Who WON E3?

[Cloudman]

From what I've seen so far, I'd say Microsoft had the best showing of the 3 and best overall (still missing Bethesda and Ubisoft, so this could change).

MS just had the most amount to show. They had so many games that I lost count, and they covered a lot of ground as well, showing many different genres and showing they really tried this E3. At times, they mirrored Sony in terms of just bringing the games. It may have been rocky at times, but it turned out to be quite well.

That isn't to say it was a great show, it had some major flaws. To me, MS this year was like Regigigas of Pokemon. Good show, but hindered by its slow start. It took about of the show to take off, but it sure did. Not bad MS.

Meanwhile, Sony and Ninten only had good shows. As I started watching the other shows besides Nintendo's, I was feeling more and more that their style of presentation is something I prefer more, and that felt more apparent during Sony's event. I could only feel awkward watching the Uncharted trailer with it's weird audio issues and it only grew more from the silence in the crowd. It was a bit painful to watch this happen live. It somewhat killed the excitement for the game I feel, and that audio issue seemed to last a little while. It wasn't better though, focusing on games already revealed before, and having only 2 new game reveals, Monster Hunter and Shadow of the Colossus , as far as I remember. That often noted joy of a live audience was lacking there as well, as I barely heard any cheers for MH or Shadow (I suppose it truly is a solely Japan focused game?) There were some highlights from Sony's show (Detroit and Spiderman), but... the show just felt lacking.


Ninten's show wasn't that great either. It was the opposite of MS's show, too short, and that bone was lacking some prime meat. Kirby and Yoshi are cool, but rather weak new announcements, which really felt... more of the same from before. Seeing more on other games like XC2 and Mario were great, but... we already know about those games. Metroid Prime 4 and a confirmed core RPG pokemon game were great announcements, but... the show overall was lacking. It could have used more announcements. Personally, I am likely more disappointed because I feel Nintendo needed to have an excellent showing to help drive the Switch, and it didn't happen. I hope it doesn't hurt them in the coming months, and I hope they reveal more later on in more directs.

So yeah... I give it to MS (so far) but overall, pretty poor E3 this year, which is crazy to think.