{"id":77452,"date":"2015-06-19T10:30:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T08:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=77452"},"modified":"2015-06-19T10:52:36","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T08:52:36","slug":"the-best-and-worst-of-e3-2015s-press-conferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/77452-the-best-and-worst-of-e3-2015s-press-conferences","title":{"rendered":"The Best and Worst of E3 2015&#8217;s Press Conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the dust of E3 and its Press Conferences settle, there are a number of highs worth celebrating and talking about, or rather raving about, and, perhaps, just as many reasons to face palm and shout &#8220;Boo!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These are our best and worst moments of the E3 Press Conferences.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Best <\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Microsoft Announces Backwards Compatibility<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The announcement that the Xbox One will support Xbox 360 games took us all by surprise, and I instantly regretted selling my games.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft wanted to open <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/77354-microsofts-e3-2015-press-conference-highlights.html\" target=\"_blank\">their show<\/a> with a bang, and choosing the Xbox One&#8217;s upcoming backwards compatibility was a stroke of brilliance.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s more than just a game changer in the console race. For many of us who still enjoy playing and replaying a number of titles from the previous generation but don&#8217;t have the space to hold onto it, it&#8217;s fantastic.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3PMjqmggn_o\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Although this feature will take some time to get going, just think, in a year\u2019s time you will be able to play all of your Xbox 360 as well as your Xbox One games on the same console. No fuss. No bother.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Dark Souls 3<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/76740-ready-to-die-again-and-again-again-dark-souls-3-to-be-shown-at-e3.html\" target=\"_blank\">known about <em>Dark Souls 3<\/em> for some time now<\/a>, but it was nice to witness another From Software trailer.<\/p>\n<p>As a huge <em>Souls<\/em> fan, I shed a tear.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C5lklWVcl1Y\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t say much, but it looked cool as heck.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>PlayStation 4 Media Player Support<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Not many people know this because it was not officially announced at their event, but rather, before their Press Conference took place.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sony, the PS4 can now play media files from a USB or over DLNA.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/75274-essential-features-missing-from-the-ps4.html\" target=\"_blank\">one of the most requested features<\/a> of the console, it&#8217;s nice to finally have this included in the system.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6PJW95aqZfI\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Activision and PlayStation Team up<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For the first time in E3 history, PlayStation will now be Activision\u2019s main concern when it comes to <em>Call of Duty<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This is probably due to all of the support that the publisher received for <em>Destiny<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, the beta as well as DLC will be hitting PlayStation 4 first, rather than Xbox One. As someone who plays this only on PS4, this made me happy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W9-ZGa8ZUQc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Final Fantasy VII&#8217;s Remake<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Although I think there are better <em>Final Fantasy<\/em> games out there, the <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/77366-final-fantasy-viis-remake-is-actually-happening.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Final Fantasy VII<\/em> remake announcement<\/a>, as the most demanded remake of all time, very nearly broke the internet.<\/p>\n<p>We will probably have to wait a few years for this one, but we want it to be perfect, so we&#8217;re willing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kznek1uNVsg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Even the <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/77234-final-fantasy-vii-remake-possibly-in-the-works.html\" target=\"_blank\">leak and subsequent rumour<\/a> that it was coming couldn&#8217;t prepare us for this trailer.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>New IPs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Everyone showed off some great new franchises. Sony had <em>Horizon: Zero Dawn<\/em> and <em>Dreams<\/em>; Microsoft had <em>ReCore<\/em> and <em>Sea of Thieves<\/em>; and there was more where that came from.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always nice to get a brand new IP to experience. A new setting, gameplay and characters to embrace, love, hate and live through.