Sony’s E3 conference was underwhelming, but Microsoft had a stellar showing

From the article: "We all expected to see Sony come out guns blazing at this year’s E3 showing us games, games and more games. It seemed that way though when it first started when we saw in-depth gameplay footage of FarCry 4, The Order: 1886 and Bloodborne (codenamed Project Beast). But, what followed was surely a yawnfest when Sony had its executives come on stage to talk about tech, PS Vita, PS Now, PS TV and more tech."

[Kingthrash360]

Click bait article. I understand people have their opinions ...but neither were underwhelming. IMO Sony's show was better.
Why Sony's show was better? Because ms showed most of its conference before e3 which Eliminated any surprises. We knew of uc4 but didn't know how it looked...we though project beast was a DS sequal but turns out it was a new IP. LBP3 was a total surprise and we got to see tlou remake first time in gameplay. R&c for ps4 was a surprise and so was free TV shows...smh ms has surprises too like crack down and a couple indies...but it didn't wow me because I knew and seen most of what ms brought to the table.

[miyamoto]

Uncharted 4 blew everything away! As always Naughty dog ends the PlayStation show with a big in your face bang!

[Nitrowolf2]

i find it funny that peopel always complain about their shwo every year. They are the only ones with a two hour show, the first 30 min was packed with games, as was the last 30 minutes. It's like people want a constant two hours of nothing but announcements after game announcements.

[PSN-JeRzYzFyNeSt]

Sony > MS

MS had way less games and it was all of the same besides like 2-3 games what trash article..

[nicksetzer1]

I'd say it is not really click bait, has truth in it, and some opinion. So, for AAA games we have:
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xbox - sunset overdrive, fable legends, quantum break, forza horizon 2, phantom dust, platinum games game, crackdown, halo collection, halo 5 and KI season 2. Along with a good line up of indies.
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ps - blood bourne, uncharted 4, tlou remastered, driveclub, the order, little big planet 3. Along with a good line up of indies.
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MS has a fighter, fps, open world super power game, unique gameplay mechanic (phantom dust), JRPG (I assume), racer, adventure game, and a story driven game (quantum)all exclusive from renowned studios. I prefer MS' showcase, some may not, but it is hard to argue that MS did not have the better show with such variety and quality studios.
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Quite honestly nintendo's potential is most exciting, SSB, Zelda, metroid, etc. Hope they deliver.
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EDIT: Also, all of Andrew House's cheap shots at MS are getting old. He needs to grow up.

[NatureOfLogic_]

Ok, so MS announces half of their E3 early(with the excuse of making room for more E3 games), goes to E3 and show the same games with one or two new announcements and a lot of multiplats that'll be inferior on Xbox One. What am I missing? How is that winning?

[georgeenoob]

What Sony needs to do is make their conference an hour and a half like MS and leave out all the TV and F2P stuff outside of E3. They shouldn't have to torture the audience every year (last year they did much the same) with such boring announcements.

If MS saved Halo 5 guardians, Forza Horizon, the $499 SKU, Quantum Break trailer, and Halo remakes for E3 it would be safe to say MS would've killed E3 without question. I don't know why they didn't.

[AceBlazer13]

@nicksetzer thanks for your uninformed statement, did you really just list KI as a AAA game dude? Not so much a problem with you listing it but choosing to leave out stuff like Planet Side 2 and Deep Down (why no appearances Sony) from the PlayStation list.

Then you also ommited Guilty Gear Xrd and Samurai Warriors 4

Always irks me when Xbox fans list KI yet choose to exclude some of the indies and ftp games on PlayStation considering a lot of them are bigger than KI, especially DCUO which actually launched as a retail game originally.

[Dee_91]

I wish I could make an article for my opinion on e3 and post it on N4G. Oh what fun it must be to be a game blogger.

I don't really care about the conferences the games however I am more interested in.
No man's sky was my fav overall, then probably LBP3, that one really shocked me.Witcher, Nurburgring for Forza 5 and tomb raider was all nice.I was stoked to see uncharted, but underwhelmed, I was really hoping for more than that.Oh yea, and pretty much every game Ubisoft showed was awesome..
/My article for N4G

[Skips]

@nicksetzer1

lol! I like how you included an XBL f2p game (Killer Instinct, which is ALREADY OUT) as AAA, and yet somehow you manage to leave out loads of other PS4 exclusives. And not to mention "Season 2" is pretty much just DLC like Infamous: First Light.

MS:
AAA - Halo 5, Sunset Overdrive, Fable Legends, Quantum Break, Forza Horizon 2, Phantom Dust, Scalebound, Crackdown 3, Halo Collection

F2P/XBL - Project Spark, Powerstar Golf, Happy Wars, D4, Cobalt, Habitat

Sony:
AAA - Bloodborne, The Last Of Us, Lilly Bergamo, Uncharted 4, Ratchet & Clank Remastered, The Order 1886, LittleBigPlanet 3, Let It Die, DriveClub, Guilty Gear Xrd, Natural Doctrine, Samurai Warriors 4

F2P/PSN - Planetside 2, Everquest Next, Guns Up, H-Hour, Primal Carnage Genesis, Race The Sun, Soma, Rime, Shadow Of The Beast, Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture, Entwined, Drifter, Without Memory, Deep Down, N++

Sorry kiddo, but we all know which platform has the more interesting lineup of games overall... Not just AAA.

[SilentNegotiator]

@nicksetzer1

Ahh, so I see you're spamming your troll list around that includes DLC on Xbox but not PS4, clumps absolutely every game not by Sony together as "indie", and arbitrarily excludes games like the Ratchet remake (while including Quantum Break, which received the same amount of zero screen time at their conferences).

You fanboys always prove how confident in Xbone you are with stunts like that.

[Jeff257]

I'd like to know why do people always want to include KI Season 2 in these lists but then gloss over the fact that inFamous: First Light is a PS4 exclusive that is coming out in August? It isn't a DLC for Second Son but is a stand alone title that people can play without having ever played or bought Second Son.

Also @ArgumentumAdPopulum I agree. Sony has done the same with announcing stuff before E3 only to show gameplay at E3 and been blasted for it. But now that Microsoft did it they get a pass and people are trying to say they got a "huge win" because of it. BS I say. Microsoft had a good showing but after the disaster they had last year they needed it. Sony's showing was also good but they really should have had some proper footage to show for Powers. Without having that spending that much time on the show was a bit of a waste.

[Cupid_Viper_3]

Beyond click bait. I was at the theaters watching it with like 100+ people, and the majority of the people in there responded positively to the show.

I can't believe how excited and loud people got when they showed LPB3, That old school remastered game, which I know nothing about, the Project Beast, and Uncharted 4.

Especially when they showed uncharted 4, you can hear people gasping and sh1t, it was that kind of disbelief going on in there.

Microsoft needed to Wow people in order to move consoles off the shelves. In my opinion, they fell short of that. Sony didn't needed a good showing, and they exceeded that. PS4 are flying off shelves, and I don't see anything from E3 that's going to change that.

Once again, people will vote with their wallets, on who they think has the most to offer. June's numbers should give you an idea of who's winning that vote.

[4Sh0w]

It's all opinion, as a X1 owner I was looking forward to micro's E3 a lot and I thought they delivered mostly, hell take away COD(which I like) and throw in another surprise and it would of been perfect= most of the multi's looked sweet on BOTH platforms, then there were a few very good looking indies on the X1 that I might pick up but I definitely thought micro did well with the pace and showing these games:

SUNSET OVERDRIVE gameplay looked super cool, fun and colorful, every new gameplay vid Insomniac shows for this game just looks cooler and cooler. I don't know what game looks like more fun than SO right now.

