# The Official E3 2008 Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 13, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357 "2008-07-13T20:14:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/21 "2008-07-15T10:50:24Z")
It won’t be on the 360 in Japan, though. Hm. Ghostbusters seems to have the same plotline on the Wii and XBox, just different graphics. It also looks awesome either way. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/22 "2008-07-15T13:59:40Z")
So is Sony just refusing to pay for titles to be exclusives, or is Micro$oft just outbidding them? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/23 "2008-07-15T14:22:23Z")
[QUOTE=Madd Maxx] So is Sony just refusing to pay for titles to be exclusives, or is Micro$oft just outbidding them? [/QUOTE] I think in some cases (like with FF13), game companies are wising up and realizing the PlayStation brand name is no longer the top dog anymore. Square-Enix executives have been dropping hints for months about how they had to move beyond their traditional one platform structure and get games on multiple platforms. They had this planned for a long time but I’m assuming Microsoft paid them a few coins to keep it quiet until E3. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/24 "2008-07-15T14:58:23Z")
I gotta say, Sims 3 actually looks interesting. The trailer for Dragon Age, however, was disappointing. Didn’t explain much at all, show much engine tech at all, nor was it particularly exciting. Common Bio, give us some sweet gameplay vids! Fallout 3 is looking super sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/25 "2008-07-15T22:57:44Z")
Is tomorrow the last day? Slashdot Games is not really abuzz with stories like it has been in previous years. As a Wii owner, am I to be most excited about the Wiimote addon that’s not coming until next year? ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/26 "2008-07-15T23:01:57Z")
Well, there’s Animal Crossing: City Folk, the Animal Crossing MMOish thing. And Wii Music. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/27 "2008-07-15T23:06:10Z")
[Vaudeville comic] So the _only_ thing I’m to be excited about is the Wiimote addon that’s not coming out until next year? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/28 "2008-07-16T00:00:43Z")
_pulls out the hook and pulls the Wii off the stage from a rousing chorus of rotten produce tossing_ ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/29 "2008-07-16T00:10:40Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] _pulls out the hook and pulls the Wii off the stage from a rousing chorus of rotten produce tossing_ [/QUOTE] Dude, Wii Sports 2 with a sword fighting mode. What more do you need? And if I had to rank the “Big 3” it would definitely go Microsoft, Nintendo… big gap… Sony. Sony’s gameplan of announcing stuff a year or more before they’re ready to say anything else beyond the title is really starting to bite them in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/30 "2008-07-16T00:21:48Z")
I think it goes the other way around… from everything I’ve seen, the Wii presentation was by far the worst. Actually, all three of them were pretty bad IMO. I think Microsoft wins just because they had the only really good reveal out of all of them. Wii Music gets to be the laughing stock of it all, and given some of the crap everyone was shoveling out there, that’s not an award to be proud of. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/31 "2008-07-16T00:23:48Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] Dude, Wii Sports 2 with a sword fighting mode. What more do you need? And if I had to rank the “Big 3” it would definitely go Microsoft, Nintendo… big gap… Sony. Sony’s gameplan of announcing stuff a year or more before they’re ready to say anything else beyond the title is really starting to bite them in the ass. [/QUOTE] You know, I’m sure I’d like to give it a shot, but I don’t know if it’d stick. I still have a shitton more Halo 3 multiplayer to run. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/32 "2008-07-16T01:36:31Z")
I might play Wii Sports 2 if it actually feels like a game and not a little sampler of demos. The first one provided literally minutes of entertainment (probably as much as 30 of them in all.) ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/33 "2008-07-16T02:15:23Z")
Nintendo never really announces things at E3. Last year, all they announced was Wii Fit, and everyone went, ‘What is this crap?’ ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/34 "2008-07-16T06:27:39Z")
[QUOTE=E-Sabbath] It won’t be on the 360 in Japan, though. [/QUOTE] Microsoft could’ve announced MGS4 for the 360 while they were at it, and it wouldn’t have helped their sales in Japan any. I’d be interested to hear people’s views on Mirror’s Edge. I hadn’t heard about it before, but it looks pretty interesting. Not sure if “interesting” means good as of yet. ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/35 "2008-07-16T07:19:47Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] I might play Wii Sports 2 if it actually feels like a game and not a little sampler of demos. The first one provided literally minutes of entertainment (probably as much as 30 of them in all.) [/QUOTE] Wii bowling is fantastic. Works great as a party game or with just a couple of friends. I still play it every once in a while, and I’ve had it since launch. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/36 "2008-07-16T13:52:40Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] Microsoft could’ve announced MGS4 for the 360 while they were at it, and it wouldn’t have helped their sales in Japan any. I’d be interested to hear people’s views on Mirror’s Edge. I hadn’t heard about it before, but it looks pretty interesting. Not sure if “interesting” means good as of yet. [/QUOTE] It really would take a complete and total Sony collapse for them to lose their grip on Japan. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/37 "2008-07-16T14:01:46Z")
Exhibit one is [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-uTnqYHZ-I&eurl=http://www.2old2play.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=46329) guy. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/38 "2008-07-16T14:10:31Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] It really would take a complete and total Sony collapse for them to lose their grip on Japan. [/QUOTE] Sony has already lost their grip on Japan. If it doesn’t say Nintendo on the box, people don’t buy it. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/39 "2008-07-16T14:12:12Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] Sony has already lost their grip on Japan. If it doesn’t say Nintendo on the box, people don’t buy it. [/QUOTE] Huh. I was not aware. Last I heard, Japan was going to change its name to SonyLand. Then again, that’s right. It was nigh impossible to find a Wii there in Japan. Maybe they’re getting the good games, hence its popularity there. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357/40 "2008-07-16T14:13:45Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Exhibit one is [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-uTnqYHZ-I&eurl=http://www.2old2play.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=46329) guy. [/QUOTE] I am having a really hard time telling if that’s a parody or serious. I’m leaning toward parody because it’s so absolutely crazy, but this _is_ the internet. For me, if the motion add-on is used with Force Unleashed, that’s all I need from Nintendo. That’s all I’ll need _ever_, because that will be the perfect game. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-e3-2008-thread/456357.md?page=3)