What I Don't Want to See: I'm not looking forward to another year of interchangeable game clones that slap a new setting on whatever the genre of the moment is. It already seems like this is the year of the cheap : Everybody and their brother appears to be hyping a stealth action game in a future/alternate past/fantasy setting--and I hope we don't see a ton more on the show floor, since the Assassin's Creed franchise is already churning out enough cheap knockoffs of itself.
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What to Expect: We'll get lots of software, and very little hardware. Outside of the Wii U, I don't think any of the big guys are releasing new hardware this year. You can expect to hear more about , Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2, and (don't you just love sequels?), but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for Microsoft or Sony to announce the Xbox 720 or PlayStation 4 at the show.
As for what kinds of software will be on display at E3, my sources tell me that apps will be bigger this year than they were before, and that pretty much every major studio will have an app or two they'll want to show off. Considering the types of games I've seen EA and Ubisoft release on iOS and Android, I can say that they probably won't require you to fling birds at pigs or farm crops with your friends.
What I Want to See: Asking a gamer what they want out of E3 is like asking someone what they'd do with unlimited wishes. First of all, I want more big-name games to be announced for the PlayStation Vita. I got tired of playing nothing but on the thing, and Super Stardust Delta is starting to lose its appeal. The Vita is a great handheld, but it really needs more games. The console (probably owing to how expensive its memory cards are, among other factors), so I'm hoping Sony will announce several big Vita games to keep interest in the device going. A Ratchet and Clank game for the Vita that doesn't use gimmicky touch or motion controls? I'd buy that on day one.