FORZA HORIZON 2 looks awesome and theres a bunch of new info and gameplay footage available.

FABLE LEGENDS gameplay was welcomed it actually made Fable look fun again.

PROJECT SPARK once again shows that creative game that never ends.

HALO 5 GUARDIANS CG trailer was badass, its going to be insane when the first next gen Halo hits X1.

CRACKDOWN confirmation was exactly what fans wanted.

PHANTOM DUST and SCALEBOUND were pleasant surprises for me.

*HALO MASTER CHIEF COLLECTION is without a doubt awesome, iconic franchise, 4 games, over 100 maps, all content unlocked, upgraded graphics 1080p 60fps, flip back and forth to classic graphics, dedicated servers, seamless UI to merge all 4 games, Ridley Scott's Halo Nightfall content and finally Halo5 beta coming ALL on X1, ALL for $60.
http://www.engadget.com/201...
-Love the new stuff but that's just an insane value and if you're a Halo fan its pure gaming gold. Great E3 for me!

[Skips]

@georgeenoob

Response to your personal message that was sent to me. Unfortunately you blocked me before I could reply. (In which I returned the favor).

"Yet you don't include ID@Xbox which is 25+ added titles to indies. Lilly, Guilty Gear, Natural Doctrine, Samurai Warriors are games are NOT AAA and are small games no one heard of."

Then how about you name those 25+ indies for me bud?

And btw, are you slow or do you not know the difference in popularity between different territories? These are Japanese centric games which are DEFINITELY "known" in Japan, but not so much in the US. How can you say a game isn't AAA just because it's not popular in the specific region you live in?

You say they aren't AAA and yet, in the same breathe consider Killer Instinct (which is just a mediocre 2D XBL downloadable) as AAA? Hell while we're at it. How about we not consider Phantom Dust JUST because it's an old IP nobody bought or ever heard of on the OG Xbox and probably won't either on the One?

[dedicatedtogamers]

The only people who thought Microsoft's showing was "stellar" are people who already own or already want the Xbox One. Seriously, what did they show off?

CGI trailers (no real gameplay) for the only three newly announced exclusive? (Scalebound, Crackdown, and Phantom Dust)

Multiplatform footage that will look better on the competition?

Games like Forza Horizon 2 and Halo Anniversary that we already knew was coming?

[UnHoly_One]

Well Said, 4show.

Honestly, I think the Master Chief Collection "won" E3 all by itself.

Matchmaking across 4 of the best multiplayer games ever on 100 maps?? Sony's never had anything that good.

I'm not even a huge Halo fan and that announcement dominates everything.

The best thing Sony showed was Dead Island 2. Which I will happily play on my Xb1. I'll give up exclusive content to play with a decent controller.

I really thought Sony had the worst conference I've seen since the All-Kinect x360 years.

[BallsEye]

I find it funny how 1 in-engine cut-scene (in-engine is not in-game let's not forget) makes the show for people on n4g. When MS had less games more features-tv talk it was bad. Now when MS shows pure 90 minutes of games it's bad. When Sony talks tv, apps, vita and hardly any games it's great. Really guys? Just admit you only own a ps4 thus the verdict. MS conference showed me I'll have TONS of games to play STILL THIS YEAR.

[mcarsehat]

comments like this prove that discussing thing on N4G'S comment section is useless.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

@King you need to distinguish what it click bait and what's not I read the article and trust me its not click bait.

Sony did great but I agree with this.

"All in all, it’s not to say that Sony’s E3 conference was a fail since they had a good many highlights too including the YouTube announcement and the Uncharted 4 trailer. But, when you weigh both sides of the camp, it’s no doubt that Microsoft’s press conference was more game focused and they didn’t deviate from that path."

Plus 2 more unannounced games are coming from MS tomorrow.

I'm not tryin to sway you from your opinion but understand what MS has is pretty amazing as well. If Sony won to you then Sony won. But if Sony didn't win to somebody else then they didn't win to them no need to get super defensive.

3 years ago everyone and the media agreed that Sony took E3's but this time around ppl are startin to talk a little more.

MS announcements got leaked as early as Feb. Its not MS fault but the weight of the announcements are still there as well as the hype.

[Godmars290]

"Plus 2 more unannounced games are coming from MS tomorrow."

How are you count something that going to happen tomorrow towards *THIS* conference?

And I'll given MS the "Win" on this one over Sony, but the truth is this conference is both no different than last years and makes the same mistake as last year.

MS's conference was literally no different then which was also game centric, but it doesn't have ignored DRM stank hanging on it. Likewise there is no real notion about MS plans to long term, other than damage control. Just say whatever it is they have to move consoles, then possibly go back to what they were doing wrong once they've hooked enough people.

[ziggurcat]

@angelicicediamond:

"Sony’s E3 conference was underwhelming, but Microsoft had a stellar showing"

if you can't see how the title alone is click bait... well...

[AngelicIceDiamond]

@Mars "Just say whatever it is they have to move consoles, then possibly go back to what they were doing wrong once they've hooked enough people."

At the end of the day that's what your gonna run back to clearly. MS can have 2 more great E3's and that will always be your excuse.

Just say you'll never buy the console, simple. No need for the excuses using DRM has as usual last minute crutch in your argument when you can't find anything to complain about its tired and boring now.

[Godmars290]

*sigh*

Right now my feelings for the PS4 are just about the same as the X1. While the PS4 likely will be my 8th gen console choice, I'll probably buy a WiiU beforehand because of "X" and the DL library.

At this point I think both the Xbox and PS camps are nothing but fanatical graphic whores who have lost all meaningful perspectives on games. PC as well just buy and play them out of habit while lording the differences of "their" games over the other camps.

[Kavorklestein]

You totally fed Mars his foot.
Notice how he/she sighs and then "reveals" some B.S. about how he/she "Doesn't care anyway" just because he walked into his own blatant fanboy trap? HE/she Even went as far as saying he/she doesn't own a next gen console.

So then what is your issue, Mars? If people are graphics whores, and it "bugs" you that people "lord over differences" and people have lost "all meaningful perspective" then why are you clinging to labels like damage control, and if you don't think BOTH companies will say whatever they gotta say to move consoles, then hopefully someday you figure this simple shit out.... And it is simple... Quit hating just to hate, form your OWN opinions, and don't hide behind flaws that don't exist anymore. They got rid of DRM, they got rid of kinect (which some were calling an NSA surveillance device for Pete's sake) and lowered the price, and THEY had youtube before PS4, and Sony spent a good chunk of time blabbing about youtube app... in their conference, which is fine, all consoles have pro's and con's and usually imitate the competition, (especially when it's a no brainer app that cell phones have lol)
If anything YOU are damage controlling your own flawed perspective on what makes a game console "FUN" or worth 400 bucks.

And this goes for all the rest of the flip floppers around here....
If MS can charge 399.99 for the 360 which is FAR less capable or feature filled than the XB1, which now has a blu-ray drive and 360 never did... then why can't they charge that much for an XB1?

I mean, if you want a decent ipad with enough storage, you're looking damn near close to that territory in pricing, so given market inflation/economy problems (especially since 2008) why can't a FAR more superior/capable/valuable console than the 360 go for the same price?

