Akungabazeki ukuthi lokhu E3 Ithembisa ukuthi ingumagazini othokozisa kakhulu kule minyaka yamuva, kepha uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, kulula ukuthi izinkampani zinqobe leyo mibukiso eyihlazo eyenza i-gamer bile vomit.
Kulesi 2013 ushintsho lweqiniso lomlando luzokwenzeka -Ngiyaxolisa nintenderos- kanye nezinduduzo ezintsha ze Sony y Microsoft kuzoba ngabaphikisi beqiniso be- E3, kanye nentambo yemidlalo elindelwe isikhathi eside eyisibhamu sokuqala sayo PlayStation 4 y Xbox One.
Sekuyisikhathi impela kusukela lapho kwethulwa isimanga se- PS4 futhi kusenokuningi okungaziwa okufanele kususwe kukhonsoli Sony. Ngiyethemba futhi ngiyethemba ukuthi amaJapane acacisa, futhi ngokuningiliziwe, imininingwane ebalulekile efana nosuku oluthile lokuqalisa, intengo yekhonsoli -seva isacabanga ukuthi iphakethe eliyisisekelo le- PlayStation 4 ingathengiswa ngama-euro angama-350-, imidlalo ezohambisana nekhonsoli ekwethulweni kwayo, imidlalo yesithathu, izinto ezithile, indima Gaikai, kanjani entsha PlayStation Plus, kuzokwenzekani ekuhambisaneni emuva -kokubili imidlalo ye PS3 maqondana nalawo athengwe ngamadijithi - kanye nangodaba olunameva lwe-DRM nemidlalo esetshenzisiwe - yize ukwahlulela ngezitatimende zalabo ababhekele Sony ngokusebenzisa amanethiwekhi omphakathi, kucatshangwa ngokuphelele ukuthi ngeke balandele ezinyathelweni ze Microsoft, ikakhulukazi ngemuva kokuvela kwehlazo ngemuva kwesethulo esesabekayo se- Xbox One futhi kube nomthelela onjani.
Nginentshisekelo enkulu nokwazi ukuthi uzokwethula miphi imidlalo Sony njengokhetho olukhulu lwe PlayStation 4, izihloko ezingase zikwazi ukuthengisa ikhonsoli, kahle-ke masikhulume ngokungagwegwesi, lokho okukhonjisiwe kuze kube manje, kunjalo, akubukeki njengezikhali ezinkulu zokudubula okumele ngabe zigcinelwe izinsuku ezizayo. Ngiyayethemba le nkampani, manje ebonakala ilawulwa ngaphansi kwesiqubulo esithi «kubadlali, kubadlali», kanye nesifiso esikhulu sokwazi ukuthi kuzokwenzekani nge Fantasy Final kanye XIII, The Last Guardian, Agent, uma bevuselela ama-franchise amadala owokuqala PlayStation nokuthi yini okusha abazosimangaza ngayo. Futhi leso yisibhakela esisetafuleni Sony Kumele kube phezulu ngokwanele ukuthulisa amadoda aseRedmond, azibandakanya ezitatimendeni ezimithiswe ngebluster ebangela amahloni: "Sizobulala Sony ku E3".
Kepha Microsoft, ngemuva kwalesosithombe esesabekayo abasithole nge Xbox One, Kunzima kakhulu ukwenza ikhonsoli ikhuphuke, ngokuyisisekelo phakathi komdlali weqiniso, yize kuliqiniso ukuthi lokhu akubonakali kuzithameli zangempela abazilandelayo. Kube nokukhulunywa okungafinyelela kwabayishumi nanhlanu bekhonsoli phakathi nonyaka wayo wokuqala wokuphila sengathi bekuyi-ace enkulu MicrosoftFuthi uma kungenjalo kungaphambuka kubo, ngiyanxusa abafundi ukuthi babheke ukuthi mangaki ama-IP amasha akhishwe ekukhishweni kwangaphambilini kwekhonsoli. Kusobala kakhulu ukuthi bekuwucezu lolwazi ukugcwalisa umlomo wakho nokuphambukisa inkulumo ngaphezu kwezicelo zethelevishini ebesidinwe ngazo ekwethulweni komshini. Ngokwami, angilindeli izindaba ezinhle noma isimanga maqondana nalokhu kusuka Microsoft: the Forza emsebenzini, i- I-fable emsebenzini, i- Halo emsebenzini, mhlawumbe a Gears of War nebhulashi le-kinectad elihambisanayo.
Okuyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu Microsoft Kuzoba imininingwane yokuthi ukuxhumana okuhlala isikhathi eside kuzosebenza kanjani kanye nemikhawulo emakethe yendabuko yamasekeni, okubonakala sengathi bahlose ukuyilawula nokuzilawula, besusa ucezu endleleni, kunjalo, esikhuluma ngakho Microsoft futhi sesivele siyazi ukuthi hlobo luni lokuziphatha esilulandela kule nkampani. Ngikuthatha kalula ukuthi ukugembula ku-inthanethi kuzoqhubeka nokukhokhelwa, yize kusazobonakala ukuthi ngabe babonile izinzuzo PlayStation Plus futhi bazoba nesizotha esincane sokunxephezela amakhasimende abo athembekile ngokuthile okungaphezu kokukwazi ukudlala imidlalo embalwa online lapho kumncintiswano kuyinto yamahhala futhi insizakalo yokukhokha ifaka okungaphezulu kwezinsizakalo ezithokozisayo nezaphulelo futhi abantu abakhokha ngazo ubumnandi.
Nintendo Kungenye indaba. Bona ngokwabo badlala kuligi yabo futhi bayazi ukuthi abanakho ukuncintisana: noma ngubani ofuna ukudlala imidlalo yakhe kuzofanele, yebo noma yebo, adlule ayindilinga. I-Wii U. Futhi lokhu kuyinto engenakuphikwa: kufanele ubone izililo zabaningi kwabathathu lapho beqinisekisa ukuthi ukuphela kwemidlalo eyenza imali kuma-consoles Nintendo bangama-sagas afana Mario o The Legend of Zelda. Yize kungeke kube khona umbukiso wenkampani ngesitayela, akusho ukuthi i-big N ngeke izame ukuthola ukunakwa ngumphakathi nge Nintendo Direct kanye nokuba khona kwabo ngokomzimba kwezitendi zabo, lapho ekugcineni kufanele sibone okusha Mario ngezilinganiso ezintathu, mhlawumbe okuthile mayelana nokusha Zelda de I-Wii U -ukuthi akuyona impinda ye Umkhumbi Womoya isebenze njengesivikelo sokunciphisa ukulinda okubuhlungu kuze kube ngumdlalo abalandeli abalindele ngempela-, Mario Kart, Smash Bros… Umugqa wendabuko we Nintendo lokho kugcine inkampani iqhubeka isebenza amashumi eminyaka namashumi eminyaka.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ngemuva kwesethulo esibuhlungu se- Xbox One, ukuthengiswa kwe I-Wii U kukhuphuke ezitolo eziku-inthanethi, zona lezo emasontweni ambalwa edlule bezinciphisa intengo yekhonsoli ngokunikezwa okumnandi ukuzama ukuqeda isitoko esinothuli, okungenzeka ukuthi, ngeke kube yinkinga kuKhisimusi olandelayo uma uhlelo lokukhishwa ye I-Wii U Kwanele. Ukwehla kwentengo? Ngu Nintendo, Ngiyakungabaza - cabanga nje ngesikhathi esithathe I-Wii ukwehlisa intengo-, yize kunjalo PS4Ukuqamba enye yezinhlelo ezimbili ezizayo, inemodeli eyisisekelo ku- € 350, i-N enkulu ngeke ibe nenye indlela ngaphandle kokubuyela emuva, inike ingalo yayo ukusonta nokunciphisa intela enayo njengamanje I-Wii U.
