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With E3 less than a week away, we are going to do the same thing as last year. Each staff member will get to take a guess as to what they think will happen at the Electronics Entertainment Expo this year, as well as their most anticipated games and hardware.
Bronson
Sony - Sony knocked E3 out of the park last year with great games that demoed well and showed a lot of promise last year , well this year I expect about the same. I see Infamous 2 gameplay and killzone 3 and possibly Resistance 3. I also so either a PSP 2 or a huge price drop ,though looking at all the recent psp deals it will probably be psp 2. Also a PS3 price drop is coming soon I think.
Microsoft - I sure hope you are ready for at least an hour of natal. Lots of waving around on screen and lots of dumb demo games that I expect to be failures with a good rare game. I also see a 360 natal bundle together for $250.00. Then last we finally get some more 360 apps possibly hulu and then they finish it off with Halo ,Gears ,and Fable. So like always it is more microsoft a gimmick some xbox live and then real games.
Nintendo - So two hours long is the rumor so that translates to one hour of 3DS and me not caring because 3D bother my eyes and makes me ill. So next up we have a new Zelda I expect a trailer a very epic trailer. Then I see some info on the DS and Wii and how well they have sold and more lies on how Nintendo is for everyone.
Anthony
Sony - I don't have much to say on Sony, though I'm betting they will spend half their time talking about Move. So far they haven't announced any software beyond maybe some party stuff like on the Wii. That is probably fine since Move isn't targeted to frequent gamers. As for regular games...uh, well I don't know of any. Yeah, I'm really tuned out of what is happening over at PlayStation. As for the portables, I don't think there will be much though. I see Sony's focus on the PS3, and the PSP seems slightly neglected. I really don't know what to expect from Sony, which I find is a good thing since I'll be more easily surprised.
Microsoft - The Xbox 360 rebrand and price cut didn't work as well as the PS3's. Now they are losing consistently in weekly sales. Microsoft will spend an entire press conference on Natal, since a lot will be riding on that. I am expecting more family-smiling BS much like last year. Milo? He'll probably come back and continue to creep us out. Games? They will announce party games much like the Wii's except I think they will be slightly more ridiculous. Price? I have no idea. Will it succeed? Maybe. I see potential, but it has an equal chance of falling flat. There will be another press conference for regular 360 games. Aside from Halo: Reach and Fable 3, they need a good holiday season. Good news then because Microsoft has a chance to announce some surprising software, or not have any and disappoint us all.
Nintendo - I think Nintendo has the highest chance of pulling off the best of E3. Why? Because after pretty much 2 years they finally start turning out quality software gamers want to buy. We know the least about what is about to be shown at Nintendo's press conference, and they never disappoint on announcing their biggest games. So, I'm totally hyped for Zelda Wii. I'm hyped for 3DS. I am hyped for the Nintendo press conference. They can pull off another E3 2004, or pretty much crush my hopes again. I think their press conference will be awesome just on games alone, as long as they don't spend half their time talking about charts.
Aaron
Not unlike last year, I'm excited. The only thing that might bring me down is the motion control revolution going on. To tell you the truth, I have yet to find one game that makes me thankful for motion controls, and I feel like that's not going to change, but I'm gonna let everyone at the show have their shot at winning me over. The list of games is, despite the beginning of this year, pretty packed. Last Guardian, Killzone 3, Rock Band 3, Tron Evolution, Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned, Fable III, Gears of War 3, Crackdown 2, Dead Space 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum 2, Mafia 2, Spec Ops: The Line, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Metal Gear Solid Rising, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, True Crime, DC Universe Online, Marvel vs Capcom 3, Dead Rising 2, Brink, Rage, Infamous 2, Halo: Reach, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Medal of Honor, Red Faction: Armageddon, Homefront, Portal 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Little Big Planet 2, Gran Truismo 5, The Last Guardian, new Zelda game, Golden Sun DS, Metroid: Other M, Pokemon Black and White, Portal 2, and more! Yeah, more! Like, possibly, the "rebirth" of my favorite fighting franchise, Mortal effing Kombat! Back to it's roots! And possibly Bronson's favorite shooter, Resistance 3. Crazy!
I expect to see a more polished Natal with a new name (supposedly "Wave"), a more refined Sony "Move", and the games made specifically for them. I want to like them, but it's up to developers to make moving around and exerting energy in a video game 8 hours of fun, and that's a challenge I would not accept. I'm also interested in Nintendo's Vitality Sensor. What else could you possibly use it for other than horror games? If it's simply for checking blood pressure, why is it at E3? Why is it even part of the console? These mysteries, I hope, will be solved and seem 100% reasonable.
Kevin Butler, please host Sony's E3. No one else even comes close to you for that spot. I'd like to see some more of this as well.

I don't care who does it; I need another moment like that.
Also, cheap shots between platforms are always appreciated.
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