I mean, at least MS didn't do what Sony did with the PS3, and charge 399.99 for the "get away from me, you suck!" version, and 599.99 for the version people actually wanted.

I'm not saying either is "bad" mind you...
I'm simply saying when it comes to gaming, be realistic, be patient, be optimistic, and remember that even with a deficit in sales compared to the PS4, the Xbox 1 isn't going anywhere.

Keep Calm and enjoy life. Enjoy gaming.
Whatever game, whatever system.

Stop trying to compare "Digital Cocks" online, because, as the PC gamers like to remind us, "Somebody always has a bigger cock then you."

It's not about biggest/best/fastest.
Just have fun and enjoy the ride!
It's about finding the right "Fit" for you.

*Double Entendre closing statements FTW

[vega275]

@ ziggurcat

Because Sony's presentation was underwhelming. The only game that saved it was uncharted 4 from being a total snurfest. All before Sony's presser everyone was complaining about CGI trailers and multiplats from ms. Yet sony did the same plus talk tv, tect, tv. Yet all ms showed was games games and more games.

Most of sony games was leaked also. Only one was a surprise was LBP3. Nothing sony had was of interest in my opinion and left me feeling like I dont need a ps4 until uncharted comes out. The order looked weak from that demo and demonblood is another souls game (which quite frankly is getting stale) we all already knew uncharted was going to be announced so there was no surprise there.

Sony lost this one like they did last year when ms brought games to E3.which is what everyone was complaining aboutfor ms to do and they did it without Kinect or any other fillers.

[styferion]

Right, because when a 1-hour show shows all game it's more game focused than 2-hour show with more than 1-hour used to show games.

[truefan1]

Kingthrash it's killing you to know sony laid an egg. Also you fail to take into account how big of an advantage it is to go last. MSFT showed way more and better games, not to mention 2014. No matter how you slice it Sunset Overdrive, Halo Collection, and Forza Horizon 2 >>> tlou remastered after 10 months, lbp3, and driveclub(didn't even have confidence to show it). Also those middle 40 minutes killed their show, statistics, tv, and movies are you kidding me. Sony underwhelmed the majority, only the most faithful won't admit that.

You should be happy MSFT didn't put all their eggs in one basket, because D4, Quantum Break, 3 Japanese exclusives, Gears, and Halo 5 gameplay was all withheld.

Not to mention sony took 3 cheapshots at MSFT, which is just getting pathetic, the camera, the free to play joke, and 1 more that slips my mind. Even the crowd seemed annoyed.

[Kingthrash360]

No actually I'm happy with them...its just funny how just because ms failed their reveal last year that y'all try to put Sony in ms's shoes. Not gunna happen. E3 is a electronic expo...not a gaming expo. Sony has features to show and had an extra 30 minutes to show it. They showed more games and more features overall and they won easily. Ms had to show all games because they lost last year with the fail at the reveal DRM and the overpriced price tag. Sony can show new features like youTube free PS+ TV shows and psnow. Because e3 is about more than games. A reveal of a gaming console is about games..let not mix the two.

[creatchee]

The free to play joke fell hilariously flat on its face when it was followed immediately by a screen that said "some features available for a fee".

[Ultraplayerxp]

Not really. It's common sense to assume that a f2p game gets its profits from in-game markets or services. Have you never played planetside, hearthstone or Dota 2? It seriously makes me laugh when people mention that the f2p failed because it had that line at the bottom.

[Ultraplayerxp]

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[ALLWRONG]

"E3 is a electronic expo...not a gaming expo"

(((Achievement Unlocked))) Irony

[ziggurcat]

@ truefan1:

the only one dying here is you since you've managed to make a point of downplaying sony's presentation every chance you can take in, what i can only assume, a futile attempt to ease the pain.

"Not to mention sony took 3 cheapshots at MSFT, which is just getting pathetic ... Even the crowd seemed annoyed."

oh, please link us to the direct feed of the camera pointed directly at the audience looking annoyed - the audience who was hooting/hollering/cheering way more than the audience during the MS presentation. you have a tendency to make egregiously false assumptions that only make you look like a blithering fool who doesn't think before he types.

[styferion]

because when driveclub isn't showed it's called not having confidence but when it's MS games it's called withhelding their bullets, logic at it's finest.

also, where are these games you said they make announcement pre E3 to make room for? all I see is mere 3 CGI trailer, while Sony literally shows in-game visuals for every games except Bloodborne.

it's also funny how you mention Sony's lucky MSFT didn't show all it's game when clearly Sony also did that with many of their first-party studios.

Also Sony had 2-hour show people, more than 1-hour of which used to show games and people count 1-hour MS show as more game focused..

conclusion:
Both shows are mediocre, what's with lame MS "announcing all these games pre-E3" to make room for 3 CGI trailer of which no in-game visuals shown whatsoever, and Sony keeps withholding their new first-party rosters and making me sleepy as f**k with the service thing.
But both have some good showing with MS's SO and Halo collection, Sony's UC and LBP, and the new exclusives from both shows.

What's stellar is the multiplats, The Witcher 3 gameplay, Farcry 4 gameplay, Rise of Tomb Raider, and so on.

[LeCreuset]

"Kingthrash it's killing you to know sony laid an egg... Sony underwhelmed the majority, only the most faithful won't admit that."

Truefan, show me one of your posts from right after last year's E3 in which you "admit" MS "laid an egg" and "underwhelmed the majority." Otherwise, I, along with rational people, will just have to conclude that this E3, like so many others, was underwhelming for any but you and the comparatively few MS "faithful," while the majority continues to pass on Xbox.

[creatchee]

@Ultraplayerxp

"It seriously makes me laugh when people mention that the f2p failed because it had that line at the bottom."

The guy said: "our free to play MEANS free to play." It was a joke or jab or barb or whatever at Microsoft. It failed because when somebody takes the time to enunciate and repeat something for emphasis, they are typically doing so because they are stating unequivocal fact. When he said that line, any person watching would assume that a free to play game shouldn't cost them anything for any reason. And not only wasn't that the case, but it was proven not to be the case almost immediately.

Bottom line - if you're going to be snarky at your competition, be sure you have a reason to be snarky in the first place.

[LeCreuset]

@creatchee

It really comes down to rudimentary language comprehension.

What the screen said:

"Some features available for a fee"

Your gripe:

"The guy said: 'our free to play MEANS free to play...' When he said that line, any person watching would assume that a free to play game shouldn't cost them anything for any reason."

Incorrect. Free-to-play means, reasonable people interpret it to mean, and gamers know it to mean, that the game is free to play, which it is. Can the game be played at no cost? Then it's free to play. This is really simple stuff. You are conflating "free to play" with "some features" being available for a fee, which is not only factually wrong, but a petty, desperate argument to make given that gamers know how free-to-play operates.

[incredibleMULK]

Bubbles up. Look at all the disagrees, what a bunch of butt hurt losers. I admit Ms stomped Sony yesterday, I'm still a Sony fan boy. I admit defeat. Its not like I screwed up the performance. So I ain't taking it personal.

Reasons to be concerned for Sony,

They keep pushing back drive club
Uncharted3 came out in 2011 and part 4 ain't coming out until 15. Usually sequels only take 2 years.
Indies.
Indies.
Firing everybody.
Closing zipper studios.
Closing Santa Monica studios.
Selling off major assets.
Indies...smh
Dlc
Now that they have plus revenue they ARE sitting on their asses just like the old Xbox crew were doing with the 360 milking their fan boys.

