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Posted: Jul 16th 2008 3:36PM (Unverified) said
I don't know how, with all the epilepsy inducing flashing lights.
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Posted: Jul 16th 2008 3:44PM (Unverified) said
Yeah, but Jack Tretton is not a good, dynamic public speaker. He kind of talked in a monotone and didn't seem all that excited. It felt like more of a keynote speech to investors than an introduction of cool, new products to consumers. The videos, multimedia and all that looked great, but Tretton was a little boring. Yeah, he could have been a lot worse. At least he wasn't nervous or stuttering, but they might want to think about putting someone else up there next time.
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Posted: Jul 16th 2008 3:55PM (Unverified) said
"It felt like more of a keynote speech to investors than an introduction of cool, new products to consumers."
Dirk, E3 IS for investors as well as consumer media. That is why each and every speaker goes over the financials.
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Dirk, E3 IS for investors as well as consumer media. That is why each and every speaker goes over the financials.
Posted: Jul 16th 2008 4:04PM (Unverified) said
I know, but it seems like Nintendo and Microsoft are more aware of the fact that their presentations are watched on G4, as well as on the Internet, by lots of consumers. And they've been able to have somewhat dynamic presentations. Really, I think all Sony needs to do is put a different man or woman up there. Content-wise, I thought the presentation was fine. It was all in the delivery.
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Posted: Jul 16th 2008 4:57PM Lijik said
Dirk, can you seriously tell me with a straight face that Nintendo was aware it was being shown on outlets like G4? Because if so what press conference did you watch?
What I saw was 3 people cause cringe-inducing moments with their overselling of how fun Wii Sports was, and then Shiggy jamming out with a guy named Robbie. Drums. It'd be like an episode of Curb your Enthusiasm if it wasn't for the fact that it was completely real.
If anything, Jack Treton's complete apathy was a relief after watching both Microsoft and Nintendo try and oversell how fun some products were.
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What I saw was 3 people cause cringe-inducing moments with their overselling of how fun Wii Sports was, and then Shiggy jamming out with a guy named Robbie. Drums. It'd be like an episode of Curb your Enthusiasm if it wasn't for the fact that it was completely real.
If anything, Jack Treton's complete apathy was a relief after watching both Microsoft and Nintendo try and oversell how fun some products were.
Posted: Jul 16th 2008 6:29PM (Unverified) said
Look, nobody's perfect. To be honest, I missed most of Nintendo's keynote and was going off what they've done in the past. All I'm saying is Sony could use someone up there who's a bit more of a dynamic speaker. If Tretton did books on tape, I would use them to fall asleep at night. Having him start off the keynote by talking for minutes on end probably wasn't the best move.
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Posted: Jul 17th 2008 11:05AM GRT said
I realize I'm in the minority but I preferred Tretton over Mattrick, who was so rehearsed and monotone that I found him a bit creepy, or Dunaway/Fils-Amie, who were over-selling so hard it really turned me off.
Granted none of them were -good- but I actually felt Tretton's more or less 'normal' delivery (he seems to be a pretty monotone guy naturally) was the least bad. :)
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Granted none of them were -good- but I actually felt Tretton's more or less 'normal' delivery (he seems to be a pretty monotone guy naturally) was the least bad. :)
Posted: Jul 16th 2008 3:37PM WiiFTW said
I didn't think Sony's was worthy of falling asleep. Though it wasn't terribly exciting what with the lack of gameplay videos. At least they announced remotely interesting games for the people who actually know that E3 exists.
Nintendo's conference was the one most deserving of ZZZs.
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Nintendo's conference was the one most deserving of ZZZs.
Posted: Jul 16th 2008 3:43PM (Unverified) said
Sony spent too much time on the ps2 and psp, pepel went to the show to see the ps3, they shoulda tried to go 30 more minutes and could ahad a gameplay demo.
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Posted: Jul 17th 2008 9:57AM (Unverified) said
I though the Sont event was great, some goood news, some good vids. I enjoyed it.
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Posted: Jul 16th 2008 3:40PM (Unverified) said
That's funny. I fell asleep twice myself watching it on TV yesterday. Yay! I can download movies now! zzzzzzzz
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Posted: Jul 16th 2008 3:59PM (Unverified) said
It would've been 10 times better if they said something like, "We're putting up some more PS1 classics in a few weeks", but i can't recall anyone saying that, so the presentation was pretty much meaningless.
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Posted: Jul 16th 2008 4:07PM (Unverified) said
@DangerMouse
Yeah! ANYTHING besides downloadable movies. I bought the PS3 for (besides games) the "ultimate" in HD A/V movie viewing, not crappy compressed downloads. It's like they're shooting themselves in the foot just so they can say "look, you can download movies on our games machine too"!
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Yeah! ANYTHING besides downloadable movies. I bought the PS3 for (besides games) the "ultimate" in HD A/V movie viewing, not crappy compressed downloads. It's like they're shooting themselves in the foot just so they can say "look, you can download movies on our games machine too"!
Posted: Jul 16th 2008 4:59PM Lijik said
To be fair, Microsoft also announced a similar thing with Netflix that was going to happen in the Fall. I think Sony's point with the movies thing was "Oh yeah? Well we can do pretty much the same thing. Right. Now."
Though it was a pretty weak comeback for losing FF13 exclusivity.
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Though it was a pretty weak comeback for losing FF13 exclusivity.
Posted: Jul 16th 2008 5:27PM (Unverified) said
"To be fair, Microsoft also announced a similar thing with Netflix that was going to happen in the Fall."
No, a similar thing would be their movie service which already launched over a year ago.
