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TalkBack / Re: E3 2015: Lessons to Learn from the Competition
« on: June 29, 2015, 12:08:51 PM »
Thanks! I try to be as unbiased and realistic as possible.
Microsoft and Sony had great shows for very similar reasons. Nintendo had a mediocre showing because they were a bit more conservative about what they were showing. Wait, does that make sense? No, it doesn't. As someone who buys the content and not the hype, the only thing I'm disappointed in seeing from Nintendo is that they didn't have more information on Devil's Third, a game that is, and should have been featured at a show that had games releasing in the next nine months. Microsoft didn't show anything that convinces me to buy an xBox One- backwards compatibility is a feature that should be in ALL SYSTEMS AS A STANDARD, even if it hinders future releases. Our consoles don't last forever and that's an important feature. As for Rare games, I certainly don't give a damn. Sony also confirmed that games and concepts for games that were announced years before are still in development, which is... great, I guess? How does that affect my current purchase of a PS4? Not at all.
Nintendo may have shown nothing surprising, but that doesn't mean their content is disappointing. Again, the games they had on display for the media may have been disappointing, but that only means I missed on less not attending E3 this year, and that's a pretty satisfying feeling. We're a nation built on self-entitlement, and so I'm not going to hate on TYP's feelings because he's certainly entitled to want to play games early because he's staff on a Nintendo fansite, but I'm not going to deny my own feelings of entitlement and say that I didn't deserve all those Nindie demos or treehouse coverage. Also, I don't think that Game Freak title is going to be all that impressive, because Game Freak isn't an amazing developer.
Microsoft and Sony had great shows for very similar reasons. Nintendo had a mediocre showing because they were a bit more conservative about what they were showing. Wait, does that make sense? No, it doesn't. As someone who buys the content and not the hype, the only thing I'm disappointed in seeing from Nintendo is that they didn't have more information on Devil's Third, a game that is, and should have been featured at a show that had games releasing in the next nine months. Microsoft didn't show anything that convinces me to buy an xBox One- backwards compatibility is a feature that should be in ALL SYSTEMS AS A STANDARD, even if it hinders future releases. Our consoles don't last forever and that's an important feature. As for Rare games, I certainly don't give a damn. Sony also confirmed that games and concepts for games that were announced years before are still in development, which is... great, I guess? How does that affect my current purchase of a PS4? Not at all.
Nintendo may have shown nothing surprising, but that doesn't mean their content is disappointing. Again, the games they had on display for the media may have been disappointing, but that only means I missed on less not attending E3 this year, and that's a pretty satisfying feeling. We're a nation built on self-entitlement, and so I'm not going to hate on TYP's feelings because he's certainly entitled to want to play games early because he's staff on a Nintendo fansite, but I'm not going to deny my own feelings of entitlement and say that I didn't deserve all those Nindie demos or treehouse coverage. Also, I don't think that Game Freak title is going to be all that impressive, because Game Freak isn't an amazing developer.
