Who do you expect to have the best E3 conference this year?

Personally, I think Sony will have the best, at least based on what we know they will likely show and what they have coming out this year.

Nintendo will very likely have the worst.

MS is the real wild card. Based on what I've seen, it kinda sounds like they will be talking new features for the console. Could be cool or could be lame attempts to reach out to "casuals."

Thoughts?

Personally, I think Sony will have the best, at least based on what we know they will likely show and what they have coming out this year.

Nintendo will very likely have the worst.

MS is the real wild card. Based on what I've seen, it kinda sounds like they will be talking new features for the console. Could be cool or could be lame attempts to reach out to "casuals."

Thoughts?

BananaNuts

Probably Sony this year will have the best, Microsoft wont be able to out do themselves like they did last year, so much much awesomeness from them last year. But yeah Sony = best this year most likely and Microsoft and Nintendo I have no idea who will come second. Mainly becasue the Wii actually does have a very good lineup and some good Nintendo exclusives (Punch-out, Pikmin 3 and Sin and Punishment 2) to work with.

Sony wins easily. There is not a game out there that trumps Trico.

1. Sony
2. Microsoft
3. Nintendo

Nintendo failed hard last year and people assume that it'll always be that way. In general, Nintendo almost always impress at E3 and I think they know that they have to come out strong this year. Anyway, I think everyone's going to have a big show this year. E3 is back in full force and everyone's going to try to put their best foot forward. Here are my predictions:

1. Nintendo

-new entry for Zelda or Zelda calibur franchise

-DSiWare news/"Virtual Handheld"

-Whatever Retro Studios is working on.

-new entries for 2nd tier franchises like F-Zero, Starfox, Pikmin, etc..

-new "Wii _____" title.

-Big news regarding Pokemon Gold/Silver remakes and other future DS games (DSi related).

-several new franchises geared to casuals and non gamers (new non-game apps for Wii, as well)

-one new franchise geared toward the core.

-More New Play Control remakes

-Unlikely: Mario Galaxy 2

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2. Microsoft

-Halo OTST

-Update on Peter Jackson's Halo project.

-More additions to the Xbox Dashboard

-New big exclusive franchises from Microsoft and third parties.

-"stealing" away another "PlayStation associated franchise"

-Motion Controller along with casual games that it'll work with.

-New Rare game (probably Killer Instinct)

-Mass Effect 2 will be PC/Xbox only

-Unlikley: New LionHead Game

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3. Sony

-PSP Go!

-God of War III footage

-Team ICO game

-Long dead Gran Turismo for PSP resurrected as PSP Go exclusive.

-Gran Turismo 5

-New Ratchet & Clank

-Lost and Damned coming to PS3

-small price drop for PS3 ($20-30)

-Unlikely: Any talk of Home's "success."

I actually think Microsoft has more to announce so their's should be awesome.

lets just hope E3 wont disappoint like last year and all 3 have great conferences and interesting announcements..

It is hard to say but I think it is going to be between Sony and MS, unless Nintendo gives 100 times better show than they did last year.Star650

[QUOTE="Star650"]It is hard to say but I think it is going to be between Sony and MS, unless Nintendo gives 100 times better show than they did last year.TheNextOrder

maybe the zuneHD will be mentioned(hopefully)

I think everyone will show something that interests me...... but I'm gonna have to go with MS...... Sony doesnt seem to be holding on to alot of info, though if they were, then I wouldn't know about it either right..... but its just a gut feeling....

MS seems to be staying very HUSH HUSH, and making big promises.... I don't think they wanna look like fools (Sony E3 06, Ninty E3 08), so they'll probably deliver.

Ninty, I'm expecting 1 (or maybe 2) very big announcement/s from the Ninty camp... the rest will probably remind me of E3 08.

I could be wrong..... so we'll see.

it depends what nintendo and microsoft pull out, they'll have to have quite a few big suprises in order to compete with sonys right now though. What we know so far i'll go with sonys e3 being the best.Mckenna1845

but thats the thing.... we know more about Sony than we know about MS and Ninty..... imo... it's the things that we don't already know about, that are the exciting part of E3....

for example.... lets say that Sony goes into E3 and doesn't announce anything new..... even if they show alot of already announced games... its kinda like.... meh, who cares? I want new previously unknown info.

Microsoft, sir.

I don't think there's ever been a clear best since this generation started , and I don't see one coming now all of a sudden. Unless they use my handy dandy guide and deliver

My conference guides -

• Use afun way to present things - LittleBigPlanet incorporation like Sony did last year
• Have that awesome game to really show off on stageand wow the crowds and drop jaws - original Gears of War opening in 2006, Killzone 2 closingSony's show in 2007
• Casual focused games come off as mildly fun or interesting , and not totally embarrassing and cringe worthy like Microsoft's last year and Cammie's performancewith Wii titles.
• Drop an unexpected bomb or have that major game reveal at your conference - could be a pricecut , new hardware ,big exclusive game, whatever
• Good pacing and flow. Don't focus too much time on one particular thing like sales and innovation like Nintendo or like Sony with GT5 way back when. Bored people to tears despite it being a hugely anticipated game.
• Don't bring games on stage to demonstrate that have no business beingshown on stage - Genji comes to mind.
• Tease at leastone intriguing game thatis coming late the next year or after. There's nothing better than speculating about a new trailer or new IP - from a known studio like Sony did with Infamous or MAG in respective recent years. Then the next E3they can open up the floodgates with footage and more details about that game everyone was wondering and speculating about.
• Address some the things that people have been complaining the most about with your system if possible and use the conference to show your consumers that they are listening and willing to improve in areas.

