E3 2011, Wat? Already? Options

[Crushinator]

Seems like some E3 vids/trailers are dumping, publishers blowing their loads before the show, so to speak:

NeverDead - Konami



Tomb Raider - Square Enix/Crystal Dynamics

[Wiryu]

As it still houses every mascot from my childhood, and never fails to give up a good in house multi-player experience, I'll still get a Wii U. I might just be misunderstanding the reactions here, but did any of you expect nintendo to stop going down the road they have been? Anyone should have expected that this wasn't going to be a Nintendo 360 based on the past 10 years of nintendo hardware releases.

[Scan_Man]

As it still houses every mascot from my childhood, and never fails to give up a good in house multi-player experience, I'll still get a Wii U. I might just be misunderstanding the reactions here, but did any of you expect nintendo to stop going down the road they have been? Anyone should have expected that this wasn't going to be a Nintendo 360 based on the past 10 years of nintendo hardware releases.

Well yeah, you're right.

I think most hardcore gamers, deep down, that care about Nintendo games, want to play Nintendo games and all those great 3rd party games all on one platform. With this, as of now, there is no reason to give up Xbox 360 or PS3 in terms of 3rd party (refer to what I said above in regards to this). That is unless the GPU is doing directx 10 or 11 (the biggest factor). Also, if the the system has enough VRAM to actually support full 1080p games (even Anti-aliasing) like you find on PC. Xbox 360 games and PS3 games (some few exceptions like FFXIII and the home screen) run in 720p upscaled to 1080p. Playing in real 1080p versus something upscaled is a world of difference in terms of visuals. Then it would have an edge there when it comes to 3rd party at least for a little while until Sony and Microsoft comes with there new consoles. People may leap frog Wii U much like they did with the Dreamcast.

Another wild card is their online. No friend codes please.

The interview done with Reggie seems like they really want to push 3rd party by helping them market the games 3rd parties produce this time around. We will see.

I think the tech is neat as hell. But, it is not for me. Much like how I tired of motion controls on Wii, so don't care for Move or Kinect either. Maybe they will get some of those great small indie games that you find on Steam or on iPad. Lots of opportunity there. HD Angry Birds, that can be played on the big screen or on the controller. I see this being the number one platform for that sort of thing.