E3 2009

[Nation]

I think all three companies had a good show. Epic did show a game at Microsoft's conference. It was an XB Live Arcade game though. But it kinda reminded me of the old Die Hard Arcade game that was a lot of fun. Time will tell I supose.

Being a big Little Big Planet fan and a Mario Kart fan you can imagine I was pretty excited about Mod Nation Racer. I think that one will be fantastic.

New Super Mario Bros on Wii looks like fun. Found out can be played single player though too, but my question is what about Online Play? I hope so.

Assasin's Creed 2 looks fantastic. I probably will get it for 360 because my acheivements is growing. Had I started with PS3 Trophies I probably would get games on PS3 more so then 360. But whatever. The bonus weapons by connecting the PSP & PS3 version though was pretty cool.

Super Mario Galaxy's 2 was a pretty big announcement. Should do fantastic for Nintendo.

This is why I love owning all the systems.

As for the who's biased, you all come off biased for your respective systems. I will admit before owning a PS3 I didn't like anything about it as a gaming system. Now that I have one though, I get the appeal (though I still think Home is a joke) I still prefer 360 (generally more games and very little exclusive to ps3 that I'm intrested in) However I think its just funny to watch some of you accuse Nation of being PS3 biased (which yeah he is) but can't see your own biased to 360...but whatever.

one last thing, UK 360 owners are getting Sky TV on there Live. So like when this goes up, and the Party mode is expanded, my question is, if a UK person has a US/Canadian in there party and decides to start watching there Sky TV does the US/Canadian Live user get to watch too? And if so, do UK users still get some WWE PPV's for free? (I think you know where I'm going with this lol)

All in all, there are tons of stuff coming to all platforms and I'm very happy and excited.

What? I have said many times that I like Left 4 Dead. I also have given Gears credit and obviously if I want an Epic game I probably like Gears. Sure I blasted Microsoft's E3 but that's because it wasn't that great. Instead of Lionshead doing something exciting there doing that Milo which sucks because I'm interested in Fable 2 and was hoping for them to have a new IP. If I was biased i'd be a fanboy and never give 360 games credit. Obviously I like the PS3 better because of it's features and exclusive line up but I'm not biased. I was fricking praying for the Epic rumor to be true and I would kill to have Valve not be fanboys and at least make one good game on PS3.

 

[J]

Confession time, J-Dawg is biased for the Xbox 360. I know your all surpsied but I had to get that out in the open.

 

[the dark knight]

You know that's only on 360 right?

sadly, yes. always said that ace combat+forza+halo+gears of war are the only games i'd buy the 360 for. too bad im broke and thats not gonna change anytime soon.

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+splinter cell........:

 

[This Guy]

What I don't get about 360 owners is the unbelievable hate for PS3. If you hate the controller, fine... but that doesn't destroy the PS3. And in my own personal opinion, I'd rather have something like the PS3 controller than a god damn cinder block. And PS3's only downfalls in comparison to 360 is lagging online (but even that is vastly improving), and prices. But other than that, graphics, ability, etc. are either even or leaning in favor of the PS3. Blu Ray makes FAR too much difference for XBox to really compete. So what if you've got 3-4 REALLY good exclusives right now? Once Playstation REALLY taps into Blu Ray potential, it's going to be scary for the opposition.

I admit that if all games go the route that some are starting to go, having multi disks on 360 would be a pain in the ass compared to PS3 single disc, however I have a feeling with some exceptions (FF13, Metal Gear etc) I'm doubting we will see that in this generation of systems.

360 to me seems desperate with NATAL to catch up to Wii, but at the same time, it seems as though they're compensating for not having Blu Ray compatibility. I'm really going to laugh when people have to spend $500-800 on a new external hard drive, or more to have it installed internally, just to get Blu Ray compatibility when 360 releases it, only to get shafted a year later when they release a new console with it and NATAL built into the console itself. Not to mention, those lower prices now won't mean shit when you have to re-purchase your favorite titles and whatever else you need to connect everything anyways.

PlayStation getting into it's own motion detection device also worries me a bit by how they're coming off as desperate biters as well, though. But then again, you have to pull in money, and both companies will do that with these devices.

