TGS will tell...

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Let's look at a simple timeline:

E3 2005 - XB360 six months away, PS3 one year away. This pretty much negates the "But MS had playable demos" argument, since MS did NOT have playable demos six months ago, when THEY were a year out. Common sense dictates that XB developers will be further along than PS developers. Side-by-side comparisons are useless.

TGS 2005 - XB360 one month away, PS3 six months away (give or take). I think MS may actually outshine Sony here, simply because the games are practically complete, running on final hardware, ready-to-go. And yet here... HERE... is where it comes to a head..

Once TGS is over, a new comparison can be made. The "six months out" side-by-side comparison... Sony's TGS showing compared to Microsoft's E3 showing. Comparing how the games and the system looked when BOTH were six months away from launch.

Of course, some people will not pay attention to any such comparison, especially if MS's offerings are more impressive than Sony's at TGS itself. They'll choose to compare final XB products to unfinished PS projects. But that's okay... we'll know the truth, those of us who are able to put aside the fanboyism. And if Sony's TGS offerings are more impressive than MS's TGS offerings, we'll have a whole new brand of OMGWTFCGI arguments to keep us occupied.

Either way, it should be an interesting time.
 
Well said.

I expect big things from both. I'm a PS fan through-and-through, but I'm not a fanboy. I'm content to wait until both are released and some bigger-name games are released to make proper judgements.
 
Microsoft will have to outshine Sony, if it wants to be competitive in the Japanese market. With the games Microsoft showed at E3, it will have a hard time in Japan, even with the lessons it has already learned.
 
This is what i was thinking the day the PS3 was revealed. TGS is where we will see some games. I do beleive Sony's TGS will out do MS's E3 showing. I havent heard of any games using HDR for X360 when its been shown in Unreal Engine 3 demo for PS3 HDR adds mad realism to graphics, just look at the Getaway demo.
 
MS will most likely have a whole bunch of playable consoles setup, Sony will probably have demonstrations going on intill the PS3 release date gets closer.
 
I agree the TGS will be important to both companies. I look for M$ to pull out all the stops to make sure Xbox360 shines especially after how well received Sony was at E3. I don't expect Sony sit on their thumbs though either.
 

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