"Hey, it's the wizard! I hope you don't get nervous like last time. We wouldn't want you to..."wiz" on someone! "
I was very disappointed to discover that Bethesda won't have anything related to Fallout 3 at this E3. What a bummer.
E3 06: Microsoft responds to Sony conference MGS general manager Shane Kim says press event yielded no big news; "we didn't see anything new or innovative." By Tim Surette, GameSpot Posted May 9, 2006 7:27 am PT LOS ANGELES--It's only Monday of the E3 week, but there has already been plenty of newsworthy events regarding this year's E3. Sony held its annual pre-E3 conference this afternoon, and two vital pieces of information were divulged. The PlayStation 3 will make its debut on November 11 in Japan, and will also be released in North America, Europe, and Oceania on November 17. The system will come in two iterations, the $499 model that comes with a 20GB hard drive and a $599 model that comes with a 60GB hard drive. This year's E3 has been hyped as a battle between "The Big Three," but much of the focus has been on the war between Sony and Microsoft, who many believe are competing for the same audience. Shortly after the Sony conference, GameSpot News got a call from Shane Kim, general manager of Microsoft Game Studios, to get his company's impressions of its rival's media event. Kim's overall consensus of the event was fairly unimpressed. "There wasn't much news. We didn't see anything really new or innovative," he said. "There's a pretty significant price differential between the two." Currently, the premium Xbox 360 pack, comes with a 20GB hard drive is $399, versus Sony's $599 60GB hard drive system. There was a lot of talk about Microsoft's month-long global launch, which many didn't deem as "successful." Sony will be attempting an even harder task, hitting three major markets in less than a week. "We know how difficult a global launch is," Kim said. Kim pointed out how Sony will need to launch with an all-new online functionality, and how Microsoft has been working with Xbox Live for over five years. "There wasn't much talk about their online strategy," he said, reflecting on the conference. "It's going to be difficult for them." As for the PS3's new motion-sensitive controller? "We tried that five or six years ago with the Freestyle Pro," he said. "It worked well for a few games, but it wasn't a general purpose controller. It seems as though they were taking a page from Nintendo's book [in reference to the Wii's controller], but Nintendo is more innovative." As for Nintendo, which holds its press conference tomorrow morning, Kim believes that "their strategy and focus marries well into their history. They're looking more at a niche group." When asked about Microsoft's pre-E3 press conference, Kim wouldn't reveal any secrets, but was giddy with excitement. "You won't want to miss it," he warned. http://www.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?sid=6149641 I'm sure I "wont want to miss it" I hate that crap..
PS3 vs Xbox 360 which one do you guys think will be better for sports games (madden, ncaa football, fifa, mlb, etc..)? or will they be about the same?
Yes and no. I expected the price to be lower (more like ~$500 for the high end SKU), although then again, I didn't really expect a HDD to be standard or a "truly innovative" controller. Of course, the things they cut out of the $500 SKU sort of balances things out, but still. Then again, maybe it is too cheap. I still don't see why they'd announce the price, even if they had Killzone being played by random people in the audience. Whether or not they thought it would be justified, I hope they didn't think the price would receive positive reactions. Something like $299/$399 maybe, but not $499/$599.
Probably about the same, although if developers decide to use the controller, HDD, and other aspects of the PS3, it would probably be the better system. Probably not $100-$300 better though. I guess you'd also be able to have more options with baseball games on the PS3. Most people don't seem to like Take Two having the MLB license, but at least on the PS3, you'd have more than one next-gen MLB game to pick from (with Sony's game probably being better actually).
So far we are not doing that. We will support the PS3 obvoiusly, but until one of them takes off over the other, we are going to support them all. Unless Sony pays a premium for exclusivity. DD
Yeah, I don't see many multiplatform developers having a different mindset either...except for maybe Japanese developers (although they'd probably just go exclusive to the PS3). Woot! Nintendo's conference has started (for me anyway).
Maybe you should refresh it or something. I'm on Gamespot too (300k stream if that means anything). If it still gives you problems, try the streams at Gametrailers.com or 1up.com (think they have one).
after just watching a few seconds of the wii thing... nintendo is the darkhorse and while sony and MS are losing millions of dollars...Nintendo is going to be cashing in...
Nintendo is the system that has interested me the most so far, but it just seems so underpowered -- and it really will seem weak in a few years i'm afraid. I just can't get over the 600 bucks for a PS3 that is so crzy!
That was a very solid press conference IMO. A lot of the Wii games did look pretty fun, although they do look more like "souped-up GC/XBX" games which is still a little hard to get used to (IMO anyway). I like their "always connected" idea (forgot what they called it exactly) too. I kind of wished they would have talked more about the Virtual Console stuff though. I still don't think I'll be getting one at launch (especially w/o knowing the launch details), but I certainly want to test out some of the games for myself when I can. Things could easily change if I get that feeling that Nintendo was talking about. One thing is for certain: Reggie is a lot better at this kind of stuff than Kaz Hirai...although Kaz's "Riiiidge Racer!" comment from last night was hilarious. I guess we now see what Microsoft has in store for us.
Wow $600 for a premium might be a bit out of my range. I'm floored. The PS2 was a full $300 cheaper. Has inflation increased that much since then. Then there is the technology aspect of it. Blue-ray cost a lot of money, but didn't DVD at the time PS2 was released? I can understand that with wifi included, hdmi, a 60gb hard drive, a stolen...ahem, new controller feature, that the console would not be 299, but I expected 450 at the most for the premium things. I'm floored.
Was it just me or could you hear applause more at this one than the Sony event? Seems like people are encouraged by the way Nintendo is headed.
