SONY E3 2009!

I caught some of the Sony E3 2009 press conference today, and I am super excited for the next couple of years as far as my PS3 goes.

But first I want to talk about the PSP GO that Sony announced (officially anyway) today. I don't currently own a PSP, but I wanted one some time ago, I just never got to it. First of all, I don't like the idea of a limited memory on a gaming system, it says to me that I'm limited by the system and that if I want to play more I need to pay more for games and more memory (SD card slot). Other than that, the controls and the moving screen look pretty solid, though I don't like the smaller screen size. The weight thing i don't care about, and I don't think the PSP GO will be as successful as Sony hopes.

Now for the fun parts...to me anyway, the games and PS3 things.

First, relevant to this class, was the Sony augmented reality concept they demoed. It was really cool! I loved that you could mutate the controller into anything; a pen, a sword, or a hand that could build levels! The coolest part of this demo was fighting the army, whether it's shooting with a gun, bow n arrow, or a sword, you can do it all with this new Sony augmented reality system.

My favorite game preview was definitely, Mod Nation Racers, coming out in 2010. This game is like LittleBigPlanet for racing. The characters are adorable, the graphics are awesome (a little cartoony), and the track building was even more awesome. I loved how he could create a track in like 5 minutes that looked very decent and playable. I hate how in Little Big Planet it can take hours to make a stage, I don't have that kind of time! I have always been hesitant to buy any of the Gran Turismo games as I kind of get bored of racing the same tracks. Now (in 2010 anyway) I can create my own!