Who Won E3?

So who won E3? The GamerSheep community gives their opinions about who won E3.

[Kran]

Sony did.

1. Sony showed a lot of content, and showed us what the NGP can do, and in their conference, they got the audience involved a lot more than previous conferences. As Gloomy said in the comments, it was the least disappointing.
2. Nintendo is next and they showed something new and interesting that core gamers may come to love, but they didn't show us ANY demos at all.
3. Microsoft is after that. They showed us a lot of games (some for core gamers with a Kinect), but they didn't have any new hardware. But there was a lot of software, and the fact that the Kinect is getting a tech upgrade is great
4. EA showed us a lot of content from some games many of us will be looking forward to. They had a few demos to show is which was brilliant, but it just lacked something. I dont know what...
5. Ubisoft bored people a little bit and was a little ridiculous at times, and there were some titles they just did not show that many wanted to see.

And that is my ranking ;)

[LOGICWINS]

Yeah, I'd agree that Sony had the best conference..but overall, this was the worst E3 I've ever seen.

[Lovable]

I agree...I mean, let's be honest here...It's not a good year for E3...But who suck less? Prolly Sony JUST CAUSE of the PSP Vita price tag. That pretty much save them...

[soundslike]

...and it was hyped and streamed more than any other lol

TBH though, the best quality about E3 is being on the show room floor PLAYING the games. I'm sure its going to be the best E3 for a lot of people playing the games they've been hearing about for so long, just not as surprising.

[STONEY4]

Yeah, this year it's picking the best from 3 extremely lame conferences. Sony did the best, but was still very boring. Everyone focused way too much on portables and peripherals.

[JohnnyMann420]

Nooo. the worst year was like 4-5 years ago when they weren't even in that convention center. Do you people forget about that horrible year?

[jdfoster00]

The gameplay for uncharted 3 blown me away. When they showed that we knew Sony would win. But yeah worst E3 in a while. It also shocked me how bad nintendos E3 was

[Theonetheonly]

why was sonys the best?

i have watched all 3 multiple times. and i really dont see that sony is the best.

what bias man holy shit, they were all mediocre.

its like being the smartest retard why argue over it.

everyones become a f*&^in football announcer

"well the ps3 came in strong, then lost in the second quarter, to that ultimate move by nintendo"

whatever, i like e3 and i was happy to hear news. i dont give a S&^T who everyone thinks won. i just came to talk about it. :)

[paintsville]

Well duh. If you ask that question on here it'll be a overwhelming win for SONY. But the truth of the matter is that there wasn't a clear winner. It was the worst E3 ever.

[Nes_Daze]

I agree, although not by much, I think Sony's was the least disappointing..so they won.

[Spike47]

Yup, Sony won..

[TheDivine]

No nintendo dominated, the only thing sony did was announce vita at 249 (which is great) but other than that they demod uncharted, resistance exc. They announced a few games but i dont like any of them. Nintendo had a bada** console, showed the support out the gate, anoounced when all the good games will hit the 3ds. Ms was average. I guess it wasnt the best. At least nin had suprises, i like the wii u myself.

[Brasi82]

Meh, I meant to hit agree but hit Disagree! Why no take backs!

[MysticStrummer]

Sony's TV was more of a wow than Nintendo's console.

[NatureOfLogic]

nintendo did win. Im happy that nintendo finally join the HD consoles(360,PS3). The only reason I don't own a wii has been killed. Plus the Wii U is more powerful than the 360.

[fatstarr]

Money on the mark

Sony was resistance sequel uncharted sequel and sequel. that

Microsoft needs not be mentioned

Nintendo just turnd the key for the next gen
i was surprised by the system and the tech demo i expected less

overall this e3 was 6/10 almost as bad as 07 or the 08 e3.

Like everyone thinks the vita is gonna sell like hot cakes when its not.

[Just_The_Truth]

the first hour of nintendos presentation was the 3DS and all the game like starfox, mario, etec aren't coming till holiday did we really need 25min of zelda. they didn't even talk about the wii(poor people) and the wiiU showning was horrible they didn't tell us anything about it and the only games that's official for it is Lego city something. Plus for those that didn't know the psp can do the same thing through remote play except you can be anywhere in the world.

[SuperStrokey1123]

what was badass about the wiiU? Seriously what? They didnt actually show ANY support, lots of it isnt even games that will be made and some of the "support" is probably not even going to come out on the system. I see nothing badass about it at all, all they showed was a goofy looking controller that has some great potential. Nothing else.

[X-Alchemist]

haha sony and microsoft sucked this year honestly
Nintendo showed something worth talking about.
I honestly don't know how someone could possibly think that Sony's boring conference was a win.

[afterMoth]

Yup, Sony... but a weak E3.

Honestly it could have been Nintendo if anybody actually had a clear understanding of what they are doing.

MS wins for the 7 year olds and Kinect.

[Nickster800]

Yeah, I agree Sony won. But it kind of annoys me because Sony's could have been way better, they still have a lot of games to show. What about agent and the last Guardian?

[xPhearR3dx]

I have to say Microsoft. Not by much though.

[MysticStrummer]

You have to say it? I guess the check cleared. MS was a distant 3rd.

[jdfoster00]

You must be come fanboy to say that. Even I agree microsofts was awful and I'm microsoft through and through. Sony won for definite. Microsofts was AWFUL. You must be delusional if you think it was good but insane to think it was the best... Are you human or just a 7 year old?

[xPhearR3dx]

So I have to be a fanboy to enjoy something more than you? Okay....what ever. I actually just enjoyed their conference more than the other 2. They showed me core games I will be able to use my Kinect with and still be able to use the controller. The new dashboard with features like Bing and Youtube were great. A new Fable game taking off in a new direction, plus Halo CE with online co-op support and returning MP maps. Games like Minecraft coming to XBL and of course Halo 4. They also had some kick ass gameplay of Gears 3. Overall it was a solid conference, but still not their best or even close.

[Prototype]

@ MysticStrummer

I got a good laugh out of that comment :D

[tehReaper]

@jdfoster00

Why do you have to lie and say you're Microsoft "through and through"? That's BS and you know it. There is not one positive comment in your history about them.