"I think Sony's point with the movies thing was "Oh yeah? Well we can do pretty much the same thing. Right. Now."
Pretty much the same thing? If you already subscribe to Netflix it's free. It's like a bonus for being a member of both services. I don't see how that's pretty much the same thing.
"Though it was a pretty weak comeback for losing FF13 exclusivity."
The only comeback to that would have been Sony getting a Halo game. At least they made it official that they are working on God of War III. A timeframe of even what year they're hoping it comes out would have been a nice touch.
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No, a similar thing would be their movie service which already launched over a year ago.
"I think Sony's point with the movies thing was "Oh yeah? Well we can do pretty much the same thing. Right. Now."
Pretty much the same thing? If you already subscribe to Netflix it's free. It's like a bonus for being a member of both services. I don't see how that's pretty much the same thing.
"Though it was a pretty weak comeback for losing FF13 exclusivity."
The only comeback to that would have been Sony getting a Halo game. At least they made it official that they are working on God of War III. A timeframe of even what year they're hoping it comes out would have been a nice touch.
Posted: Jul 16th 2008 3:40PM (Unverified) said
It was like the most entertaining one of the bunch.
Nintendo's was awful, and Microsoft spent most of thei r time on services and casual games, it was terrifying and i wanted to shoot myself.
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Nintendo's was awful, and Microsoft spent most of thei r time on services and casual games, it was terrifying and i wanted to shoot myself.
Posted: Jul 16th 2008 5:00PM (Unverified) said
^^^^
did i hurt ur little feelings, boo hoo, little xbot. Seems like ur running out of games to play.
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did i hurt ur little feelings, boo hoo, little xbot. Seems like ur running out of games to play.
Posted: Jul 16th 2008 3:42PM (Unverified) said
Stupid Microsoft fan-journalist! Probably doesn't even know what a real gaming system is!!!
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Posted: Jul 16th 2008 3:47PM (Unverified) said
THIS is why I hate coming here sometimes. Because of stupid comments like this and browntown. Look, we get that your Sonyfanboys but man you have to give props when props are due. Even Fernando or Samfish didn't like the Nintendo conference. I'm glad they arent blind like others around teh internetz.
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Posted: Jul 16th 2008 3:50PM jhowlett said
i was nodding off during parts of all 3. microsoft really put me to sleep during their music game section though. but i can fall asleep almost anywhere if i'm tired enough. i fell asleep during the lobby scene of the matrix in the theater even though i was excited.
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Posted: Jul 16th 2008 3:51PM (Unverified) said
Wow fell asleep during the best conference. Musta got one hell of a sleep during the other two.
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Posted: Jul 16th 2008 3:57PM aughscreennames said
Now thats a competent employee. A journalist that sleeps during a major press event. So what journalism company do you think his dad owns?
I can understand a regular guest sleeping during a press conference when they arent obligated to pay attention but a journalist? Thats pathetic.
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I can understand a regular guest sleeping during a press conference when they arent obligated to pay attention but a journalist? Thats pathetic.
Posted: Jul 19th 2008 6:20AM (Unverified) said
You're holding gaming journalists to too high standards, Kramer. Not everyone has the same nuanced social etiquette as you.
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Posted: Jul 16th 2008 4:16PM (Unverified) said
Weird I was awake during Nintendo's conference (Waiting for that Kid Icarus trailer that didn't show up) also that making fun of Nintendo in forums and here in Joystiq keep me awake.
In Sony even when Resistance PSP was a shocker for me and MAG premise sounds interesting I couldn't help but snore.Nothing new or exciting there.
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In Sony even when Resistance PSP was a shocker for me and MAG premise sounds interesting I couldn't help but snore.Nothing new or exciting there.
Posted: Jul 16th 2008 4:47PM (Unverified) said
Fenix: ZOMG! NINTENDO PRESS WAS TEH SUXXORS
No. It was OK. It didn't blow me out of the water, but it kicked Microsoft in the nuts. The reason we think it was bad is our high expectations. We expected Nintendo to announce all these IPs coming to the Wii, even though the console still has AT LEAST 3 years of shelf left. Every press event has been pretty bland. Microsoft told us what we already knew (late to their own party again). Nintendo spent their time gloating. Sony lowered PS3 prices, but who didn't see that coming.
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No. It was OK. It didn't blow me out of the water, but it kicked Microsoft in the nuts. The reason we think it was bad is our high expectations. We expected Nintendo to announce all these IPs coming to the Wii, even though the console still has AT LEAST 3 years of shelf left. Every press event has been pretty bland. Microsoft told us what we already knew (late to their own party again). Nintendo spent their time gloating. Sony lowered PS3 prices, but who didn't see that coming.
Posted: Jul 16th 2008 4:59PM Knight Marquise said
Huh. You and I must have watched completely different press conferences from Nintendo & MS.
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Posted: Jul 16th 2008 5:08PM (Unverified) said
It amazes me how people can be so stupid. E3 doesn't have anything but industry people and journalists. Journalists are retards. They have been on the 'PS3 sucks' bandwagon since day one and, like so many others, mistake pointless cynicism for intelligence. They didn't _want_ to be wowed by anything. So the fact that Sony had the best press conference of all three - in terms of content - completely missed them.
Of course it seemed dull. This type of presentation are meant for an enthusiastic audience of laypeople, not a-hole 'journalists' scraping Cheetoh dust off their iPhones.
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Of course it seemed dull. This type of presentation are meant for an enthusiastic audience of laypeople, not a-hole 'journalists' scraping Cheetoh dust off their iPhones.
Posted: Jul 16th 2008 8:26PM s7artan007 said
I fell asleep right before they said downloadable movies....
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