The conference today dashed all hopes of a new peripheral or portable game console. They came up with Natal which is the controller is basically you using a camera. This really already has been done at a fail. Have they come up with software to make it truely useful? They claim, yes, but from what I see is basicly an evitable epic fail again. Microsoft did the same thing as last year by grabbing another playststion game franchise...the Metal Gear series. Further proving that Sony is better. The cool thing they are going to offer free for gold members is LAST.fm(hopefully, free music to enjoy). HD movies instanly sounds good at 1080p(good improvement)...but at $5.99(I personally think they should make it lower to be more accepted). A super cool thing is that we will be able to share our movies and music with friends in our own party system. A basic version of Facebook is their attempt to be a somewhat answer to HOME. Trying make a social network...at least it is a step in the right direction. The only games they are offering is Halo ODST, Forza 3, and Alan Wake(not til 2010). My opinion is that competition makes everyone better.
So, we will see what SONY and Nintendo offers tomorrow.
My opinion is Microsoft is ok but not great with more improvements and games. Plus, no hand held again(I was hoping for an HD Zune gaming device, but nada). Natal is a question mark. The avatars are still out til lunch...bummer. Microsoft Studios needs more games to keep the console up to speed in my opinion. relying on third parties is a recipe for trouble ahead.
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