E3 is a time of year where internet gamers crawl out of the dark spaces they live under declare who won E3. Based entirely on there console preference and what new exclusives it has. How different this E3 was.

So many varied people this year have completely different outlooks. And I think that's largely due to the 3 companies taking vastly diffrent future approaches. Some people thought Microsoft were to kinect focused. Others loved what kinect has install. Some liked Wii u. Others think its a step back from the Wii. Some think Sony had a nice show in general. Others think there was nothing new as vita is just a mobile device going against wp7, iPhone and android.

Truth is E3 this year is the first year where Boone can categorically say any company won. The sales will tell us who won over the next year. Imo there were only a couple of clear winners.

3rd party devs destroyed first party this year. Yes even gears 3 and uncharted 3 were both smashed. And graphically to. Skyrim, mass effect 3 and battlefield 3 all looked better graphically. Even rage to. But as games there is no doubt bioshock, mass effect 3, skyrim and battlefield 3 all showed a huge 2 fingers to first party studios. Well done to the winners. The 3rd party guys.

Wii U!
Vita!
Kinect!

Nobody cares.

Nobody won E3 because nobody cares about hardware. May game sales were down 19% from last year because nobody cares about hardware. The big 3 are so eager to show off their fancy-schmancy hardware they forgot the most important thing:

It's all about the games.

Where are the games? Where are the new exciting titles? So what if you've got old re-hashes on new hardware? That's not exciting to 95% of people. This year's E3 was terrible, simply because of the lack of anything interesting in the software department. Not. A. Thing.

(Big Name Title) + (Number of Iteration)
(Old Game) + (Fancy word for "remake")

Is everyone afraid to be creative these days?

Edit: I will most certainly agree.  3rd party all the way this year.  Skyrim might be #5 but those guys at Bethesda are ambitious and take risks with sequels.  Not like a lot of others these days.

I might find more. But seriously. Uncharted 3 blows everything out of the water, visually.

no, all company's where shit this year.

Carl2291 said: I might find more. But seriously. Uncharted 3 blows everything out of the water, visually.

Even Tomb Raider?

I wish Boone would get in here and tell us who won, then.

Carl2291 said: I might find more. But seriously. Uncharted 3 blows everything out of the water, visually.

Really? Skrims showing on 360 pissed all over it. Scale, detail and awe. Battlefield 3 needs no introduction. And mass effect 3 looked gigantic. In all seriousness uncharted 3 and gears 3 underwhelmed at e3 for visuals. Battlefield 3 took the Crown by a country mile. With skyrim and then me3 to follow. Uncharted 3, gears 3 and forza 4 were next.

Good GIFs -

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I really don't think anything touches Uncharted 3 right now. I didn't even show the water!

Battlefield 3 won graphically because they showed the PC version- AKA the future. They showed the console version off recently and its no uncharted.

d21lewis said: Carl2291 said: I might find more. But seriously. Uncharted 3 blows everything out of the water, visually. Even Tomb Raider?

Yes! Even that filthy, Uncharted clone!

Although I actually find Tomb Raider to be a better looking game than Mass Effect 3 and even Skyrim...