The general consensus is that this is one of the best E3s in years. A part of me wonders if a part of that was just due to console fatigue by 2011-2012 and downright apathy by 2013, not helped at all by Microsoft's woeful Xbox One reveal a few weeks prior. Then last year was pretty much "here's all the cool stuff that you can play in 2015 or later" which I think left a lot of people who bought a PS4 or Xbone feeling a little down on their new $400-$500 black rectangles. Now that we're a little further into this new generation it seems like some of the giddiness and anticipation is back, which is nice for a change, I'm getting a little tired of gamers hating on gaming all the damn time. The announcement of long anticipated games like Fallout 4, The Last Guardian, and Shenmue 3 probably helped quite a bit, although I'm not sure what I think yet about using Kickstarter for the latter.
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