Nintendo E3 Press Conference Highlights

• New System: WiiU, coming 2012
• Controller has a 6.2" screen, as expected
• Dual analog sticks
• D-pad
• 4 face buttons
• Camera, microphone
• 4 shoulder buttons
• Touchscreen
• Play on TV, then switch to controller screen
• Works as motion controller
• Provides alternate views
• Works with Wiimote, Balance Board
• Browse on controller, then send content to TV
• Devs talkinng WiiU
• EA Sports
• Vicarious Visions
• THQ
• UBISOFT
• WB Interactive
• 5th Cell
• Namco-Bandai (Harada)
• Irrational (Ken Levine)
• Warren Spector
• Games for WiiU
• Darksiders 2
• Batman: Arkham City
• Tekken - with highly-customizable characters
• Assassin's Creed
• Ghost Recon Online
• Metro 2033 sequel
• Ninja Gaiden 3
• New Super Mario Mii coming to WiiU
• Smash Bros. coming to 3DS and WiiU, interoperable between the 2 versions
• Zelda: Four Swords is a free download for DSiWare, coming September
• Zelda symphonic concerts going on a world tour this fall
• 3DS versions of franchises coming
• Luigi's Mansion 2 - several new mansions
• Mario Kart (Holiday 2011) - underwater, hang-gliding sequences shown
• Star Fox 64 (Sept. 2011) - uses camera and voice for in-game, multiplayer HUD
• Super Mario 3D (2011) - looks like hybrid SMB, Galaxy gameplay; Tanooki Suit
• Kid Icarus (2011) - looks great, unlike original game; 3v3 competitive multiplayer; AR Card battles
• Third-party 3DS games
• Tetris
• Tekken 3D

Sony Conference Highlights

• Jack Tretton apologizes for PSN outage.
• New Sony PlayStation TV that does 3D or a special dual-view for 2 players wherein each player sees a different image while looking at the same screen.
• New Sly Cooper for PS3 in 2012
• BioShock Infinite supports Move. Blu-Ray will have BioShock 1 on disc.
• NGP name confirmed as Vita. 3G via AT&T got laughs and groans from the crowd.
• Vita $249 for Wi-Fi, $299 for 3G (Source)
• SFxT on Vita. Cole from inFamous as guest character.

Highlights from Microsoft's E3 Press Conference

I'm not expecting too much other than shooters and Kinect games, but watch this space just in case anything interesting happens.

• The first demo paused with a "Please reconnect controller" error.
• Live TV with DVR functionality on Xbox
• Halo 1 remake has graphics so good, you can see cracks in the ground.
• Minecraft Xbox console exclusive, uses Kinect
• Kinect getting finger tracking and "object capture"
• Dance Central 2 allows true simultaneous multiplayer.
• Halo 4 announced as start of a new trilogy