E3 2011 - The Official Discussion Thread

[VirtueTT]

http://kotaku.com/5809482/the-is-the-first-picture-of-nintendos-new-console-the-wii-u

What's wrong with this? Do you know how easy it is to transport a Wii from A to B? The size of it is very compact and easy to carry unlike the ps3 and 360. Mobility is one of the keystones Nintendo looks at in the gaming world. It's simple and small yet promises to be a performer of sorts in presenting us with graphic detail we want to see on the next gen consoles.

[madmunkie]

Very very good presentation but still not sure about the new Wii as yet, need a graphics comparision with 360/PS3 to see how it holds up.

Will check hands on reports later

New wii?? a new console was revealed? I didnt see that

All they showed today was the controller for the Wii U. Kotatu has a released image of the console itself...it looks almost identical to the Wii.

http://kotaku.com/5809482/the-is-the-first-picture-of-nintendos-new-console-the-wii-u

looks like the wii got fat hehe

[SPK]

Very very good presentation but still not sure about the new Wii as yet, need a graphics comparision with 360/PS3 to see how it holds up.

Will check hands on reports later

New wii?? a new console was revealed? I didnt see that

All they showed today was the controller for the Wii U. Kotatu has a released image of the console itself...it looks almost identical to the Wii.

http://kotaku.com/5809482/the-is-the-first-picture-of-nintendos-new-console-the-wii-u

looks like the wii got fat hehe

Still a pixie compared to the 360/PS3...which is not necessarily a bad thing on Nintendo's part.

[madmunkie]

^true, a fat wii is still a small console

[Redlum08]

lol i just watch a snippet of the MS E3 presentation... if the rest is anything like that... rofl!!!

aye if yall say MS didn't care about E3 this year, and they presented content @ E3 that was not relevant to an E3 crowd...

then i think we can all agree that they did indeed fail @ E3 this year?

I never said M$ didn't fail @ E3 this year, I was giving my guesstimate of WHY, which was that they didn't bother to try because they are focused on E3 2012. Comparing Gears and Halo to Uncharted, Infamous, Resistance, Starhawk and Dust is like comparing apples to oranges. Two different Fruits, but equally filling. The amount of people playing Gears and Halo combined, I am sure will outnumber the people playing Uncharted, Infamous, Resistance, Starhawk and Dust...Because as you said, hardcore gamers want something substantial. Quality over Quantity any day...I talking Multiplayer eh, not single player.
This is all IMHO.

[W1nTry]

Guys a live feed of E3 via Justin TV has been added to the home/portal page enjoy

http://www.carigamers.com/cms/forums/index.php

[MessiaaH]

Redlum:

To focus on 2012 u have to actually show stuff for 2012, all we get is ah glimps of halo. :S

Microsoft is NOT! going to release a new console in 2012, so exactly what we have to look forward too? Gears 3 this year, and halo next year?

Thats microsoft big hardcore plan? 1 exclusive ah year?

*yawn*

And d quality of uncharted speaks for itself, if we comparing. lol.

http://bestof.ign.com/2009/overall/overall-game-of-the-year.html

Never see gears winning any sort of awards like these.

Only game deserve ah console just to play that alone is zelda

Edit: (FTR, i love gears, i prefer to play that than most other fps, actually pretty much all, i rather gears than all d rest. but by itself its not enough to sell me a whole system, sorry.)

[Berzerk]

Ok Im impressed with the Wii U controller. Like one man said, its the swiss army knife controller. that ting doing everything!!!

epic win with metro, tekken, darksiders 2 etc coming as well. this is a must get console for me.

Also liking the 3ds content, loaded up 3ds here with the new estore, and its got some nice free content.

and OMG @ the resident evil revelations trailer in 3d.

Nintendo yuh have meh dere.

[Archer]

^Ent.

When I saw all those "hardcore" titles coming I was like "yea thas it" Especially like the fact that the game be played from the controller while someone watches Tv or something.

[Berzerk]

Nintendo pushing the envelope again!!!

not a fan of the wii (mine collecting dust) but i appreciate what it brought to the industry. now even hardcore games coming with a degree of innovation. really can't wait.


wow at this tech demo

http://kotaku.com/5809555/zelda-games-on-wii-u-could-look-this-stunning

[MessiaaH]

^^ Gasp!