Here's a fun comment from your history:
"OR THIS? This is why I stay away from the xbox =p (sarcasm but still this freaked me out) He actually runs Microsoft? LMFAO PMSL http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[DeadIIIRed]

I own all three consoles and have to say I'm not impressed by any of them. I'm excited for Minecraft on the 360, but even Halo failed to excite me. The biggest let down was the lack of Battlefield 3 console footage and details.

[LocO_o]

The casuals won E3.

Sony was ok but I guess the fact that so much NGP news was leaked it did not wow me.

MS had to0 much Kinect and we alrady knew that Halo CE HD and Halo 4 was comimg.

Nintendo needed to show me some gamr play fottage of BF 3 that rivals the PC version.

[frostypants]

Nail on the head.

Can we all just agree on what we WANTED to see, even though for some it's probably subconscious? NEXT GEN SONY AND MS CONSOLES!

I think people believe that there was at the very least a shred of potential for these to be discussed (even people who say they aren't ready), especially given Nintendo's actions, and when they weren't, it just sort of left a small void.

Let's face it, we're waiting for those next big steps.

[Lifendz]

double post

[fatstarr]

I can say that according to facebook the casual oppinion

nintendo is in 1st
sony is in close 2nd with microsoft on its heals

6k votes so far.

Now in my oppinion everyone was not themselves except nintendo. everyone sony and microsoft tried to be nintendo but its not working

this is the worst e3 yet but sony and nintendo saved the day with new hardware

Nintendo is saving the big guns for e3 2k12 when hopefully microsoft and sony will talk next gen

Nintendo is in first they get a B+ from me
Sony is in second they get a B+ as well
Microsoft is in last D-

[Crystallis]

They were all pretty weak , but if I had to choose it would be Sony just bc of the Vita.

[thehitman]

I agree, from what we expected and what we got I think Sony did the best. Lets be serious there really wasnt anything to expect from Sony besides maybe 1 title I thought would appear being Agent. They had nice highlights new ps3 exclusives more footage of huge blockbuster titles Infamous2/UC3/Resistance3 all releasing THIS year even though we knew about them. Sony biggest flaw this E3 is that we knew what they were bringing mostly from the PS3 homefront and that there real shine was the PS Vita price point games and tbh that TV is fuking AWESOME. Not to mention Sony grabbed lots of exclusive content and 2 for 1 games that no one is talking about.

Nintendo I was sitting in my chair just waiting for them to awe me and it just didnt happen was immensly disappointed felt like they shouldve held the new console announcement for another convention and saved the real showing for next year... you cant really announce a new platform and dont have a working game demo running on it. Just bad and them focusing on the controller 60% of the conference was even worse just left people confused and the games they did showcase looked sub-par to their counterparts on other consoles.

EA has the multiplatform titles under lock nice of diverse titles and high quality titles from them all around they had a nice E3.

Ubisoft Ghost Recon looked cool other than that was just meh too.

Microsoft was just meh nothing good to say about them at all. Everything Kinect lot of rails/gimmicking things you can do w/o Kinect and if you are a 360 gamer Halo4 would excite you a bit because in all seriousness I think a lot of halo fans are jumping off halo and moved on to games like CoD and that even though halo is a blockbuster flagship title for MS its not what it once was and unless they release it on a new platform its just cow milking as of now.

Sony B
Nintendo C+
MS C-
EA B-
Ubisoft C+

[metsgaming]

Not Microsoft thats for sure.

[hetz15]

We, as gamers, win. Seriously; vita, uncharted 3, that beautiful 3d tv, some great games for 3ds, awkward yet interesting wiiu, halo 4 for the fans, and fist bump!!! Now I can dream about Phoenix Wright on wiiu, it will be epic

[ILikeTurtles]

Nintendo won! sony's was boring and didn't have a single suprise + no butler, microsoft's was a fucking joke xD

[hotrider12]

my report

nintendo 9/10 "CONTROLLER" is new and innovative
sony veeta (vita) 8/10 was good looking forward to apps content.
MS and its crumbling 360 2/10 score.

[DarkSpawnClone]

No one really did this year,if i really had to pick i would have to say Sony but i was really unimpressed with all 3 of them,and the Wii U looks like a joke,this was the worst E3 i have ever seen tbh a huge let down.

PSV if your into handhelds that was cool,not sure I'm sold on it tho my last handheld was a gameboy advanced I'm not really interested in gaming on the go I like my gaming on my PC and PS3.

I would say all of them lost this one i wouldn't want to be called the winner of this E3 i would be too a shamed,still there are some great games coming out so I'm not too bummed out :P Skyrim,BF3,Uncharted 3,Resistance 3,Twisted Metal,StarHawk,dark souls and more there is lots to enjoy.

[Sanii]

EA for sure.

[MinusTheBear]

EA is definitely a monster. Major games on all platforms. They will become verrrry rich. But I believe winning E3 is usually limited the actual platform owners. So in that case it would be Sony.

[Louis_Guzman]

Lol! Ea's been bleeding money for a while this gen. Check their financials the last couple of years, hilarious!

[frostypants]

EA already had their glory days. What Activision is now is what EA used to be. However, it does appear that Activision is jumping the shark a bit, and EA may return to their former level of respect in gamers eyes.

[KeiserSosay4788]

EA definitely showed up with the BIG GUNS. I think its funny that you could say Nintendo, Sony, and EA in the same sentence for "winning" E3...

[Bits-N-Kibbles]

Can't wait for BF3 and SSX:DD!

[Prcko]

Sony
250$ vita
Excellent game lineup
Ps3 still going strong with awesome exclusive games!

[Daz]

I did YES

[whydoyouask]

I think Gamers won E3 actually...

[Pixel_Enemy]

Sounds like loser talk to me

@whydoyouask - Sorry it just came across as (My favorite console didn't win so no one did, we all did!)

[whydoyouask]

That's just rude.

[Roozium]

I bet you only have one console Pixel_Enemy.

[Pixel_Enemy]

Lol I own all three consoles friend. D4rkNikon gamer tag, d4rknikon PSN I'd and a random number wii friend code

[Nes_Daze]

Hard to say, all conferences were not that exciting, but I have to say Sony because of the great price point for Vita and Sly Cooper 4.

