When the Sony press conference started, I felt like I should go back to bed. After being bored by Iwata's presentation on the Vitality doohickey (that was clearly stolen from the finger of an elderly person who just died), I was about ready to fall asleep and the first 45 minutes or so of the Sony conference didn't help that feeling. The PSP GO? I really don't care. It's good to know that it has software coming out for it, but I don't want another mobile device. I've got my iPod touch and my Nintendo DS Lite and that's enough. Thanks for trying though.
Sony's conference didn't start to become interesting until they finally moved on to the PlayStation 3. While I think that Sony probably has the best lineup for this year in terms of exclusives (and it's about time), I was wanting to see what they had for next year. Overall, I think that Sony has titles that don't necessarily appeal to me (I'm not a fan of Gran Turismo or God of War), but they do have cache with a different section of gamers who will enjoy those. So what did Sony have for me? Final Fantasy XIII in English, that's what! But other than that? Not too much. I was giddy when Final Fantasy XIV was announced (eat it Microsoft), but then it turned out to be an MMO so pretty much all hope faded (I'm sure 1Up's James Mielke is ecstatic though).
Sony's conference didn't start to become interesting until they finally moved on to the PlayStation 3. While I think that Sony probably has the best lineup for this year in terms of exclusives (and it's about time), I was wanting to see what they had for next year. Overall, I think that Sony has titles that don't necessarily appeal to me (I'm not a fan of Gran Turismo or God of War), but they do have cache with a different section of gamers who will enjoy those. So what did Sony have for me? Final Fantasy XIII in English, that's what! But other than that? Not too much. I was giddy when Final Fantasy XIV was announced (eat it Microsoft), but then it turned out to be an MMO so pretty much all hope faded (I'm sure 1Up's James Mielke is ecstatic though).
Plus:
- Final Fantasy XIII in English with tons of new footage
- Final Fantasy XIV announced as an exclusive
- The Last Guardian
- Assassin's Creed 2
- God of War III
- PSP actually has more software coming out than the DS
- Their motion control technology demo provided some interesting ideas
- Queen's "One Vision" as a show closer
- Final Fantasy XIV is an MMO
- Gran Turismo 5 is still just a tease
- Gran Turismo PSP was possibly more boring than Iwata
- MAG looks like a game whose only purpose is to have 256 players
- Conference needed tightening up
- Sony still thinks Home is a good idea
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is for the PSP, not PS3
- Instead of making the PSP more affordable, it seems to be getting more expensive
- I STILL DON'T WANT A PSP! How many times do I have to say it?
- Sony's motion controller looks less practical and more like a tech demo than Microsoft's Natal
- No slim model PS3
- No PS3 price cut
B
Sony had a tough road ahead of them after Microsoft's conference yesterday, but overall I think they did fine. They didn't come anywhere close to blowing me away like Microsoft did, but they still have software worth paying attention to. An actual trailer for the new Ratchet & Clank would have helped and so would a price cut, but all-in-all, this wasn't a bad showing for them. It just needed more pep and a faster pace along with a couple more exciting titles.
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It appears Microsoft's demo of FF XIII was in English too, but I didn't notice because there wasn't any dialogue and the streaming video made the menus impossible to read.
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