[quote name='KingBroly']I think all the press conferences were really boring. Microsoft and Nintendo were both tooting their own horn too much for my own liking. You say Nintendo did it more so, but man, Microsoft was creepy doing it.
I mean, no price cut, the guy who pitched the Live Arcade stuff, the 4th F'ING SKU! Microsoft had to show stuff coming in 08, and they didn't deliver. That's saying 'oh yeah, we got nothing next year' to everyone not paying attention. I expected more from Microsoft. I really did.
Nintendo was less boring just because it seemed to have some crowd involvement. If you expected a buttload more than Smash/Galaxy dates your expectations were too high IMO. They're in the driver's seat. Just like Sony was last year, and just like Sony last year, nothing came of it. Except the problem was, Microsoft thought they were in the same position, and they did the same thing!
Sony by comparison was phenomenal. I mean, not to say it was a great press conference (far from it), but it was far better than the other two's. The PSP stuff was meh tacular, but the PS3 stuff was acceptable. Then, you have MGS4 worldwide release date (probably the reason why it was delayed) along with Killzone 2 kicking ass, how could you not expect it?
These press conferences were the most predictable POS's in the history of press conferences! No surprises except from Sony. I give Cheapy the benefit of the doubt since he was tired and he was probably going off pure audience reaction, which was disappointing at both Sony's and Microsoft's while the mainstream guys obviously loved it.
If Sony handed Microsoft the ball last year, Microsoft just handed it straight back to them. A lot of people around the gaming community have stated their getting PS3's instead of 360's now. No joke. People are threatening to sell Wii's, but I highly doubt they will. Predictable stuff leads the community back to last generation's status quo.
At least when it comes to Microsoft and Sony at this point.[/quote]
I'm not too surprised that Nintendo would be more successful presently since they have been around since the 80's, so they know the ropes and how to handle the public (maybe they just got a bit lazy during the press conference, I dunno). The most obvious reason was because of the $250 MSRP
Sony on the other hand also has a lot of experience, and they know they have a kick ass line-up for a couple years, and probably still will for years to come. So no doubt they didn't sweat it when games went multi-platform, it's still being released on their system. I do believe though that the price drop was a bit forced, seeing as how the original price point turned off a lot of the gaming public along with a small line-up of games thus far. However, Microsoft did have a year and 1/2 head start against the other two, so I give Sony/Nintendo some headway for that.