E3 Thread

[WhiteTom]

Liveblogging at the Square-Enix thing.

http://kotaku.com/5025033/livebloggi...ess-conference

Apparently the Xbox360 version of FFXIII is US and Europe only.

[Russic]

Square Enix is having a press conference right now and they say that they are not intending on having any differences between the ps3 and 360 version aside from the standard dvd/bluray differences (I take that to mean multiple dvds).

Kind of odd that it wouldn't come out in Japan ... have they abandoned trying to get a foothold over there?

[JayP]

Originally Posted by Russic

Kind of odd that it wouldn't come out in Japan ... have they abandoned trying to get a foothold over there?

Sony probably fought for Japan exclusivity. The 360 having only NA/Europe versions really softens the blow for Sony. The 360 keeps trying to get all these random JRPGs to get some sort of foothold in Japan, but that's not going to happen until they get a huge title like Final Fantasy or especially Dragon Quest.

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

Originally Posted by Russic

Oh you're probably right! I was sitting around trying to think about what might come out for it and that never crossed my mind.

Certainly beats working, don't it??

[MrMastodonFarm]

Wait, it's on now?

Last year TechTV did wall-to-wall coverage? They still doing that?

[WhiteTom]

Originally Posted by Russic

Kind of odd that it wouldn't come out in Japan ... have they abandoned trying to get a foothold over there?

I think in terms of getting people to buy an Xbox 360 for this particular game it would be somewhat of a lost cause. I would imagine that most Japanese gamers that wanted to play FFXIII would have bought theirs by now.

[Russic]

Originally Posted by Teh_Bandwagoner

Certainly beats working, don't it??

Beats it to hell

G4 should be doing wall to wall coverage ... i think e3 is like their christmas. My wife HATES e3 because I usually fill the pvr with things she doesn't particularly care for.

[WhiteTom]

So I guess I was wrong...As of right now FFXIII Versus IS a PS3 exclusive. I could have sworn that it wasn't. I'm so confused.

[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by WhiteTom

So I guess I was wrong...As of right now FFXIII Versus IS a PS3 exclusive. I could have sworn that it wasn't. I'm so confused.

Yah, me too. But all it really takes is bags with big $$$ on it to change it from exclusive to non exclusive.

[llama64]

XBOX360 is dominating the news so far. Hopefully some good stuff appears for the Wii today.

Finally, a reason to have a hard drive on the Xbox. We will be able to install games onto it (GTA will no longer wreak havok on my DVD drive!): http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/07/microsoft-says.html

Also, they are changing up the dashboard. Kinda neat I guess: http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/07/pics-xbox-360s.html

Honestly, I'm surprised that the XBOX360 nor the PS3 have WoW on them by now. Both machines are capable of running that game easily. Hell, they could buy that stupid Phantom Keyboard license and package it with the game or something.

Couch Raiding ftw.

[JayP]

Originally Posted by llama64

XBOX360 is dominating the news so far. Hopefully some good stuff appears for the Wii today.

Well, they are the only company to have their press conference. Microsoft's conference was pretty lackluster aside from FF13. Demos of multiplatform games, trailers of games we've already seen before, and some horrible Nintendo/Sony rip-offs for their casual game quota.

Nintendo should have the best press conference, but that was pretty predictable going into E3. There's definitely going to be at least a few new games announced (for holiday 2008) and hopefully they have a demo for the 1:1 motion device.

[WhiteTom]

Nintendo's press conference live feed can be found at 10:00 here:

http://livewire.ign.com/2008/e3/index.html

Sony's can be found here:

http://livewire.ign.com/2008/e3/index.html

And I hope whatever Nintendo announces gets used on something other than a multitude of "Mario" games. I love the plumber as much as the next guy, but I'm getting tired of seeing his ass being whored out all the time.

[Russic]

Very excited for the nintendo and sony conferences. Not sure there'll be any shocks like FF yesterday but we'll see. I may be a little biased but aside from the obvious news I thought the microsoft conference was brutal. Hoping to see either one or both of todays companies to be a little more enjoyable and a little less awkward (she just didn't stop singing).

[WhiteTom]

Originally Posted by Russic

I thought the microsoft conference was brutal.

I'm with you on that one.

"And I'm here to show you the next phase of Guitar Hero!" (paraphrasing)

Throws up the horns

*crickets*

I thought it was sad how they didn't give Peter Molyneux nearly enough time to shoot himself in the foot, but they felt it necessary to show upwards of 12 minutes of Gears of War 2 footage.

Look! It looks exactly like GoW! Plays like GoW! Please, get excited!

That was my impression anyway...

[The Yen Man]

Yah, the bombshell at the end with FF13 really salvaged a lacklustre showing for the 360 IMO. I'm hoping Nintendo and Sony have awesome conferences today. Of course, Nintendo always seems to put on pretty good ones with lots of new innovations. Lets see what they roll out today.

[Russic]

the nintendo conference starts at 9 pacific by the way (10 calgary time). I was all excited because the person meeting with me never showed up!

[WhiteTom]

This countdown thing LIES!

Sorry about the misinformation. I was going off of a countdown timer on IGN's website.

Those jerks.

[Tron_fdc]

Now all they need to do is add this thing to my drumsticks (possibly my forehead as well) and on the end of a guitar for the face melting guitar solos and I'm sold.

Integrate it into Rockband and I probably won't leave the house......

[Russic]

on the upside, that means the ps3 conference will start at 12:30, meaning I can watch it over my lunch break, close the door and mysteriously forget to open it until 2. Kinda funny, I think this will be the third year in a row I'll have done that. My boss isn't in until 11 today ... maybe I should blow off my meeting and watch the nintendo one too. I was going to just read the live blogging, but I'm getting too antsy. Really at my wits end with the wii and I'm really looking forward to what they have to say.

edit: Who knew? My colleague for the meeting is sick today ... suddenly my morning is wide open.

[JayP]

All the major gaming sites are blocked here so I got to find a small site with live blogging to find out what's going on for Nintendo and Sony.