Sunday, July 8, 2007

Looking Back: The Rises (And Fall) Of e3 2006

Hey all. Kevin here; with e3 coming up, and the three console manufacturer press conferences rolling out one right after another, I figured I'd give everyone a quick step down memory lane to last year's press conferences, where we saw giants fall and a nearly-forgotten company bounce back.

Microsoft's:


Nintendo's:


And... *sigh* Sony's excuse for one:


Microsoft's going to have to contend with some thunder-stealing as the makers of the PlayStation will be showing off Killzone for the PS3 no more than a half-hour following that press conference, and Nintendo is the first conference of the next day, at 10 AM. It's gonna be interesting to see what Peter Moore (literally) will have up his sleeve to beat away the chomps of their competition. Could this year prove to be an unravelling of Microsoft's confidence as market leader thanks to the stampeding sales of Wii consoles? Will Sony actually get things right this year? Will Nintendo... be Nintendo?

The more things change, the more they stay the same. I'd be expecting updates regularly through the press conferences this week, and as more and more news comes out. See you then.

- K

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