[Uncharted3Goty]

theres no way sony could of done it better ( before you guys go and say they could of included these game and that they still Won and Did better then the other 2.

[TheColbertinator]

EA won easily followed by Nintendo

[Drekken]

TheDenialinator.

[sikbeta]

N did show the HW, or more like the controller, because, I saw nothing specific about the new console, not asking for a price-tag, but at least some HW specs, it was all about the controller and the third party support which is the same for PS3 and X360...

[femshep]

i think it was pretty equal

MS brought out some potential in kinect and announced couple games

Sony announced vita and sly and starhawk

nintendo stepped up into the next gen

[BubbleSniper]

I think Sony tied with Nintendo. If Nintendo opted to do a true next generation gaming console, then Nintendo would have taken a massive money dump right on E3.

[Theyellowflash30]

How do you know its not a leap into the next generation. Of course they arent going to have ports of things now but those Zelda screen shots looked better than anything ive seen this gen.

[Pixel_Enemy]

Nintendo stepped into THIS gen

[WesMcLaren]

True!

[StbI990]

LOOOOOOL

[tunaks1]

all conferences were disappointing.

[guigsy]

I think this could be a sign that the first parties are focusing on the next generation. Microsoft and Sony announced very little software for next year, and I think their new consoles will be teased next E3.

[5119ent]

1/2 nintendo/sony(depends) 3 is Ms

[chriski333]

Sony vita

[AKissFromDaddy]

Definitely Sony.

[redDevil87]

the worst E3 ever.

[Pintheshadows]

My highlight game wise was Farcry 3 probably.

No I did, but I knew that existed Farcry 3 was a bit of a surprise. E3 lacked them.

[WesMcLaren]

Apparently you didn't see Uncharted 3...

[Nickster800]

@Pintheshadows
I agree for example, last year Sony surprised us with portal 2 and twisted metal, but what about this year they didn't any.

[iamgoatman]

Better get started on how the next E3 could be the BEST EVER! /s

[militant07]

if new generation start next year with Microsoft/Sony announcing new consoles

certainly it is!!

Man can only wish

[Raven_Nomad]

They were all underwhelming. I think Microsoft and Sony thought Nintendo was going to swing for the fences and really Nintendo's show was just meh.

[wingman32x]

This E3 was kind of a dud IMO. Nothing had that big ticket feel for me.

Nintendo should have waited until they had actual first party software on it. The crowd would have gone nuts seeing Hyrule in HD.

[showtimefolks]

nintendo
UBI
sony
EA
Konami
MS

Raven_Nomad

I agree i think in sony's case they held back a lot of their exclusives for 2012-2013 so psp2 can get the media coverage

and both sony and MS didn't show much thinking no matter what they show nintendo was gonna out do them and i think nintendo did

other than that very boring E3 2011 where were the surprises we knew about almost every single game before E3 even started

WII U
PSVITA for 249
Farcry3

were the 3 big surprises for me and also how great AC looked

WHY THE DISAGREES THE ARTICLE IS ASKING A QUESTION I AM ANSWERING AFTER WATCHING EVERYONE'S E3 SHOWING. DON'T JUST HIT DISAGREE SAY SOMETHING TO PROVE OTHERWISE

if it wasn't for nintendo showing a new console UBI had the best e3 conference

whydoyouask

i think we newed to find a special section for MS. since nintendo is moving on to core gamers kinect will become the new WII. with exercise and party titles, and MS seems to want that.

both of my nephews had their parents buy them xbox360 with kinect to play dance central and other party titles and that's why MS is trying to cater now a days it seems

[whydoyouask]

nice edit...wish you could have put MS lower, huh?

[Pintheshadows]

I think Sony just because of the PSV Eindhoven 3 - FC Twente 0.

Ajax 0 - Feyenord 2

[MinusTheBear]

Lol ok.

[Undeadwolfy]

Lol only football fans will get that one. I lold

[Series_IIa]

EA killed it.

Pretty much this year, was more of the same, except for the WiiU which is just still boggling my mind that they thought that controller was a good idea.

[VampiricDragon]

nintendo won. They showed and are showing (through the site)

the most exclusive first party stuff......I mean it was more than last year and the wii u is over a year away

Sony was pretty close

And microsoft was just embarrassing.

If I had to grade them it would be

Nintendo - A
Sony - A-
Microsoft - D-

[Pintheshadows]

Nintendos was balls. Massive swinging balls. The Wii U was frankly not what I was expecting. I have a PS3. Why would I need a Wii U? Then all they did apart from that was show more zelda, mariokart and starfox. on the 3ds.

Nintendo, if you think i'm putting that so called controller anywhere near my hands....

TBH the publishers came out on top this time round.

This E3 - D must try harder next year.

[WesMcLaren]

I think that Sony has pulled ahead of Nintendo as far as first party goes...

[VampiricDragon]

how so? It was shooter, shooter, action game, collection , Brand new platformer

in terms of PS3

I am talking what was revealed at e3.

[THWIP71]

In a pissing contest, nobody wins...because everyone gets some on their shoes in the process.

[You Noob]

Definetely not MS.

It's a head-to-head with Sony and Nintendo.. both showed a new console. Both showed lot of exclusives.

[OllieBoy]

Big victory for Sony. They needed to get people excited for Vita and they accomplished that.

Microsoft pissed people off and Nintendo just confused everyone.

lol @ disagrees

[WesMcLaren]

Well...I agree with you sir.

[El_Assenso]

Spot on. I agree that Nintendo just confused everyone with their new console and PS Vita's price point and software line-up seems to have hit the sweet spot with quite a lot of people.

[shovelface88]

I couldn't give less of a shit about Vita. There, I said it. I love my PS3, but I have literally no reason to buy a Vita. If I want to play hardcore games, I do that at home, with my PC or console, on a big hdtv.

Vita specs are inferior to the current consoles. I'm not paying 250$ for something that I'll rarely use.

[FearNoAngel]

1.Sony
2.EA

[theonlylolking]

That was my list last year. Sony then EA

[Nickster800]

Dang it, I missed EAs.

