I am absolutely excited today. As an Xbox 360 owner the Microsoft Press Conference provide some impressive announcements today that had me cursing in excitement, and joy! When the press conference first started I thought that things were slow, and to a extent I wasn't too impressed. The demos displaying Fallout 3, Fable 2, Resident Evil 5, and Gears of War 2 weren't exactly enough for my taste. But I am pretty sure that those games will definitely have more coverage as the week passes. Fallout 3 reminded me of The Elder Scrolls series at its current state today. I am excited that Washington D.C. is the setting for Fallout 3 since I use to live near the city. It brings that same concept from its fantasy-roleplaying counterpart; be anyone and do anything. My first impression from the Resident Evil 5 demo was that the game still remained similar to the previous installment in the franchise; but when they announced online cooperative play I absolutely melted. Fable 2 was also viewed by me in the same way. Much of the footage in Lionhead's demo wasn't totally new, but they were bringing gamers online together by the cooperative experience over Xbox Live. Gears of War 2 is Gears of War 2; I can't really say much about it. A lot of the big titles for Microsoft's console pretty much are just giving more of what you expect. Is there any innovation? From those demos I can't say much. But I do like how the next Guitar Hero game is going to add more depth to the gameplay.

Now for Xbox 360 owners who takes advantage of every option on the system are absolutely going to enjoy this Fall and holiday season. As a Xbox Live Gold member, I am impressed with what's coming to Xbox Live Arcade including the addition of Portal, and the original Banjo Kazooie games. For those who just enjoy the company of your fellow Xbox Live friends you are going to get some exciting additional features with the Fall update. Plus Netflix and the ability to watch movies with your friends online which has been a featured asked for since the Xbox 360 released! The TV series Heroes returns along with several other new movie and TV studios. There's also going to be additional and exclusive content for Fallout 3, and we can't forget the downloadable episodes for GTAIV.

And then there is Square Enix. At this moment the Xbox 360 is the console to be on if you enjoy Japanese roleplaying games. There is Eternal Sonata, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, and several more Japanese RPGs coming to the console later on. BUT! Square Enix pretty much delivered a terrible slap to the face at Sony. As you know Infinite Undiscovery is exclusive to the Xbox 360, Star Ocean 4 right now has a potential to be a time-exclusive for Microsoft system with possible PS3 release, and Last Remnants is releasing this September on the American console(plus on the Playstation 3). Square Enix delivered again by showing a trailer of Final Fantasy XIII at the the Microsoft Press Conference and people absolutely went crazy. It was a shocking, and exciting experience. Over in Europe and North America there is a large portion of Final Fantasy fans and old RPG addicts who own a Xbox 360, but do not have a Playstation 3. Today they were able to relieve some stress and rejoice.

I think Microsoft is now try target Nintendo especially when you consider some the other stuff featured in their press conference. It really does feel great to be a Xbox 360 owner. I've always have said in the past that it's good to play together which was one of Microsoft's slogans for their Xbox franchise, and it still has meaning today! When I turn my Xbox 360 on, I just don't automatically start playing a game. I always find myself browsing through the options that are available on Xbox Live. And while I am doing this I can talk to my Xbox Live friends. Not to mention as a Xbox Live member and a officer at the Final Fantasy Experience Union(also member of the SE Experience) it's going to be a great moment to have live chat with other union members(up to 8 together) while playing Final Fantasy XIII. You can't beat that especially if you enjoy Final Fantasy!

Nintendo and Sony are up next. I think Nintendo is going to still sell the Wii regardless if their press conference is good or not. Personally I think Nintendo really needs a bang, and definitely has to appeal to the hardcore audience. I only have Super Mario Galaxy, and I've had my Wii for about 4 or 5 months. As a old Sega fan, I haven't really been attracted to a lot of Nintendo's first party games. As far as Sony goes I think they are going to do great! Even after loosing an exclusive they still have momentum built up from the release of MGS4. I am not a Playstation 3 owner, but I am definitely excited to see what they are going to do.