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Sony's Conference The Day After
I believe the best way to describe the reaction to yesterday's Sony Press Conference would be underwhelmed. The Guardian Gamesblog always says it well: "Jetlag means I'm not entirely sure what day it is, but what was Sony's excuse? Today's conference was a muddled mess that essentially confirmed widespread rumours of a problematic PS3 launch build-up. The games shown were of varying quality, with perhaps only Heavenly Sword really showing the undoubted potential of the PS3 ... Sadly, on today's evidence, 360 owners shouldn't worry about missing out, as the PS3's visuals seem broadly similar to their machine. Impressive then, but not the leap we had truly hoped for." Chris Kohler nails the real problem with the lower-priced model: "This just made Microsoft's $299 Core Pack look like a genius idea. At least it's possible to upgrade an Xbox Core. I don't know what kind of arcane magick will have to be executed to give a crippled PS3 actual functionality."
Without Blu-Ray in the $499 version, both Sony and Blu-Ray are dead. I can't believe ken glossed over this.
IS that at least two people I have talked to are buying it SIMPLY cause its a Playstation, it can do no wrong, and refuse to see how just overpriced and junky the system really is. There is such rampant fanboyism that its just sickening that people think all this will equal good games and not well Good GAME DESIGN.
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Yes, Nintendo spearheads innovation. I can't wait to get a Wii and play Mario 9, Mario Kart 5, Zelda 12, and metroid 11.
A controller that doesn't vibrate? You mean I won't have to go digging through the menu of every game I want to play so I can turn that annoying feature off? Sign me up!
Let's see how badly Nintendo is criticized after their press conference today before proclaiming Wii to be the savior of the universe.