Zune video – could be incredible if it works as promised, 1080p on demand video. I will be even more excited if it comes to Canada. Last.fm and the live streaming TV looks like it could be really cool. Sony - watch and learn; this is the stuff you NEED to explore.
MGS Rising – I don’t believe the word exclusive was said per se, but it is implied. Raiden seems to be the central character. I don’t care about the platform, more MGS is a great thing and a HUGE coup for Microsoft.
The Bad
Tony Hawk Ride – I just can’t get excited about this game, if I wanted to really skateboard I would. TH Ride seems like an overdone gimmick and the opposite of the immersive and easy to get into Project Natal
Shadow Complex – Nothing about this looks terribly interesting to me, I know I will be in the minority, but I could not feel any excitement about this announcement.
Twitter and Facebook on the Xbox 360 – I know many people are excited about this but my love of Facebook died long ago, and twitter is only good in certain peoples hands…millions of obnoxious Xbox Live members are not those people.
The Ugly
Project Natal – I know it is in my good list, but I fear this will become an overpriced novelty with very little support outside of casual games. Paint Party, and a boy named Milo seem to confirm that thought.
The Beatles were on stage to promote the Beatles Rock Band – Walk on, walk off appearances just seem embarrassing. The game looks amazing, but the PR stunt fell flat as far as I could tell. I am never a fan of celebrities shallowly shilling a game, even if it is one based on themselves.
Article comments
1 - Ken Edwards
You are not alone in your assessment of Shadow Complex. It honestly looks like Gears of Ware: Bionic Commando to me. Matt made the point that it is Contra meets Metroid. Both analogies are frighteningly truth. At least when InFamous comes off as a close relative to Crackdown, it is its own game in its own terms.
It looks like MGS Rising is PC, 360, PS3. And I don't know what to expect from it yet. But it really does not matter. The fact that Kojima was on stage at the Microsoft presser was all that mattered. Sort of like FFXIII last year, it did not matter what the game was, it mattered that Sony just lost another third party franchise exclusive.
Nice write up Mike. Well balanced.