Sony have gone so far up their own ass over recent years it's like they are walking straight back into another early PS3 level of arrogance. Sure the 4 major games Sony took deep dives on look great (though I couldn't give less of a **** about Last of Us) but this whole presentation screamed of arrogance to me. Yes the Xbox One is a disaster but if Sony ain't careful they are going to fall straight into that same mistake they made 15 years earlier come the next console cycle. Microsoft are hungry and it showed with their Presentation, there was something for everybody and all games big and small got their place in the sun. Sony are resting on their laurels too much, they know they are in first place by a long long way and this E3 presentation and their PSX showing last year really shows that they have no intention to oversell their platform anymore. They have the few big games coming and thats all they care about sharing really. The actual presentation sucked also, the music segments were too long, the needless moving around. FFS these are game trailers, not theatre productions. Keep it slick and keep it moving is how I like it. Yes you can't have 50 BIG games revealed or shown but as MS proved you can still have alot. Imagine if Sony had done both and kept things more simple for the presentation? I liked the content of what Sony had to share I guess but I actively hated how they shared it and was left pretty unfilled by the quantity of what they shared.
I've been watching E3 since around 2004 when I watched the conferences on a tiny realplayer (most likely) video on Gamespot. So I'm pretty old school when it comes to how I think an E3 press conference should be done I guess. Also I'm pretty adverse to the big massive open world games which is pretty much every single big budget title these days. I also don't like FPS games either. So I suppose while I enjoy watching E3, alot of what E3 has to offer doesn't really talk to me anymore. Ghosts of Tsushima and Death Stranding both looked really cool but I'm not sure if I will play either of them. In fact my biggest announcement of E3 so far is Tetris Effect haha. Can't wait for that.
Looking forward to Nintendo, I should probably buy a switch. It very much lines up with the sort of games I like and the person I am. I kinda got burned by the Wii U so I've been put off so far but MK8, Captain Toad, Mario Odyssey, Mario and Rabbids etc etc etc all look so much fun. Add in all the indie games they get and yeah right now Nintendo is probably where I am. Mario Tennis looks great (I put in 100's of hours into the N64 version).
Anyway there is my random thoughts about E3 so far. It's been pretty good I guess though I get the impression Nintendo are in pole position to steal the show with a colorful presentation full of fun and of course the reveal of Smash 5.
