Topic: Microsoft, Sony, and 3rd parties E3 2009 Conferences

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

This MoCam needs to be a success before THQ will give it "support."

[BranDonk Kong]

Keep in mind they were just showing tech demos. Of course no one wants to pretend like they're part of a pit crew, changing a tire is a pain in the ass IRL, no need to simulate it. They're just showing the level of motion that can be used, since they're probably aren't any real games using this tech yet. The skateboarding demo = pretty awesome. Imagine a Spider-Man game - shoot the web by flicking your wrist, then grab with both hands and pull towards your body to swing.

[NWR_insanolord]

I think Nintendo's bridge games won't transition people to traditional controllers, just more complex games. They'd still want to have peopel follow their brand of interaction.

That's what I'm saying, though. You can do more complex games with the same controller you do Wii Sports with, I'm not convinced you can do anything more complex than what they showed in the press conference with Natal.

It can capture your movement in 3D, so you could sit on a couch/chair, etc, and have the camera watch your feet for the imaginary gas/break pedals, or push your arms out to accelerate, and pull them back in to slow down. Keep one hand on the wheel to steer, and use the other to throw an item, in any direction. Using just your hands = extremely limited, using your entire body...not so much. Don't get me wrong, I love Nintendo and the Wii, and I'd love to find some shortfalls of this thing...but they've got some absolutely amazing technology on their hands with this thing.

Based on how it handled things when the guy tried to show the crowd the bottom of the avatar's shoe I don't know if it's precise enough to work based on motions as subtle as that. And I don't know if it would be able to sense the direction of the imaginary wheel if you only had one hand on it. Just look at the initial tech demos of the Wii, what became Wii Sports, they gave off a great impression of the capabilities of the hardware but no one was able to do motion controls that well again until Motion Plus came out. I'd love to see this thing work the way they make it seem, I'm just far from convinced that it does.

[BranDonk Kong]

Just give it more than a 5 minute demo to make any decisions - also, his baggy jeans most likely were the cause of the problem with him showing his foot - that and the avatar was slowly rotating on screen, probably throwing him off a bit.

[NWR_insanolord]

Like I said, I'd love for it to work and I'd definitely buy it if it did, especially considering there were only two games in that press conference I'll probably buy and neither one of them is a 360 exclusive so I'm looking for something to justify my 360 purchase, I'm just more skeptical about it than a lot of people seem to be.

[Dirk Temporo]

changing a tire is a pain in the ass IRL

Only if you're a woman

Before any cries of sexism, it's not my fault typical women would rather sit back and watch the men do it. My mom can change her own tires just fine.

[vudu]

his baggy jeans most likely were the cause of the problem with him showing his foot - that and the avatar was slowly rotating on screen, probably throwing him off a bit.

So games will require a dress code?

[BranDonk Kong]

I'm not saying it's hard to do, but it's usually not a pleasant experience, especially when you have stripped lugnuts, and your car is on the shoulder of I-95.

[Dirk Temporo]

stripped lugnuts

RAGE

[Flames_of_chaos]

How did sony lose an exclusive?  Metal Gear Solid: Rising is not MGS4, it's a game staring Raiden without Snake.

[vudu]

Is it?  I think most people are assuming it's going to be the equivalent of Subsistence.  Take MGS4, port it to 360 and add on a small bonus mission (like Assignment Ada) that reuses assets from the main game.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Is it?  I think most people are assuming it's going to be the equivalent of Subsistence.  Take MGS4, port it to 360 and add on a small bonus mission (like Assignment Ada) that reuses assets from the main game.

Thats exactly what I was thinking it was.

[Spak-Spang]

Looks like a good line up of games, but nothing that has WOWED me.  Are we looking for that wow factor in E3 anymore, or are we just happy with a good lineup of games?

[ShyGuy]

So what can Natal do that eye toy can't?

[BlackNMild2k1]

Looks like a good line up of games, but nothing that has WOWED me.  Are we looking for that wow factor in E3 anymore, or are we just happy with a good lineup of games?

We want both, but MS leaked everything before hand, so even if they did have a MEGATON announcement, we would have known about it already.

Nintendo has only let two things slip so far, and that is WiiFit+ and the other thing isn't even solid (mario game).

Sony has let most(if not all) of their cat out the bag too. but some of the things we know about most likely aren't gonna be announced at E3 anyway, like PS3slim and possibly PSPGo.

[TJ Spyke]

Is the conference uploaded anywhere yet? EA's too if it's over yet.

[BranDonk Kong]

Just watch them live on G4 or G4tv.com, GameTrailers is uploading all the videos too.

[TJ Spyke]

I can't watch the MS conference LIVE since it ended several hours ago. I cant' watch Nintendo's live either because I have classes when they are doing theirs. Hopefully GT uploads them to iTunes since I would prefer to download them rather than streaming.

[Flames_of_chaos]

It seems like a raiden side story also G4 confirmed that MGS: Rising IS NOT an exclusive title.

KONAMI ANNOUNCES THE FIRST METAL GEAR SOLID® TITLE FOR THE XBOX 360® METAL GEAR SOLID®: RISING

Raiden Stars in the First Metal Gear Solid Game to Hit the Xbox 360®

El Segundo, Calif. - June 1, 2009 - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., announced today that Metal Gear Solid: Rising is currently in development for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft - the first Metal Gear Solid game to launch on the Xbox 360®. Raiden, one of the most popular characters in the Metal Gear Solid universe, will star in the all-new title from Hideo Kojima. Raiden first debuted in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system as a playable character and appeared as a non-playable cyborg in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.

"The Metal Gear Solid series is one of the most highly acclaimed video game franchises of all time," said Anthony Crouts, Vice President of Marketing for Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. "With Metal Gear Solid: Rising, the Xbox 360 community will finally get a chance to enjoy the action and excitement that this popular franchise is known to offer."

Metal Gear Solid: Rising is scheduled to be released on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system. For more information on Konami, please visit: http://www.konami.com.

[BeautifulShy]

Thanks for the info Flames_of_Chaos.

Can a staff member answer this. Are you going to do a liveblog of Ubisoft's conference? It starts in 50 mins.

[BlackNMild2k1]

What you get when you mix a 10 year old boy and Seaman...

joke not included

[BeautifulShy]

Thanks Black N Mild. Added to OP.
As you might imagine GameTrailers is being swamped. Could take a while for that to load.

[Flames_of_chaos]

Thanks for the info Flames_of_Chaos.

Can a staff member answer this. Are you going to do a liveblog of Ubisoft's conference? It starts in 50 mins.

Depends what the boys at E3 are doing. The NWR twitter page usually has a feed of what new stuff that's put up on the site and occasionally a staff member makes a little note of what they are doing that's relevant to gaming. 

[BeautifulShy]

What is NWR's twitter?

[Flames_of_chaos]

http://twitter.com/Nintendo_NWR