Oh i thought it was at the top of the hour...

CHOO-CHOO!

I was expecting something to push their platforms higher and to build anticipation for something unknown and really exciting. We knew about all those games, we know when they come out, so its just waiting for them to arrive instead of anticipation. They both have to show something for the future, since people buy consoles based on whats out now and what is coming out as well. I think nintendo is just going after the casual person at this point rather then the hardcore gamers who made nintendo what they are today. And i think MS is terrified of nintendo and knows that they dont have much upcoming to wow most people other then the true hardcore gamers.

Thats why i expected some new hardcore gaming from nintendo thats non-franchise to draw people like me into the wii, and i expected something out of left field to bring people who havent been on the 360 train so far to jump in, like Killer Instinct 360 or something along those lines. But nope. Just your standard stuff. I watch the E3 conferences because every year, they have big surprises and build up momentom to the holiday season. MS/Nintendo didnt offer anything of the sort, to me, anyway. I really hope Sony wows us all. The Killzone 2 footage blew me away already, surpassing the old trailer in so many ways, especially the most important one: Its real.

We'll see in a few i guess.

anyone want to guess how long it takes them to announce they won the hi-def war?

i say 50 seconds... they will probably mention it more then 20 times... remember... my ps3 isnt a gaming machine, its a bd player.....

Here we go!!!

I'm hoping for a reintroduction of the 20GB model at $399.

Looks like I'm back to not working again.

11:32: Presentation starts. Montage of starts -- lots of weird shapes and colors with PSPs and button icons. Jack Tretton appears onscreen via his avatar in PlayStation Home. Looks a lot like him.

Holy audio desync batman

That square is much bigger than it is in the beta. Unless they updated it in the past few days.

the audio/video sync on g4 is horrible.

Are we watching an old Godzilla movie??

11:33: Tretton hits on some virtual ladies in "Home Square" (an outdoor environment). Jack takes the stage, makes a joke about his waistline and fly -- hopes to moonwalk and throw some high-fives.

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on a side note, i might be the only one not looking forward to this avatar stuff

No, this one involves a giant enemy crab.

11:37: Jack brings up new 80GB unit w/ MotorStorm and price drop for 60GB. Promises to show almost 50 games for PS2, PS3, PSP, and PSN during this presentation. Announces that several will be playable next door after show.

The avatars are fine (if they can be used in game ala Miis).. the rest of Home isn't very interesting to me though.

Crab people?

Haha, he's actually talking about UMD movie sales as if it's a good thing.

11:38: First up is PS2 -- 118 million units worldwide, $26 billion dollars in sales in US. More than 160 PS2 games coming in the next fiscal quarter.
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ps2... ... how did i know

thanks for posting updates Raven, I can't get anything at work

the movement of this thread shows you how much people are interested in sony's conference

no prob

11:40: PSP's turn. More than 9 million PSPs expected to ship this year; UMD sales are up, hardware sales are up (up 90% since April's price drop). More than 140 games coming for North America.