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pokoko on 10 June 2017
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Qwark said:
twintail said:

Im curious what makes you think boring and poorly executed?

 

Personally I expect MS > Nintendo = Sony. All 3 good though. I think MS is going to be crazy (it needs to be). Nintendo should have some surprises that keep it up with Sony, who I think will be mostly a safe show. But hard to tell if the last 2 years are anything to go by. 

They are always so extremely akward and everyone on stages acts akward and they are usually way too long. Sony should focus more on games and less on the talking part. They also should get a new Kevin Butler, for real if Sony is going to have a way too long conference they should at least have another comedy part.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwPWN3Ul6U8

This is what Sony presentations during E3 need.

Honestly, you're way off base.  Sony's conference last year was the best paced I've ever seen at E3.

In fact, someone did a breakdown of talking compared to games being shown last year that sinks your statement.  The percentage is of game video:

  • Sony: 70.6% (53:43/1:16:35) 
  • Xbox: 55.7% (49:52/1:29:35)
  • Ubisoft: 51.8% (1:00:35/2:00:00)
  • Bethesda: 50.2% (29:33/58:55)
  • EA: 24.1% (13:33/56:15)

http://www.gamezone.com/news/someone-calculated-the-amount-of-time-devs-spent-talking-vs-showing-games-at-e3-2016-3454421

On topic, if Sony's conference follows the format they used last year then I'll like it.  That's what I want to see, game after game.  It probably won't have all the surprises it had last year but as long as they focus on games, it should be entertaining.

Ubisoft and EA will probably have a lot of fluff and bad jokes, as usual.

Microsoft is the big mystery.  They could pull out a good conference with some big surprise games but I'm not holding my breath.  I think it will mostly be hardware and "marketing partnership" focused.

I'm not expecting much from Nintendo because they seem to have a plan of a carefully managed release schedule.  Quite honestly, when you have less content than others in the market, that's the smartest approach, even if it doesn't make for a huge E3.  One or two surprises should be fine for what they're trying to do.

If Bethesda shows off the next Elder Scrolls then they get "WINNER" status automatically.