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Major sites/news media give their verdicts on the main E3 Conferences
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I don't think it's possible to really compare Nintendo with those two anymore. Nintendo is Nintendo. The WiiU is going to be a bunch of solid 1st party games and that's it for the most part. I can't imagine anyone considering an Xbone or PS4 for COD or some huge franchise is gonna drop cash on a WiiU after that conference. Nintendo just doesn't even seen like part of the same market to me anymore. I think they're better off that way to some extent. I'm happy with my PS4 as a primary console and WiiU for Nintendo stuff.
Dragonborn
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What. The. Fuck.
My wife remarked about how lifelike video game graphics were getting when we saw that during Sony's conference, and I told her that was just a CG trailer...
Go tell her it's actually in game and watch her reaction. ND just has that effect on people.
Adam Boyes was awesome dude. Shawn Layden's whole segment should have been cut though, I agree. Sony and MS had the same amount of time focused solely on games, it's just Sony had an extra 30 minutes, most of which they used for non-gaming stuff.
I don't think that discredits that 1 1/2 they spent solely on games, does it?
I think they all did a good job this year. MS made a decent enough turn around (even though the later half of their conference was admittedly 2016 titles), Sony offered a shit-ton of variety and a couple of shockers, and Nintendo played to the core. Three different approaches, but I enjoyed them all.
For me, personally, it was
1. Sony
2. Nintendo
3. Ubi
4. MS
5. EA
In that order.
For me, personally, it was
1. Sony
2. Nintendo
3. Ubi
4. MS
5. EA
In that order.
xaosslug
Member
it was fan-service in the truest sense. LOL
oconnomiyaki
Member
It was a sad year for me. E3 has always been like Christmas for me. I've woken up in the wee hours of the morning like an excited child to see all the goodies to be bestowed upon me. I have traditions, like getting McDonald's hotcakes every time after the first conference in the morning. I sit around watching stage shows and generally getting wrapped up in the magic of the moment.
But this year there was no magic. This year, an uncle got drunk, kicked the dog and fell into the Christmas tree. Nearly everything shown was from an industry going down a path that I do not want to follow.
I probably won't even bother watching next year. And I'm pretty much done with console gaming.
After 26 years, that's a pretty sad conclusion.
But this year there was no magic. This year, an uncle got drunk, kicked the dog and fell into the Christmas tree. Nearly everything shown was from an industry going down a path that I do not want to follow.
I probably won't even bother watching next year. And I'm pretty much done with console gaming.
After 26 years, that's a pretty sad conclusion.
geordiemp
Member
I would go
Sony B+
Microsoft B
Nintendo E
I saw only Zelda as an interesting game...
Smash I thought the Amiibo skylander toys would make buying a smash brothers game with many characters an expensive proposition and almost like a toy micro-transaction to unlock things in a game you have jus bought,
Maybe I understood the toys wrong, if so I apologise.
DragonSworne
Banned
and this is why Nintendo needs to have a press conference.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Good point.
xaosslug
Member
get out.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Well said. Everyone liked something different in each conference. But i think most can agree that EA conference was the worst.
Zomba13
Member
Nintendo > MS = Sony > Ubi >>>>>>>> EA.
Nintendo was a pleasant surprise showing things to get hype about for this year and the next.
MS was games games games and while they weren't all ones I want it has made me want an xbone more.
Sony had some nice hits there but lose points for the talk of TV show, stats and other non game things.
Ubi showed some good games but like with all things ubi you need to wait and see for their games.
EA seemed like they were struggling to come up with games so just took a camera to some devs desks and asked them to talk vaguely about a game they were working on (though Battlefront did get me mega hyped if it can look as good as that in engine stuff on PC).
Nintendo was a pleasant surprise showing things to get hype about for this year and the next.
MS was games games games and while they weren't all ones I want it has made me want an xbone more.
Sony had some nice hits there but lose points for the talk of TV show, stats and other non game things.
Ubi showed some good games but like with all things ubi you need to wait and see for their games.
EA seemed like they were struggling to come up with games so just took a camera to some devs desks and asked them to talk vaguely about a game they were working on (though Battlefront did get me mega hyped if it can look as good as that in engine stuff on PC).
theignoramus
Member
Nintendo conference did nothing for me, though I can appreciate the excitement for Zelda and the Mario creator. But two or three hits and people are declaring them the winner of E3? What nonsense. That show was all about preaching to the converted, and sadly, Im not among them.
