The Nomasphere

E3 Day 2- Paced-station 3

            Out of all 3 conferences Sony’s was the worst paced of the three.  All the announcements came at the end like afterthoughts and after sitting through an hour plus to get there it was kind of exhausting.  That being said, it was still more entertaining than Nintendo.  The confirmation for God of War 3 was nice.  The new games MAG, a 256 player, 8 to a team tactical based war simulator, as well as Infamous from the Sly Cooper developers looked interesting. 

            Out of everything they did, Little Big Planet was the most entertaining.  A PowerPoint presentation becomes a lot more interesting when made in game and played out using the Sack-boy.  The new PS3 features are okay, with in game rentals and purchases in place to rival Microsoft’s use of Netflix.  The PS3 price-drop to $399 for the 80 GB model come September will likely be more crucial.

            All in all the PS3 didn’t show off much, but then again Microsoft showed off RE5 and Fallout 3 which are multiplatform.  The major 3 all kind of had lackluster showings, with the best presentation thus far being EA, which pains me to ever say that.  Of course with EA buying up Bioware, I might as well start embracing them.  Lets hope the 3^rd party showings give us something new to look forward to.