Here's what I took away from E3.....

1. The Vita looks nice but the market its aimed at it quite small and they probably won't get those mass market sales they need. The pitch they have for the Vita is the exact same as the original PSP. I have little interest in the games they have announced for the thing except for Wipeout and whatever game Ken Levine is working on.

2. Conferences were pretty subdued with no real surprises. Its as if the companies were just going through the motions. Last year we had David Jaffe coming out and announcing Twisted Metal with Sweet Tooths friggin Ice-Cream truck alongside him. We had nothing like that this year.

3. Speaking of Twisted Metal, the stuff they are showing this year looks really good. Skyrim is also coming along better than I was expecting. Must admit that I was a little disappointed with Ninja Gaiden 3.