E3 2011: Wishes, Expectations, Surprises, and Disappointments

[Diff-chan]

Ok, so it is a new system, but it's so weird to me that they haven't even shown the system itself or really discussed specs. Odd way to present a system.

Nintendo never discusses specs.

[Frogacuda]

I believe the hardware IS the controller. They stated that the control would stream directly to the TV.

TVs don't just stream from the air. Nintendo clearly showed something hooked up to the TV in the pictures, and presumably that's where the media goes, because it's backward compatible and this thing has no place to put a disc.

Looks like a less-powerful 360 with a gimmick controller.

All we saw are ports, footage of which is likely from other consoles. Impossible to judge its power at this point. I'd be surprised if it didn't at least have a slight edge over 360 in the way that Wii has a slight edge over Xbox 1 though.

I dunno, I don't hate the idea of a console I can lug around the house, and backward compatibility helps since my roommate took her Wii when she moved out and I don't have one of my own (have some games though). Pricing is going to be a major factor.

[Advocate]

Ok, so it is a new system, but it's so weird to me that they haven't even shown the system itself or really discussed specs. Odd way to present a system.

[Changeling]

From rumors it seems to be more powerful than current consoles, but not truly next gen. This is a fully realized Dreamcast. The 3rd party support gives me hope for the system. EA going from publicly calling out the system to singing its praises at their press conference is a good sign for nintendo. Battlefield 3 in the palm of my hands? You got me, fuckers

[George]

What I like is the support for legacy Wii and possibly gamecube controllers. It looks like they don't want/can't have more than one screen controller per system.

[Chux]

I have to see the price, but I still think Sony won the press war this round.

[Mzo]

It's weird, man. I dunno.

[Drewbacca]

I'm interested. The functionality they showed between the console and screen. From a basic "someone wants to play games and someone wants to watch TV now we both can!" way to complete integration with movies and internet through your screen. Could be an awesome foray in to the set top box market. I'd be more interested if it wasn't Nintendo doing it, though. Since their operating systems are such shit.

But if Nintendo succeeds maybe Asus, Acer or Microsoft will get in on it and it would be useful.

I honestly see this screen functionality as WAAAY more useful than the motion control implementations were.

[Frogacuda]

What I like is the support for legacy Wii and possibly gamecube controllers. It looks like they don't want/can't have more than one screen controller per system.

Yeah, this is good. Although it makes the Madden thing not make sense so much.

[Cowdisease]

I give the conference a B-. There weren't any embarrassing motion control demos, they showed 3DS games, new Zelda didn't look bad, and the Wii U (LAWL) tech is interesting. I agree that Sony won this year, but Nintendo was a close second. Next year, we'll have a better idea of the tech specs and, more importantly, price.