[QUOTE="Paul_Phoenicks"][QUOTE="Tylendal"] Press Conference Criteria
Microsoft D- (Old news)
Sony B (Showed good potential)
Nintendo A+ (What retailers, after seeing that, wouldn't want to be selling those products. What investers would doubt the future of that company)
TBoogy
That's the closest to correct. Nintendo = A+ Sony = B Microsoft = C It's the E3 Media and Business Summit. Not E for All. If you want to see "hardcore" games, go look at 1UP.com. Nintendo made the best media and business decisions with their conference, showing about 6 or 7 titles that will each sell several million. In addition, they showed investors that they're going to continue to do what has made them #1 and hugely profitable. Sony showed the potential to do big business with unique titles, continued support of the PS2, one (final?) SKU for the PS3, continued support for the PSP, and the Greatest Hits line hitting the PS3. Microsoft did a great presentation for gamers, yes, and they showed excellent support from Netflix and NBC Universal, but you don't really get the perception that they're going to, not only catch Nintendo, but really do anything to stop the rise of Sony. But MS did show games that will be out THIS YEAR fighting for crowded shelf space. They showed you how good they are with hands on presentations given by studio heads of the developers that made them, showing how dedicated to MS's platform they are. Had reps from BOTH music games come on back to back to talk about their song lineups, with one mentioning that it was exclusive to 360 for a short period.
From a business stance, retailers saw more reason to allocate resources to MS this year than to Sony.
From a gamer stance, MS showed that their games were good and gave them release dates. Sony basically said "And one day we will release GOW". Like we didn't know that already.
From a presentational stance, Nintendo's show was kinda corny. Sony's was boring. Jack admitted that he was nervous, and you could tell throughout the show. At one point I started to fall asleep. MS's show was perfectly paced. Kept your attention throughout. The first 30 minutes were game demos, then 5 minutes of sales data (credit to Sony for doing that with a LBP demo). Then a couple of nice trailers for new Live Video partners. Then new XBL updates and Arcade games. Then music games and Square. Perfectly executed.
MS = B (showed who the "hip" contender is. Appealed to the hardcore, the casual, and the investor.)
Sony = C (boring show, no release dates)
Nintendo = d (decent show, no games)
Ah, but you don't see that retailers already have a lot of shelf space dedicated to the PS2, which is not only not going away, but is being fully backed by Sony. Not only that, but the Greatest Hits line of inexpensive, but high-quality games, will surely sell, while Sony is still showing confidence in the PSP. Microsoft, if you haven't been paying attention to sales data from NPD (new data tomorrow, according to Reggie), hasn't been increasing hardware sales with all of these good games of theirs. We all saw that GTA IV didn't do anything to boost console sales. Halo 3 came, and Wii nearly outsold 360 with no real game released that month. In fact, Microsoft is actually starting to LOSE momentum, while Sony is gaining it, based on Metal Gear. I wouldn't be surprised if the PS3 outsold the 360 by several tens of thousands in June. Nintendo is going to sell a bajillion copies of every game that they showed. And, once again this holiday season, you're not going to find a Wii on the shelves, because every kid on the planet is going to want Animal Crossing, while every female, young and old, will want Wii Music after it gets hyped on Regis and Kelly and the Today show. E3 isn't about games. It's about business. If you want games, go to E for All. 
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