E3 Predictions & Hopes

What are your predictions for E3, and what games are you looking forward to seeing most? Who do you think will "win" out of the big 3 press confs?

I will post my thoughts after we get a few replies.

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I don't really have any hopes or expectations, I guess ill just watch it online or something when i get time, fable 3 is the only game that springs to mind at the moment of what i want to hear more about though

You've heard my speculations over Skype and there's a long list of them regarding Nintendo... I feel that if I post them up in here that they won't come true though XD and that would be a shame...

What do I want to see most...

When it comes to E3, its the games that I don't know about yet that in all likelihood wont be released until after the next E3 that I am most interested in. So some games I'm looking forward to learning more about are...

• Golden Sun DS
• New Kingdom Hearts game (KH3?)
• Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
• Valkyria Chronicles II

Those are pretty much the only games I know about, that I want to know more about.

Predictions?

This E3 feels a little different, maybe it is just because I'm busier now than I usually am at this time of the year and haven't had the time to really follow the rumors, but it feels like the big 3 have everything laid out in plain sight this year. The Wii is going to show new Zelda and 3DS, the PS3 is going to focus on 3D and Move, and the 360 is going to focus on Halo: Reach and Natal. The "surprises" that the big 3 are going to reveal are where I'm at a loss this year. Last year everybody knew about 360 lining up a Metal Gear game (Rising) the PSPgo and PS3 Slim were horribly leaked, and well Nintendo was just Nintendo. So what do I think will be the surprises this year...

Nintendo, really I have no idea wtf Nintendo is ever thinking. Therefore I'm going to throw out some wild guesses/wishes mixed in with things I think may actually happen. There are some new Wiimote rumors running around the net; I'm thinking it's a new Wii-mote with built-in MotionPlus bundled with the new Zelda game. I also expect Iwata to laugh at some point I'll venture to guess that it'll be right after he reveals the 3DS by pulling it out of his coat pocket. Also, they will retcon the Corocoro magazine Pokémon Black/White reveal and say that trainers will be customizable. We will also see a new Wii accessory to go with the Nunchuck, Classic Controller (Pro), Balance Board and Vitality Sensor. Yeah...

Sony's going to be pretty obvious too, focus on 3D, Move and sequels, so where are the surprises? I think we're going to get a mention or at least a nod of a pending PSP2. A few months ago I would have guaranteed that we would see the PSP2, but lately the rumors about it have slowed to practically a stop and that worries me, plus we know that Sony is horrible at keeping hardware secrets. That being said, they need to mention something about a PSP2 otherwise they are just admitting defeat to Nintendo in the handheld market. While the PSP is still doing strong in Japan it is basically lifeless elsewhere and at this point even with a pretty strong game lineup this year and last year the announcement of a PSP2 is likely the only thing that can revitalize its market (with better anti-piracy measures).

Another thing I'm expecting to hear is a PSN Premium service, which would be a paid online service similar to Xbox Live. The difference would be that everything available for free now, would still be free if you choose not to pay for the premium. That raises the question of what the incentive would be to pay and the obvious things are extra features that Xbox live has, things like cross-game chatting, but how about we throw in a real surprise, something that could actually increase console sales. PS2 Backwards Compatibility; pack that in with the premium PSN and even better if someone doesn't want premium PSN make the PS2 BC available to them in another way. Of course ideally it would just be a firmware update . As for more from Sony, I'm expecting some new IP announcements because they've blown the lid off of all their sequels already, Killzone 3, Infamous 2, LBP2 and GT5, so what games are left to surprise, nothing except maybe Resistance 3 so we need to see an exciting new IP.

Moving on the the 360, which I care about least for obvious reasons. Anyway, some things I'd expect, how about a FFXIII flashback, secure FF vs. XIII and steal exclusivity away from Sony again. Natal we're expecting, but from what we've seen from Natal it doesn't distance itself from the Wii or Move, so what would really set it apart? Show us a sweet demonstration of head-tracking to create simulated 3D on a 2D screen, it's the perfect counter to Sony's emphasis on 3D gaming, cheaper than a 3DTV and no need for shitty ass glasses. Now what I really want to see from Microsoft is the development of more 1st party games which is where I think the 360 really lacks. That's pretty much all I know about the 360.

Who will win?

Although Nintendo has the coolest new hardware that we know about going into the show (3DS) a new handheld doesn't win E3 and I don't think Zelda can do it alone. Plus Nintendo has a long way to go from it's previous few E3 appearances. That leaves us with Sony and Microsoft. I think that going into the show Sony has the lead with the most stuff that we know about and that we're looking forward to. However, I think Microsoft has the most potential to shock and surprise and with E3 it is always the thing that catches us off-guard that we remember the most and all the companies know this. In the end I'm going to go with my bias and pick Sony.

These two posts suck, be more like Mav and actually post predictions so we can see who is closest. And I don't know what your speculations over Skype are Lynk.

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Well it's not my fault you haven't been paying attention

But I pretty much agree with most of what mav said because he was there when it was all discussed with Herm and others.

I'm expecting to see Retro Studios show off their new game(s)... according to a twitter post it seems they may be working on a Donkey Kong game which makes me have a sadface because they could be working on more interesting things... but there is a chance that Retro is working on multiple games and the rumour DK game is only one of them.

Apparently Microsofts starting a little early, as most have heard, Project Natal has been renamed to Xbox Kinect and also online leak ads are showing that they'll be announcing a new model of Xbox360, similar to the PS3 Slim I'd guess.

Yeah, and the new model of the 360 seems to have a 250GB HDD and Wifi built in. If they release the system with the Kinect bundled with it as well then it'll be even more worth it for people to buy.

It's about time WiFi is built in to the damn thing, also I've heard that there are new product code filings for new models of PS3, but I'm seeing rumors that it will come with a 500GB HDD and a Move Controller/PSEye, which would make sense. How about some new colors Sony? I guess people use a lot of their HDD space to necessitate a 500GB drive... I haven't even used all of my 60GB's...

TOR !

Yeah, I saw the new cinematic trailer for TOR, another great CGI trailer, but I mean the game will look nothing like the trailers so ionno, builds the hype machine I guess.

Uh, It's not supposed to look like it does in the cinematic trailers

I curious about Steam's "Surprise"

A note from Aperture Science

there's an example

if they already showed it, sucks to be me, i'm stuck at work

Edit: It's gotta be cake, no doubt

so i've heard about this from another person, and it seems true i guess. wonder how good it will be.

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Nintendo's presentation went better than I expected. They only showed 3 titles which I had no interest in. The rest... 100% interest and games I will be buying.

Fable 3 interests me hehe, but why do they wonna make the new 360 so shinie its annoying its a nightmare tryign to keep the ps3 clean when its like that -.-

I'll be posting up an E3 2010 blog entry in a couple of days about my thoughts... it's going to be an epicly long post.

Also, I'm going to be on LucasCast for their special E3 episode.

I'm eating my words, Ninty completely took me off-guard. From what I've seen I'd rank the big 3 as Ninty>Sony>MS.

I'm pretty hyped up for MGS: Rising, I've been hoping for a game where I can slash people in two with a sword for so long...

you Hideo