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E3 Coverage Roundup: It's In the Posts
Posted by Jason Chen at 1:10 PM on July 18, 2008
E3's over, but that doesn't mean you've seen every bit of information that came out of the event. Oh no. Here's every single thing that came out of E3, starting with the liveblogs of Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. What did Penny Arcade think of the event? Well, they weren't all too impressed with the big three's offerings. That might be a little harsh, but yeah, we could see that. Make the jump to decide for yourself.
Microsoft
How your current themes will look on the Xbox 360
Why Microsoft made a new Xbox Experience
Netflix on Xbox 360!
You can play games directly off the Xbox's hard drive
Xbox 360 is getting Avatars
Newly coloured Xbox 360 controllers
Sony
The Dreamcast IS as strong as the iPhone
Sony knows what went wrong with the PS3's development
How Sony being cheap hurts the PS3
The PlayStation video store is open
The PS3 80GB model gets a US$399 price tag in September
PSN gets a simple sign-on
PS2 gets a LEGO Batman bundle
Nintendo
Hands-on With the Wii MotionPlus
Wii Sports Resort gets a price
The Wii ain't so cheap
The Wii finally gets a mic
Elsewhere
Rock Band 2's Instruments look great
EA upgrades its iPhone games
The DS is not as strong as the iPhone
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on iPhone
The official Rock Band 2 track list
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conception
Posted 1:48 PM 18/7/08
Sony
The Dreamcast IS as strong as the iPhone
Sony wha? You mean sega, yeah?
conception
enchantedduck
Posted 1:32 PM 18/7/08
im glad ive already givin up on nintendo, because i would have been really disappointed if i hadnt.
@switchxfactor: Agreed
enchantedduck
Griffehpoo
Posted 1:31 PM 18/7/08
@switchxfactor: E3's just a place for things to be announced. Don't blame the convention for the developers' lack of giving-a-shit. Augh... That just made me feel worse about it. ...*sigh*...
Griffehpoo
Zomb
Posted 1:18 PM 18/7/08
Wheres all the guitar hero info
other sites have it
Zomb
switchxfactor
Posted 1:17 PM 18/7/08
E3 has truly turned to shit... Rockband 2 was the only thing worth reading in all that news.
switchxfactor
ZetaCrossfire
Posted 1:14 PM 18/7/08
that sums it up perfectly
ZetaCrossfire
LilTmac2004
Posted 2:42 PM 18/7/08
@mr30gZune:
Microsoft Xbox 360. !00%. If anyone says else wise, they are incorrect. Even if you said another console, you are still incorrect.
LilTmac2004
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 2:35 PM 18/7/08
@etown: My, what a phallic nose Adam must have.
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 2:32 PM 18/7/08
Once again I must say.. the only time you are in my area and no free beer. :`(
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
graphx
Posted 2:27 PM 18/7/08
LMAO i love the cartoon. perfect.
graphx
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
Posted 2:26 PM 18/7/08
The second frame is golden.
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
etown
Posted 2:24 PM 18/7/08
anyone else notice that the guy in the left panel may as well be adam frucci?
etown
dagamer34
Posted 2:14 PM 18/7/08
50 cent: Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Nintendo: Get Rich then Stop Tryin'
dagamer34
dagamer34
Posted 2:12 PM 18/7/08
I want the E3 of 2004 back. That was EPIC. I mean, just think of all the things Nintendo announced: Zelda: TP, Nintendo DS, shitload of games, etc.. I can count the interesting things they announced this year on my non-existent hand for crying out loud.
I really think the smaller venue has killed E3 for good. =/
dagamer34
CutePuppyz
Posted 2:08 PM 18/7/08
That cartoon sums it all up. Just perfect.
CutePuppyz
willyboy
Posted 1:58 PM 18/7/08
G4 tv seemed to be hee'n & haw'n over it the last three days...
willyboy
mr30gZune
Posted 1:57 PM 18/7/08
@Zomb:
then why aren't at said sites?
but yea, I'm just glad i own the right console. I'm actually getting my money's worth.
which console am i talking about? ill let you figure that out.
mr30gZune
atuck
Posted 3:11 PM 18/7/08
@mr30gZune: then why aren't at said sites?
You just blew my fucking mind.
atuck
dnzperson
Posted 2:43 PM 18/7/08
@dagamer34: Pure Gold.
dnzperson
dead_red_eyes
Posted 3:25 PM 18/7/08
Wow, that comic is pure win.
dead_red_eyes
AJ_Syrinx
Posted 3:23 PM 18/7/08
That was GENIUS.
AJ_Syrinx
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 3:17 PM 18/7/08
@atuck: I wouldn't have noticed his comment (a bit buzzed) if it wasn't for your flying dead turkey meal of an avatar. But yeah, your turkey and his comment blew my mind too.
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
mpar
Posted 4:08 PM 18/7/08
aww but the one liked the most was the drunk bastard pressentation
mpar
jonaswan2
Posted 4:59 PM 18/7/08
It really upsets me that they made Reggie white.
jonaswan2
Admiral Cat
Posted 5:36 PM 18/7/08
Playing Xbox is my only free time, along with 5 hours of blogging on Kotaku. I'm so busy with directing my musing video for my acapella music group and raising my 2 children Smedley and Gruntilda, who I bring shopping with me at the local organic farmers market/antique memorabilia/home made pottery emporium.
