That CNET guy is seriously drinking the Microsoft Kool-Aid.
Well, he's either ignorant or willfully ignoring what they presented. I agree Nintendo's conference wasn't as big as I'd like, but leaving out a Project Ninja (EDIT: Oops, Team Ninja that is, I'm running the names together..) Metroid game is leaving out a lot. And a tough year at E3? A slew of WM+ games releasing within a month, pretty much all exclusive (one of his criteria for Microsoft's good year)? And the new game announcements for wildly popular franchises is a tough year? I know they're not Halo or MGS, but they're still just as popular, perhaps for a different crowd. It wasn't Nintendo's best year, but I wouldn't call it a tough one by a long shot.
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Game downloads are the future. Exclusives help sell game consoles. And taking motion control to the next level is the right move for Microsoft.
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Game downloads are the present and have been for a few years for the PC, and I can tell you while it's the right step to be making, it's not like I feel like I'm in the future ("In the year, two thousaaaand!"). And much of the time getting a physical disc and manual for the same price is the better deal.
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You can say what you want about Microsoft and its Xbox 360. But at this year's E3, it made the competition look foolish. And in the cutthroat business of video games, that's a major victory in and of itself.
Wake up, Nintendo and Sony. Microsoft has.
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Wow, "made the competition look foolish"? What is Nintendo supposed to wake up to? I guess he's saying that they should wait two years and then release their motion control like Microsoft?
I agree Microsoft is doing a lot of things right, downloadable games being a minor one, and great games. And Project Natal looks it has great potential. But until the potential is reaped with solid games, it's nothing more than potential.