Yup, another one of these :P
Microsoft
Keep in mind that out of the three next gen systems the 360 is the only one I don't own. And while I'm sure games like Crackdown 2, Splinter Cell and Halo ODST are going to be good those types of games don't really catch my eye. So I'm going to talk about only thing in the conference which really did interest me...the Natel camera.
I know some people are very sceptical about it and to be honest I am too. But if Natel is used well...and by that I mean by keeping tennis game to a minimal :P it could be something truly great. Image if in Fallout 3 you could actually talk to the characters yourself rather than picking dialog boxes or become one of the fighters in Tekken to beat people up (which was kind of shown in one of the tech demos).
Of course this is providing that A. Natel works in the way it was shown to work and B. is supported by more then party. I remain cautiously optimistic until we see more.
Nintendo
I think that most people can agree that the biggest game news of the Nintendo presser was Metroid: Other M. In the past I've never liked the Metroid games...they are not bad games I just find myself getting lost every time...2D or 3D :oops:. So it interesting to me to see what new stuff Team Ninja will be putting it. Maybe my crap sense of direction will take me to the end of the game this time. :P
Other notable mentions at the conference included New Super Mario Bros for the Wii (can't say I'm that interested), Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Woo!), Golden Sun DS (I cheered at that one :D )
Lastly there is the vitality sensor...you could practically hear the boo's from the chat room :P. Again, same as Natel I reserve judgement until I see more. But I can't see how it could be used to good effect...if you can see how I'd love to know :).
Sony
Personally I think Sony had the most surprising announcement of the show with Final Fantasy XIV Online. Who saw that coming without the aid of a time machine? I really want to know more about too, I've said before I'm looking to get into an MMO and well...It might be a good place to start :P
Mod Nation Racers was also very interesting to me. I seemed like a super customisable Mario Kart, and since the Wii version of Mario Kart was a disappointment to me. I'm very interested to see how this one turns out. From first looks it looks even easier to create stuff in than LittleBigPlanet! And that would truly be awesome. :D
There were also some very well presented demos of Uncharted 2 (indestructible tables! :twisted: ), MAG (Not 100% sold on yet) and God of War III (maybe it's time I played one? :P ). Lastly, Sony announced a camera based motion control system. As with the rest of the peripherals announced at the show I think how it's used will determine how good it will be. They talked a lot about how the controls could be used in conventional games which left a good impression on me though
Overall
After two, lets be honest here, disappointing E3's this one's come back to foam in terms of games to show and didn't have a whole lot of numbers either. It wasn't perfect, there were a LOT of game that were announced for 2010 which is a disappointment (why Heavy Rain? WHY!?) but overall I felt that will be spending a lot of money in the future :P
Those are my thoughts. Sorry if your completely sick to death of these blogs. But it just not the end of E3 without them :P