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Is it just me or does Nintendo’s E3 press conference feel a bit weak?

Well, three things stuck after watching the conference:

• Animal Crossing:City Folk on the Wii!
• WiiSpeak = The voice chat everybody wanted but not exactly what they asked for (A “room-wide” mic? I don’t know how this will work in noisy room-mates…)
• MotionPlus: True 1:1 motion recognition (also something new for those who hack the Wii to mess with )

A GTA on the DS was also mentioned, with the same gameplay as other GTAs, as well as a new Guitar Hero (Decades) on the DS.

At the end of Nintendo’s press conf., Reggie talked about creating Nintendo being a company that seeks and creates “new advantages.” Nintendo has clearly done this with the Wii and the DS and I can’t help but think of this book that I’m reading: Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant. If you like reading about business strategies, you might want to pick it up. I’ve only read the first few chapters so far and it’s really interesting.

The press conference seems quite light. No big surprises.

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On Sony: well I could say is that the stage was set up quite nicely and presenting would have been awesome.

The conference itself, well, seems quite boring (and as I watch the speaker, I can’t help but think of him thinking: “Yeah, FFXIII is not exclusive after all. Yeah, Rock Band 2 is exclusive to the Xbox 360. Yeah, we don’t have Bioshock. Yeah, whatever and sorry.).

It’s probably because I don’t really own a PS3 or a PSP (well, that can change with your help >:) ), but probably not considering they also talked about the PS2 and that might get a PS3 if the price is right and the games, sufficient. Right now, I am more likely to buy a PS3 because of Blu-ray rather than because of its exclusive games (at the moment, I can only think of MGS4).

In consolation, the use of a custom Little Big Planet level to do the presentation was pretty cute. Also, if you’re still awake later in the conference, they show Resistance: Retribution for the PSP and DC Universe Online for the PC/PS3. Finally, there’s inFAMOUS and MAG: Massive Action Game (massive 256-player action game on the console, specifically the PS3). If MAG turns out well, it may just be the game I’m looking for. (If ANYONE can make a game close to the Starsiege:Tribes and Tribes 2, I’m sold.)

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The Big Three have spoken at their respective conferences but news, gameplay pics and videos, demos are still everywhere…

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