[flightdown]

wow i was surprised that nintendo didn't wow me. No one was amazing but have to go for sony. Wait....actually EA.

[Workshyskiver]

Microsofts wasn't aimed at people who visit these sites, Sony's wasn't that spectacular to be honest and Nintendo's Cafe wasn't what I hoped for. On the plus side Multiplatform games have been the highlight of the event so far.

[Drekken]

MS wasnt aimed at people above 6.

MS wasnt aimed at people that owned their console.

MS wasnt aimed.

[frostypants]

Microsoft's wasn't aimed at the E3 audience, either.

They balked horribly. Nintendo and Sony, feel free to take first base...

[sasuke99]

lack of japanese games and developers made this years E3 SUCK!

only 2 things interested me Wii U and PSVita, that's it...

[VampiricDragon]

because this isnt tgs.

[Deadman_Senji]

I was happy with what I saw from Sony. 150 devs confirmed to be making PSVita games which will most likely smoothly transition over to the PS3

PSV games = PS3 games

I just wish they would have showed some of these games outside of that montage video which was pretty cool.

Very happy to see a new Tenchu in the works. Or is it Shinobido?

[WesMcLaren]

Yep, 150 devs will help Vita make a smooth transition onto the handheld market.

[Deadman_Senji]

And each of the PSV games will most likely have a PS3 version. I don't see there being too many PSV exclusive titles.

Especially since they were already talking about remastering PSP games and putting em on PS3.

[Number_3]

Nice show Sony.

Just kidding.

[Godmars290]

MS cared little to nothing about games other than Kinect though the Disneyland title will likely sell. I laughed my @$$ off at WiiU, but now thinking about it has me as confused as it has me not wanting it where I'll likely grab a PSV ASAP. But from what I already knew, not from Sony's presentation.

[YodaCracker]

I guess you missed the entire first hour of Microsoft's conference, featuring Modern Warfare 3, Mass Effect 3, Gears of War 3, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Halo 4, Forza Motorsport 4, Tomb Raider, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary among others.

[Godmars290]

More to the point - I didn't care. More so about the bits where they included Kinect features, or showed off a survivalist/horror title that's also on the PS3. Thank you MS for showing off that game, but as a largely non-FPS fan I still don't have reason to buy your system. Sorry.

By your comment MS won E3 and that should be good enough for you. Some Sony surprises were ruined with early reveals but they still had others so they did well.

Still thinking about what Nintendo just did and finding that I didn't really like it. More to the point it left me feeling confused and anemic towards them. Very uninterested in WiiU.

[Louis_Guzman]

@ Yodacracker: Lets see..shooter, quasi shooter/rpg, shooter, shooter, shooter, lame racing game, lol Tomb Raider and shooter retread. Yeah, lots of variety there, none of which I give a flying crap about.

[TheKindRoost]

none it was underwhelming on all front.

[jizzyjones]

Agreed

Sony was all about Vita not ps3, MS was the casual Kinect show, an Wii U's controller looks horrendous (for core gamers anyway)

[Studio-YaMi]

Totally agreed,but some developers showed some impressive games,I mean seriously did you see that Uncharted 3 demo,Battlefield 3 or Asura's Wrath ??

I'd say game developers won E3,although it was actually pretty underwhelming from earlier E3s.

[maniacmayhem]

It was all lackluster but i think EA walked away with it.
Which is a shame.

Sony - personally not interested in vita or sly 4. Everything else shown was known.

MS - not a kinect owner so none of that appealed to me. Halo 4...whatever.

Nintendo - a new console but nothing was really shown except the new controller...i guess thats cool but put a mario kart or star fox behind that and i'll be on board.

I wonder why ubisoft had a conference and not Capcom. I think capcom is way bigger than ubi. But anyways Ubi had some nice things also.

i think too much hype goes into E3. Everyone needs to calm down take a deep breath and not listen to rumors.

[GoldPS3]

Sony won. Vita will be awesome and it's at a great selling price.

I'm gonna give MS 2nd just becuz they showed Tomb Raider but every thing else was crap.

Nintendo is 3rd for me. The Wii U is very disappointing.

[TheOneYouHate]

Not MicroSoft that's for shure!

[C L O U D]

Konami...

I mean HD remakes for the PS3 "AND" the 360?

#winning

[spektical]

SONY = B
Nintendo = C
XBOX = F

really a bad E3 showing. EA i think had the best show though.

[e-p-ayeaH]

Sony - B-

[spektical]

ya thats wer my B stands.. but i don't like the whole B+, B-.. or 8.3, 8.9 for that matter.

[SonyNGP]

That one company that opened with a freakin' legendary orchestra.

[tigertron]

I have to say that Sony won this E3 with Uncharted 3, Resistance 3, PS Vita, Uncharted Vita, Starhawk, Infamous 2 etc.

However, whilst I found MS' conference to be full of 4Chan material and shoving Kinect shovelware down our throats. Halo 4, Halo Anniversary, ME3, Tomb Raider and Gears 3 were Microsoft's saving graces.

This year's E3 on whole was a let down. I'm still waiting for an E3 to top 2005's.

Nintendo's I didn't like, I found the Wii U really dissapointing and there just wasn't enough clarification regarding the console.

[Rhezin]

all underwhelming.

[Canidae]

I'm going to give it to Sony this year. The PSV coming in with that sweet price of $250 was a very pleasant surprise indeed, and the cross game chat for it is simply too sweet to ignore. Throw in Twisted Metal, UC3, Starhawk, and so forth, and the winner is clear imo.

[PureDarkness]

Seriously? This constitutes an article?
"So who won E3? Leave your thoughts in the comments below."
That is the whole article. How can someone get away with that?

[helghast102]

Sony by default, incredibly weak year.

[Cajun Chicken]

Tie for Sony and Nintendo this year.

Basically, only exciting thing at MS's was Halo CE Anniversary.

[Brasi82]

Nintendo and Sony tied for the console makers, but EA won the overall event. They had the best presentation. Nintendo and Sony just introduced new things, some could say
Sony won because of the Vita, but they are just fanboys. The games list Nintendo announced for the 3DS was pretty slick though.

