Every year at the Electronic Entertainment Expo shows off the greatest of what modern video game technology has to offer. And every year, they continue to bring jaw-dropping, awesome new technology to our living rooms. This year was no exception. Here are the top 5 things that were unveiled at this years E3.
5. ESPN on XBOX LIVE
One of the funniest moments at E3 was when Trey Wingo and Josh Elliott came on stage and announced one of my favorite new devolpments: xBox’s new partnership with ESPN. Thousands of live sporting events available this year for free for anyone with xBox live. The audience reaction? Complete boredom. Microsoft is smart enough to know that a majority of their revenue is generated by people who are interested in sports. They failed, however, to realize that those same people don’t come to conventions like E3.
Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo has somehow developed a dual screen system that displays 3D images. What does that mean? It means that games are going to look infinitely better on a finite screen. It’ll add depth, dimension and unlimited graphic potential.
3. Playstation Move
Jack Tretton is the worst kind of person. After boldly declaring in 2007 that the “Wii was a lollipop,” he shamelessly produces an almost exact ripoff of Nintendo’s Wii controllers. That being said, Playstation is offering some amazing new titles and Playstation Move is exactly one of the things
2. New Games
This is where Nintendo stole the show in a way, although everyone had a good showing. New Zelda, new GoldenEye, new Metroid, new Halo, new Call Of Duty. And those are just the new franchise installments. There are almost too many options and new updates. The amount of gamers going outside in the next year is dramatically decreased again, thanks E3.
xBox Kinect
Easily the coolest new invention and a total showstopper (assuming it works) the formerly named “Project Natal” is now the xBox Kinect. Able to recognize faces, voices, gestures, they’ve officially brought us controllerless video games. Now we can use our own gear and be far more interactive than ever before. We live in Minority Report times now. Good things will come of this.
What did you think was the most significant announcement at E3?
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Cool entry. I want to go to E3 next year.