As the title of this blog says I will be having a look
at the press events that have been shown so far from Sony, Microsoft and
Nintendo. As a side note, I am aware that Nintendo do have other events planned
throughout the rest of this week but I am so far only talking about what has
been show thus far as of Nintendo Direct 11/06/13 3pm.
If we look at Microsoft there was one thing that they
did very well and that was showing us the exclusive and new IP’s titles that
they have coming to their new console which is good because it shows that they
are going to do something different, plus if you saw their reveal event you
know that they had to do something to get those that play games interested in
there console. Yes the biggest question that everyone came away with when the
conference end was the price of the item which yes is a bit pricey but then
again I have never been someone that buys a console at launch due to the lack
of games at the start.
When it came to Sony’s press conference there was one
question that I had by the end of the show and that was why was your conference
make up with 90% of multi-platform games, yes you may have exclusive content
for some of those game but where are your own games that I can only get on your
console that will get me to by your console when it is released (yes that is
also aimed at Microsoft but they didn’t have as many as Sony). If there was one
thing that Sony did give everyone by the time you left was the fact that Sony was
going to do everything you want it to without all the Microsoft ball shit,
which is good because it brings back the whole console wars like the good old of
Nintendo and Sega ads.
As for Nintendo they did everything that I believe was wrong
with this year’s E3 and what I mean by this was the fact that they were playing
it safe. This isn’t always a bad think but it seems to be the tread most years with
each conference from each company having more of what we had the last time. There
was once a time when Nintendo E3 Conference always had something new and
interesting to look forward to but this year they gave us reincarnation of
games that we have already played. Examples of what I mean are as followed Halo
from Microsoft, Infamous from Sony and Mario Kart 8 from Nintendo.
At the end of this round of press conferences each one
did everything that they were told to do by us, Microsoft showed us the games we
wanted to see, Sony should us the box and what it is going to do differently to
Microsoft and Nintendo showed us the games we want to see on Wii U and 3DS.
This comment may come across as something that a fan
boy might say but when it comes to games Nintendo and Sony could have learned
something from Microsoft conferences this year in showing us some new IP’s that
could get us interest in their console. A great example that I would like to us
is the fact that Retro Studios has been working on Donkey Kong Country Tropical
Freeze for three years. Now this may come across as me having a little bit of a
rant but three years on a game that looks almost like the last one with some
miner chances has really pisses me off, I was hoping that within the three
years they could have come up with a game that looks like this and something
completely different but instead we get a rehash of a game that has already been
released.
I know that the chance of Nintendo, Microsoft or Sony reading
this blog is very slim but as a person that has been playing games from such an
earlier age I have only got one request for this next generation of console and
game to be released. Stop creating games that are the same as the last instalment
with minor chances and create something new and better from what has already
been created before.
Until Next Time.
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