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fkg5UVTsKCE\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Square Enix\u2019s Press Conference<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This has to go down as one of the best moments for me. Square Enix really out did themselves this time around with their <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/77376-square-enixs-e3-2015-press-conference-highlights.html\" target=\"_blank\">Press Conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Just Cause 3<\/em>, <em>Kingdom Hearts III<\/em>, <em>Dues Ex: Mankind Divided<\/em> and an announcement of a new franchise developed by a brand new Square Enix studio, Tokyo RPG Factory, were just some of the sprinkles found on this delectable Square Enix cake.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a while since Square Enix made such a statement at an E3, and this year they proved that they really are one of the biggest publishers in the world.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aQwlJzROy38\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Worst<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Nintendo and their Muppets<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We get it, Nintendo love having fun. They&#8217;re all about hugs, colour, smiles and joy.<\/p>\n<p>But when you have hundreds of thousands of people watching a stream, the only opportunity for you to show us how serious you are, and you go on about it like a teenager on crystal meth.<\/p>\n<p>It does not send the message that you have our best interests at heart. The Nintendo Direct focuses too much on Amiibo and not enough on the games.<\/p>\n<p>This is Microsoft and the Kinect all over again. Nintendo clearly has no idea how to market. They&#8217;re so lucky they know how to make decent titles.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QPDPSezEkcY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>EA Games and their sport<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>EA Games had a number of adoring fans glued to the screen, fans hoping and waiting for some great announcements to be made.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, as is always the case at their Press Conferences, EA riddled it with <em>FIFA<\/em>, <em>NBA Live<\/em> and <em>NHL<\/em>, and a lot of it.<\/p>\n<p>We wanted to see some <em>Mirror\u2019s Edge<\/em>, <em>Mass Effect<\/em>, <em>Dragon Age: Inquisition<\/em> DLC and <em>Star Wars: Battlefront<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We sort of got that, or at least half of that, but in-between every major trailer, or lack thereof, we were tortured by a lengthy sports presentation demonstrating new technologies very few will ever notice.<\/p>\n<p>Those games are going to sell regardless of the new technologies implemented over each iteration. EA should be marketing their more varied titles; the games we aren&#8217;t sure about.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MXsyJ1UThjo\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>EA Access<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>One thing was clear as Peter Moore took the stage to give us some news on EA Access, no one could care less.<\/p>\n<p>He stood up on stage and tried to convince us that EA Access was amazing, yet while he waited for an applause, it never happened.<\/p>\n<p>He then told us how excited we should be to play <em>Madden 16<\/em>, but with around 3 people clapping in the audience, it was pretty clear that we weren&#8217;t all that interested.<\/p>\n<p>Even the announcement that <em>Dragon Age: Inquisition<\/em> would be added to the vault fell flat.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-4nxqtupMXI\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Missing in Action<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In spite of a number of games finally being unveiled at this year&#8217;s E3, <em>The Last Guardian<\/em> for example, we couldn&#8217;t help but notice a number of missing games and announcements.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to forget the number of games we really wanted to see, games we were and still are hoping for.<\/p>\n<p><em>Beyond Good and Evil 2<\/em>, a <em>Half-Life<\/em> sequel, <em>The Legend of Zelda<\/em> and more. There&#8217;s a lot we wanted and didn&#8217;t get. Fortunately, time heals all and the pain will wane.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vkCXE1l5MVI\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Those are our best and worst moments of E3 anyway, what are yours?<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re sure you&#8217;re going to disagree with one thing or another. What did we get right and wrong?<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Talking about E3<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/77384-5-most-unexpected-e3-announcements.html\">5 most unexpected E3 announcements<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/77370-sonys-e3-2015-press-conference-highlights.html\">Sony\u2019s E3 2015 Press Conference Highlights<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/77354-microsofts-e3-2015-press-conference-highlights.html\">Microsoft\u2019s E3 2015 Press Conference Highlights<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moments to celebrate, and others to face palm at. This is E3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":77510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[587,8834,14268,12585,12758,3200,3180,14384,14460,14462,73,211,183],"class_list":["post-77452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-activision","tag-backwards-compatibility","tag-dark-souls-3","tag-e3-2015","tag-ea-access","tag-ea-games","tag-feature","tag-final-fantasy-vii-remake","tag-media-player-support","tag-muppets","tag-nintendo","tag-square-enix","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77508,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77452\/revisions\/77508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}