E3 2001 Voting

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Illusion said:

Nintendo wins as the standalone company from the list provided, at least from today's perspective. That said, if you consider the winner in terms of platforms then Grand Theft Auto 3, Final Fantasy X and Grand Tourismo 3 propels the PS2 camp to beat the Gamecube's showing, in my view. These three games defined the generation, while the only game that Nintendo had that was on this level was Smash. Luigi's Mansion was not an adequate substitute for the lack of a mainline 3D Mario in the launch window.

Furthermore, if you assign the winner from the perspective of being a gamer in 2001, the PS2 would have absolutely swept the floor with the Gamecube, and I am not sure that Nintendo could even be called the winner if you break the presentations up by company. Nintendo was really struggling with the image of its new platform as being a "kiddie" console and the purple lunchbox that was showcased here was not well-received. I got a Gamecube in 2001 and I was the only teenager I knew who had one in the launch window. The console did not have a lot of hype and I think that a lot of gamers were making the decision to go with XBox or PS2 during the E3 timeframe..

We often think about E3 in terms of platforms and which one had the best listing of games, but when I started this whole multi-thread voting I wanted to focus on individual developers (or the owner of developers) to truly celebrate the software teams.