I don't know if I'd call it desperation by either company with the motion devices, but its clear that they both realized they missed the boat. What I don't get is how you feel 360 is compensating for lack of Blu-Ray. And why would we have to pay for larger harddrives? Now that there is no downloading for movies we can watch them all in high def on demand. Oh and what external harddrives cost over $500? I only paid $110 for my 1TB external HDD that I use with my laptop. And as for re-purchasing your favourite titles? If your talking about the downloads on XB Live thats not true either. Anything you pay for on Live you can download again for free as long as its still available. Microsoft has already made it clear years ago that the plan is to continue intergrating Live from system to system, meaning your account goes with you forever on every future platform. As for actual game product XB360 is going to start offering all there games as downloads much like they do Original X-Box...but who knows how all that will play out...so you may be right in some aspects, but if you are, how is that any different then people repurchasing PSone Games to play as downloads on PS3? And from what I understand PS2 games are now going to be available and new PS3's can't play the PS2 game discs. So really both systems have the same issues in that aspects. Oh and from all accounts (including our Managers conference last year) there is no plans to add Blu-ray to the 360. They are much more intrested in expanding Live. Plus you do realize the next generation of systems is still at least 3 years away right? Even if they do go Blu-Ray for that next system (which is not likely with new technology for media being developed and the increased popularity of download content) there is a very good chance the next generation of systems, (Sony, Microsoft & Nintendo) might be going all as on demand and/or download systems.

BTW, did Sony even talk about Facebook and Twitter capability? I know both sites mentioned that they were interested in being multi-platform, but didn't hear if they kept it exclusive to XBox so far.

I believe they said during the Microsoft Meeting that Facebook was exclusive as a full access feature, however Nintendo then announced that DSi's will have the ability to upload your pictures to your facebook instantly. Twitter though I believe is not exclusive, but if thats correct then there is obviously still no deal with Sony yet or I'm sure it would have been mentioned by now.

I imigane there's gotta be a way to trick are system into thinkin were from the U.K. As soon as shit drops imma go to work tryin to figure out a way lolz

Oh I know how. I have two accounts on Live as it is, one Canadian and one American (not that I can do much with my American one since its a Silver account) so making a UK account as well wouldn't be hard, but who knows they might step up security by then. As far as I know all that new extras stuff they announced (last.fm, Sky TV, Facebook & Twitter) were all free to Silver and Gold members, but I don't recall now.

 

[Nation]

God of War 3 is easily the best game being showed at E3. The graphics have really improved. It has great lighting. It looks about as good as Uncharted and Uncharted is one of the best looking games. It will look even better before it comes in the spring. The game is also insanely brutal of course.

 

[straight_edge76]

When I saw the GoWIII stuff that I did I can honestly say that I believe that it may be the best game that will be released for the PS3 this year

 

[the dark knight]

I only paid $110 for my 1TB external HDD that I use with my laptop.

portable? get me one...ill pay in full.

 

[Luke Flywalker]

TG, I'm talking about with discs. And Microsoft will charge out of the ass for the hard-drives to be compatible with Blu-Ray. They've expressed the desire to have it to compete with graphics so that people who can't purchase downloads via credit can still go and buy the games looking just as good from the store. And the hard drive is what makes the console, so in essence, you'd be buying a new console as it is, and any adjustments you have to make.

And if they do switch to Blu-Ray, you have to believe they would rework some of the titles on 360 (sorry, I should have clarified that I meant this generations titles) to be Blu-Ray compatible, hence people having to re-purchase them. Yes we're expanding into the age of downloads and online gaming, but they're not going to go credit as the key means for income. Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo have all said they want to remain on discs so that people can continue to stock up on games, instead of having to download something every single time they want to play it, having to clear info that is taking up the memory. Yes you can buy extra hard drives for this purpose, but that complicates things a little too much for the average gamer.

 

[Nation]

It's not that easy for Microsoft to get Blu Ray after all Sony is won of the founders and a member of the Blu Ray Disc Association and owns the trademark "Blu Ray Disc". If Microsoft wants Blu Ray they will have to strike a deal with Sony which would probably never happen. Why the hell would Sony help out their biggest competitor? Especially considering it's the core to the PS3's power. Pretty sure they wouldn't.

 

[J]

For the simple fact Sony should scrap the P.O.S. they call a system, and make a deal wit Xbox to put Blue Ray in it for a profit, that way they can make up for the systems there not sellin while 360's contious to fly off the shelves. lmao.

 

[Nation]

rofl the only piece of shit is that fucking defective console called XBOX 360. 30% failure rate FTW! How's your built in Wi-Fi? Wait it doesn't have it built in? Thats sucks dude.

