E3 2010!

[Bolivar]

One thing that baffles me about this industry is how easy people are to forgive a company from one press conference. Nintendo's showing was strong, but lets not forget that most of this stuff should have been released over the last two years. It doesn't change the fact that Nintendo still, ya know, suck.

While I was pleasantly surprised, there's still a level of pragmatism that takes away from them for me.

One, as great as all their announcements were, they're nearly all games I'll never get around to playing. I never finished Twilight Princess, so why would I pick up the new Zelda? Goldeneye might've been the best thing for me, but I'll probably never play it when there's already so many better console shooters on the PS3, and the original is still strong to me. Donkey Kong, Kirby, Kid Icarus... it's all great but I seriously doubt I'll ever play any of those.

Also, one of Nintendo's biggest criticisms is more than abundant this year - no new IP's. Everything Nintendo does that's exciting is from the past, and has more than 20 games to its name. Sure, Motorstorm, Killzone, and inFAMOUS all have sequels coming, but these are reimaginings of fairly new franchises

So Sony still wowed me the most, mostly because of shattering announcements and games that I know for sure I'll be playing or watching my girl play. But I have to give credit where credit is due, and Nintendo is relevant again.

I didn't think anything could surprise me more than a release date for GT5, but Gabe Newell at a Sony conference has to be the biggest surprise anyone has pulled in years.

I know. And Steam features on PS3 is literally a pipe dream I used to salivate about but knew could never happen in this world. I literally felt like I was hallucinating when they announced all this.

Nintendo win by a country mile and their conference was still awful. I barely even noticed Sony, but it looks like their biggest news was that Gran Turismo 5 now has a release date. Oh and Gabe you are the PS3 developers.

TWISTED METAL, BABY!!! And Move actually has good games. And the crapload of free content (in some cases full games) you get for buying third party games. And PSN Plus which pays for itself in the first month (too bad I already have Wipeout HD, thanks Dredz!!!).

Also can I ask - how was Nintendo awful???

E3 has been great, even with the publishers; even Ubisoft had some good ones!