So, E3 is rolling… nothing too unexpected comming out, but the opening cinematic of “The Old Republic” made me drool like a mad man!
High-volume and full screen people! 🙂 It’s very good… I wish the game was this awesome, but I’m not too hopeful… Bioware’s RPGs have been lacking in the RPG front (although they’re awesome games)…
The other obligatory announcement was the Nintendo Wii U:
To be honest, I don’t know what to think about this one… From one side, it seems like Nintendo is converging its two powerhouses (the Wii and the DS) into a single device… and the HD is already long overdue… and I admit some of the uses present in the video are genius ideas (I could never come up with so many ideas)… but again, it sounds gimmicky… And it seems like it’s going to collide head on with the smartphone/pad market, without the advantages of both these devices (since you have to be near a console to actually use the new controller, while with a smartphone/pad you can go anywhere with it)…
I admit I find it strange that none of the players in the console market as decided to embrace the smartphone concept… You might argue that Sony has done that with the Xperia Play, but that’s just a gimmick designed to sell more games/phones, not a true integration of the two devices…
I guess we’ll have to wait and see who will win the next round of the console war: Nintendo with the Wii U, Microsoft with the Kinect or Sony with the Move… Can’t say who’s gonna win, but I’m sure who will lose if they don’t come up with something better than a Wiimote ripoff! 🙂