Radioactive IT Nintendo riding high after E3 | Nintendo riding high after E3 |
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| Written by Mike Bantick | |
| Sunday, 15 July 2007 | |
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In the other gamer camps, there were some wonderfully positive announcements for both Microsoft and Sony. Microsoft for example concentrated on up coming software and online offerings now with Disney on-board providing content for Xbox Live Marketplace. Microsoft continue to sign up the much hyped titles such as Guitar Hero III, Rock Band, Assassins Creed, Gears of War(PC), Mass Effect and exclusive download content for Grand Theft Auto IV. But with the acknowledgment that there may indeed be problems with the quality of Xbox 360 consoles on the market, (for which they expect to outlay $US1 billion to alleviate, as well as fighting off law suits ) and the lack of expected price reduction, there may be lean times ahead. The strong line-up of software will compensate somewhat. As will a sure to be soon price reduction. Sony rode highs and dips of the E3 roller coaster. The biggest news was the US$100 price reduction for the PlayStation 3. This lead to an immediate spike in sales, but was tempered somewhat by the revelation that this was a US centric price cut. In the PAL regions there will be bundling of the PS3 at the existing price. Still if you had your eye on a PS3, the bundling does represent good value. MotorStorm and Resistance: Fall of Man are the must have games, and two extra SIX AXIS controllers will not go astray. Some (from within Sony ) acknowledged that this price drop was simply to move the 60GB PS3 model in preparation for the 80GB model to put the price back up to US$600. There was the slimmer, TV-out enabled PSP shown, which should give the Sony hand-held device a boost, not enough to snag the phenomenal Nintendo DS though.
Software, though not as exclusive as originally expected, will be strong for Sony towards 2008. Exclusives shown at E3 included Heavenly Sword, Gran Turismo 5, LittleBigPlanet, Killzone 2 and the now confirmed exclusive Metal Gear Solid 4.
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