You better learn to like call of duty because that's about all you're getting while Sony is trying to get out of that financial pit they're stuck in

[creatchee]

@LeCreuset

I know what free to play means. You know what free to play means. Most gamers know what free to play means. That is not the point. The point is that there is a funny irony when somebody goes out of their way to take a shot at their competitor when they still want you to spend money on something that is "free to play".

Candy Crush is free to play, yet King makes around $850,000 in in-app purchases PER DAY. Does that sound free to you? Oh sure, it's all optional, but to get the experience of actually PLAYING, as opposed to either using a glorified demo or waiting for things as expensive as a life, you have to PAY.

Free to play, whether on Sony, Microsoft, PC, or mobile, is anything but.

[maniacmayhem]

Both were underwhelming.

MS won by a small margin because of the type of games they shown. Crackdown and Phantom Dust alone are two classics that everyone has been asking for a return.
Ori looked very heart warming and excellent. Inside to me is what really blew me away as I am a huge Limbo fan. The art direction and gameplay for that was haunting in a beautiful way. More info on Project Spark, plus the use of anyone using Conker was a nice bonus. Plus the reveal of Platinum's game which they are my favorite developer.

The only surprise out of Sony was LBP3 and Suda 51's game, everything else we already knew about. I mean literally everything else we knew about that Sony announced. No Man's Sky was a very pleasant surprise but it's a timed exclusive. The rest was all timed or exclusive DLC.

And that was another problem, both shows spent a tremendous amount of time on multiplat games as if they were exclusive to that platform.

[Godmars290]

At the very least, Phantom Dust is only a name of an underground and undersold title from the first Xbox. There's no clue as to what this version will play like or even if its of the same genre. Its even being done by a European rather than Japanese dev.

[zeuanimals]

No Man's Sky is a timed exclusive but so is Inside.

"Limbo developer Playdead has finally revealed its upcoming game, Inside, which will be an Xbox One timed-exclusive."

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

Grim Fandango and the original Ratchet and Clank are classics, they came as surprises, and they're both being remade. Crackdown was teased, like Bloodborne, but Bloodborne had a ton of things leaked that would've been a surprise to see.

We also didn't know about ABZU or Let it Die!

Both conferences are about even except Sony had more details about things like PSNow. They also touched on the Vita/Vita TV and PS3 a bit.

I agree that both should've had less 3rd party stuff (from EA and Ubi), but some 3rd party stuff can't be shown anywhere else, like Batman Arkham Knight, Evolve, etc. E3 should have a 3rd party conference for smaller publishers to have their games on instead of relying on Sony/MS. They can't show their games at EA or Ubi's conferences because that would confuse people into thinking those games were made by EA or Ubi.

[maniacmayhem]

@Godmars

The original director Yukio Futatsugi is working on the game. So I have no doubt it will retain the same type of feel the original had.

[Goro]

I didn't notice any graphical difference at all in TLOU Remastered.

[mkis007]

LMAO Don't admit that!!

[Vegamyster]

I personally felt the pacing was crap, all the Youtube, TV, Twitch, Comics stuff ect should have been done outside of E3.

[Retroman]

only thing surprised me about MS conference was Conker . rest same ol same ol from previous years open world shooters . LBP 3 was impressive along with R&C up coming 2015 title . by then i'll purchase ps4

[rainslacker]

well...you know some people are going to focus on that "30 minutes" in the middle and ignore all the stuff they showed otherwise. They dropped the ball on that part, but the amount of time spent on games was equal between the two conferences. But realistically, when you spend the first hour thinking, "They're crushing MS", that half hour doesn't take that away really.

Which one showed the best games in the best way is just a matter of opinion.

[lelo]

"Sony’s E3 conference was underwhelming, but Microsoft had a stellar showing"

I wouldn't say Sony's E3 was underwhelming, but I expected a better conference from them. Middle of the conference was a snooze fest. As for Microsoft's conference, it was a good one, better then I expected. Microsoft's E3 conferences normally aren't that good.

I would rate Microsoft's conference a 7/10 and Sony's a 6/10.

[ITPython]

Sony's show was amazing. Games, games, and more games. Mostly exclusive as well, unlike MS's show which unveiled mostly multiplat games that will inevitably perform and look better on the PS4. Lol, MS's show was more an advertisement for the PS4 than it was the XB1.

I hope everybody votes down the site the article is on, as it is clear they are devote MisterX followers.

[sinspirit]

Sony e3 2014:

AAA:
- InFamous
- LittleBIGPlanet
- Uncharted 4
- Bloodborne

Indie:
- No Man's Sky(so far is only for PS4, PC)
- Abzu
- Let It Die
- Hotline Miami 2
- and tons more.

Remakes/remasters:
- Grim Fandango
- Ratchet and Clank
- The Last of Us

Free-To-Play:
- Kingdom Under Fire II
- Planetside 2
- War Thunder
- and more.

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Microsoft e3 2014:

AAA:
- Forza
- Sunset Overdrive
- Crackdown
- Halo 5(Halo 4 and after are just milked spinoffs.)

Other:
- Fable Legends(multiplayer spinoff...)
- Project Spark
- KI:Season 2(just a rerelease..)

Indie:
- Inside
- Ori
- and a couple more.

Remakes/remasters:
- Halo
- Phantom Dust

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Sony showed more in-engine videos. Sony had more surprises. MS continues to keep milking Halo, Fable, and Forza every e3. Really needed to show Quantum Break, though I don't personally look forward to it, seems like a generic thriller and I'm not a fan of games that try and make up how quantum theory works, tends to either be a cheap thriller or give obvious plotholes.

Sony didn't talk about big titles like Deep Down and DriveClub, nor have they touched on anything in development from Guerilla Games, Sony Santa Monica, Polyphony Digital, Sony Bend, Quantic Dream, Liverpool, etcetera. They also likely have some more exclusive contracts with 3rd party developers like they do with FromSoftware, such as Level-5 and Lightbox Interactive for example.

[bosoxs505]

You act like Microsoft has no other developers.

[sinspirit]

@bosoxs505

Feel free to list any.

They don't have many proven AAA studios, and the ones they do have are already working on known games. Telling people that these unknown studios are working on big things would be complete assumptions at this point.

[IrishSt0ner]

InFamous is there for DLC, why not add the DR3 DLC into the X1 list then? Since when did Little Big Planet become AAA? Where's Scalebound? Where's Dance Central?

'A couple more indies'.. What like: Aztez, Knight Squad, Plague Inc. Evolved, White Night, Earthlock, Cuphead, Hyper Light Drifter, Lifeless Planet, Slash Dash, Fru, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Mighty No. 9, Grave, Woolfe, #IDARB, Hellraid, Below.

You make a category for OTHER for some Xbox exclusives, that's what we call BIASED. I often wonder do people even know they're doing it... Anyway my most anticipated games were all multiplats, and my current favourite games are multiplats, so logic tells me I'll need a PS4 (or great PC if I can afford one).

[sinspirit]

@IrishSt0ner

It is an InFAMOUS standalone game that also unlocks more content if you own InFAMOUS: Second Son. The scale of content and that it's a widely popular title that has worldwide releases makes it AAA.

LittleBIGPlanet has been AAA.. That's like saying Mario isn't AAA.

