Comments on: Nintendo and Sony at E3: Forget the fancy controllers, bring on the awesome games!

By: Jam Handy

Jam Handy — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:34:00 +0000

Wow Uncharted vs New Super Mario Bros
Talk about comapring Apples to Oranges. Why not compare it to Metroid? Also I find it much more fun to watch people playing games when they’re involved in a competitive multiplayer experience (Super Mario Bros) than when they’re meandering through a single player adventure. (Uncharted) So while the flashy hollywood inspired Uncharted trailer may be fun to watch, My friend playing the actual game would rate slightly above the level of watching paint dry. Although I’d rather watch someone play Uncharted than be forced to watch Wolverine or Terminator Salvation.
BTW I finished the entire Mario video. It looks like a fun game you should try it.

By: Space Dinosaur Blue

Space Dinosaur Blue — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:49:35 +0000

This can’t be serious. This is one of the most idiotic things any commentator has ever see.
Yes children, let us judge our interactive entertainment by how fun it is to watch, not to interact with!
On the other hand, this does show that the strategy 40-million-dollar-a-game publishers take does work: people who have no idea at all what they’re doing in the videogame aisle will be enticed by something that looks just like a movie: something they’re familiar with and understand.
That said, there’s nothing /wrong/ per say with a game being fun to play and fun to watch. But it’s the fun to play part that actually matters. Whether or not a game is fun for the audience is utterly irrelevant at the end of the day.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:54:05 +0000

What a crap article tbh. Could you be more Sony biased ??? I bet you didnt grow up in the 80′s where we learned that GAMEPLAY is what make good games and not fancy graphics. The sad part about this, is that most 12-15 year olds share your vision.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:28:54 +0000

Agreed with Mister F. Videogames are more meant to be played than watched. It’s a common yet sad and misguided judgment call whenever “cinematic” is said to trump “non-cinematic”. Every real gamer knows that cinematics are merely secondary to the actual gameplay, and unfortunately at times get in the way of said gameplay.

By: Mister F

Mister F — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:58:16 +0000

Wow, this article definitely tells me your just not a big fan of Nintendo in general.
And you and some 15-35 year old males might find these epic movie games more enticing to watch others play, but for the majority of us, not so much.
Not trying to be considerably biased here, but New Super Mario Bros. Wii looks considerably more fun to play than Uncharted 2 to a lot more (i.e. Females) people.

By: Mister F

Mister F — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:55:26 +0000

By: rerun

rerun — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:19:33 +0000

Yeah, the MS press conference seems to have trumped the others. The PSP Go is a fail, but I might consider getting a Wii when new SMB and Metroid come out.

By: rerun

rerun — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:19:15 +0000

Yeah, the MS press conference seems to have trumped the others. The PSP Go is a fail, but I might consider getting a Wii when new SMB and Metroid come out.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:42:41 +0000

They also left out WiiFit Plus which looks like it may sell just as well as WiiFit.

By: Clayton

Clayton — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:59:34 +0000

You forgot Metroid! And the new Zelda that Miyamoto announced at his roundtable!