CVGB Special! What can we expect from E3?

Good afternoon guys! Welcome to a Connors Video Game Blog Special! With E3 only around the corner, starting officially on June 16th, I thought I'd so a special post and cover what we can expect to see at E3! From games to consoles, I am going to cover the top 3 things you can expect to see at E3 2015 this year!

The obvious, Games!

E3 is a gaming convention, therefore, seeing new games is almost guaranteed. Most games, like Fallout 4 and Batman: Arkham Knight have already been announced by their respective publishers 

the attraction of E3 to big publishers like EA and Ubisoft is huge, with hundreds of thousands of gaming enthusiasts and journalists attending each year, getting your game at E3 is the easiest way of raising awareness, especially as most are ready to open their wallets to the site of a shiny new game, especially collectors editions, with their rare collectible items and such. The temptation for most is too much, so it's also an easy way for publishers and developers to raise some quick cash.

So preeettttyyyyyyy.....

So brrookkkkeeen....

This years E3 could be one the of the best yet, mainly due to the fact that developers and publishers have a better grasp over the current generation consoles. In previous years, it could be argued that the current generation of consoles (Xbox One & PS4) were fresh out of the block and most of the games being released for the consoles were unarguably broken. Going back to a previous post where I was discussing whether the big publishers cared out us as consumers (click here to refresh your memory), games like Assassin's Creed Unity were broken beyond repair, and
this has seemed to be the unfortunate trend of the past couple of years. Now that the current-gen consoles have been out for a while and developers have had a chance to experiment and see what the consoles can do, the quality of games we can expect to see will undoubtedly increase.

Consoles?

So bigger DOES mean better!

Now this doesn't often come up, but as video games develop and new technology is pumped into the creation of these games, the size of the games is going to dramatically increase, as a result, Sony and Microsoft (and maybe Nintendo??) are likely to release new consoles with a much bigger hard-drive. We already know that Microsoft are releasing a new Xbox One with a 1TB hard-drive, and it is rumored that Sony are going to do the same thing.

Most games these days have huge file sizes. GTA 5 for example has an install size of 45GB+ and The Witcher 3 has an install size of 50GB these games are going to take up an obscene amount of space on your hard-drives, especially as you're already likely to have a bunch of games already installed on your console, announcing a new console at E3 alongside the announcement of other big games is a huge opportunity for the console developers, and under the circumstances, consumers are likely to spend big. A win-win I suppose!

The squashing of rumors!

In the video game industry, rumors come flying left right and center. It is only to be expected. Gaming conventions like E3 are the perfect time and place to squash any rumors that may be floating about! From the anonymous 'sources' that claim 'the next big game' is going to be announced to 'another next-next gen console' is in the works. The truth is, if you don't hear nothing from the important people, i.e Sony, Microsoft, etc, then the rumors are probably false.