Microsoft had that huge announcement with Halo Remastered, that itself was better than anything Nintendo announced.
Sony's conference dragged on, but at the end of the day, they showed more games than you can count on your fingers and toes.
Microsoft had that huge announcement with Halo Remastered, that itself was better than anything Nintendo announced.
Sony's conference dragged on, but at the end of the day, they showed more games than you can count on your fingers and toes.
Sho_Nuff82
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And Dance Central, Shape Up, D4, and anything they publish on XBLA.
I'm confused, it's not as if Sony or Nintendo have dramatically larger lineups in the same timeframe, and it's not as if MS isn't going to be pushing 3rd party games just as hard as Sony to their fans.
Edit: and I hope everyone is not so naive to think that everything announced in the last 24 hours is going to ship when stated. A few fall games are going to slip to spring, a few spring games to fall, a few fall 2015 games to 2016 and beyond. Trying to quantify a list war is a fool's errand.
Did you not hear the crickets after all of his jokes??? It was cringe worthy to me
Gotta agree with most of the press opinions on who "won". When I first saw the MS media briefing, I thought it was the best MS had ever done, and I still think that way. But Sony did just a bit better than them, but by the smallest of margins. MS definitely beat them in the way the information was presented, but Sony had the better information.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Nintendo was the best, but I really enjoyed Sony and MS too.
Ubisoft and EA were boring.
Ubisoft and EA were boring.
Dragonborn
Member
That's true, but it was great for people who already own Wii Us. I certainly thought it was awesome.
Nintendo imo had the best presentation in terms of entertainment, but they can't compete with MS and Sony because they don't have 3rd-partys. Devil's Thirds isn't really enough for that...
So for Nintendo-Fans it was a great show, but for everyone else there wasn't much interesting things besides some individual stuff maybe.
I wanted X, Zelda and Metroid.
Since they showed X and Zelda was a nice surprise too (I wish the artstyle was more like the 2012 Demo though), I was pleased. But I could never rate this higher than the other press conferences, since they just showed much more.
So for Nintendo-Fans it was a great show, but for everyone else there wasn't much interesting things besides some individual stuff maybe.
I wanted X, Zelda and Metroid.
Since they showed X and Zelda was a nice surprise too (I wish the artstyle was more like the 2012 Demo though), I was pleased. But I could never rate this higher than the other press conferences, since they just showed much more.
It was a sad year for me. E3 has always been like Christmas for me. I've woken up in the wee hours of the morning like an excited child to see all the goodies to be bestowed upon me. I have traditions, like getting McDonald's hotcakes every time after the first conference in the morning. I sit around watching stage shows and generally getting wrapped up in the magic of the moment.
But this year there was no magic. This year, an uncle got drunk, kicked the dog and fell into the Christmas tree. Nearly everything shown was from an industry going down a path that I do not want to follow.
I probably won't even bother watching next year. And I'm pretty much done with console gaming.
After 26 years, that's a pretty sad conclusion.
I'm surprised after 26 years of console gaming, you'd decide to toss in the towel
after only a single year into a new gen.
The_R3medy
Banned
Microsoft for me. They showed a lot stuff I love, like Dragon Age, The Witcher, and especially Halo: The Master Chief Collection. It was well paced, brought some awesome surprises in Crackdown, Scalebound and The Phantom dust, and was really a delight to watch.
Sony's was on pace to fly past Microsoft and then Shawn Layden took the stage. All of his stuff was just so god damn boring, and the way he spoke (and the politician hand movements) had me tuned off immediately. Uncharted, Grim Fandango remastered, and Far Cry looked great, but the middle just got too damn slow for me.
Nintendo was good, but nothing really screamed "I need to buy a Wii U now!" Which is what I was hoping for from the presser.
Sony's was on pace to fly past Microsoft and then Shawn Layden took the stage. All of his stuff was just so god damn boring, and the way he spoke (and the politician hand movements) had me tuned off immediately. Uncharted, Grim Fandango remastered, and Far Cry looked great, but the middle just got too damn slow for me.
Nintendo was good, but nothing really screamed "I need to buy a Wii U now!" Which is what I was hoping for from the presser.
