E3 Power Rankings, Probably Moving Next Year 30
The Escapist takes a crack at ascribing 'power rankings' to this year's E3 players. Microsoft, EA, and Irrational are in the top three spots, with Bethesda and the newly-employed Peter Moore rounding out the top five. From the site's commentary on Microsoft: "Despite the lawsuits, the man with the biggest pockets earns the top slot by a fair margin. Microsoft has cleaned up on big-name exclusives and is slowly but surely building up Games For Windows as a brand. However, what really does it for Microsoft is Fallout 3, Halo 3, Mass Effect and BioShock. If one of those doesn't sell you a buggy, overheating, now-under-warranty Xbox 360, nothing will. Their upcoming billion-dollar 360 repair costs might dethrone them sooner than later, though." Meanwhile, the rumour is going around that LA won't be the site of the event next year.
E3 Moving (Score:4, Informative)
In any case, the original source was this MCV article [mcvuk.com]. The GameSpot article basically confirms the story but points out that it isn't a done deal yet - they're just considering new locations.
They seem to be suggesting that E3 will be moving to Las Vegas, although it's not final yet. (The article also seems to suggest that New York was suggested and then decided against, which makes sense, since the Big Three game companies in the US (Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sory) are all on the west coast.)
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Is This A Joke? (Score:1, Informative)
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I love these because they attract no interest
360's problem (Score:3, Insightful)
This is really MS's problem right here. I'm sure those games will be great and sell well, but they certain cater to a specific taste. The 360 really needs to branch out in it's library to be more diverse if it's going to sell beyond just the normal hardcore gamer. Right now it has the same stigma as the Xbox 1 did. I don't think that's going to help them down the road.
Re:360's problem, or a narrow FPS market (Score:3, Insightful)
Lots of FPS and combat games won't alter the perception that you care nothing for casual gamers and the other 90 percent of the market.
No matter how much you stress Viva Pinata! in your PR spin.
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Yeah, because XBox Live Arcade is for hardcore gamers. -roll eyes-
I just looked through the games list on EBGames.com to see how things stack up for boxed games. The 360 has a ton of shooters and action games, and so-so amount of other games. So then I looked at the PS3 and PS2. Surprise, surprise... The same thing. Maybe not -quite- as thick on shooters, but the actions games are there in full force. I'm including both of those because GTA/etc are considered Actio
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But does the casual gamer want to spend $50
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How many card games do you need? Sony has High Stakes Poker coming, as well as short action games like Calling all Cars. But it also has weird radical games like Echochrome and Flow, and don't discount the pull that LittleBigPlanet will have on casual gaming. If content for that game is as easy to produce as a movie for YouTube, then LBP will definitely be a huge casual gaming pull.
Add in BluRay for HiDef support and it's multimedia support that blunts the 360's abilitie
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XBox Live Arcade is meant for the casual gamer who lives with a hardcore gamer who bought the system. The Wii, on the other hand, is attractive enough for casual gamers to actually buy the
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I think Sony's got a bit more than they usually get... but their RPG stable is not bare... just a little late in coming.
(which is why I bought a PS3...) Though, I'm going to thoroughly enjoy Lair and Heavenly Sword
at the end of the generation, you're probably going to see more FPses on 360 than the PS3... just my guess.
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The only way that I've heard about any XBLA games is by word of mouth. I haven't seen anything in a periodical showing off new XBLA games. Though there is great potential there, I don't th
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I agree that they are not properly marketing to casual gamers, but that's different from having nothing offered.
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I think that'll be the game that does me in....
Rats, misinterpretation... (Score:3, Funny)
Fallout 3 (Score:2)
Dare I point out... (Score:3, Insightful)
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Even if it's the same game with a simultaneous release date. Even if they used a cross-platform game engine and the PC version has an explicit option for using the xbox 360 controller.
Microsoft must be taking quite a cut of the money for that kind of difference.
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If I was an 360 owner, then I would certainly be excited (I'm not, I'm a PC gamer). However, in the context of this article, Most of these games probably won't win over a lot of people to become new 360 owners. For example, if I wanted BioShock I would get it for the PC, if I wanted Fallout I would get it for the PC. Now that's because I'm already a PC gamer with a decent PC to play those games with. Someone who doesn't have a PC or 360 to play those games b
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The Wii Fit parody (Score:2)