Too much?
Admiral Cat
mr30gZune
Posted 6:00 PM 18/7/08
@Admiral Cat:
You lost me at musing.
I'm still pissed at nintendo for not releasing a revamped DS. They just keep playing mind games with me.
mr30gZune
VakeroRokero
Posted 7:35 PM 18/7/08
@Admiral Cat: you should get a hobbie.
VakeroRokero
VakeroRokero
Posted 7:34 PM 18/7/08
What do you guys expect, just last year, Nintendo release all their big franchises and this past 6 months they kept doing the same. Mario & Zelda games aren't Guitar Hero which a game every 6 months.
As a 20 year nintendo user, this is expected, and glad they are making new stuff. Even Mario Party is getting redone instead of another bad sequel and that game makes millions.
And the DS sold more than 700,000 in june, why release a new product that might fuck up sales? AS much as I wish for a new one, it's too early for a third model, maybe in 2 years.
VakeroRokero
Cormier6083
Posted 8:47 PM 18/7/08
The Jack Tretton impersonation was my absolute favorite. Something about drunk people just gets you right in the heart.
Cormier6083
M.A.S.
Posted 11:33 PM 18/7/08
The Nintendo press conference was probably the most heart crushing event I have ever seen. They took my love for them, threw it on the ground and stepped all over it. I had such high hopes that Nintendo would show us something impressive. A Pikmin, a.....something.
Sony seemed like they were going through the motions but the MS event at least had some surprising and exciting announcements. New interface (that looks better the more I see of it), Netflix partnership and then FFXIII. All of those exciting and actually news.
M.A.S.
phi
Posted 12:27 AM 19/7/08
You know from the lameness of the event, if I had blinked, I would've missed the fact that E3 even happened.
phi
Mayor McRib
Posted 12:46 AM 19/7/08
Nintendo should have just had an empty stage with a blue flashing light...it would have looked just like me wii over the last 3 months.
Mayor McRib
mhlaxp
Posted 1:17 AM 19/7/08
As go the booth babes, so go the games.
mhlaxp
DJTripleRRR
Posted 1:56 AM 19/7/08
Shame poor Sony...
DJTripleRRR
axiomatic
Posted 2:24 AM 19/7/08
@DJTripleRRR: I wouldn't feel too bad for Sony. They made their own bed, they need to lie in it for a bit.
axiomatic
zanzibarlegend
Posted 3:17 AM 19/7/08
@mr30gZune: He lost me at "Playing Xbox is my only free time". this guy needs to get out more.
zanzibarlegend
Mr.SithNinja
Posted 3:05 AM 19/7/08
@M.A.S.: I think that the PSN Video Store is a million times better than the 360 Netflix streaming/Movie download system. In that set up you pay for XBL and Netflix (most people, myself included are doing that anyway) and if you pay to DL any content like TV shows or movies you can't take them off the 360 HDD. With the PSN set up you pay for only the actual movie you DL and once you do you can transfer it to you PSP and I am assuming PC as well.
Mr.SithNinja
Kanti_V2
Posted 2:56 AM 19/7/08
It isn't just E3 that sucks, people need to remember that these are corporate press conferences, so the fact that they are even a little entertaining is a miracle.
And still with the Sony hate, I don't get it. I'm all for bashing Sony when they have it coming (DRM, firmware updates breaking more things than they fix, etc.) but this all out attack on Sony after E3 just seems like pathetic fanboy ravings. Their console sales are really taking off (not that that is a good metric for a good consumer product, but the PS3, and even the PSP trounced the 360 last month), and they have the best games on the way, they announced and then launched that same night a pretty awesome video service.
So lets get some perspective, yeah they didn't deliver Home, and that's embarrassing for them I guess, but lets not confuse what's good for the company vs what's good for gamers.
Kanti_V2
HepCat
Posted 3:44 AM 19/7/08
At least Sony had new game announcements, and ones that weren't Uno! If I remember correctly I think it's possible to play that game analog.
HepCat
aec007
Posted 3:32 AM 19/7/08
As far as I'm concerned... it't the booth babe dressing regulations that brought E3 to it's demise.
aec007
KristenBal
Posted 3:22 AM 19/7/08
Man, I just can't stop laughin at Reggie, xDDDDD
KristenBal
TF2Soldier914
Posted 4:45 AM 19/7/08
That comic is the best description of Nintendo's press conference that I've seen.
TF2Soldier914
hammertime94
Posted 5:09 AM 19/7/08
What can you expect for 2 years after the "next-gen" (by the way why are they still calling it that its been 2-3 years already please start calling it "current-gen" or something) started.
hammertime94
Roivas
Posted 6:48 PM 19/7/08
@dagamer34: I went to that same E3. Got to play RE 4, saw a FF game in the PS booth, got to play with the DS.
It was a great show. Seeing that Zelda video loop while waiting to play RE 4 or waiting in line to see the DS made those lines bearable.
Roivas
Hand_O_Death
Posted 5:07 AM 20/7/08
It is all for stockholders. WE do not care about most of the numbers that they spout off during those speeches.
Hand_O_Death
femisapien
Posted 8:18 PM 19/7/08
I was really disapointed with Sony's presentation.
I thought we were gonna see a brand new controller, more exclusive games and a big price drop.
femisapien