That is why I listed Fable Legends, Project Spark, and KI: Season 2 under other. They aren't giant games. Two are multiplayer based spinoffs of a franchise and one is a creation tool that can make simple games.

I guess you could put Scalebound on the list, but it has zero gameplay and as far as I know no reference for how it's going to be. It was just a CGI trailer.

I made a category for other, because they were exclusive, not indie, and also not AAA...

Yeah... I was reading articles without a complete list of the indie titles. So yes, it has more than a couple indie games. If I was reading complete lists then I would have listed a number for total indie games.

I didn't list a DLC section because 1. InFAMOUS: Last Light is a standalone title, it simply benefits from owning Second Son. 2. Because, I didn't want to start comparing multiplatform games. 3. Because, the list of games is about even. There isn't much DLC to list off so I would just list it all and it would unbalance the comparison.

[IrishSt0ner]

Oh okay didn't realise it was a whole new game, I thought it was similar to Far Cry Blood Dragon, which was only an add-on.

I find it strange calling LBP triple A (even though it's an awesome game) and calling Project Spark a small game which by any comparison is on much larger scale in scope and ability, not to mention cross-platform.

Indies was just an added thing don't really care for them personally.

I'm glad you didn't address dance central lol my god shouldn't even have added it... list felt a bit biased but yea I agree overall it's about even. I felt MS conference was all stuff we already knew, and PS went too heavy on indies, and both rely MAINLY on multiplats... which is sad for me as an X1 owner for obvious reasons.

[Pogmathoin]

They both showcased the games coming, with a Lil surprise here and there.... Gamers won..... Losers can fight over imaginary battle... No man's sky looked incredible..... On PS4 first, so that's where I buy it first,.

[medman]

Sony definitely showed more games I'm interested in buying, and that's where the argument begins and ends for me. They showed some great first parties (Uncharted, The Order, Bloodbourne!!!), some indies, some phenomenal third parties (Batman...wow..farcry...wow... GTAV!!), and managed to fit in tech with vita tv, some vita, psnow, morpheus, etc. etc. I loved it. It got a bit long winded in the middle, but I can forgive considering what they showed. It was fantastic. I also enjoyed Microsoft's showing, but the games I may be interested in for that console didn't show, particularly Quantum Break and Halo 5...and please don't tell me we saw Halo 5. Nevertheless, it was a good show by all.

[RobLoPR]

Free TV? You must have seen another E3 cause Sony didnt metion any price for PSNow or PlaystationTV.

[saint_seya]

The 99$ on psvita tv is not the price? What are you talking about?

[Thatguy-310]

Sony does this every year. They always have a portion of the conference that isn't gaming related. Nothing new. People act like this is a first which truly isn't. Crowd reaction would just go to show which one had a better showing and unveiling of games. Listen to the crowd when
LBP3/No man sky/Uncharted/Bloodborne/Grim Fadango remake were announced and show me a similar reaction from a Microsoft announcement.

[Sitdown]

Just going off top, but you don't think the Halo collection announcement had a similar response?

[Thatguy-310]

that's it though and that was already known.

[Ultraplayerxp]

Thank you! People still act so surprised when Sony does their 'Update' portion. It's a trade show people! Think MWC or CES. Sony balances showing games and giving a heads up to what's actually going on at PlayStation. It's called transparency.

[LeCreuset]

Disappointed Xbox loyalists are trying to retroactively hold Sony to the standard they and MS had to advertise for the Xbox conference.

MS' conference came with all of this hype about megatons after megatons and so little time to show them all. The MS camp hyped everyone into believing their E3 would be stellar because they NEEDED everyone to believe their E3 would be stellar, with few hooks to hang their hat on after Titan Fall failed to move units and the loss of the Xbox's identity.

So they said, out of necessity dictated by Xbox sales, that their E3 would be all about games. Technically, it was true, but not without a bit of deception. They delivered games—most of which consisted of previous E3 appearances, CGI, and third party. It was much like the essay a student inserts copious amounts of fluff into to stretch to the word/page limit. Now, disappointed loyalists are trying to hold Sony's longer conference to the hype MS fed them, but didn't deliver on.

[Majin-vegeta]

MS=CGI trailers

Sony=Gameplay

[Dudebro90]

Man I know! Those Uncharted and Bloodborne game play videos were epic...oh wait....

Better luck next time.

[Tony-A]

Yes. It is a well known fact that those two trailers were the only ones shown at the conference.

-_-

Most of the trailers shown at Sonys conference were gameplay. Far Cry 4 and Arkham Knight alone were two big gameplay reveals.

[snipermk0]

But Arkham knight and FarCry 4 are NOT sony exclusives. So your point?

[SuperBlunt]

what did we see that you could pass as gameplay besides sunset overdrive?

[TheFanboySlayer]

@Dudebro90
We already know what Project Beast is gonna look like because of the leaked GIFs and Uncharted was in-engine.....Better Luck Next time

[JackVagina]

MS had 6 CG trailers (crack down, scalebound, phantom dust, tomb raider, Pspark, Halo 5)

Sony had 2 (dead island, bloodborne)

Uncharted was in-engine running on a PS4

[ThanatosDMC]

Lol, since when was there ever a CGI trailer for Uncharted? The games are that good, I guess.

[Fireseed]

Hey at least they didn't try to pass the CGI off as game play...

[AGaryColemanClone]

OMG

Way to make a complete fool of yourself.

Killzone 2 reveal trailer side by side with direct feed PS3 realtime footage:

http://www.forumla.de/attac...

Nailed it.

The single most epic ownage in all of gaming. Love it.

[mkis007]

Owned by GARY COLEMAN

[sinspirit]

That was, and always has been, stated as a target render. Meaning, this is what they were aiming for the game to look like, and in many areas it seemingly improved upon it, especially the lighting.

[coolbeans]

@sinspirit

"That was, and always has been, stated as a target render."

Incorrect. After its showing, we were falsely informed by Jack Tretton at one point of that trailer actually being "real gameplay everybody's seeing out there" in an interview made with IGN.

http://www.vg247.com/2011/0...

[Sitdown]

Not sure if it was because I was at the Sony E3 experience.... But the Sony conference did a little more for me. Definitely reminded me of the many games that Sony can bring to the table, and how diverse their games are.

[majiebeast]

Bunch of CG trailers for 2016 games and multiplats that will run better on PS4 yeah sorry thats not stellar.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Ok but who has more AAA exclusive games announced?

[majiebeast]

Why AAA? The best games shown were indies from both sides for Sony no man's sky and for Microsoft Inside.

AAA both really didn't have a good show Ubisoft once again beat both.

[miyamoto]

The "AAA game necessarily means great" misinformation needs to really stop. That mind set of Microsoft almost killed console gaming and many small developers & publishers.

Good thing the Wii, mobile gaming, and indie games stepped in and became hugely popular to stop Microsoft's 'only the strong and wealthy survives'. That is a sinister aristocratic agenda of M$ money hatting developers & publishers left and right last generation. Killed off many middle sized game developers in the process.

Before M$ DRM agenda was thwarted last E3, the AAA agenda was thwarted first. Thank goodness.

Gaming has never been in a better position now that a second video game crash was prevented.

[maniacmayhem]

They won't RUN better on PS4, but they will look slightly better on PS4.

[torchic]

what's the difference?

[maniacmayhem]

Huge difference in wording, when you say "run" better that implies that the X1 will have problems handling the game as in bugs, glitches or freezes unique only to the X1 system. And that's just not true, both consoles has run multiplats the same and has experienced the same issues.

