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Business-wise, who won E3?

Sony 315 48.09%
 
Nintendo 262 40.00%
 
Microsoft 78 11.91%
 
Total:655
Slade6alpha said:
brendude13 said:

Now first. *sigh*

I'd say Microsoft easily. They had a very humble conference, showed nothing but games and showed they were dedication to the hardcore gamer. That Halo collection is also going to make a huge impact.

idk dude, I mean IMO, I feel Destiny on PS4 is going to have a much bigger effect than Halo Collections on Xbox One. I mean Watch Dogs managed nearly 2 million on PS4 alone and it's looking like Destiny might embarrass that. 

Hopefully both will be big sellers though come Holiday season! :)

That's true, especially with that white bundle.

We'll see, I'm sure they'll both be great.



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Locknuts said:
Check Amazon. Sony won.


Yeah Amazon isn't the best indication on how well a game will do but it is telling that after all the confrences the whole top 40 best selling games are all PS4 games other then the Master Chief collection.



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Not on the poll, but maybe Activision. They are publishing Destiny, CoD, and Skylanders after all. Just imagine their profits...



TheLegendaryWolf said:
Not on the poll, but maybe Activision. They are publishing Destiny, CoD, and Skylanders after all. Just imagine their profits...

Talking just about the big 3, but I agree that Activision knows how to build franchises better than any other publisher. 



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Now that's kind of tough.

Microsoft had it's timed exclusive DLC line-up, that might generate a few sales with Dragon Age but especially CoD. I don't see Sunset Overdrive being especially impressive at the box office, so to speak. The Master Chief Collection will sell but I think it will sell to existing Microsoft fans. It's not a huge XO system seller but will have an impact. I know I want it.

Crackdown and Scalebound won't really propel the console to the next level, either. I think Platinum is the most overrated studio out there, to be honest.

I'm just not seeing a big boost in units anywhere in that line-up, though that could change if that The Division exclusive content is substantial.

Sony showed a teaser for Uncharted 4, which will sell consoles. That, I think, already puts them above Microsoft's E3 in terms of generating sales. Bloodborne might be a sleeper hit like Demon's Souls but it's too soon to tell. Same with The Order. LBP3 will be good for fans of the series, though I think they're already on the Playstation train.

Destiny will be bloody massive and the PS4 might really benefit from hitching it's wagon to it. If people buy into the idea that it's much better on the PS4, that would be a real advantage.

Sony really had a lot of "exclusive content" stuff all over the place, like the Scarecrow stuff for Batman and the (nifty) Far Cry 4 co-op thing. None of it is massive on its own but it could add up in the collective unconscious of gamerdom.

Nintendo had Zelda, which will have a glorious tie-in ratio. I don't see much else that will sell consoles, aside from Smash, unless they score big with kids on that toy thing--which I kind of doubt. They also had an entire herd of stuff that will only sell to existing Wii U owners.

From a sales perspective, I think Sony clearly came out ahead. Kind of crazy, really, when you consider that they were the least desperate. I'm extremely shocked at Microsoft not pulling out ALL the stops and spending a few more billion to win E3.



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Fusioncode said:
TheLegendaryWolf said:
Not on the poll, but maybe Activision. They are publishing Destiny, CoD, and Skylanders after all. Just imagine their profits...

Talking just about the big 3, but I agree that Activision knows how to build franchises better than any other publisher. 


In that case, probably Nintendo. They do get all the profits from the games they develop and a decent amount on the published exclusives after all. Sony will make a extremely great amounts of profits as well too.



Nintendo. I really think the people who are going into this gen know if they want a X1/PS4. A lot of the announced stuff makes me think the U conference made people go from no buy to might/will buy. Maybe MS people are losing their shit over Halo MCC. I dont see the big deal with Destiny, its just another FPS, I want to be hyped too.



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What did people think about the PSnow TV's What kind of hardware will it have to allow it to stream games? I liked the idea, but felt that it could end up hurting sales of the Vita TV, or whatever they call it now. I also think it will end up in only it's top of the line TV's which are already priced pretty high compared to competitors brand. Will price be adjusted for this feature? Does anybody think the Vita TV will do well here?



Honestly, I would say Nintendo won this E3 by far. They have done SO much compared to the other two. They started with their digital event, then took and hour and a half break and then they NEVER stopped. They have been going strait for the last 6 hours and then they had that digital event that was like 45 minutes and the smash event is STILL going on. They didn't even show everything in the digital event, there was some stuff not in the digital event that were showed after (yes I know they may not look awesome but still). So they have had their events going for 7 hours today (and possibly longer depending on how much longer this smash invitation lasts) and yet they still have stuff to announce AND show tomorrow. Compared to the others, I'd say Nintendo went so far and did so much more which leans me towards Nintendo for taking the E3 win. There is just so much coming from them and almost ALL of it is game play of their games and not CGI like what the other two showed a lot of.



Sony is definitely winning atm due to 3rd party. Would have liked more 1st party this year, but I guess they want to stack next year with Halo 5 coming out.