It was exceedingly clear today that people were getting down to business at E3. With no major press conferences (except for Konami), there were no excuses: Boots on the ground, hit the showfloor, and write about what you saw.
The buzz on Nintendo remains extremely high. Hundreds of people per hour were mentioning the 3DS and how amazing it looked. I didn’t see one single negative Tweet about the actual 3D experience. I am extremely psyched to see the little wonder in person, because based on the opinion of thousands of people, I’m absolutely sold on the revolutionary technology behind the 3DS.
For some inexplicable reason, GoldenEye (another Nintendo announcement) buzz has been building today as well; people were thrilled by the announcement yesterday, but it was overshadowed by bigger ones (see: 3DS). It’s as if today they’re finally remembering, “Oh yeah! GOLDENEYE. YES.”
The buzz for Twisted Metal remains high; unfortunately for Sony, that’s about all that’s going on for them today. The only talk about PlayStation Move was mostly negative. More negative buzz came in the form of several discussions today about whether Microsoft Kinetic could be used sitting down, as several reports came in that it wasn’t working for showfloor attendees while sitting. Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg put the kibosh on the rising tide of discontent with confirmation that it depends on the game or “experience” (whatever that means).
Konami’s press conference seemed to be generally well received, although there was a quite a bit of sniggering at the ridiculousness of the “Glee”-branded Karaoke Revolution game. The excitement was high for Metal Gear Solid: Rising as well, despite being shown two days ago at Microsoft’s press conference. Other Twitterinos mentioned that the bulk of Konami presenters were “dry”, except for Ninety Nine Nights’ director Tak Fujii.
The last thing I noticed was that people are already talking about winding down in preparation for the last day of E3 tomorrow. Melancholy sadness is setting in as people realize that the giant circus of the largest gaming event in the world is drawing to a close and they’ll soon have to go back to their regular, boring lives.
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