E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, in 2009 was one of the biggest since they stopped opening it up to the public. Assassin's Creed 2, Final Fantasy 14 Online, Project Natal...the list goes on and on.
E3 in 2007 and 2008 were big failures with people not even notricing that they were comign up. Game Coverage was weak and money was being lost. Companies pulled out in 2008 and when the news came that they were going to make E3 2009 bigger people started caring again.
This week I am going to go through each press conference of E3 2009, with videos and trailers, and tell you my view on what I think.
Let's start from the beginning with Microsoft....
The main thing that came out of Microsfot was Project Natal, a whole body motion detector. It was only shown at E3 and as far as I am aware no games are being created for it by 3rd parties at the moment. It will be interestign to see where this goes as it opens up a whole world of possibilities for motion detection and simulation. I do see this, however, going the way of teh Wii, with lots of fitness games. I also excpect the price for this to by at least $250 (AUD).
IN terms of games, Rock Band: Beatles was shown which doesn't really surprise me...it had to happen. Modern Warfare was shown and a November 10 release date was announced. Great news for Call of Duty fans but the whole "modern" thing...go back to the wars that HAVE HAPPENED.
Final Fantasy XIII was shown and all i can say is that it looks amazing.
Below is the full press conference in 3 parts:
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