My answer is no. And a very clear no. The only dissapointing conference so far for me has been Ms. Showed nothing. Bethesda did what I expected: keep milking the cow. EA showed what I wanted to see and Sony showed what I didnt know I wanted and now am hyped for. E3 is like that every year so its meeting expectations as far as im concerned.

I've sort of skipped out on most conferences this year, but looking at Ubisoft's conference, it was pretty good especially compared to past Ubisoft E3s

Well, it is deniably stronger, because here I am denying it

That logic cuts both ways. Sony didn't announce a single AAA game outside of Monster Hunter, which we now know is coming to Xbox. Indeed, the best version will be on Xbox. Again, Microsoft showed as many if not more games than Sony during this conference.

Does that change that, more generally, Sony are currently managing their console better? No. But in discussing these two keynotes specifically, your argument really struggles to stack up.

Definitely agree on the part about whining and higher expectations.

I won't lie, I definitely criticize, but I keep reality in check. Reminds me of when everyone said the Switch would be $249  and said it'd flop because it's 299 lol

Not sure what all the hate is about. What do people want? We got new IP, we got, sequals, we got new VR content, and we got an awesome piece of new hardware.

Gamers have become incredibly cynical. E3 conferences have changed over the last few years because of the demands of gamers. We don't get OS updates, network updates, new services, new non gaming software, and much more, because everyone only wanted games. Now we only get games, but that is still not good enough, because they have to be exclusives, and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA exclusives at that. Not only do they have to be exlusive, they have to be new IP, but they also have to be sequels, they can't be VR,. but they have to bring something new.

I found something I am excited about at every one of these conferences. I am excited about Star Wars and A Way Out from EA. I am looking forward to Wolfenstein 2, Evil Within 2, and Doom VFR from the Bethesda conference. I want the XOX, Gears 4, Forza Horizan 3, and Sea of Thieves from Microsoft. From Ubisoft, I am very excited about Far Cry for the first time in ages, and Beyond Good and Evil 2. From Sony I want Bravo Team, The Inpatient, SkyrimVR, Moss, SOTC, Uncharted, GOW, GTS, HSG, Days Gone, Horizon Frozen Wilds, and Spiderman.

I am not sure there is anyway to please gamers anymore. I feel sad for anyone that could not find at least one game from each conference that made them happy. At the end of the day though, I am very happy, because I saw more games I wanted than I have the time or money to play. More importantly, I saw a considerable amount of VR content, and a huge push from Sony on the future of VR tech.

This is probably a filler year for Sony, and Microsot and maybe Nintendo too. EAs shows are always bad so meh.

Very boring E3. Must be getting ready for next gen and companies are holding back for the upcoming consoles.

My expectations for these shows are generally pretty low, so no, I wouldn't say I'm disappointed.

Not expecting too much from Nintendo either, besides a ton of info about Mario.

On the bright side, my wallet can take a break for once. The only games I'm looking forward to this year are Splatoon 2, Ni No Kuni II, Etrian Odyssey V, Shadow of Mordor, and Super Mario Odyssey.

You know who does that, though?  Bethesda.  The company that people complain about because they don't show Elder Scrolls even though it's years away.  

These people care more about "surprises" than about games.  Actual fucking video-games can be shown back-to-back-to-back but it would all be drowned about by "waaahh this sucks there are no surprises this sucks i'm so disappointed."  For some dumb as hell reason, games that we know about don't count.  The reception would be worse if Sony did not show those games.