E3 2010

[Malacite]

So I figure we should just keep all E3 related awesomeness (and fail, oh lord there is some epic fail this year) discussion to one thread.


Epic Win

- 360 Slim with built in Wi-Fi, black gloss finish. better fans and built-in 250 GB HDD. Is also Kinect ready (all non-slim 360's are now officially out of production according to Joystiq)

- PS3 250 & 500 GB bundles with updated Wireless Card (now compatible with Wireless N routers WOOT!) and Sony Move.

- Halo Reach Campaign Trailer/Gameplay (Sept 14, 2010)

- Dead Space 2 Demo (January 25, 2011)

- Gears of War 3 Gameplay Demo (didn't check date sorry)

- Star Wars: The Old Republic (every player gets their own star ship, that's awesome)



Epic Fail

- Sonic Colors (what the fuck SEGA? Just what the fuck.)

- No Wii HD

- Microsoft Kinetic (until we see exactly how it works anyway)

[Mhurron]

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Epic Fail

- Microsoft Kinetic (until we see exactly how it works anyway)

Now now now, what's this? I thought Natal was supposed to be the greatest thing ever jenova Malacite.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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So I figure we should just keep all E3 related awesomeness (and fail, oh lord there is some epic fail this year) discussion to one thread.


Epic Win

- 360 Slim with built in Wi-Fi, black gloss finish. better fans and built-in 250 GB HDD. Is also Kinect ready (all non-slim 360's are now officially out of production according to Joystiq)

- PS3 250 & 500 GB bundles with updated Wireless Card (now compatible with Wireless N routers WOOT!) and Sony Move.

There is no "win" in playing catch up to Nintendo and adding features that should have been there in the first place. We don't even know how much the Sony bundles cost.

Somehow I have the feeling its not priced competitively with the market leader, but at least twice as much.

Epic Fail

- Sonic Colors (what the fuck SEGA? Just what the fuck.)

- No Wii HD

- Microsoft Kinetic (until we see exactly how it works anyway)

(1) Duh, its Sega. Its Sonic. It fails.

(2) I don't see how this is a problem, its there really a need for an HD Will when people are going batshit crazy trying to push 3D down our throats?

Nintendo's really the only sensible person in the room this generation.

(3) No, it fails. Wii Sports + Hurdles is fail. I don't have the room for what they're wanting me to do. My Wii does.

[Malacite]

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The Star Wars Kinetic game looked pretty impressive, but I'd really like to see their press conference for specifics on just how Kinetic works. It has potential, but I'm being cautiously optimistic about it at best.


I still think no Wii HD will come back to bite them in the ass, especially when you start seeing shit like God of War or Halo using advanced motion control. I really like the controller design on the Move better too, the button layout on the Wiimote is just aggravating especially the D-pad. And the hardware STILL sucks dick and is horribly unresponsive. Motion Plus helps, but as very few games use it I'm not impressed yet. I'm hoping Metroid: Other M and the new Zelda will be epic though.

Keep in mind I don't hate Nintendo/Wii per se, I hate how they've handled the software so far. And I'd be surprised if Sony hiked the price back up on the PS3 dude, that would just be suicide for them right now especially with MS cutting the price on the 360 again.

[Ufgt]

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Man, bbq is the biggest nintendo dickrider ever. Wow.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Man, bbq is the biggest nintendo dickrider ever. Wow.

Criticizing someone for getting worked up over vaporware not announced by Nintendo and notrumored is "dickriding?" Wow, let's just have a high-class conversation now, why don't we?

We know 3DS is a thing. Its only people with their dicks in their HDTVs that keep wanting Wii HD to happen. Meanwhile everyone is just now getting HDTVs amidst the shitty double-dip recession we're in and Sony and MS want to push 3D as the next big thing?

At least Nintendo is approaching it with a dose of common sense - starting small, glasses-free and keeping 3D completely optional. But agreeing with that approach is "dickriding?"

Pardon me for not wanting to hemorrhage cash here, I'm trying to be fiscally responsible with my hobby, thanks. I'm not interested in 3DTVs or 3D gaming on consoles. I realize in most cases that get some market penetration you need to start at a high price point and hope the tech geeks and rich people go for it, but no one is going to bite right now.

We want value, not expense.

At least Sony seems understand that slightly, they just revealed a Sly Cooper game collection and they said there's more collections to be announced tomorrow. See, that makes me happy. I hated the Sly Cooper games, but they're at least thinking about giving the consumer some value.

They better confirm that Ico and SotC collection tomorrow >.>

MGS PS3 collection would also be nice, even if part of it just had to be a voucher for the PSN version of the original MGS. I know there's a PS2 collection already, but it would still be nice.

[Malacite]

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Criticizing someone for getting worked up over vaporware not announced by Nintendo and notrumored is "dickriding?" Wow, let's just have a high-class conversation now, why don't we?

Your posts in general do give off that impression BBQ. I like to think I like them all equally (though I DO give some preference to Sony ever since FF7 lol) but in your eyes it's like Nintendo can do no wrong.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Your posts in general do give off that impression BBQ. I like to think I like them all equally (though I DO give some preference to Sony ever since FF7 lol) but in your eyes it's like Nintendo can do no wrong.

The Wii Store could use a search function.

I hated Virtual Boy.

The Power Glove was rather disappointing - I kept it - but its just as useful now as it was then.

eReader. They never fucking released the Game and Watch e-cards. I got the Animal Crossing and Pokemon ones.

