Topic: Annual E3 Award Nominees Announced

[oohhboy]

It is not that Nintendo had a bad E3 showing, it is just that most of the games nomiated were not show floor playable and/or a good portion of them weren't even going to be released within 12 months. For such a large industry show, it has the worst awards list out there. It is a disgrace to the industry.

[Illini4]

I am not denying the fact that many stores have rows of plastic cases covered in plastic wrap and filled with a circular disc which has code on it to be put in an xbox.  Not at all, i agree, there are rows and rows of just that for xbox.  They are nothing more.  Just because more people buy/rent these "games" doesn't mean xbox is better.  If that were the case, NSYNC would be the greatest band ever, or Britney Spears.  God help us all if that is going to be the measurement for all things, sales?  Yikes, i guess that means DBZ: Budokia is a better game than ZeldaWW and MetroidP combined!  Try thinking out side the (x)box canuck.

I am sure more peole rent xbox games.  They are so damn tired of palying Halo for the past 2 years they will play ANYTHING just to get some kind of change.  But there is no xbox game worth buying ($50!) so xboxers woudl rather just burn $4 of a rental.  I have never rented a gcn game.  If there is a gcn game worth playing, then it is worth buying.

Also,  Micro$oft needs to release a new machine.  They should just call it the Halobox.  Sell it with the release of Halo2.  It is a gigantic loud machine (much like xbox) that has Halo and Halo2 programed on the hard drive.  The machine doesn't have a disc drive or anything that could be used to play any other game.  Because there is not a SINGLE game on xbox that is worth owning (exclusive game).    

[Jonnyboy117]

In response to several comments...

I'm not upset that there are so few Nintendo games on the list.  That's just how it goes.  Nintendo had a broad but not a very deep lineup this year, and I would have a hard time picking out the two or three best games in their booth.  I fully expected F-Zero and Mario Kart to take a couple of nominations, and that's about it.  So don't think that I'm just bitter at these awards because Nintendo games don't dominate the nominations.  That's not it at all.

I'm also not going to bash awards in general.  In fact, I love industry awards.  Sure, the Grammys are complete BS. (Would you believe it took them more than twenty years to give Bob Dylan an award for Best Song, and Pink Floyd have never gotten Best Album?)  And the Emmys, who cares.  But the Oscars...I love them.  Even when I disagree with their choices, I can see that they are, for the most part, interested in only the best movies.  I can respect their nominations and awards because the process has integrity.  There aren't any stupid loopholes for being eligible.  The rules are simple and clearly stated.  The awards aren't just based on hype.

Sure, in the end, awards mean very little.  But it's something for people to talk about, something to get us excited about the industry.  The E3 awards don't do that for me, or for most people.  The process has become so corrupted that no one really cares who wins anymore, and that's when awards truly do become meaningless.