What's your all time favourite e3 conference and why?(Poll inside!)

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platformmaster918 said:

Pavolink said:

BasiltheBatLord said:

Nintendo 2006

Sony 2013 was the biggest flat-out victory for a company tho i think.

Their competiton killed themselves. Still don't get how Sony 2013 Press Conference was good.

they presented it perfectly.  They could have mentioned that stuff in the begginning or off-hand.  Instead they waited till an hour in and just dropped the bombs perfectly.  Then the speech by House at the end about being all about the consumer was just epic.  Never heard such rousing applause for such a consumer victory and a surprising one at that.

The thing that conference is remembered for is basically "Fuck Microsoft, we are doing shit like Nintendo does". Or alternatively "We're going forward with what we did for the last few years, which is pretty fucking normal since there's only one company doing shit differently this time around and that company's been getting alot of backlash. Oh, and online gaming will now cost a yearly fee but, hey, at least no always online LOL".

Really, that stuff should have been expected. I was watching the conference with a few friends late in the night (I think it was 3 am here) and I didn't see anything surprising. Yeah, I liked the price, but it's not mindblowingly low or anything. The only memorable thing out of that whole ordeal was probably Kingdom Hearts 3, and I say that as someone who doesn't like Kingdom Hearts in the slightest. Oh, and maybe the FF Versus-XIII name change (lol). Those are hardly "bombs".

It was the best conference of last years E3, yes, but stacked up against the highs from the past, it's nothing. I'd even say it was rather boring to watch. And didn't they also start like 30 minutes after the schedule? I hate stuff like that. That people remeber that thing as being one of the best E3 conferences really shows how bad E3 has been recently. Or maybe it's because that one is fresh in peoples minds, I dunno.

My favourite one would be Nintendo's 2004 conference. Though I admit that I go back to the really bad ones more often than to the good ones, because those are so much more enjoyable to watch in hindsight.