Who will win E3 and why?

[Kantor]

starcraft said:

AE86 said:
Nintendo could win if they do the complete opposite of what they did last year.

Sony could win if they do the same thing they did last year but with moar price cuts/games/other improvements.

Microsoft pretty much isn't going to win no matter what, even with FF13 last year they weren't the clear cut winners, so unless they can somehow top that, then they won't win. I can't see any unannounced exclusive waiting in the wings that could even come close to matching the caliber of FF13 last year, so I guess Microsoft is out of luck.

Nintendo has by far the most to prove.

Joke post?

There is no question that Microsoft annihilated the others at the last E3!!!

As for this one?  Sony have blown an AWFUL lot of their 2009 wad.  There is more of a chance Microsoft have great exclusives left to reveal than Sony does.

Microsoft won on the back of one Sony third party exclusive going multiplat. It was massive because it was so unexpected. Nobody saw it coming.

Nothing they can do now can match that. Versus XIII? People saw that coming. MGS4? People saw that coming. MGS5? People saw that coming. Haze, Valkyria Chronicles, Yakuza? Nobody cares.

As for "more great exclusives to reveal", let's have a first party studio comparison, shall we? The ones that people actually care about are in italics.

Microsoft:

• BigPark: Undisclosed Xbox 360 Games
• Lionhead Studios: Black & White series, Fable series
• Rare Ltd.: Banjo-Kazooie series, Conker series, Perfect Dark series, Viva Piñata series
• Spawnpoint Studios: A studio set up to develop future Halo video games since Bungie became an independent studio.
• Turn 10 Studios: Forza Motorsport series
• Xbox Live Productions: A studio dedicated to developing Xbox Live Arcade games and other media content.
• Wingnut Interactive: A studio set up in partnership with Peter Jackson to produce Halo: Chronicles in conjunction with Bungie.

Plus:

• Bungie: Halo series.
• Epic Games: Gears of War series.
• Mistwalker: Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey.
• feelplus Inc.: Ninety-Nine Nights II, Lost Odyssey.
• Artoon: Blinx series, Blue Dragon.
• Twisted Pixel: The Maw, 'Splosion Man.
• Gastronaut Studios: Small Arms, Gel: Set & Match.

And Sony:

Japan

• Japan Studio – Ape Escape, Siren, LocoRoco, Patapon
• Team ICO – Shadow of the Colossus, ICO
• Clap Hanz – Everybody's Golf, Everybody's Tennis
• Polyphony Digital – Gran Turismo

North America

• Naughty Dog - Crash Bandicoot, Jak & Daxter, Uncharted: Drakes Fortune
• Santa Monica Studio – God of War
• San Diego Studio – NBA, MLB: The Show
• Sony Bend – Syphon Filter
• Sony Online Entertainment LLC. – EverQuest
• Incognito Entertainment – Warhawk, Twisted Metal
• Zipper Interactive – SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs, MAG
  

Europe

• London Studio – SingStar, Eyetoy, PlayStation Home
• Studio Cambridge – MediEvil, PlayTV
• Studio Liverpool – Wipeout, F1
• Guerrilla Games – Killzone
• Evolution Studios – MotorStorm, World Rally Championship
• Bigbig Studios – Pursuit Force, MotorStorm: Arctic Edge

PLUS:

Japan

• Level-5 – White Knight Chronicles, Rogue Galaxy, Dark Cloud
• Game Republic – Folklore, Genji
• Q-Games – PixelJunk
• Media.Vision – Wild Arms
• Pyramid – Patapon
• From Software – Demon's Souls

North America

• Insomniac Games – Resistance, Ratchet & Clank
• Sucker Punch Productions – InFamous, Sly Cooper
• ThatGameCompany – Flow, Flower
• Ready at Dawn Studios – God of War: Chains of Olympus, Daxter
• High Impact Games – Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, Secret Agent Clank
• Eat Sleep Play – Twisted Metal: Head On (It's David Jaffe's studio)
  
• Slant Six Games – SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation, SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3
• LightBox Interactive

Europe

• Quantic Dream – Heavy Rain
• Relentless Software – Buzz!
• Media Molecule – LittleBigPlanet
• Ninja Theory – Heavenly Sword

So Sony's lineup is significantly bigger.