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I don't even know where to start this. There were some interesting bits and pieces here and there, but in almost two hours, there were very few things that caught the attention of #narshe. A few of the things that did were general fails on Sony's part - for example, ranting about exclusives and then showing Medal of Honor and talking about Metal Gear Solid: Rising, also out on PC and Xbox 360 respectively. Anyway.

What seemed like most of the conference was demonstrations of the Playstation Move, and the Playstation 3 in 3D. The videos of the latter were a little lost on everyone who wasn't there. You know, because my monitor isn't 3D, and I don't have those super-cool sunglasses. Hopefully this will be rectified next year where a select few of the staffers here at CoN will be getting invites to E3... we wish. The Playstation Move was a bit more visible, and although it did have some good footage, I didn't see much in the way of brand-new innovations.

There was little in the way of Square-Enix news, unfortunately. Obviously, they had a trailer for Final Fantasy XIV, but pretty much no information was released other than "ooooh, pretty". A short shot of a Kingdom Hearts game was also shown, for the PSP I believe, but nothing was given on that, either. The surprise announcement was easily the most exciting part, and that was Portal 2 to be released on PS3, with a short trailer. I want this so much, though my want will have nothing to do with the PS3. PC all the way, baby.

Other things that stood out include LittleBigPlanet 2, a virtual Sony E3 Booth on Playstation Home for you to explore, an-OH GOD WHY ARE THERE CREEPY CLOWNS GET THEM AWAY FROM ME NO I HATE YOU AAAAAA-

Quote of the conference goes to Kevin Butler for:
"If you have an awesome girlfriend, and someone else gets an awesome girlfriend, who wins? EVERYBODY."

Well, since there's nothing else to talk about for Sony's conference, Portal it is. Frankly, if this was all Valve had for E3, I'm glad they canceled their events (if in fact they did and they don't bushwhack us tomorrow or Thursday). Yeah, it's huge news that Valve is producing Portal 2 for PS3, given the bad blood that Jabba the Newell had fostered with Sony. And don't get me wrong, I am beyond excited for Portal 2 and the trailer was great. But we knew about this. Episode 3 or bust. Please.

I didn't get to see most of Kevin Butler's commentary, as I was in a meeting for half of Sony's conference, so I hope I can re-stream it soon. Sounds like it was pretty entertaining.

Quote (Rangers51 @ 15th June 2010 16:42)

I didn't get to see most of Kevin Butler's commentary, as I was in a meeting for half of Sony's conference, so I hope I can re-stream it soon. Sounds like it was pretty entertaining.

if you havent seen his speech yet, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvqRlhpNdYA



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This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 16th June 2010 01:06

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