Overall EA win's with the best presentation! Sony and Nintendo did okay. Microsoft sucked again. Gamers will all around.

[B1663r]

PC Gamers won E3 because the shift back to gamer pc's will only increase after this years e3.

Sony and Microsoft tied second because of Nintendo's poor showing. Neither company is going to feel compelled to upgrade their console for a long long time. I don't expect to see a new console from either company until 2013-2014.

Casual gamers came in third, because most/all the new ip's were for them.

Console snobs came in last place, because there is nothing new on the horizon.

[YodaCracker]

It was pretty close for me between Microsoft and Sony, but I think Microsoft just edged Sony out.

Microsoft had the largest lineup of core games (ME3, MW3, Gears 3, Halo 4, Forza 4, Ryse, GR: Future Soldier, Fable, Halo: CE Remake, Tomb Raider, etc.), they showed some very interesting new features for Xbox LIVE (YouTube, Bing, Live TV), and they gave core gamers more reason to buy Kinect (hardcore games, integration into ME3, GR:FS, EA Sports, all future Tom Clancy games). The only disappointing part was the heavy focus on family friendly Kinect games for the last third of the show. I understand that these games are not for me, though. Some people will love them.

Sony showed off their fair share of core games as well (Uncharted 3, Resistance 3, BioShock: Infinite, Sly 4, Starhawk, Dust, inFAMOUS 2, etc.), but they just didn't have as many big games as Microsoft. They quickly changed focus to Move, and then before you knew it, they completely stopped talking about the PS3. The entire second half of the show was Vita. I am not interested at all in handhelds, but I can understand other may have really enjoyed the unveiling of Vita. They also did not have any big announcements to match Microsoft with Halo 4. I did like the Vita price point and the PlayStation brand TV as well.

Now I still don't know what to think about Nintendo and the Wii U. I'm still soaking it all in after watching the conference, but I am a little disappointed considering all the hype around Nintendo's next big console. The reveal of the Wii U was sort of underwhelming and not at all what I expected...

[Phantasm]

The winner will be determined this holiday season.

Microsofts presentation was lame last year, but they owned the holidays.

[YodaCracker]

And Nintendo's E3 2008 was a disaster and they completely obliterated the 360 and PS3 in sales that year. The 360 is already outselling its competitors so far in 2011 according to Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo's financial reports. Just wait until all this new Kinect and Xbox LIVE (YouTube, Live TV, etc.) kicks in. Sales are going to skyrocket, for better or worse.

[Phantasm]

You are correct... this is what I'm taking about.

A lot of the general public don't have a clue about E3. When the holidays roll around, advertising, and tech talk on all the morning and evening shows is what counts. I don't care for the Kinect, but last year it ended up on so many morning and evening talk/news shows, and became the "it" item to get for Xmas.

Microsoft will continue to have a hugh holiday season. Sony will also make it big with the Vita. If the price would have been $100 more than what was stated, I would say no, but they nailed the price point.

[CDbiggen]

Is it too much to ask for a shenmue 3?

[MoreRPG]

Sony did but i was expecting more from Sony

[Optical_Matrix]

It's toss between Nintendo and Sony as I'm a big fan of both companies and of both delivered for me.

Nintendo:

- New Wii U console
- 3DS Titles: Super Mario 3D, Mario Kart 3D, Luigi's Mansion 2

Sony:

- Sly 4
- God of War Origins
- PS Vita Price Point
- Street Fighter x Tekken for PS Vita

There's stuff I wanted both to announce like Pikmin 3 or maybe from Sony, some Agent or FF Versus XIII footage but overall I was satisfied.

[hiptanaka]

Sony did, without a doubt. I think the more interesting question is, who got second place?

[Convas]

Ehh. Gotta say no one.

Sony and Ubisoft were marginally better than everyone else. WiiU is an intriguing concept, and not much else at this stage.

MS had core games for the first third of it's conference, then it dropped off into hell.

EA showed absolutely NOTHING new besides Overstrike. BF3 on PC AGAIN.

[sprayNpray]

1. Sony
2. EA
3. Nintendo (though the new console is very lame and still outdated)
4-5. Microsoft & Ubisoft (couldnt decide which deserved last place)

[BlmThug]

This E3 Was Horrible All Round. Sony Won It. Ubisoft Came Second Because Far Cry 3 Tipped It For Me. 3rd Is MS Because Of Forza 4, GeoW3 & Kinect Core Games. 4th Is Nintendo Because The Wii U Is 7 Years Late & There Was Only Zelda & Mario. 5th Was EA With No New Announcements

[guitar_nerd_23]

I dont really understand who Nintendo were trying to sell their console to, it didn't feel like it was me.

I liked the PSVita stuff and the official homebrew Kinnect stuff.

[NYC_Gamer]

E3 2011 was boring in my opinion

[00000000000000000001]

Sony sucked, I feel asleep, is was just to boring, the only game that I want to play is Uncharted.
I could care less about a stupid hand held.
Same with Nintendo, I guess the kids will all love there new hand held console!

[JellyJelly]

EA and Bethesda.

[solidworm]

Sony
Nintendo
Microsoft
in that order.

[Lionalliance]

Honestly, Sony.

[SpLinT]

1. Sony- Lots of game exclusives, game announcements , prices, bundles etc. etc.

2. Microsoft- Many demonstrations that are also Ps3 games, then moved to their own exclusives which were garbage except Gears3

3. Nintendo - Sorry but announcing something with no release date, no demonstrations, no specs, no info at all except an UNATTRACTIVE looking tablet. Look at the Vita then look at the tablet. One looks slick and sexy, the other looks dull, bulky, and plasticy. 3DS was nice but Vita looked superior .

[DrillaKid]

I'd give it Sony but it was underwhelming all around; Sony didnt announce any of the exclusives that we were expecting; Nintendo's console is just weird and dont even get me started with MS.

But I think we should reserve judgement until Gamescom and TGS are over; it's unfair to expect them to pull out all announcements at E3 and save nothing for Europe and Japan.

[CaptainPunch]

E3 was a let down this year to be honest, I was expecting surprise announcements.

