The Week in Review_ Promise Keepers

The weeks before E3 see lots of speculation about what it will take for one of the big three to “win” this year’s gathering. Stephen Totilo instead recounted the promises of last year’s showing, to remind everyone someone’s keeping score.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Nintendo – forget such head-scratching reveals as the Wii Vitality Sensor – shone through with the most truthful E3 of 2009, by Totilo’s account. “Sticking to mostly discussing its own games rather than those of third-parties, and for actually over-delivering on a vow to support user-generated content on the DS, Nintendo got the best grade of the bunch.” Microsoft finished second, largely by not overpromising on Project Natal, although it did run afoul of overhype with implications of Metal Gear h25 com เข้าสู่ระบบ​ Solid showing up on its platform. Sony, although the past year was one of the best, if not the best, for its console in terms of sales and new hardware, rated a C for overly optimistic projections for major console franchises and for missing some key release dates. Many felt Sony took it on the chin for the decision to hold back games in the interest of quality, and that such truth-grading rewarded bland pronouncements that lowered expectations. “If I aim low and met the goal does that mean I’m good at what I do and deserves an A?” wrote commenter SuicidalEarthworm. “I think there must be more. How high you aim and how much you accomplished should take into consideration compared to how much the other guys accomplish.” “Either way you cut it, all three companies did well last year.” wrote commenter staySICK. “None of the publishers can help it if unforeseen problems push a game back, as we’ve seen quite often, as well as games being pushed up.” Entering the stretch run before the annual orgy of dazzling reveals, remember who actually holds those up on stage accountable. Games publishers may create these expensive spectacles for the press, but they still have to make the games they promise to the public. Top Stories Grading the E3 Promises, One Year Later One Year Later, Did These PS3 and PSP Promises Come True? One Year Later, Did These Wii and DS Promises Come True? One Year Later, Did These E3 Xbox 360 Promises Come True? Kotaku Talk Radio K Monthly – May 2010 Columns Well Played: Video Games Bid Adieu to World War II Stick Jockey: Football Contenders h25 com สล็อต​ Try for the Look of a Winner Reviews, Previews, Hands-On and Impressions X-Scape Review: The Beauty Of The Old Ugly Kometen Review: Languid Pools of Gravity Blur Review: Rainbow Road Kill F.E.A.R. 3 is Really About Family… A Psychic, Psychotic Family Company of Heroes Online in Glorious Motion Backbreaker Review: The Challenger Crashes Bowmaster Micro Review: Shootin’ Arrows or Shootin’ Errors? News It’s Like Galaga, But You’re The Aliens Up Top BlackLight: Tango Down’s Technology Is Part Fact, Part Fiction Final Fantasy XI Accounts Compromised Dead Space Extraction Guiding Its Way To PS3, h25 com เข้าสู่ระบบ​ Xbox 360? First Batch Of BlizzCon 2010 Tickets Hit eBay PlayStation 2 Connection For Kylie’s Street Orgy? The Pocket God Comic Book Has A Story, Somehow Going on A Harry Potter Killing Spree Nintendo Portables Getting New Colors, Lower Prices in Japan Sony Remembers The PS3 Is A HD System SNK? Where Are You? Whose Car Is This? Numbers The 20 Most-Loved Wii Games iTunes Chart Toppers: Angry, Angry Birds Sports NBA 2K Was Trying to Get Jordan In-Game ‘For Years’ Backbreaker Expects to See Large Penises in Your End Zone Perspectives My Game Studio Logo Hall Of Fame Why Can’t Video Games Make You Remember The Dead? Reactions What Is The Cheapest Game You’ve Ever Purchased? Speak-Up On Kotaku: Preorder Insecurity, Final Fantasy X-2, Aion Banning, And DSi Cases A Week In Comments Republished Features The Video Game Guide to Morals and Ethics Why Can’t We Make Another Shadow of the Colossus? You Say Apocalypse, I Say Retro Chic Kotaku ‘Shop Contest Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: NASCAR Edition Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Google Tributes of the Future Edition Winners