sony are more than capable of force feeding their audiences with great big spoonfulls of BS.
anyway, what's at discussion here, is not whether a not a game has an old mulleted fart with a gun in his gob, or whether microsoft's heating system has better games than sony's new toaster, or whether or not your new nintendo just wii'd on the carpet, it's about the games quite frankly, and if somebody can show a screenshot without making a snide comment, or a failed attempt at humor, or references to how spectacular a game is and/or how crappy it'd be without any bias whatsoever, then it'd be a nice discussion.
Now, my assessment on things:
Sony:
they have some nice looking games coming out, nice looking, but i'd actually wait until they're actually released here, and i'm able to actually look at them before i personally decide whether they're bullshots or not. few final fantasy games, one MGS, misc shooters and whatnot, sounds like a reasonable first release schedule for the PS3. glad they got rid of the batarang, too.
note: MGS4 sounds to be the last of the series, and Raiden it seems has taken the cyborg ninja mantle from gray fox.
Nintendo:
Since they changed their console's name in a marketing masterstroke (free publicity is a wonderful thing), nintendo just go and do what they what they always have done, their own thing.. the wii remote's ability to sense motion, would bring a nice, active role to gaming, like swinging a sword, tennis raquet, or drawing a bowstring, just remember to hang onto the remote.
Microsoft:
the second big juggernaught of the console gaming world, it looks like they're gonna go all out, as per usual, with the 360's release titles less than spectacular (GRAW was great, but not earthshattering, IMO), gears of war, and other little tidbits, and even though it's denied to even exist, i'm holding reservations on "halo 3" it might suck, yet it might not, the proof is in the play, naturally.
PC:
now, the big winner is of course all the PC titles that've been announced, supreme commander, Dark crusade, the new FEAR, just to name a few, this end is worth getting giggly over, IMO, because, it's the PC, and it has something for everyone (who can afford the gear to run modern games), the question being, will they all shape up to expectations?
one thing that i've learnt, screenshots are all good and fine, but in order to grab an informed opinion on a game, you haveta sit down and actually play the damn thing, eyecandy maketh not the game, there's been quite a few "pretty" games that have failed to meet expectations when it comes to the gaming.
