E3 Predictions

[Onslaught X]

That statement was highly revised and watered down from what I originally had written, mainly for HDinRed's sake. Originally, it just read "I think MS's presser is going to be pretty painful and embarrassing as they repeatedly plug kinect." I was going to continue on about how, after a huge and shitty presentation about kinect, we'll have a few days of awful board discussion about "see? kinect has core games coming!" and "we'll believe it when we see it; that's mild usage; that's shoe-horned in to a title that doesnt need it; that game will be cancelled or hugely scaled back to an xbl game like any other decent-looking kinect game" etc etc.

Anyway, in the end, I went with playing nicely. Of course, everything in the harsher statement is true. It will be pretty painful and awful, and both sides of the kinect fiasco will claim that their positions are supported (some core looking games will be announced) vs (look how impractical/on rails/unnecessary/shoe-horned that garbage is).

Anyway, we can shelve it later for once it's actually happened.

I just wanted to use the Nic Cage pic, dawg. Elaboration not necessary.

[Almril]

That statement was highly revised and watered down from what I originally had written, mainly for HDinRed's sake. Originally, it just read "I think MS's presser is going to be pretty painful and embarrassing as they repeatedly plug kinect." I was going to continue on about how, after a huge and shitty presentation about kinect, we'll have a few days of awful board discussion about "see? kinect has core games coming!" and "we'll believe it when we see it; that's mild usage; that's shoe-horned in to a title that doesnt need it; that game will be cancelled or hugely scaled back to an xbl game like any other decent-looking kinect game" etc etc.

Anyway, in the end, I went with playing nicely. Of course, everything in the harsher statement is true. It will be pretty painful and awful, and both sides of the kinect fiasco will claim that their positions are supported (some core looking games will be announced) vs (look how impractical/on rails/unnecessary/shoe-horned that garbage is).

Anyway, we can shelve it later for once it's actually happened.

I love Kinect bitterness. I actually don't think they'll talk about Kinect as much this year. I think Halo 4, Black Ops 2, and some other unannounced games will be at the forefront. Kinect will be lumped in with the services they will undoubtedly introduce.

Sony will act like nothing is wrong with Vita and plow ahead with their doomed to fail portable hardcore gaming device. And maybe that cloud gaming announcement will give the conference some spice. I do want to see if the long-lost Agent and Last Guardian make a showing.

Nintendo will steal the show with an HD Zelda and lots of third party support and ass-kissing on stage.

[TheAnalogKid]

I do want to see if the long-lost Agent and Last Guardian make a showing.

Pretty sure Agent was officially cancelled a while back.

[twonunpackmule]

I think VITA is getting a price drop.

[TheDickWard]

Prediction?
Yes, what's your prediction.
Pain.


Seriously though, I think this is going to be one of those E3s where we come away having learned little and being amazed about even less. I hope for something different, but I think we're just in for a lull before new console announcements next year.

Maybe it'll sell me on the Wii U though!

[Bane]

This really is Nintendo's show to take but they've gotta come hard with great core games and prove The Nintendo Network can stand with PSN and XBL.

[Bane]

So I'm off to a great start. Bioware and Squenix have said no ME3 ending stuff and no FFXIV trailer at E3.

[twonunpackmule]

[Tnecniv]

Am easy to please (wait, that sounded creepy), as long as we hear more news about FFX HD remaster, then am a happy camper. Last good Sqaure RPG I remember playing was Last Remnant.

[RedRedSuit]

Pretty sure Agent was officially cancelled a while back.

You're thinking of The Agency, probably, the MMO thing.

Agent = totally unknown R* game.

[Onslaught X]

Those Rockstar games have a tendency to go ghost for a while and appear out of nowhere, and then release 6 months later or so.

That said, when it does get re-revealed, it will probably be multi-platform and Don Mattrick will give his creepy smile/u mad shrug and I will curse the Heavens.

[gamma626]

So I'm off to a great start. Bioware and Squenix have said no ME3 ending stuff and no FFXIV trailer at E3.

I'm assuming you mean FFXV or Versus 13? Because XIV has been out for a year. It wa that god awful MMO.

[gamma626]

Scratch my above comment. Finally read through the entire thread.

[KageMaru]

Sony: I see a major focus on PSV. I expect a slew of software to be shown and some announced. We may get an update to how they plan to evolve the PSV OS, but the chances of that are slight IMO. They will also show off trailers and demos for the recently announced PS3 games such as Playstation All Stars, LBP kart racing, GoW:A, and Last of Us. They may show off a few Move games to prove they haven't forgotten about the peripheral. Not expecting anything about their next gen plans or hardware, they want the lion's share of the focus to be on PSV.

MS: They will show off a handful of games, both 3rd party (CoD, RE6(?), EA Sports line up, etc) and 1st party (Class 3 and Forza Horizon while closing the conference with a Halo 4 demo). However I can see the majority of their conference being dedicated towards Kinect experiences and new features for the dashboard. Overall I expect it to be the least exciting of the 3 conferences, but it'll have a Halo 4 demo presentation so that's all I need.

Nintendo: Obviously this will be Nintendo's big coming out party for the Wii-U. I expect a barrage of 3rd party game announcements in Nintendo's bid to prove they have learned their lesson regarding 3rd party support. Hopefully we'll see some 3rd party games actually running on the system and not footage from PS360 versions like last year. Don't know why, but I'm hoping we'll see BF3 announced and running on the system, I'm curious to see if there would be a noticeable leap considering the engine that runs the game. I'm eager to see what Retro is working on, the fact that they plan to go into crunch period this year indicates they are developing a launch title. Considering what they've been able to accomplish on the N64, GC, and Wii, I can't wait to see what they do on the Wii-U. I also expect them to spend almost as much time on the 3DS since it finally seems to be hitting it's stride in the marketplace. IF we do see anything on the Wii, it'll be a quick video highlighting their success with the system to stroke their ego.

[twonunpackmule]

Vita got a temp price cut in Europe.

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