Well for me it was easily Nintendo. But Sony still had a strong conference. MS had a great one until Kinect came out haha. Shot themselves in the foot with just demos not going so hot and the games being unappealing.
Nintendo came pretty close to an almost spectacular conference had it not been for Zelda being there. Weird that this is being said, but Zelda should not have been there in demonstration form. Even though impressions are saying it worked, visually and gameplay wise it's unfinished. It almost felt like that this like a small demo made just to demonstrate the new controls which well didn't go so hot during the conference. I really wish Nintendo just would have opted for a trailer instead.
But aside from that Nintendo pulled out the guns and easily had the diversity and amount to have a spectacular show. But really, the kicker was 3DS. Coming in it was all about the 3 new things of 3DS, Kinect, and Move and well 3DS stole the show. It not only had the wow effect, but it had the support and big names to back it up.
Sony had a solid show as well which marks 3 years straight, but it was more of a safe route this year. But solid enough to leave people happy coming out. I definitely enjoyed watching it. But MS on the other hand just left me shocked in another way and that being such a big push for Kinect but pushing little pebbles rather than stones. If you are going to go all out like that, then bring something massive NOT Kinectimals.
So yea Nintendo followed by Sony with MS in 3rd for me. Last year I thought it was about a dead even tie but this year there were some clear differences. However, I still think my biggest disappointment will go to Zelda. Not that I'm unhappy with it, but what they showed didn't thrill and what they didn't show left me aching haha. Luckily it isn't coming out until 2011 and I'm sure we won't see it again for a very long time. It's obvious there is a lot of development time left and we'll see where it goes.
