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E3 - 2006 : Preview :: Microsoft, Sony & Nintendo prepare to do battle

by Steven Williamson on 3 May 2006, 14:03

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Which one would you attend?



The three major powers in the World of gaming are set to deliver their pre-E3 press conferences ahead of the most anticipated gaming show ever.

Sony starts the ball rolling two days before the event on May 8th at 10pm (GMT) at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. There’s no doubt that they’ll start the conference by babbling on about how well the PS2 and PSP have sold across the World but, after the boring stuff, we can expect them to release full details on the PS3. This should include pricing, an exact release date, as well as some fancy new trailers.

Nintendo’s press conference nestles snugly in between Microsoft and Sony’s presentations and takes place on May 9th at 5.30pm (GMT). This is where we’ll see Nintendo attempting to explain the reasons behind Wii, or possibly announce that it was all a hoax! The conference will probably begin with details regarding Nintendo DS sales, the DS Lite, and some of the new titles. We should then have clarification on the Wii controller functions and further details on the hardware, announcement of new titles, and a final price point. The Revolution will be in playable form at E3.

Microsoft’s press conference will be last on the agenda, taking place on May 9th at 7.30pm (GMT) where we should hear about their new plans for the Xbox 360, new features, brand new games and trailers

All three companies will be attempting to outmaneovre their opponents, so we can expect plenty of snide comments and a few surprises along the way.

If you were attending E3, and could only attend one conference, which one would it be? Let us know in the E3 forum

We’ll be reporting on all three press conferences next week.


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Undoubtedly I'd want to attend all three :p

But given the choice I'd deffo go for Nintendo. I am really interested in wee (oops) and want to play with it.

Oh dear sorry I couldn't resist ;)

I really do want to see how Nintendo are going to be making this thing work :)
Do I want to see more of the same with better graphics, or view a huge risk that could fail miserably or change the home console market? Let me think on that one for a while.
I'd go to the Nintendo one.
All of them. Although the MS one would be a bit dull with them already having 360 in the shops.