Who is more dependant on E3 this year? Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo?

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Darwinianevolution said:
Both three companies need E3, for different reasons. Sony needs to get a precise release date and update trailers decent amount of their big projects, like Shenmue III and FF VIR. Nintendo needs to show great software for this year to continue the Switch's momentum, and Microsoft really needs to show enough exclusives to show their weight. So I'd say Microsoft needs it the most, but I don't know what's their plan lately, so I don't know.

Pretty much this.

For Sony, it's the least critical for now, but a weak showing could negatively impact the rest of the PS4's life, so they can't slack off either.

Nintendo must deliver games. This year was pretty dry until now but there are a couple of games slated for this year we don't have a definitive release date yet (Yoshi, Fire Emblem, Smash), but those are not going to enough to push the console alone until next year, so a couple new games will have to come.

Microsoft recently announced bringing more first party titles, but at E3, they need to deliver no matter how far along those titles are (possibly just concepts at this point) to prove it. And not come with too much games-as-a-service bullcrap which could kill any good intent again.

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 20 May 2018