Obviously Sony, everyone knows they're the best!

I think it will be microsoft. They have been very quiet these days. They are preparing big announcments for sure

Obviously Sony, everyone knows they're the best!

Aljosa23

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Obviously Sony, everyone knows they're the best!

PAL360

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Obviously Sony, everyone knows they're the best!

Aljosa23

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Obviously Sony, everyone knows they're the best!

Aljosa23

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I think Sony will impress this year. I'm excited for MS too since they've been relatively quiet so far. As for Nintendo... I'll skip that one.

I think it will be microsoft. They have been very quiet these days. They are preparing big announcments for sure

PAL360

sony most likely by far the biggest thing in sony's bag that we know will be coming is a GOW3 demonstration along with a more gameplay oriented MAG trailer considering we haven't seen much gameplay of either and the both are anticipated from comping form great devs those could be a hit of the conferance. also knowing sony they'll probably announce a game by some well known dev and give a vauge teaser(like mag) i'm hopeing thats team ico. Sony by far is setting themselves up for a better conferance than the other 2

as for MS i have no idea. i only see 2 possibilities either a an amazing conferance with multiple games and new IP's or a horrible nintendo e3 08 like conferance. MS likes to play it close to the vest so could be either. i would say it really important for MS to do really good this E3 cause last year wasn't all that great the only thing that was great about their e3 last year was FF13 announcement.

well it can't really get all that worse for nintendo considering how bad last year was. all nintendo needs to do is unveil a new zelda, mario, metroid, or pikmin game to be improve from last year and sign are thats probable. nintendo looks to improve from last year but i have to say not by much. wii still has crappy 3rd party support and a bunch of casual ware if this e3 doesn't contain any hardcore games or big 3rd party games(that are not watered down ports or remakes) than i think wii could be on the up swing

I'm guessing Sony then MS. I'm expecting Nintendo's will be somewhat improved over last year's.

My money is on MS surprising us all and taking a win.

Let's be honest though, none can really "win" it unless one completely blows away the other two to the point that it's not even debatable.

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I think it will be microsoft. They have been very quiet these days. They are preparing big announcments for sure

PoppaGamer

• 360 redesign - smaller , sleaker , quieter , etc
• Full body motion controls and software that really backs it up
• MGS4 (with bonus content) and FF Versus XIII both coming to 360
• Kingdom Hearts III
• new FF MMO
• New Kojima exclusive
• GTA V exclusivity deal
• XBL Gold pricecut
• Tranform home entertainment as we know it

I'll be different and say Nintendo. MS have been hyping theirs way too much so it'll disappoint, just like GDC. Sony's will be decent but will probably focus more on the PSP than PS3.Floppy_Jim

Whatever the case...I think it is safe to say does not get much worse than Nintendo's "effort" from last year...

Sony, they have a stellar lineup followed by Microsoft.

I think it'll be a tie. I see something killer coming from all three this year.

All three i hope, i wana watch a great E3 this year :D

Hopefully some good news from Sony :)

as much as i like sony i have to give it tomircosoftand/or nintendo

Sony will have the best lineup

M$ will steal an exclusive

Ninty will announce Zelda

That's my predictions. Has for who wins out of the three, for my Sony.

i'd say nintendo

theres too much expectations for MS and Sony. PSP2? Motion controllers? new exclsuives?

but nintendo could show off plenty of games we want that we already know about

all we need is one more IP like Pikmin 3, perhaps a Zelda Wii trailer and thats it

since people expect the most out of MS and Sony, and the least out of Nintendo, it puts Ninty in the best spot. they have the best chance to shock ppl.

MS and Sony face disapointment. People wanting price drops, new controllers, but if nintendo goes out and actually delivers an e3 for the core gamer with titles like Mario and Luigi 3, Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Spirit Tracks, Scribblenauts, Layton 2, Sin and Punishment 2, Pikmin 3, Kirby Wii, etc with the good 3rd party games like Monster hunter 3, dragon quest 10 no more heroes 2 they'd do good

wouldnt it be funny if at the end of nintendos e3 keynote the pres of square enix came out and showed a wii FF13 trailer? it'd be so funny. (they did recently make an FF13 engine optimized for wii but i presume thats for either a KH game for wii or DQ10) man, that'd be hilarious. so funny.

After last year's E3, I really can't expect much.

i'd say nintendo

theres too much expectations for MS and Sony. PSP2? Motion controllers? new exclsuives?

but nintendo could show off plenty of games we want that we already know about

all we need is one more IP like Pikmin 3, perhaps a Zelda Wii trailer and thats it

since people expect the most out of MS and Sony, and the least out of Nintendo, it puts Ninty in the best spot. they have the best chance to shock ppl.

MS and Sony face disapointment. People wanting price drops, new controllers, but if nintendo goes out and actually delivers an e3 for the core gamer with titles like Mario and Luigi 3, Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Spirit Tracks, Scribblenauts, Layton 2, Sin and Punishment 2, Pikmin 3, Kirby Wii, etc with the good 3rd party games like Monster hunter 3, dragon quest 10 no more heroes 2 they'd do good

wouldnt it be funny if at the end of nintendos e3 keynote the pres of square enix came out and showed a wii FF13 trailer? it'd be so funny. (they did recently make an FF13 engine optimized for wii but i presume thats for either a KH game for wii or DQ10) man, that'd be hilarious. so funny.

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