[mobijoker]

The thing i liked is from now on its a 3 way battle.Nintendo finally got 3rd party devs on board and i think its gonna be a fierce battle for exclusives.Plus nintendo is going to make games for hardcore fans after a long time.
I think its a win for us gamers as the REAL savior of gaming industry once again returns to REAL gaming scene.Now gimme SNES rpgs in HD.

[Ddouble]

Sony won.
They could easily have made it better by suprising us with stuff like starhawk but overall i do like how they've released information gradually since the beggining of the year but they do need that killer blow like microsoft did with Halo 4.

[Happythedog]

Sony= A

Microsoft= B-

Nintendo= C-

that's how i see it. Halo 1 HD is going to make me finally get a 360.

[barb_wire]

Honestly no one.. E3 isn't what it used to be, other trade/game shows now compete and in other ways surpass what E3 is now about.

I expect a lot more announcements from TGS in September.

Watching the MS spotlight press conference on G4TV.. didn't know they were having a second conference.

[etowntwo]

Sony and MS were pretty awful, cause let's face it .... We were all expecting megatons.

Nintendo, although it wasn't that great was CLEARLY the winner because of the WiiU.
That's real innovation there fellas, and there is tons of potential there.
Example .... Playing COD and controlling the airstrike or remote tanks with the controller .... Or playing Resident Evil and checking your inventory and maps using the controller .... Etc., etc.,

Honestly ... I think next gen PS and Xbox might have to copy this Wii too.

@ Barb ... Your clearly not looking at the big picture here. None of the kids on this site are.

Anyways .... This is N4G a.k.a. Sonyland. Logic falls on deaf ears.

[barb_wire]

Innovation my ass - nothing more than iPad with a higher resolution screen and buttons.

If this is the future of gaming - you can keep it.

[Happythedog]

Nah, Sony and Microsoft both did a good job. Nintendo was a yawnfest.

[Ethereal]

PS did not copy Nintendo with the controller scheme. Move was in development shortly after the release of the original eye toy. Know your facts. Neither did MS.

[AceofStaves]

With no 'megaton' announcements at either press conference, no company won. All 3 had their high points and low points. In the end, the 'victor' is whatever company provided you with what you wanted to see most.

Sony edged out Nintendo and 'won' my interest, simply because I don't own a 3DS and Wii-U isn't coming out before next year.

[ElementX]

Does there have to be a "winner"? Can't you just accept what each company presented and leave it at that?

[Pyscho_Mantis]

NO FUCKING WON they were all disappointing.
(not ranked in order)

Microsoft by far the worst conference kinect bullshit
Sony had very good content amazing NGP price and a few new announcements but had no amazing surprises and their conference was so so boring.
Nintendo pretty disappointing, the Wii U had a bad name no offical demos and the whole concept was not addressed well. They only announced two new games.

No one wins here but thank god the mulitplats this year are going to be phenomenal. If it wasnt for such a good lineup of mulitplatform I would say this e3 was one of the worst.

PS: Has anyone else seen the gameplay for the game Journey the PSN one: *_* that shit is the new experience.

[Cosmo811]

Sony, but I'm definitely interested in Nintendo. Microsoft sucked, again.

[Ethereal]

I would have to give it to Sony honestly. They showed an excellent line up of games and PSV price point and games were amazing. Nintendo seems to be heading in the right direction but man that controller is going to be expensive. Microsoft, well yeah. Kinect focus was sad. Where are the games for your core audience?

[darksied]

Just as an aside here, everyone complaining about there being nothing really noteworthy at this E3 ... you know why right? It's because of sites like n4g and joystiq and such that get all this leaked information out so early.

If people hadn't seen any of the ngp stuff until they announced it, if there was no mention of the Wii 2 until Nintendo talked about it, etc. then you would all have had your "epic" moments.

[blackburn10]

E3 was basically a letdown all around. Sony didn't show enough stuff, Microsoft obviously went too Kinect happy and Nintendo confused us and announced their usual overmilked series while showing 360 footage instead of actual Wii U footage (I really hate that name). The only saving graces was Sly 4 and the fact that VITA will not only be affordable but has tons of games. No one tried and everyone all most seemed bored and unenthusiastic. I deem this the worst E3 ever, D-. So bored not even looking forward to the remaining few days. @ etowntwo Hurray Microsoft makes tons of money sacrificing it's hardcore fanbase to do so. I am sure they will be happy to hear that.

[RugbyGod]

1. EA (Battlefield 3)
2. Sony(249 Vita)
3. Ubi (ACR)
4. Nintendo (WiiU)
5. Me having to take a dump (pretty solid movement)
6. Microsoft

I am embarrassed for being a MS fanboy today.

[thekiddfran]

Pretty boring overall but Sony won it. Nintendo made a new console release boring, for the first time ever. Vita stole the show and Microsoft was a sham. Oh and the 3d tv for 499 is awesome. I will be getting that.

[TheN4GUser]

In my opinion, Sony won. Now I'm not going to name out all the things from the posts I read but what I din't notice was the "no more splitscreen thingy" for the 3DTV. Seriously, this is mind blowing! Imagine, soon I'll be playing killzone in 3d and my friend beside me watching a football game. (Not that it's confirmed but I guessing it'll come soon). Even playing co-op/versus without splitscreen is unreal... Maybe someone mentioned this b4 but do you agree??

[remanutd55]

i think Microsoft started well then they messed everything up with that kinect festival nonsense , Nintendo didnt impress me at all , i was expecting a better machine , im not sure if im gonna get wii u just yet , and i was expecting a lot more from sony ( ps3 2012 games anyone ? ) but the thing that saved sony E3 conference was NGP , besides Uncharted 3 , theres no doubt it was the best demo out of all , Resistance 3 looked great too but NGP took the cake for me , i pre order the thing already , 3G/ wifi but im not gonna sign any contract for now until sony decides to bring the service to other phone companies , the thing that impressed me the most was the new ways you can play Little Big Planet , loved it , simple genius !!!! anyways cant wait for NGP and i think sony did ok not great , i was waiting to see Alan Wake 2 from Microsoft to see if they finally have that amazing exclusive experience that im looking for to get the system but they failed to impress and im not sure about wii u yet , i need to see more to see if im going back to my roots , where the heck is Agent sony ? where are the 2012 games ? why showed games that they been showing these last couple of months ? perhaps they thought they didnt need to show much to compete with others? man i was hoping for Microsoft to bring their A game so Sony can bring theirs but nothing , nada , zero anyways hope to see the games at gamescon and tgs sony , i know you have them

[remanutd55]

and im seriously thinking sony in house developers are already working on ps4 projects

[WooHooAlex]

Agree 100%
A PS4 reveal is coming in 2012, guarantee it.

