E3 2012

[Rombie]

YARHHHHHHH BLOPS2! SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT. lol Yeah, sorry forgot about that.

I classed 10 and 11's Microsoft events as different beasts. 10 gets a pass of difference based on new technology needing it's time to be showcased (unless my brain is tricking me and the Kinect actually did appear first back in 09 - thus proving your point that MS's events have blurred into one in my mind). Last years really pushed the casual beyond the standard MS fare until then, unlike the year before, so it's a little different.

But otherwise you're right, there is a chance without other new stuff and hardcore other than pre-announced we'll be subjected to more Kinect added into games, more Kinect titles for the family, and more about intergrating the "xbox experience" into other parts of our lives. *blarg*

I really think both companies are being honest when they say they have no plans for new hardware to be properly showcased. I mean there is a chance they'll "Nintendo" it and do what they did with the WiiU last year... and Sony loves showcasing a tech demo as E3 fodder even, but even though they obviously are working on new stuff, I honestly think we won't see anything from either one until next years event.

Drac - So it's just from then PSP Go! listed title then. The old news is old and dead. Thanks to that website then getting hopes up. Ass. :p

[Dracarys]

I don't think it was ever a PSP GO! only game, but I know a RE Portable listing has been on play.com forever. The name kinda gives it away that is old, otherwise 'Resident Evil Vita'.

As to Kinect at E3, started in 2009, Natal back then, avatar shoe/BAM display, Project Milo etc.

[Rombie]

It probably was a standard PSP title, but I think it was announced the same year in 2009 with the Go! was which is why I also made the connection. But you're right, name should have pingged earlier. Hell, Play.com even has a E3 section right now. You'd think they wouldn't be listing it if it was a new announcement. Site is just hit grabbing or the guy really is not on it.

As for Kinect, shit I did forget about all the Natal stuff @ 09's event. Then I stand corrected, the last couple of shows really have blurred together for me.

[valentinesdead?]

I suppose they technically could bit a bit of an "excuse" for E3 10 since they had to sell Kinect since it was coming out that year(Even despite it being shown off at 09), but there simply hasn't been any balance to what they want to put out there. They pretty much abandoned the hardcore gaming ship, which is why I pretty much despise them. Despite the 360 itself being garbage machine, the online and the games were great for the 1st couple of years. This was also helped by how inferior ps3 ports were of third party titles also, and how behind sony was in it's own online infrastructure. So the 360 has become more or less my default used games console for the most part, since there's nothing I ever want that's exclusive to the system or worth getting new. I got my 360 a month after the initial launch. I didn't get a ps3 until MGS4 came out, and besides RE5, the ps3 didn't really become my default gaming machine until after a full year, which is basically the transition period when things began to shift with Microsoft going to the casual market, and the ps3 gaining some real software momentum. PS4 will most likely be the first next-gen console I get. . .but I honestly can't say if I"ll even bother with picking up MIcrosoft's next given their current direction in gaming. If Nintendo is really going back to their roots of making games for the hardcore audience once again, the Wii U may very well be my second console of choice. I was raised on Nintendo, after all.

[Kaneco]

...For those who missed the Pre-E3 Nintendo Direct video.

I can say now that I'm pretty excited for 'Nintendo's Conference'.

[valentinesdead?]

This is the Reggie I want tomorrow. This is the Nintendo I want tomorrow. Make it happen, Reggie! Make it happen. Bring on the games, baby. Bring on the games.

[Dracarys]

Some of those features sound good but really how often going use them/care about them? How many people really care about watching Miis gather around icons of popular games? Although he acknowledges it in the video is no way gonna be able to filter out spoilers in games when some could have millions playing it, even tens of thousands is a huge stretch to partly filter.

...and forced Mii implementation (of Wii quality no less) is not how you convince non casuals that Nintendo has learned its mistakes.

[Rombie]

When wrathborne posted that other thread about the Nintendo online stuff, he linked to the Kotaku coverage... just noticed further down a story about Microsoft streaming Xbox content to other devices.

http://kotaku.com/5915340/microsoft-wants-to-stream-console-games-to-phones-turning-handhelds-into-xbox-live-companions

Rumor now obviously, but if this is par for the course of previous "XBox/Microsoft everywhere" ideas and of course if true for actual announcement at their event in under 9 hours from now, then we might as well just throw the expectations of much good from them out the window. :p

[Wrathborne]

...and forced Mii implementation (of Wii quality no less) is not how you convince non casuals that Nintendo has learned its mistakes.

Your bitterness is aimed at the wrong detail, Nintendo is finally going online and we wont know all the facts until tomorrow.

Besides if Miis weren't popular, they wouldn't be used on X-box live.

[Dracarys]

Most Xbox fans never liked the avatar addition to XBL, is part the entire kinect casual crap they've been complaining about the last few years. Even then at least visually are a massive step up from Wii quality, though neither match Home avatars.



At least Home is optional.

[Wrathborne]

If you say so, :/.

[GuardhouseMusic]

With these mentions of the initial Project Natal '09 coverage, I wonder if Peter Molyneux will pop his creepy ass in at Microsoft's conference. We need his hilariously ambitious projects for entertainment at the very least if they don't have much of anything to show beyond Gears/Halo/etc. Well, plus I don't really have a dog in MS's fight.

As for Sony and Nintendo, I'm hoping for those Vita and 3DS titles. For what it's worth, Uncharted: Golden Abyss has been fun, I'm starting to enjoy it more so than 3, and I've been getting plenty of play out of Mortal Kombat Vita. However, past Gravity Rush (and maybe Dragon's Crown) there's just nothing I'm anticipating that's new- I'm certainly not counting Persona 4, despite my affection for that series. As for the 3DS, SMTIV and the Soul Hackers remake might tide anticipation for anything else over, but again, nothing comes to mind. A part of me is excited for Super Smash Bros. 3D, but that's a series I haven't been to interested in since 2006. I didn't get a lot of play out of Brawl, and while I hope the appeal hasn't worn off for me, that's the way it's looking.

[aris13]

We will be sucked.

[valentinesdead?]

T-Minus 30 minutes and counting before Microsoft kicks things off. Inviting anyone who would be interested in Skyping through the press conferences--just send me a pm. MIcrosoft's should be very riffable. Plus, my $150 dollar Yeti mic needs some lovin'.

E3, my body is ready.

[aris13]

Quantic Dream, the studio behind Heavy Rain announces their new project called Beyond Two Souls starring Ellen Page

http://www.insight-factor.net/gallery-videogiochi-prime-immagini-per-beyond-04-06-2012