The only difference has been the resolution.

[AJ Hartley]

Well if it doesn't look as good then it can't handle it aswell, jackass !

[maniacmayhem]

@AJ

0_o

Ok i'll take the bait, what games can't the Xbox One handle?

Edit:
Again, I'll ask the same question...what games can't the Xbox One handle aswell?

Obviously you have at least one example of a game not running as well on the Xbox One compared to the Ps4 because the Xbox One couldn't handle it right?

[AJ Hartley]

No bait at all just if a game doesn't handle aswell it's not going to look as good visually everyone knows that stop trying to make it sound a different way.

[mkis007]

@maniac : Run better as in the more stable framerate.

[maniacmayhem]

Which game can Xbox One not handle because it doesn't look as good as it's PS4 counterpart??

No one can answer my question? All I see are disagrees and the little explanations I have gotten make little sense, especially when I asked for an example to prove it.

I pretty much thought so though.

[corvusmd]

Agreed, all Sony had to do was show that this whole "PS4 game drought" thing was a myth...yet while MS spent the first hour talking about games coming to X1 in 2014 (about half which are exclusive) Sony showed about 90-95% multiplats and even most of those (and all their good exclusives) won't come out until some time in 2015.

If I didn't already have a PS4, this E3 would have convinced me to wait at least another year until their heavy hitters start coming out.

[SuperBlunt]

-_- for the love of god....

[HeWhoWalks]

It's waste of time, at this point. Both this article and many posters like corvusmd are among folks that would have called it underwhelming regardless of what they showed.

The truth is, so many good games are coming from both Sony and MS, that you have to let the extreme fanatics go it, as arguing about "better libraries" takes precedent over actually enjoying the material.

I mean, you have to love the backwards thinking that MS showed "nothing but games", but Sony who also "showed nothing but games" underwhelmed. It's a double standard, but hey, that's the nature of elevated bias.

[rainslacker]

I agree. Both had good conferences. Neither was spectacular, but both showed lots of games. A lot of us on here can easily pick out certain members and know how they'd feel about the conferences before they even happened.

Sony's was dragged down with that talking part, but the games shown the first hour had me, and everyone else in the theater, pumped up with excitement. The last 30 minutes felt the same as the first hour.

With MS, Sunset Overdrive, Ori, and Inside looked like games I'd really get an X1 for. So looks like I'll get one this fall. Give me a chance to actually play Halo, since I've only ever played the first.:)

If I had to judge each I'd say it's a tie...but it really depends on what one is expecting, so awesomeness or disappointed could go either way depending on the person.

[xKugo]

What are you talking about, guy? What exclusives? The best game shown this E3, Inside, is not exclusive and I doubt Ori will stay exclusive either. They showed Forza Horizon 2, Sunset Overdrive and Halo Collection(all of which we already knew about) and this is great to you? Talk about 2014? Microsoft game line-up for 2014 is just as weak, if not weaker, than PlayStation's is. Neither of them have anything amazing coming in the way of exclusive games. I don't get this attitude that MS has so many exclusives coming when they so clearly DO NOT. Maybe this is an after-effect of being left for dead 4 years ago....

IDK

[n4rc]

How do you figure that?

Those games you listed are in fact releasing in 2014.. So I don't really get what you are trying to say

[zeuanimals]

PS4 game drought? What game drought? I got inFAMOUS SS in March, FFXIV in April, MLB The Show in May, nothing big in June though, but supposedly Planetside 2 is releasing next month, TLOU Remastered is releasing next month, Driveclub later this year, and LPB3 in November. That's 8 games for the year.

The Xbox One had Titanfall in March and it's first exclusive in the 6 months after Titanfall is gonna be Forza Horizon 2 in September, then Sunset Overdrive and then the Halo Collection. You can also count Plants vs. Zombies GW since it helped the drought earlier this year but it's a timed exclusive. In total, that's 4/5 games for the entire year. 8/9 if you want to count each individual Halo game.

Right now, there's currently a huge drought on the Xbox One. Nothing in in the 3 months and nothing in the next 3. There's indies though, but a lot of Xbox users seem to hate them even though some of them are amazing like Super Time Force, and Ori which is releasing later this year looks to be really interesting too.

Project Spark is supposed to be released in 2014, but they haven't given it a solid date.

[Bowzabub]

2 more days… just sayin'

[OpieWinston]

My friends and I were just waiting for Sonys conference to end.

Not to say that the Sony conference was bad, it just had an awful middle. I mean Jack Trettons replacement is going to be brutal to deal with for the next little while.

Phil Spencer didn't disappoint me, and he hopefully won't.

MGSV/Arkham Knight/No Mans Sky were the biggest parts of the conference.

Uncharted 4/Little Big Planet 3 gave my junk a little jiggle but not as much as it was jiggling when I saw Halo/Crackdown/Scalebound.

I'm hoping E3 has more to show. Gameplay/info wise.

[matrixman92]

that middle portion of Sonys conference was laughably bad. I thought I had teleported to a MS conference from 2 years ago. At least they finished strong. For me personally though, MS showed more stuff I care about. They were both good conferences overall though

[Giantbomb82]

I wanted to see more from Remedy and Quantum Break, and a Gears of War tease.

[younglj01]

This E3 was okay and we got an clue on what the future holds. People PS4/XB1 haven't even been out for an full year. I'm sure later this year and next E3 we will begin too see waves and waves of games from PS4/XB1. People are some impatience and complains about everything. If you are so better at gaming why is you trolling gaming sites instead on the E3 stage?

So many different titles were announced at E3 and people still no happy. What kind of logic is that? I'm sure the majority of them are between the ages of 12-17...

Edit:2015 seems like the greatest gaming year ever. Look at the possible GoTY contenders releasing in 2015 and people still not happy just an sad era in gaming developing...

[SuperBlunt]

(re-post) I genuinely believe sony did much better than the competition in the third party category because of the fact that instead of attaching the game to their brand they attached exclusive features to the game. Like come on you can frigging invite a friend to play far cry 4 without the game? Jesus h christ promote whoever the hell came up with that! Also the brutal amount of destiny content and couple in the fact ill be playing it thursday lol. And naughty dog = the five megaton beeps lol

[Rhythmattic]

IMO

Both MS and Sony had Strong Showings.

I was Excited, and sometimes bored by both.

Theres alot to look forward too, no matter what side of the fence you stand on or protect.

[towelie1288]

sony conference was boring but MK and uncharted were awesome!!! oh and batman epic shit!!!
but overall i thought microsoft nailed it with nothing but games
great E3 so far!

[zeuanimals]

Sony's was an hour longer than everyone else's. If you just took the games Sony showed, then it matches up to MS's. Sony needed time to talk about PSNow and the many things they're doing, but they showed the same number of exclusives as MS.

MS doesn't have anything like PSNow in the works to talk about (as far as we know), they don't have anything like the Vita and they didn't talk about the 360 at all while Sony touched on the Vita and PS3 a bit. Sony also showed a bunch of F2P and a ton of indies but people forget about them even though Hotline Miami is loved by almost everyone and Planetside 2 is one gonna be epic. Also, Loadout is pretty awesome too, but again, F2P so nobody seems to care...

Would've been better if Sony showed less TV stuff, but I'm not gonna fault them since I actually enjoy watching TV. I actually liked that MS is working on shows, I just don't like it being a giant focus like their reveal from last year, so this didn't bother me, but I understand if it bothers other people.

