The presentation of the Wii with new features U of Xbox 360, innovations coming from E3.The E3, annual high mass of video games, opens Tuesday in Los Angeles. Europe1.fr an update on new developments that will be presented in a context of crisis in the sector.The dematerialization of games. The traditional market of video games back. In the first five months of the year, sales of the Nintendo Wii fell 36%, while Sony's PS3 by 7% and those of the Xbox 360 by 14%.
In the first quarter 2012, the market for physical play has in turn dropped 25% in France and the United States.A large part of the public casual player was captured by cheap or free games available on mobile phones or tablet computers, like the famous Farmville Zynga, which was all the rage on the social network Facebook or Angry Birds. In this context, industry professionals are turning to new media.The E3 Expo is an opportunity for them to reveal their strategy in this direction.
According to Capt Games site, for example Sony could announce Tuesday morning the launch of a cloud gaming, "a service that allows players to play games stored on remote servers." However, it was the end of the show to see if it truly entered the era of the paperless games.Innovations for the Xbox 360.
The software giant Microsoft should focus on the evolution of its Xbox 360 console to a traditional center of home entertainment. Specifically, these new features, available on Xbox Live and directly on some games, will watch movies, listen to music or go on social networking sites.Contrary to some rumors heralded, the patron of the games section of Microsoft said that no new console was planned for 2012.Declinations of successful games.
The most anticipated titles include the game post-apocalyptic "The last of us" ("The Last of Us") and a new version of the classic "Tomb Raider" from Square Enix.Bethesda Softworks will present a new edition of his play on the extraterrestrial murderers "Dishonored" and the famous "Call of Duty" Activision Blizzard will be adding a new album, "Black Ops 2".Microsoft will make Halo 4, which proposes including a multiplayer mode in case of paid subscription to Xbox Live.Ubisoft will unveil the French on the other hand a new episode of "Assassin's Creed" and Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment should do with the event "Injustice: Gods Among Us", based on the stable of superheroes in "DC Comics" such as Batman and Superman.Nintendo released its Wii U.The Japanese manufacturer will benefit from the show to showcase its new console, Wii U, some features have been detailed in the night between Sunday and Monday, including his special pad as a joystick control.
Only after the show that its price will be revealed, has already said the CEO of Nintendo Satoru Iwata.