Zelda, LOOKING LIKE THAT?

ITS ALL OVER!, SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Redlum08]

Redlum:

To focus on 2012 u have to actually show stuff for 2012, all we get is ah glimps of halo. :S

Microsoft is NOT! going to release a new console in 2012, so exactly what we have to look forward too? Gears 3 this year, and halo next year?

So you think they will bring Halo 4 to the Xbox 360?

[MessiaaH]

No new microsoft console being released till 2013, and if thats when halo 4 coming, why u even tellin me bout that now, microsoft so sad they had to mention ah 2013 game just to say "we have somethign for d hardcore" at e3? lolol. stuesp. That woudl be even worse if halo 4 doesnt come for d 360 lol. Becuase it will effectively reduce d 360 to gears alone :S

Anyways, all microsoft fanboys keep hope alive and enjoy ur exclusive kinect dance titles.

Ill be liking myself on the assortment of ps3 exclusives, d superior experiences of crossplatform games on pc, and d innovation that is d wii U

Microsoft now trying to play catchup with kinect, nintendo going to come and take back all dem casual gamers from them easy easy lol. And still going hardcore ontop of it.

Poor MS. lol. (and i love ms, wp7 rocks but xbox sucks ).

[MessiaaH]

Anyways, onto serious business:

http://games.ign.com/articles/116/1165247p1.html

[TriniXaeno]

Nice summary there.

Tomb Raider did look good. Strange Battlefield 3 didn't get more love from IGN.

Was really impressed with the Mass Effect 3 on 360 with Kinect. I hope they bring that functionality to PC (though I doubt). Kinda silly that Sheperd repeats the audio....could have just left it as your voice being spoken. Still, a step in the right direction, maybe for Mass Effect 4.

The avatar creation process in Kinect funlabs was cool too. Scan yourself in, clothes and all.

Suffering from information overload right now.....but not complaining.

2011 looking sharp. A great time to be a gamer.

[TheApprentice]

lol @ best wii game nominations...One nominee xD
Interesting they only put one PC game nominee as well.
Battlefield 3 and MW3 no where to be found on that list too.

Edit- nvm, at the top they say they will be adding nominations as the week progresses.

[TheApprentice]

A friend of mine just pointed out this IGN article:

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/117/1173628p1.html

Obviously the PS3 and the Vita have the technology to do what the Wii U does. The question is if Sony will support it/push developers to implement features like that into their games.
The next argument is that a Vita "controller" costs $250 compared to a substantially lower priced Wii U controller. BUT the Vita is a full fledged console that you can carry out of the living room.
On top of that the Wii U controller will ship with every Wii U console therefore dwarfing the percentage of Vita to PS3 owners.
Bottom line, Sony could and should support this kinda interactivity. Clearly it's possible with all the cross platform features of Vita and PS3.

[MessiaaH]

Wii-U = 4 controllers for d price of 1 vita (estimating here). Yuh not going to buy 4 Vitas to get d same expereince. Also.

Nintendo makes and inovates on their games as well. They will use d Wii-U controller better than anyone. And they have the inovative mind. Anything vita do similar to Wii-U go most likely be copy/paste of  what nintendo does.

And some ppl just dont care about handheld gaming and wont be shellin out 250$ for a controller.

All that said, its interesting to see if sony tries to connect d vita and ps3 in that way.

[TheApprentice]

Alright... We are yet to see the potential of this new Wii.

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has told GameTrailers that the footage—of games like Ghost Recon and Darksiders II—was instead culled from the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the games.

http://kotaku.com/5809744/nintendo-used-360-ps3--pc-game-footage-in-its-wii-u-demo-reel

[ViCe]

Redlum:

To focus on 2012 u have to actually show stuff for 2012, all we get is ah glimps of halo. :S

Microsoft is NOT! going to release a new console in 2012, so exactly what we have to look forward too? Gears 3 this year, and halo next year?

So you think they will bring Halo 4 to the Xbox 360?

well the trailer/teaser DID say holiday 2012........