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Message: [QUOTE="Digital-Nitrate, post: 3090398, member: 87908"] I wouldn't say most think Microsoft's was the best, and while I don't think Microsft's presentation was bad, I also don't think they did much to change the opinion that they don't have much in the way of upcoming exclusive titles, hardware, or features that separate them selves from the competition. Like you said, the only exclusive games they featured in their in-game demos was [I]Fable 2[/I] and [I]Gears of War 2[/I], of which [I]Fable 2[/I] looked very promising [SIZE="1"](although the whole bird pooping on his head thing was a bit odd!)[/SIZE], and we all know [I]Gears of War 2[/I] is going to sell like hot cakes! 👍 They did show clips of a couple new XBL arcade games, and mentioned the upcoming [I]Portal: Still Alive[/I] XBL arcade game, which also sounds very promising. 👍 However, overall Sony, more than anyone else emphasized the importance of exclusive games, hardware and features - things that promote their brand more than just multi-platform games. Jack Tretton specifically brought up the importance of exclusive games, and how the PS3 has more exclusive games than any other platform with more than 75 titles in North America alone. he also went on to show how the PS3 continues to expand on it's already broad multi-media support. Sony made more "announcements", and "reveals" than anyone else, and despite having to split up their limited presentation time to cover three different PlayStation products (PS3, PSP, and PS2), they still managed to cover more ground and even throw in a 4-min in-game demo of a battle against a 300ft leviathan in Resistance 2. I also thought the way they were able to adapt their business presentation into LittleBigPlanet was not only clever, but effective in raising even more interest in a game that is already possibly the most talked about game among industry analysts and gamers alike. Besides the many PS3 and PSN games, as well as the many new system features, I was particularly surprised by how much Sony and third party developers are still supporting and promoting the PS2. Obviously opinions will vary, but based on promoting the brand by covering all three console platforms, covering the most games and the most exclusive games, as well as significant hardware and system feature updates and services. I certainly would say Sony did the best job. In fact, rather than only show some footage on a screen during the presentation, based on the actual E3 floor coverage, and the allocated space Sony has the most exclusive demos available to actually play at E3 than anyone else.... so when you combine that with their presentation, it seems pretty clear that Sony had the biggest impact on E3 among the three companies. BTW: E3 is still only on it's second day, and so there is still plenty of stuff going on. Already G4 has broadcasted over 15 hours of live coverage, and you'll find many links in this thread to various sources that offer transcripts of the presentations as well as video clips. For those interested, I’ll try and put together a synopsis of everything that was covered by Sony and post it here. [/QUOTE]

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