[redblack]

Sony win forever

[LilDeja93]

Sony followed by Nintendo.

PS VITA >>>>>>> Wii U

[WooHooAlex]

Nintendo just had the weakest console reveal I've ever seen TBH.

They spend 30 minutes talking about the controller and show us a fairly weak lineup of games for a console they failed to even show us during the press conference.

Just because the other two sucked so bad, I think Sony wins this one by default. It doesn't matter who came in second or third because they both lost.

[SuperStrokey1123]

Certainly not the gamers...

[pcz]

even if sony only turned up with a pack of playstation branded playing cards, the fans would still say they won.

[BigKev45]

This E3 wasn't great at all. Nintendo slightly won.
Just my 2 cents...

[Roozium]

Halo CE HD and Halo 4 <3

[Cherchez La Ghost]

I don't. Know why people keep ragging on MS. Just as much MS ran with Kinect, Sony ran with Move & 3D. MS is trying to make the 360 a multimedia console. And there doing a damn good job doing it. Sony presentation was ok also. I'm going to go with Nintendo. The Wii U impressed me.

But why in the hell did they give in-game chat for the NGP and not for PSN?!! It's been a few years and still no party chat and no custom soundtracks. SMDH!

[Grodd]

Sony B 86% (Good new hardware, lots of exclusives)
Nintendo B- 80%
(Confusing new hardware for Next Gen with graphics on par with current generation. May likely look outdated by the end of 2012)
Microsoft 72%
(Weighted down by less than stellar Kinect games, few exclusives)

[gk07]

id say niny won sony showed that same lame as sh that why i sold my ps3 nothing new, Microsoft what a joke hahahaha laughing about that one my kids were bored as hell watching that crap ,Nintendo did ok luv that zelda , butt come on with the price on this wii u : )liked that tech demo im excited to ,these r the graphic wii where suppose to get with the wii : )the vita looked ok tho and that price is sweet ,dam internet spoilers u suck

[-IronMan-]

Sony did. NGP ftw. :) Also great exclusives. Enjoy ur kinect games that dont work lmao. pew pew pew....

[CandyCaptain]

Am I the only one that noticed XGPC is gonna be on the ps vita?

[Grodd]

Sony B (Great Hardware)
Nintendo B- (Confusing hardware that doesn't seem to have next gen power)
Microsoft C (Few exclusives, trying playing catch up with Nintendo casual gamer)

[Nivalis]

I'd say this year was a tie between Nintendo and Sony with a slight lean more towards Sony because even though we already knew about the NGP and most of us had heared about the name Vita, there was still some nice discoveries about it with regards to games.
Nintendo's console on the other hand is a major home console release, and the way they revealed it just felt like they were not sure if the hardware was going to be or look the same at release time, because they only showed the controller in depth, nothing at all except for a few glimpses of the actual console.

That's like Microsoft and Sony saying "here are our new controllers for the Nextbox and PS4!, aren't they pretty!, let's roll some demos of the games too!"
Then ending the conference without so much as a whiff of the actual console.

Anyone who honestly thinks Microsoft had the strongest conference is either trolling or still thinks santa is real.

[Tommykrem]

All three were pretty equal, which is rare. There's usually one that's clearly stronger or one that's clearly weaker. This is how I see it.
2008: Sony clearly stronger, Nintendo clearly weaker
2009: Microsoft strongest, Sony and Nintendo close though
2010: Nintendo clearly stronger, Microsoft clearly weaker
2011: I don't really know... I'd say Vita beat 3DS, but Nintendo had a brand new console on display. Kinect definitely beat Move, but Kinect also ruined the MS conference for hardcore guys. PS3 vs 360? ...hmm maybe PS3, given that there was no real time footage from Halo 4 and it's not developed by Bungie (which isn't neccessarily bad, it just means that it's more of a wild card)

[Inzo]

Does any one know what the winner of E3 gets, last I heard the winner walks away with a whopping $2000.

[SephirothX21]

Best demo this year was Far Cry 3. The game looks great and a lot of fun to play. It looks like they're returning to what made the first game so good.

I think Nintendo could have done a better job at unveiling the U but Sony could have ended their conference better. Where was the Last Guardian? Where was Agent? Where was Twisted Metal? MS's conference was easily the worst of the three and their worst yet by far but at least they ended with an announcement of a game. Sony didn't. They could've given a Last Guardian release date at the end or an Agent trailer or even an announcement of God of War 4. They talked about the Vita and then just ended it on a flat note.

Overall, E3 was poor. Simply because we knew nearly everything before the event. There were no big surprises but a lot of wasted time and opportunities. Though the game I care about the most is yet to be announced. That being GTA V. Also, Skyrim looks awesome and they only showed it on 360. I'll be getting it for my high-end PC so roll on November. Though if we knew nothing about the NGP, Halo 4 or Nintendo's next console before the show, it would have been a lot more enjoyable and satisfying. The best thing to come out of E3 is that Nintendo are returning to deliver games for the hardcore. It will be interesting to see how their new console sells next year but I doubt it will have the same appeal as the Wii.

[shadyiswin]

im not surprised on this site everyone is saying sony won,define win.
Sony focused on move support and 3D gaming both of which i could care less about. The psp vita was nice and priced nicely but my cell phone has replaced portable gaming devices (evo3D). The best part of sony's conference was the 3D tv bundle. Microsoft was microsoft,played it nice and safe,new halo's will always be welcomed and kinect intergeneration is cool,you know cause kinect actually sold,sony is treating the move like it was success,it wasn't. Nintendo has definitely generated the most buzz but they also had nothing to offer this year so overall it was a lazy e3 but i was happy with MS and nintendo's showing.

