E3 Impressions - Sony
Ahh Sony. E3 does not treat you well. Nothing can compare to your epic failure 2 years ago, but you just can't seem to win.
In all honesty, Sony's presentation at E3 was really well put together and was an enjoyable watch. The problem was content. Their only new announcement was their movie download service which, much to their credit, launched immediately after the conclusion of the presentation. It also allows for you to download these movies to your PSP. Very cool. Everything else was essentially reminding you that all of the games that have been announced are, yes, still coming.
The show started off with a history of the PS1, PS2, and PSP. In every case, he was focused on pointing out that all of these platforms had extremely slow starts but after about 2 years, they really started picking up and have gone on to be successful platforms. Wait a minute, the PS3 has had a really slow start and it's been out for, hold on, two years! I see what you did there.
Not surprisingly, LittleBigPlanet made a prominent appearance, this time being used as Sony's "PowerPoint" tool. They made a completely interactive and well timed presentation that really showed off the engine and was fun to watch. That was definitely the highlight of the presentation for me.
One of my favorite demos was a showing of Resistance 2. That game looks incredibly immersive and polished. It's the type of game that could actually get me to purchase a PS3. Let's hope that the PS3 drops to closer to $300 by the time it comes out.
Beyond that, we saw footage of a bunch of announced games. Some comic book artist did a single one-handed push-up and winded himself. We saw a couple teaser trailers for God of War 2 and some game I'd never heard of called inFamous. They talked a lot about new features for the PS3 in general and discussed the future of trophies. In short, they announced what the 360 announced two years ago.
Overall, a good presentation without a lot of substance. There wasn't really anything that I took away from that show where I was blown away. It'll be interesting to see what they have to say next year.
In all honesty, Sony's presentation at E3 was really well put together and was an enjoyable watch. The problem was content. Their only new announcement was their movie download service which, much to their credit, launched immediately after the conclusion of the presentation. It also allows for you to download these movies to your PSP. Very cool. Everything else was essentially reminding you that all of the games that have been announced are, yes, still coming.
The show started off with a history of the PS1, PS2, and PSP. In every case, he was focused on pointing out that all of these platforms had extremely slow starts but after about 2 years, they really started picking up and have gone on to be successful platforms. Wait a minute, the PS3 has had a really slow start and it's been out for, hold on, two years! I see what you did there.
Not surprisingly, LittleBigPlanet made a prominent appearance, this time being used as Sony's "PowerPoint" tool. They made a completely interactive and well timed presentation that really showed off the engine and was fun to watch. That was definitely the highlight of the presentation for me.
One of my favorite demos was a showing of Resistance 2. That game looks incredibly immersive and polished. It's the type of game that could actually get me to purchase a PS3. Let's hope that the PS3 drops to closer to $300 by the time it comes out.
Beyond that, we saw footage of a bunch of announced games. Some comic book artist did a single one-handed push-up and winded himself. We saw a couple teaser trailers for God of War 2 and some game I'd never heard of called inFamous. They talked a lot about new features for the PS3 in general and discussed the future of trophies. In short, they announced what the 360 announced two years ago.
Overall, a good presentation without a lot of substance. There wasn't really anything that I took away from that show where I was blown away. It'll be interesting to see what they have to say next year.
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