I'm about halfway through Twilight Princess right now. I think its time to do away with the OOT style and get ride of the fucking horse, boat, trains and just make Link walk again so THEY CAN ACTUALLY PUT THINGS IN THE OVERWORLD. You know, like they did in Majora's Mask and every other other game that didn't have a mode of transportation..

Oh, but you probably think OOT is the bestest game ever next to FFVII.

There's still no good excuse for Battalion Wars.

Metroid Prime Hunters. What else do I need to say?

See, the thing is that none of this complaints are that big of a deal, but they are not as inane and petulant as the crying about how Nintendo didn't go HD.

Really, get over HD. Its standard now, but its still not that impressive.Your eyes might bleed when you go back to standard definition, but I just don't give a shit either way. I go see a 3D movie, come home and use my old standard-definition TV and stream movies on my Wii or play game.

I'm also not big into the "must buy two $60 games every fucking week" mentality. You want to waste your money? Fine by me, but I have no need to keep up with other gamers just to have something to talk about. Its a given that I will talk about games eventually, but I've been very happy being about four years behind everyone else.

Not saying I'm exactly a Feba about it, but I know what I'll wait for and what I won't. I didn't die for not playing Metroid Prime 3 Corruption until recently and I'm as big a Metroid fan as you'll ever find.

[Kailea]

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I'm also not big into the "must by two $60 games every fucking week" mentality. You want to waste your money? Fine by me, but I have no need to keep up with other gamers just to have something to talk about. Its a given that I will talk about games eventually, but I've been very happy being about four years behind everyone else.

Best way to counter this is GameFly.... best thing ever ;p

Even if you kept a game for 4 months (around 68 bucks) when you send it back you get another "new" game and still did not pay a damn thing.

Its perfect for those games you know you will beat once and toss aside.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Best way to counter this is GameFly.... best thing ever ;p

Even if you kept a game for 4 months (around 68 bucks) when you send it back you get another "new" game and still did not pay a damn thing.

Its perfect for those games you know you will beat once and toss aside.

Tell that to the people that believe they need to throw all their money at big publishers to keep their favorite developer alive.

[Malacite]

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Oh, but you probably think OOT is the bestest game ever next to FFVII.

Go screw yourself?

#1 - I don't think FF7 is the best game ever, it's not even my favorite FF

#2 - LTTP > OOT forever and ever.

Keep riding Nintendo's fat cock, and get out of my thread.

[Feba]

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Malacite, stop being a dumbass. There's no reason to announce a Wii HD; it would be pathetic if they did. Nintendo should just release a new console when they're damn good and ready, not some bullshit "Oh, it's a Wii but with slightly better graphics" money ploy. They'd just undercut themselves. About the farthest Nintendo would want to do in terms of Wii upgrades would be to give them an internal hard drive. Other than that, the Wii needs software improvements, not hardware.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Malacite, stop being a dumbass. There's no reason to announce a Wii HD; it would be pathetic if they did. Nintendo should just release a new console when they're damn good and ready, not some bullshit "Oh, it's a Wii but with slightly better graphics" money ploy. They'd just undercut themselves. About the farthest Nintendo would want to do in terms of Wii upgrades would be to give them an internal hard drive. Other than that, the Wii needs software improvements, not hardware.

I know, right?

Its like people expect Nintendo to just stop being Nintendo about things and do things like MS or Sony while killing their own profits in the process.

Nintendo will usually do what's most profitable for them before taking the next big leap forward in tech. Nintendo will set some kind of standard with something "low tech" that eventually everyone will try to emulate, improve upon or just fail horribly in doing so.

Gee, I don't see that happening at this E3, do you?

And really, why would anyone expect a new console announcement when this show is pretty clearly intended to show off the 3DS? They never do a big console reveal when they have a handheld to unveil.

[Feba]

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The thing is, nobody would expect this of Sony or MS either. The PS360 needs improvements too, but I don't see anyone clamoring for them to release a new console. The only people who really think Nintendo should release a Wii 2 are those that can't understand a console succeeding without the latest and greatest in graphics; which, really, has been Nintendo's game pretty much since the NES. The only time they've really outdone themselves in graphics (by which I mean, improved their graphics when they don't need to for competition's sake) was the GBA. Even then, it wasn't terribly better than a GameGear, which was much older.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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I'm kind of amazed that PS3 and 360 are just now getting Wi-Fi built in with their latest console reversions. That was something Wii had right out of the box

Oh, and I'm also amazed people will bitch each time Nintendo has a new iteration of DS, but not when Sony or MS do the similar incremental improvements with their consoles like bigger HDDs, no-fuss Wi-Fi functionality. New 36o is also doing away with memory cards, but will have built-in Kinect functionality which older consoles will have to buy an attachment for Kinect to use.

Did I mention that as of this week, they're not producing the old 360s anymore or any more memory cards? Yeah, talk about burning bridges. Hope nobody needed those memory cards.

I can sort of understand why they'd do that though, since memory cards and cheat devices have been used to push cheats onto Live. I actually shed no tears for cheat devices getting killed off in this way, but it does screw people who might like to bring a save file to another Xbox. One hold in the Kineck strategy is that without an actual motion controller like Wii has, there's no way to bring your saves with you to another console.

I didn't really even know Wiimotes had some memory storage til I saw I could copy a save of my Monster Hunter character to it. That's actually a rather clever solution. I actually hope that gets into the Move controller.