[I_am_Batman]

I wouldn't say that anyone won. The question is who lost it cause all 3 press conferences were pretty weak. Microsoft was horrible. Nintendo was a little better. I had really high expectations to the new console but for now it disappointed me. We'll have to wait for more details. Sonys Press Conference was ok but nothing special. The only announcement relevant for me was Sly 4. Dust looks pretty avarage. And the rest was already announced to ps3.

[kewlkat007]

This year's E3 was just very UNBALANCED. All the console makers have different goals already set and catered to them.

NINTENDO, the only one with news of a Brand new console(All by themselves) which is not fare to comparisons to the others.

Ms concentrated on kinect and Sony's Vita but really nothing you didn't already know about from them.

Seems to me, all 3 console makers are at different stages at this point in the life of their current console. They did not all come together to showcase new HARDWARE. It's not the end but we are beginning to see the end of this console gen and that's the kind of E3 this was.

The best E3's are huge Announcements and Secret games/products. I'll give it to Nintendo this year. The same as when Sony/MS announce new hardware they will steal it. Welcome to HD graphics Nintendo. About time.

[gk07]

wii u , i made it : )

[silvacrest]

E3 as a whole was underwhelming but i would still give it to sony, the PSV at £250 was enough in my opinion

[Kon]

Nobody. This isn't a competition.

[turgore]

IMO EA did. What they showed waws impressive.
The best parts of this E3 were:
1. NGP
2. Far Cry 3
3. Battlefield 3
4. Bethesda with Skyrim
5. Halo 4 and Halo remake

And the worst
1. New Brother in arms game- totally ruined franchise
2. Kinect games including Ryse, Fable the Journey
3. Wii U lacking many details for specs
4. Please continue this list.

[Nickster800]

5. Disney land adventures
6. Sesame Street Game
7. Lack of Surprises in the Sony Conference
8. Not enough focus on PS3
9. Please continue this list

[ILikeTurtles]

Lol picture of master cheif? M$ sucked even more this year than last year xD (sorry 360 ONLY gamers...)
Nintendo had the best conference HANDS DOWN!

[mendicant]

I say Microsoft by a large margin. Sony second and Nintendo bringing up the rear. Out of the "the big three" that is.

[chisox100]

It was a really weak E3 overall but Sony did the best.

[xtremegamerage]

SONY
NINTY
MS

[Beastradamus]

I would say this year was a tie between Sony and Nintendo. Sony had a great lineup and great new hardware (PSVita) and Nintendo showed off some promising stuff, but still didn't have much more than a few tech demos. The promise of the system alone brings them to the tie, but they had better start showing off some actually games and fast.

[Jack-Dangerously]

Honestly, imo, It was a three-way tie for last place sadly. :/

[MaximusPrime]

just watched a re run of sony e3 conference. i missed the live show because it was very late here in UK.

i was impressed with their performance. just the same as last year and year before but better.
now sony got me convinced that PSV is a special handheld console. uncharted, wipeout, hustle king and LBP. wow.

i havent followed other conferences but from what i heard thru tweets, Nintendo has the worst showing. MS wasnt too bad. a little better than 2 years ago.

my verdict
1) sony
2) microsoft
3) nintendo

[Arkhamz]

God this site is full of fanboys(sony mostly) and other retards. I can't believe someone actually said "Vita>Wiiu".

[Nickster800]

If you don't like the site get off it.

[nihonlight]

I'd have to go Sony on this one.
Great new TV, handheld,( that looked like a ps3!)
Great game demos, and a humble apologies.

Microsoft showed some 3 party, alot of kinect for 8 year olds
and a hail Mary halo clip.

Nintendo well, was typical Nintendo.

[topgeareasy]

the gamers

[Adrela]

Gamers are too needy. Microsoft just gets nagged on about how Kinect isn't for hardcore gamers, so they show hardcore games and they get more nagging. Sony had a GREAT E3, but I think a lot of gamers are just saying that because Microsoft focused mainly on Kinect. A company wants people to be interested in their product and meet their demands for once, sue them...

[Rageanitus]

What bugged me about MS was
1) Kinect Focus
2) They advertised the multiplatform games like it were their own.

At least Sony showed alot of exclusive content and the multiplatform content they just hinted that it has more DLC

[Ve3tro]

The gamers won.

[yamzilla]

lol.....without a doubt....nintendo,.....they are the only ones who stepped up.......please...ps3 and 360...you have got NOTHING LEFT

720p is GARBAGE

the xbox720 will be out 2012 holiday with halo4 and tomb raider as launch titles in true 1080p.....that is all that maaters....and the wii u will be 1080p......

sony better do something......they are gonna be left with only a handheld if they do not launch in 2012 also....or else get dustede by inferior machines a year early......hear that sony....launch your new console in 2012 or else hyave all the same fiirst 3 year problems you had with the ps3

[XxTooFaKexX]

Overall i feel this year's E3 was a bit lacking in the surprise department, but I think Sony took it this year. The Vita being priced at 250 was one of those moments where I was like "Hell Yeah". Now, I'm waiting on TGS hoping for some big announcements.

[Jamaicangmr]

Sony not their best showing but still the best of the big 3.

Nintendo really messed up announcing a new console hardware.

Microsoft lol! Lets not kick a guy when he's down.

[gk07]

man yall need to stop smoking that crack microsoft was really last with all that kids sh : ) i never owbed a xbox and it looks like i never will pathetic: )sony u and niny did good : )

[ghostgaming]

I have to say E3 was not great this year for any of the major companies.

MS - nothing new - no new IP's - figured that. Kinect games, some looked ok, some looked bad - lag was noticed on many. - Overall - C

Sony - game lineup was great, didnt get the wow factor that Sony usually has - maybe I just expect more - Overall B

Nintendo - horrible start with Zelda and the translator and orchestra. Nothing about the Wii in terms of games. WiiU kind of a let down. Yes, the controller looks amazing in what it can do, but they didnt show the system itself, discuss a firm release date, or give exact specs. The bird demo and few games shown were not nothing we have not seen already from the Xbox and PS3 = Overall C+

[Jacobite]

I found nothing to get excited about on any of the platforms this E3, oh' well next year then lol