has to be good to succeed. You can sell a pet rock, but eventually people learn that the pet rock isn't fun and they don't buy any more pet rocks.
The demo of the video call showed a girl sitting. The camera automatically focused on the girls head when she tilted.
There's two reasons MS did it:
1. Journalists complain about everything, including long lines or the temperature of the stadium. So, give them an Xbox to change their focus.
2. Marketing.
In a communist country, if the government did this, it would be the benevolent benefactor bestowing gifts to the poor. (It wouldn't be 360s, though. Maybe chess, or a deck of cards.)
In America, people call it a bribe. But, that is a...
I never heard a Nintendo fan speak against the Wii. Nintendo could do no wrong. Now, they can't bring themselves to say a single positive thing about Kinect.
It is pure Mario paganism.