Mayelana nokuba khona komuntu wesithathu, ngiyethemba ukuthi ukuqala kwesizukulwane kuzosiza ukuletha ama-IP amasha kanye nokuhlangenwe nakho okuqabulayo okudlalekayo. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi sonke singathanda ukubona isitolimende esisha se-saga yethu esiyithandayo, kepha lezi ziqalo zokukhiqiza zilungele ukwethula amagama nezinhlamvu ezintsha. Ngokuphathelene nokukhethekile, ngiyakungabaza ukwethuka ukuthi kuzoba ziningi kakhulu, ngaphandle kokuthi kube nokuxhaswa okuqondile okuvela kubantu abathintekayo, kunjalo, ngoba siphinde sihlangane nezindleko ezengeziwe zokukhiqiza zokuthuthukisa imidlalo yamavidiyo, yize bethi ngeke kube njalo ukuchazwa njengokweqa kwesizukulwane esedlule - ngisazikhumbula lezo zitatimende zikaKojima mayelana nobuningi be-saga igiya lensimbi eliqinile ngokuzayo, into abadlali be PlayStation ngokuphathwa ngendlela ekhethekile abebelokhu benakho kusukela Konami, kodwa kunjalo, lokho Injini yeFox Kwakungadingeki ukuthi kube yi-turkey mucus lapho uyenza, futhi, Konami Kube nemali engenayo engaphansi kwama-40% ngonyaka wezimali odlule, futhi lelo yiphesenti elikhathazayo. Ngibona izimpi eziningi zama-DLC akhethekile kunezihloko ngakunye, okuthi, ngandlela thile, zilungele wonke umuntu: izifundo zangaphakathi nezokuqala. Sony y Microsoft bazophoqelelwa ukuthi bakhe ama-franchise amasha futhi - ngethemba - ama-franchise asezingeni, okungaba yinjabulo. Engikwesaba kakhulu ukuthi izinqubomgomo zokuqukethwe ezilandekayo zinolaka kakhulu kunalesi sizukulwane, noma, ngokwesibonelo, ukunyakaza okungajwayelekile njengokuyeka kokudlula ku-inthanethi Ubuciko Electronic: ungangabazi ukuthi lokho abakutholayo ngakolunye uhlangothi, bazozama ukukuphinda kabili kolunye. Linjalo ibhizinisi futhi le yimboni ephatha izibalo ezikhiqiza i-vertigo, ikakhulukazi uma sicabanga ukuthi ezokungcebeleka, into okungafanele ize kuqala kunamanani athile, kepha lokho kungaba esinye isihloko okufanele sixoxwe ngaso.
Kafushane, Sony Unakho kulula kakhulu ukushaya Microsoft bese ngiyayiqeda, yize abantu baseRedmond bezethemba kakhulu futhi bekholelwa ukuthi bazosebenzisa i-niche yabo yamakhasimende, ikakhulukazi etholakala e-US: kepha kusamele sazi amanani, izinsuku, izinqubomgomo nemidlalo - yize ngibona ukunganyakazi nokunye okusha emiqondweni engadlaleka kanye ne-IPs entsha, into engifuna ukuba nephutha ngayo. Nintendo, yena, uzolandela ibhola lakhe futhi aqhubeke njengakuqala, kepha ngemuva kokwethulwa kwe- Xbox One, abaningi banquma lokho I-Wii U ubengafika endlini yakho, ngakho-ke ngandlela thile, inkampani ye Mario ube nenhlanhla ethile - kusazobonakala ukuthi bazoyivukela yini entsha Sony y Microsoft lapho besemgwaqweni. Angazi ngawe, kepha ngibheke phambili ukudlula ngokushesha kulezi zinsuku ukuqala ukuthola izindaba zokuqala zalokhu E3 2013.