[lemoncake]

There were parts of sonys conference that really dragged and at one point I thought they had finished, but it continued. Glad I stayed awake until the end though. Microsofts was very fast paced and slick, I totally lost track of time watching it and before I knew it it was over.

[rainslacker]

I was in the theater watching it, and people started to moan every time it seemed like the guy was finished, and then started talking again. Seemed like he was about to show a game, and then started talking. Finally he came to an end, seemed like he was going to show a game, and started talking about exclusive media.

People were kind of pissed. Then when that seemed over, we all thought it would be games again, and they roll out that mafia looking guy to talk about a comic that no one outside the comic book followers has heard about. If that wasn't bad enough, that guy droned on the same way, and to top it all off, just showed a few pieces of uninspiring concept art.

What's sad is that Layden actually did talk about some things that should be exciting. PSNow, VitaTV, TV's with built in PSNow, but made it boring as all hell. Doesn't really instill excitement into the possible customers watching it. At least the VitaTV price is right.

Layden is a decent enough public speaker, but he needs to find that charisma that Jack had. He didn't strike me as a gamer type person, even though that is in his background. I think Sony needs to put him out there more so the gaming community can get to know him. It would help his overall appeal.

[finito82]

lol this sounds like a fanboy written article. personally i think both did good showings but the verdict is out and even unbias xbox users are saying sony won today by a few margins, not much.

just simply put they showed more games all around.

[MasterD919]

I'm sure the show next year will be significantly better. So many games were pushed back indefinitely to 2015. Plus, there were some huge games that were overdue for an announcement- and still weren't...Fallout 4 comes to mind of course.

[Elda]

Certainly not underwhelming but it definitely wasn't overwhelming..average at best.E3 2015 will be a much better showing of AAA exclusives hopefully finally showing gameplay of U4,TLG,KH3 & FF-XV.

[YodaCracker]

"Average at best" sounds pretty underwhelming to me.

[Elda]

Average means safe,underwhelming is below average,disappointing,look underwhelming up in the dictionary.

[baodeus]

phantom dust did it. That was all i waited for at this e3 and they announce it. Can't freaking believe I have been waiting 8 years for that one. Fu@# yeah, i was speechless. That game was way a head of it times as well as being addictive and ORIGINAL. Best announcement period.

overall, both were just alright (mostly multiplat)

ms e3 were a little overhype and got so many spoiler before e3 kinda ruin it a little. But Phil does seems to listen to Fan request (Phantom Dust, Crackdown). I think if we try harder, we might get Lost Odyssey 2, panza dragoon and other goodies (hopefully at TGS?)

Sony didn't fair better either, many seems to have been announced LAST YEAR e3 (almost like a repeat of last year e3 to be honest), lost some momentum (TV, apps, Stat, etc...) and wasn't much to look forward too, except that time exclusive no man sky and the one from Journey's developer seem interesting.

Seems like both aren't really ready for a new console yet.

The weird part, indies starting to look better everyday. I was far more interest in those indies games from MS and Sony than other AAA games.

[TomahawkX]

the vita tv, psn social features, powers tv show crap really ruined it for me. Damn suits with no presentation skills.... I was so hyped and jumping up and down during the Bloodborne trailer but it went downhill pretty quickly after that.

[SynestheticRoar]

Both were ok, it's just SONY was better.

[DiRtY]

Yeah MS won.

Phantom Dust
Crackdown 3
Scalebound
Halo Collection
Fable Legends
Sunset Overdrive
Forza Horizon 2
Dance Central: Spotlight
Quantum Break
Halo 5: Guardians

pretty impressive.

The first full year of the PS4 and they get 3 retail exclusives, one of them should have been a launch game, but was delayed. Not impressive.

[Silly gameAr]

I must have saw 2 completely different conferences then this dude from t4mag.com. Let's just say I'm glad I didn't get caught up in the hype.

[OiNioB]

The true colors of this site really come out after seeing peoples judgements of the Sony vs MS conferences.

MS, Games start to finish.

Sony shows not only TV but CGI trailers of games already predicted to be shown.

Yet people on here state that MS didn't do well because they had CGI and games were already leaked before the conference but somehow Sony gets a pass on the very same thing?!?

What a joke...

[ThanatosDMC]

Which CGI trailers?

[rainslacker]

So I guess the first hour of Sony's conference didn't happen? Nor the last 30 minutes?

Also, Which games were CGI, and which were game play? Seems I saw a lot of game play. Heck, they opened with game play in the Order. Seems LBP3 had game play shown. Batman certainly did. FarCry 3...game play. I could go on, but you will ignore it anyways.

[hobbitooo]

the funny part is sony announce xbox360 n ps3 can import their gtav online saves to ps4
n the optional ps camera haha

[PrinceOfAllSaiyans]

That Little Big Planet 3 tho ! That was s a big surprise when they popped up on stage. Bloodborne looks amazing. And Uncharted 4 what must I say ? Sony won it for me.

[XStation]

LOL! What about that Disney infinity?

[XStation]

LOL!

[AutoCad]

Exclusive content on the division alone is a winner,

[KakashiHotake]

I've been saying this for the longest, Sony is working on too many things at once. PS4, PS3, PS Vita, PS Now, PS TV, Project Morpheous. While Microsoft is able to totally focus on Xbox One. Some people may disagree with me but I think almost everything outside of PS4 and Morpheous is just a distraction. Sony needs to drop all this extra crap and focus more on making games for their next gen console.

[Swiggins]

If I'm honest with myself I think Sony beat out Microsoft as far as overall presentation went, though Sony loses a lot of points for having that god awful middle segment of the presentation. Seriously, I felt like I was watching a shareholder meeting.

Microsoft's exclusives look like they're going to be good, Sunset Overdrive looks like an amazing amount of fun and The Master Chief Collection is easily one of the best deals I can think of coming out recently (as far as content goes it's packed to the gills)

Sony just brought more to the table, plenty of games, some exclusive some not, and a nice update on certain features and extras coming our way. Bloodbourne and UC4 were more than enough to seal the deal, LBP3 was icing on the cake.

That said, of all the presentations I've seen this E3, Ubisoft stole the show for me miraculously, I've never been as excited for multiple games from one company.

The Division
Rainbow Six: Siege
AC: Unity
Farcry 4

The only other third party company with a strong standing (as far as my purchasing is concerned) is Activision with CoD:AW and Destiny.

It's gonna be a busy ****ing year ladies and gentlemen, my wallet is crying already.

[chaosx]

Both showed some great stuff, Did find it a bit confusing on what exactly was coming out in 2014 for the PS4 though. MS made it pretty clear from start to finish.

[urwifeminder]

Did not stick around for sony but I liked MS show could have cut down the COD a bit and that dragon game was terrible , but crackdown, sunset ,forza and master chief edition will be day one buys for me. RIP RIK MAYALL

[bigjohn221]

t4mag.com the people who made this post are retarded as hell. Sony fing owned this e3, just a fing shame microsoft couldnt show me something great to jump into next gen.

[Gore-Content]

Pffff GTFO! t4mag, what is that? Some attention whoring scums. *facepalm*

[Ghost_Nappa]

Psa: the platinum games game is called scalebound

[MasterCornholio]

The only conference that I found underwhelming was EAs. Sonys, Ubisoft and Microsoft's were good in my opinion.

