Comments on: Microsoft’s E3 Slagfest

By: Chris Johnson

Chris Johnson — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:30:59 +0000

Microsoft really did come off a bit to strong on bashing of Sony. There were some punches been thrown back by Sony at thier confrence but they were much more subtle about it.

The avatar system doesn’t really bothered me. I never really understood the appeal of Mii’s. I wonder how Mii haters will respond to avatars being so strongly tied to the 360 dashboard. Thier casual game line up actually got me a bit interested. They seem to have taken on a sort of niche with movie based casual games but I don’t know if that’s neccessarily the group to target considering that the Xbox 360 doesn’t play BD’s. I really liked the concept of In the Movies, it looked great but I’m just not sure if people will be willinging to put in the time commitment to make these movies. Youtube integration for this game is a must.

By: Keira

Keira — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:36:44 +0000

This is Microsoft though - they have always ripped ideas from everyone else, and then dominated the market with them. It’s stood them in good stead ever since they began!

Hopefully, Sony, who have always seemed to focus on quality games, will indeed pull ahead. I just bought a PS3 myself, and have been quite ridiculously impressed with it, so my vote is quite firmly with them now.

By: Ptolemy

Ptolemy — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:21:17 +0000

Yeah, my gut reaction about the new interface…
This smacks of front row, the whole entire apple TV interface.