[quote name='007']I don't want to start an 'us vs. them' thing, but honestly, E3 isn't about us anymore. The era of E3 being home to ALL the big game announcements and surprises is over. Even then, we are usually acutely aware of stuff before it happens anyway. Whether you give a shit or not, Halo 4 and a new Nintendo console would've been HUGE announcements had they actually been kept secret before E3.
I also don't like this weird thing that seems to be happening, where E3 is this weird barometer of 'which company gets my business this year'. I've been excited about stuff on the 360 and PS3 this year for months and months before E3, so nothing is really going to change much. Honestly think about which games you're excited about in 2011 and realize that most of them probably weren't part of an E3 conference or, even if they were, weren't surprise announcements. I don't look at MS, Sony, or Nintendo to 'win me over' for the next year. This isn't some subscription that I have to re-up every year with all of it riding on E3.
I wasn't a big fan of the MS conference, but I also recognize that I wasn't the target audience for it. I will also say that, even if I abhor motion controls, I applaud Microsoft for having the balls to *really* put themselves behind Kinect for the upcoming year. Gimmick or not, it seems to have Microsoft's support. I'm curious to see how much Move support there is during the Sony conference.
Anyway, getting back to the core argument here... if you're looking for MS, Sony, or Nintendo to kneel down and blow you at E3, keep waiting. Won't happen. Maybe ten years ago, sure... but not now.[/QUOTE]
I'm not asking to get blown and a happy ending, but I expect a good solid balance between casual and hardcore. Wii went into the casual way overboard and there are alot of wii's either being sold on Craigslist or collecting dust. My friends haven't touched theirs in months.
But what Microsoft did was tell the hardcore thanks for building us up to mass appeal so now we will focus on the kids and familes and screw you. That is the message I got. You can't sit there and watch that conference and be happy with what is coming.
Many of the hardcore games, sans the exclusives, will be on the other systems. I am talking more of exclusive games from third parties with a big title would have saved MS from a simply bad conference.