JamesGrayson

2 comments by JamesGrayson on Jun 1st, 2009 digg this super bookmark

Microsoft's press conference was decent this year with some intresting new software and hardware announcements but suffered from a lack of first party exclusives.  Obviously, the Halo 3:ODST and Modern Warefare 2 footage was amazing andt here was also many games I will  rent like L4D2,Crackdown 2, and Splinter Cell Conviction and there was even an EPIC XBLA game called Shadow Complex.

There was even some quirky stuff like announced like Natal (3D motion sensor + Voice Command= No controller),Facebook/Twitter, and Last.fm which look okay though I doubt I would personally buy/use any of it.

2010 stuff looked pretty good, weird though that the Xbox is now full of Jap games (FF13[spring 2010] and MGS:Rising[late 2010?]). Heck, maybe MGS:Raiden will change me into a MGS fan like Crisis Core did for FF (don't count on it). 

Overall Score:
Presentation: 8- Two Beatles and Speilberg! Plus no sales graph mumbo jumbo though there were technical difficulties
Hardware: 7- Natal looks cool though I don't trust voice technology.
Software(non-games): 8.5-Last.fm sounds great and I know some people will love the social networking.
Games:Fanboy Score:9.5 Attempt at more impartial evaluation: 8-OMG Halo 3:ODST looks freaking amazing, ditto with Modern Warfare Two though compared to previous years the first party/exculsives seems thin, especially if you don't include console exculsives.

Overall Score: 8-Great though lacking compared to last few years, I really believe Sony will top them. Nintendo wil not even come close though I'm sure Xos and Nathan will find something to like and obsess over (New Zelda?).