I thought all the technology was cool and interesting, but not many of the games made me that inspired to play them. Reggie probably said it right in the Nintendo conference that we just want new ways to play the same old stuff, but the lack of any many IPs took the thunder out of the events for me. I liked the new Insomniac game, Kid Icarus, Tomb Raider, Rayman, and Sly Cooper, but most of those franchises are coming back after lengthy abscenses. 

I guess they were trying to make their consoles look like revolutionary iPad-killers, but I wanted to see more original games. I really didn't care that much for the return of these old characters. I want something original, but these presentations aren't showing me any of that.

I really wanted solid, fresh games to make me appreciate the hardware. Instead, I ended up seeing more of the same characters returning. Old classics are fun, but I wanted more originality.

Forgive me for tooting my own horn, but I wrote a rather similar story last year: http://bitmob.com/articles/e3-whoever-wins-we-lose

Personally, I'm pretty optimistic about the new hardware shown at E3 this year, but neither Sony nor Nintendo did a good job convincing me I need a new machine. Anything I buy will be either out of faith in previous hardware or based on information that has yet to be revealed (particularly Nintendo's online strategy - will they wake up and smell the DL potential?)

This piece really resonated with me.

The games were the most exciting thing I saw while reviewing E3 stuff.  Heck, the Sly 4 teaser trailer was enough to make me ecstatic.  Halo 4 was also nice to see, if not expected.  And all the “exciting new direction” stuff was wildly boring to this early tech adopter.

While I do have all three consoles, an LCD capable of 3D viewing, and a Kinect... I have not played a game in 3D, and I do not so much care about being able to disassemble and reassemble a gun in Ghost Recon using my hands in space.  I want to get -- and stay -- in the action.

There seems to be a “showroom” focus or trend emerging.  I think car games started this and are notorious for it, but now I can view suits in Crysis 2.  Yaaaaaaaay, me.  So the Ghost Recon gun thing was not exciting to me.  Maybe I’m missing something.

The presentations sounded like the Spike Video Game Awards show. Was there awkward silences while the tragically un-hip crowd didn't "get" the jokes?

And my opinion on 3D gaming is well known. I think the whole phenomenon is a gimmick that will eventually implode.

I think that touchscreens and maybe even multi-display gaming will be around for a while, but I can't help but think that in the years to come, many of the more gimmicky kinds of control schemes and other input devices might be looked at like smell-o-vision or electrified theatre seats. While the PSV and the Wii U both seem pretty cool, it is *always* the software that will be the measure of a system. I think that it's just too early to tell, but I predict some very cool stuff coming from the Wii U and PSV.