Hyperactivity
Banned
Nintendo wins
I was hyped at all moments
I was laughing my ass off, out loud, incredibly loudly, at the beginning
And here's the crazy part
We can't fully judge them yet. They showed Devil's Third on the IGN stream, Mario Party 10 at the Nintendo Minute thing, and we have the Treehouse @ E3 throughout E3, of which the first stream will be in just 12 minutes.
All topped off my the deliciousness that wll be the smash invitational
Nintendo wins
I was hyped at all moments
I was laughing my ass off, out loud, incredibly loudly, at the beginning
And here's the crazy part
We can't fully judge them yet. They showed Devil's Third on the IGN stream, Mario Party 10 at the Nintendo Minute thing, and we have the Treehouse @ E3 throughout E3, of which the first stream will be in just 12 minutes.
All topped off my the deliciousness that wll be the smash invitational
Nintendo wins
illmatic22
Banned
Well, yeah, but it's too late for that. They SHOULD focus on keeping us Wii-U owners happy.
Sony>MS>>Nintendo for me
Sony would have done so much fking better if they cut the time slot on the tv segment..OR showed an actual trailer for it. Because it honestly sounds interesting and is free for PS+ users.
Also even if they didn't announce many new stuff for vita..they could have shown off games like Over My Dead Body 2, Danganronpa 2 and Freedom Wars...those are coming this year and looks awesome and hence deserve more attention. Dumb move to exclude them as they would have improved the diversity and added a bit more of a Japanese gaming flavor the proceedings as well.
MS did many things right...but too many CG trailers and multiplats imho. But it was a really solid showing by them. I think part of the issue is we know in the back of our minds that these multiplats will most likely perform better on the PS4.
Nintendo....Zelda was fantastic in the way it was shown. But that's it. I can see why NNintendo core crowd will enjoy the show but overall found it to be decent. 3ds was barely mentioned. What's a third party? But yeah the Zelda showing was one of the best across all the conferences tho..looked really cool. oh and Amiiga is a dumb name..but clever idea
Overall however, I thought this was a great E3. EA lacked sadly but Ubi was also good
Sony would have done so much fking better if they cut the time slot on the tv segment..OR showed an actual trailer for it. Because it honestly sounds interesting and is free for PS+ users.
Also even if they didn't announce many new stuff for vita..they could have shown off games like Over My Dead Body 2, Danganronpa 2 and Freedom Wars...those are coming this year and looks awesome and hence deserve more attention. Dumb move to exclude them as they would have improved the diversity and added a bit more of a Japanese gaming flavor the proceedings as well.
MS did many things right...but too many CG trailers and multiplats imho. But it was a really solid showing by them. I think part of the issue is we know in the back of our minds that these multiplats will most likely perform better on the PS4.
Nintendo....Zelda was fantastic in the way it was shown. But that's it. I can see why NNintendo core crowd will enjoy the show but overall found it to be decent. 3ds was barely mentioned. What's a third party? But yeah the Zelda showing was one of the best across all the conferences tho..looked really cool. oh and Amiiga is a dumb name..but clever idea
Overall however, I thought this was a great E3. EA lacked sadly but Ubi was also good
I would consider those 2 irrelevant, kinect is dead.
Its Quite Toasty
Banned
I don't understand, ea didn't have the best conference I agree but it was far from being terrible.
Maninthemirror
Banned
I would go by the games which mass audiences want in console gaming
For that alone I would say
1. Sony
2. Microsoft
3. Nintendo
For that alone I would say
1. Sony
2. Microsoft
3. Nintendo
theignoramus
Member
completely agree. Though Zelda did look good.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
No, not anyone. And not everyone like the same things.
funkystudent
Member
Microsoft had a solid show with no surprises and a heck of a lot of CG and wishful thinking. It was 90 minutes of Grovelling to their hardcore base for the mistakes they made. I liked it.
Sony had a bunch of surprises the better console exclusives but 30 minutes of its show was a waste of time. Mr Comic book guy and New SCEA guy should have had half the time they had.
Nintendo just had good dumb Nintendo fun
I give it to Nintendo but I am still not buying a Wii U.
Also is there No konami video this year? :/
Sony had a bunch of surprises the better console exclusives but 30 minutes of its show was a waste of time. Mr Comic book guy and New SCEA guy should have had half the time they had.
Nintendo just had good dumb Nintendo fun
I give it to Nintendo but I am still not buying a Wii U.
Also is there No konami video this year? :/
Sometimes I feel like I live in a different universe from GAF when it comes to these press conference thread.