 

[This Guy]

now now this isn't about which system is better anyways, this is about E3 news.

about the blu-ray, even if microsoft strikes a deal with Sony for Blu-Ray, it probably won't happen till the next console anyways, so I don't think your argument for re-buying games is valid. And even if it did and they came out with a (lets call it) 360.5 it would still play DVD disc games just as PS3 did. So there not going to waste money recoding the same games onto a blu-ray disc when 90% of the games still fit on a single Dual Layer DVD. Oh and Nation I do believe Sony would strike a deal. Its called Royalties. If the next Microsoft system is Blu-Ray as well as PS4, Sony would make money for every one of there competitors systems and games that are sold, just as they do for any blu-ray media or hardware currently including movies, ps3 games, and ALL blu-ray players. Sony isn't stupid, they recognize the need for competition. As long as they still feel they have the creative edge, they won't care.

Finally on the topic of E3, the only footage I saw from God of War 3 was the one during the big press media meeting with Sony. I don't agree that it looks graphically as good as Uncharted 2. I do agree that Uncharted 2 (at least from what I've seen so far) is the best looking game though being shown at E3, and it does look like its going to be a lot of fun. I think GOW3 does look really good, and I'm sure there is still going to be some polishing of the graphics before the final release. I've never gotten into the God of War games but they do look like a lot of fun.

Still not sure why I've never played them though, I really do like those action adventure games like that and Ninja Gaiden, etc.

 

[Nation]

Ninja Gaiden doesn't deserve to be compared to God of War. Nor does Devil May Cry. No game competes. Maybe the graphics aren't as good as Uncharted but it's definitely in the top 10 best looking games. Killzone 2, Crysis, Gears, MGS4, and Uncharted are the only games that I think look better. Maybe a few games tie with GOW3.

 

[This Guy]

Ninja Gaiden doesn't deserve to be compared to God of War. Nor does Devil May Cry. No game competes. Maybe the graphics aren't as good as Uncharted but it's definitely in the top 10 best looking games. Killzone 2, Crysis, Gears, MGS4, and Uncharted are the only games that I think look better. Maybe a few games tie with GOW3.

I'm not talking about comparing them as quality, I'm talking about them being the same genre of games. Hack and Slash, Action Adventure.

But yeah as I said I would agree Uncharted 2 looked beautiful. Sadly I still have never played the 1st one. Maybe one day...then again I'm not in as big of a hurry to play ever game.

Of course see this is the time of the year where I get really excited because not only all these games coming out, but my managers conference is just around the corner (as matter of fact registration starts next week) and were bound to end up with a few of these.

In case your curious here are the pictures from my last years
http://www.impactwrestling.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26540

when I mentioned more stuff being shipped later those things included....
-Gears of War 2
-Wii Zapper
-Personal Cooking Trainer
-Super Smash Bros.

And btw I never noticed but in the pictures for whatever reason, you can't see my Rock Band 2 for 360 that we got last year as well.

we usually get 4 games from Microsoft, 3 or 4 from Nintendo, 1 or 2 (one of which is always Hockey from EA) and Hockey from 2K, plus one PC game is usually given as well. Sony traditionally hasn't given us squat, but last year we all got 80gb PS3's and the year before that we got PSP Daxter Bundles....so I guess its possible we will get a PSP Go, but I doubt it.

This is what I am guessing....
-NHL 2010 from EA for system of choice(thats a given though)
-NHL 2K10 from 2K for system of choice (also a given)
-New Super Mario Bros for Wii
-Metroid: Other M for Wii
-Super Mario Galaxies 2 for Wii
-Mario & Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story for DS
-Halo 3 ODST for 360
-Forza 3 for 360
-Ninja Blade for 360
-Banjo Kazzoie Nuts & Bolts for 360
-If sony gives us anything it will probably be Infamous for PS3

I will let you all know how accurate I am...I could be way off. lol Also last year Nintendo didn't but in previous years before the conference they gave us a game and tell us to start practicing and bring them with us because there would be a contest, in the past its been Brain Age 1 & 2 and Nintendogs etc. If they do it this year I assume it will be...
-Prof. Layton & the Diabolical Box for DS

 

[Nation]

sadly, yes. always said that ace combat+forza+halo+gears of war are the only games i'd buy the 360 for. too bad im broke and thats not gonna change anytime soon.

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+splinter cell........:

Don't worry dude it's a timed exclusive. It will come out for PS3. Infamous is really fun TG I played the demo. I plan on getting once I get a new hard drive. If you get ODST then your pretty damn lucky. But I'd stay away from Banjo & Ninja Blade.