From that D'toid blog, this is the valid part I read:

"Let's also not forget that the gamers Nintendo are going after will have little reason to buy a multiplatform game on the Café, because their trophy/achievement accounts are already established on rival consoles. Why start again when you can improve your existing records?"

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I'm assuming also that the next Nintendo Console will have at least a conventional controller support since they are going HD to tap into the third-party HD scene.  That makes sense right? And if so, will it be good enough for the third-parties to have that as an optional controller or does it have to be a pack-in to make it worth while porting?

(Assuming the default Nintendo controller is some crazy, paradigm breaking device).

So what's up with Sony's E3 conference being a butt numbing 5 hours long?

Even if they dedicate a whole hour to that unfunny wise ass advert guy they still got 4 hours to fill.

aspro said:

I'm assuming the two Witcher E3 stories will be about a third story that I didn't bother to post - ESRB just rated Witcher 2 for 360.

A new Witcher game will be announced at E3 next month, developer CD Projekt has told Eurogamer.


Could it possibly be the mooted console version of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings? Senior producer Tomasz Gop wasn't giving much away, but did hint that CD Projekt might have good news for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 users.


"I can't say anything obviously for gazillions of reasons but it is a Witcher game, and I can say that console gamers might be interested in it," he explained.


One thing seems certain though – it won't be The Witcher 3.


"No, I'm not going to lie to you, we haven't started work on The Witcher 3," he said. "But it's possible we might do it in the future."

gamingeek said:

aspro said:

I'm assuming the two Witcher E3 stories will be about a third story that I didn't bother to post - ESRB just rated Witcher 2 for 360.

A new Witcher game will be announced at E3 next month, developer CD Projekt has told Eurogamer.



Could it possibly be the mooted console version of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings? Senior producer Tomasz Gop wasn't giving much away, but did hint that CD Projekt might have good news for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 users.



"I can't say anything obviously for gazillions of reasons but it is a Witcher game, and I can say that console gamers might be interested in it," he explained.



One thing seems certain though – it won't be The Witcher 3.



"No, I'm not going to lie to you, we haven't started work on The Witcher 3," he said. "But it's possible we might do it in the future."

Yeah, I read their story. And?  CD Projeckt has the worst PR on earth. Of any company.  The Japanese Nuclear Power Plant company does a better job of promoting their brand.

So will it be Vancouver vs Boston for the Cup? That would be awesome. I'd love to see the Bruins win the Cup....they came close back in 1990 with Bourque and Neely, and then sucked for a LONG time. After all the success other Boston teams have had, it would be cool to see them win their 1st since the Bobby Orr days way back in the early 70's.

Sony....5 hour press event? The fuck?! Who in their right mind is going to watch a 5 hour press event? What could possibly even come close to taking 5 hours to discuss? People will be taking 4 hour naps in the audience. Count me out.

Watching the news now, Cameron and Obama are having a garden BBQ and they are the ones serviing. Check it out here:

Click watch now live in the top right corner

LOL it just said they were playing table tennis last night.

Also did you guys see the Presidential Cadillac the Beast? It's bomb proof, bullet proof, reinforced tyres, own air supply, it's biohazard proof. And then this "Beast" limo that is built to be like the ultimate terrorist proof vehicle got caught on a exit ramp in Ireland and stalled.

Aussies OOT pre-order goodies

Real Ocarina and music sheets

I'm sure people in Ireland just love all this shit getting in their way.

Gaminggeek said:

edgecrusher said:

Sony....5 hour press event? The fuck?! Who in their right mind is going to watch a 5 hour press event? What could possibly even come close to taking 5 hours to discuss? People will be taking 4 hour naps in the audience. Count me out.

Every year for the past 3 years I have been stuck watching this butt numbing Sony conference go on and on and on and on. I'm coming to dread it.

Anyway I actually just read the story:

This year's Sony E3 press conference happens in the middle of the night: 1am (BST - UK time) Tuesday, 7th June.



That's 5pm for people at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, where the conference takes place.



Sony's entire press event lasts five hours until 10pm their time, 6am UK time.



The actual conference will likely take no longer than an hour-and-a-half, judging by previous years' performances.



The remaining three-and-a-half-hours will be devoted to a "a special event immediately following the press conference". But what that will be Sony hasn't said. Is it an NGP preview event? Is it a party?

Still, it starts at 1am UK time so I am out. I'm relieved.

I know I'm not going to watch all of it by the time the press conference ends it will be around Midnight in my timezone.

I know it will be boring I fell asleep watching last years press conference.