I didn't see a single thing in the Nintendo conference that interested me but I'll be buying at least half the games shown at Microsoft's. Witcher 3, Dragon Age, AC: Unity, etc.
Like people are claiming Nintendo "won" based on a 10-second Zelda cutscene? They said almost nothing about the game other than "open world", and who knows what that even means for Nintendo.
I didn't see a single thing in the Nintendo conference that interested me but I'll be buying at least half the games shown at Microsoft's. Witcher 3, Dragon Age, AC: Unity, etc.
Like people are claiming Nintendo "won" based on a 10-second Zelda cutscene? They said almost nothing about the game other than "open world", and who knows what that even means for Nintendo.
NemesisPrime
Banned
I just wonder if some of these magazines watched the same E3 Conferences as me?
Microsoft had a solid show for me. I've been extremely negative on the Xbox One because frankly I've felt it was a train wreck of a platform from the get go, but they have steadied the ship and have got some exciting stuff coming in the forms of Sunset Overdrive and the Halo Collection.
Sony delivered in many ways. New stuff, empowered indie development, announced new services. PS4 platform is going have great things over the next few years, exciting times since I backed Sony this gen.
Nintendo serviced their fans well, plenty of new Nintendo content but again I looked at the press packages for 3rd party games and the list is poor. No Tomb Raider, No Batman, Watch Dogs but its late..meaning it will bomb. WiiU going to struggle to match the N64 or GameCube in sales but it is possible Nintendo can match its titles in quality. Certainly seem to be on their A game for Nintendo Core games. Smash, Kart, Mario, Zelda have never looked better.
Sony delivered in many ways. New stuff, empowered indie development, announced new services. PS4 platform is going have great things over the next few years, exciting times since I backed Sony this gen.
Nintendo serviced their fans well, plenty of new Nintendo content but again I looked at the press packages for 3rd party games and the list is poor. No Tomb Raider, No Batman, Watch Dogs but its late..meaning it will bomb. WiiU going to struggle to match the N64 or GameCube in sales but it is possible Nintendo can match its titles in quality. Certainly seem to be on their A game for Nintendo Core games. Smash, Kart, Mario, Zelda have never looked better.
Flying Toaster
Member
I wanted to see more first party or exclusive games from MS. It was great they showed games, and also solidified that they are getting games but I wanted to see more of a reason to owning all three consoles.
The_Endgamer
Member
Seeing as though the Nintendo one is the only one I'm interested in watching + reading up on, Nintendo would be the winner for me.
Zelda's artstyle is great and the more open world will be a beaut too. Seeing Yoshi in action, new Kirby, the NFC figures in full and how they can be used was great.
The tease of more Star Fox (possibly episodic releases) was just the icing on a very nice cake.
Can't wait for the rest of the presentations, 2014/15 is looking brilliant.
Only other thing I'm interested in is Uncharted, Phantom Pain and Rainbow 6 so Sony gets second place.
Zelda's artstyle is great and the more open world will be a beaut too. Seeing Yoshi in action, new Kirby, the NFC figures in full and how they can be used was great.
The tease of more Star Fox (possibly episodic releases) was just the icing on a very nice cake.
Can't wait for the rest of the presentations, 2014/15 is looking brilliant.
Only other thing I'm interested in is Uncharted, Phantom Pain and Rainbow 6 so Sony gets second place.
Maninthemirror
Banned
Thats because most consumers have given a pass to wii u and so has the gaming press.
geordiemp
Member
This...I tuned in thinking maybe I could get excited for Nintendo again and thought the amiibo looked like an expensive toy micro-transaction to unlock a character....
Only Zelda and there was no gameplay - looked like a cut scene.
XB1 is looking more interesting for its exclusives and a second next gen console after ps4 now....
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qizah
Unconfirmed Member
Nintendo had best of show though.
I love my PS4, but Nintendo dropped the bombs.
I love my PS4, but Nintendo dropped the bombs.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Dance Central is the best motion game ever made, so blah blah blah opinions.
Again, pointless to quantify list wars. If the best argument you have is "game X doesn't count because I never cared about that franchise" congrats, there are 10 people who feel the same way about your favorite games.
I think he's referring to exclusive content in Watchdogs. Assassins Creed etc.
And as far as I know, the Destiny exclusive stuff isn't timed? Has it been stated either way?
Because they didn't.
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