[gigoran]

I have to thank the writer. Just looking at the title made me hate the xbone. I don't care if its good or not, but the troll piece of this writer is enough for me to hate it. You know, xbone fans, people like this are not doing you any favors. I'm sure I'm not te only one that hates the xbones because of troll fangirl writers like this.

[jay2]

New games. Exclusive beta, excusive dlc, careing about ps3 and vita. Vr, people need to.shut up ms didn care about 360 owners show off vr. Give bc abart frm the halo m c edtion etc. If anythung ubi one for me with unity. Rainbo. Their betas. But sony show won ove ms. Theyer not leaving last gen behibd

[bosoxs505]

like soney ise soo coool

[Nodoze]

Sony's pressed was a few parts brilliant, and a few parts excruciating.

The brilliant parts were those that reminded me why I game. The letters section, the game on the planet etc.

The excruciating part was the TV crap. If ps tv is the cause of the delay of the multimedia functionality on PS4, someone clearly is not thinking straight.

IMHO it suffered from TMS (TOO MANY SUITS). That one guy looked like a car salesman.

[bosoxs505]

Microsoft had the better conference. MS and Sony are tied in the game department. Sunset Overdrive and U4 look really good.

[Hold_It]

I love getting on this site and seeing all the butthurt MS Fanboys, it is quite hilarious. Seriously, the one thing I will applaud you Xbots for is that Phil Spencer isn't an asshat like Don Matrick and the rest of the Xbot team. So tired of people tarnishing the PS Conference as if it was Wonderbook all over again. What you all do not seem to understand is that E3 isn't just games, it's called Electronic Entertainment Expo, so anything pertaining to that is what E3 is about.

It's not like Sony pulled a Reggie-Fills-Aime and said it's all about the games and showed nothing at all. I watched Microsoft's Press Conference so I wouldn't be a blind fan boy or be called one and honestly it was disappointing.

Phantom Dust didn't do well, so that is gambling a little too hard, Killer Instinct is a terrible fighting game aimed at casuals who want a street fighter game that plays like Marvel and don't want to learn a fighting game, which is why only Microsoft gave them money to be revived. All I saw was two new IP's which one of them looks like a terrible shot at Infamous with Zombies and the other looks like a kiddie version of DrakenGard. The rest was this game is multiplatform but we are getting timed DLC before PS does, and just another milking of the Halo Franchise.

Meanwhile at Sony's E3, we got a game that was released 20 minutes after it was unveiled, an exclusive which really showcases what the PS4 is capable of, support for the Playstation Vita, a grocery list full of indies, an exclusive trailer for MK X, a Suda 51 exclusive, and handful of more PS4 exclusive (Not-Timed) games.

The problem with Microsoft is they are trying to go the Nintendo route and rehash the same game over and over again till people get sick of it, and plays it too safe.

Where as Sony takes risks and gets New IP's and developers and doesn't try to tell their customers/audience to go f**k themselves like the Xbox fans have forgotten about. That's why they have 180'd their policies and made parity clauses, because if Microsoft was really ready for the next-gen (this generation) they wouldn't of made such a rule and people would really see the Xbox One for what it is, a cable box that can play games, just not at 1080p.

[The_Truth_24_7]

Both were underwhelming but Sony's was DEFINITELY better. Ninty = dead.

[RosweeSon]

Nintendo haven't even shown anything yet, wonders never cease to amaze on here.

[RosweeSon]

So sony's show was 2 hours of barely any filler, maybe half hour or so in the middle but I guess that's the half hour of the show Microsoft missed out on, I'm sorry each to their own and while one or 2 of them xbox games looks great for a day or 2 I know where I'm gonna be playing for the next couple of years ps4 all the way with a bit of wii u mario kart on the side ;) sony's show was awesome hate it all you want if all you want is blatant rip offs clones and remakes xbox are your people, were going next gen not backwards, can barely run games at 1080p oh but halo will be, not that it's a port of a game from 2 generations ago, wow!

[supercpu]

Yet again ms bring the games . Keep up the good work.

[MSBAUSTX]

Microsoft and Sony both sucked! Who is waiting for the ouya to become awesome? . . . . no one? yeah me neither. especially when the major 3 have all the indie games you want coming to their platforms.

[Gamer666]

I went though both conferences and it seemed to me that both companies had approximately the same number of announcements and of similar quality.

Sony did spend more time on stats and TV related topics.

And when watching Sony's conference I felt like every game was about doom and darkness (Dark, apocalyptic type games), whereas XB felt like it had a wider variety of experiences (More colorful and wider variety of genres).

[JMyers]

I won't say Stellar...both had a good showing, with a lot of content. Sony maintained their position... did MS make up ground?

The winners here are the gamers... with genuine choice over a variety of content. Both did well.

[headblackman]

sony fans are so hypocritical and delusional. how in the world can you think that sony won this years e3 when everything that they showed was either cg or some form of weak indie. they didn't even show anything being played on stage with actual ps4 hardware.

last year sony was praised for showing a bunch of indies and touting polocies while showing very little games (but showing the same exact games that was shown at the reveal). microsoft shows off game after game after game and good portion of them are played on actual x1 hardware and they all looked amazing and all in sony fanboy's mandatory 1080p (only mandatory for x1). microsoft did the very same thing that sony was praised for last year (showed a bunch of multiplats). so why is it that sony fans wanna bash microsoft for going by the same exact formula that sony did last year???

stop being so hateful and give credit where it's due and learn to be fair with all things and not bias!

[D-riders]

Well where is all the ms news cause I haven't heard nothing about them since their show. A few mention ms of games but no press. Seriously right now besides for articles saying ms won. You don't see any ms news

[mediate-this]

Some one needs to explain how uncharted 4 stole the show? People are clamorong micro showed cgi but isnt that what uncharted 4 was, in game or not or they didnt show gameplay, i kniw uc4 will be awesome.

But a trailer is not a show stealer, just tells me they have not a playable ganeplay presentation.

So answer how uc4 stole the show, when everybody and there mother knew they were announcing it, i head people talk all micro gas is gears, halo and fable, but alot of new ips micro are releasing dont get mentioned, sony are releasing the same games too, sequeals and remasters, with new ips.

[Flames76]

Microsoft nailed it they know what gamers want and thats games.PS4 has no exclusives this holiday season the Xbox One has 3 huge exclsuives this holiday.PS4 has nothing but driveclub coming this summer and you can count last of us.It just shipped on the damn PS3 last year.Its already started today Xbox Ones are flying off of store shelves now and the Halo master chief collection is already number 1 at amazon.I see the Xbox 360 and PS3 all over again now.Thank you phil spencer for turning everything around with just 2 months of being head of xbox.Your doing a damn fine job

[XSpike]

I like them Xbox fans who are saying MS won because of say Halo in Crackdown, then go on to say "Haha Sony showed what? A CGI Vid of Uncharted lol" Little do they know they're praising the excellent work ND in Sony have done on PS4

In Crackdown was CGI lol, though if it manages to the the Cloud in have them destructible buildings I'd be very impress but I'm still skeptical on this Cloud actually working perfectly for everyone around the globe or even for most people.

[McScroggz]

It's hard not to roll my eyes at anybody that has this opinion. Microsoft didn't announce that many new games, especially that we weren't expecting. I mean, Phantom Dust may be great but I owned an original Xbox and I've never heard of that game.

That's not to say that Sony's press conference was markedly better. I think both were good. Here's how I look at these types of things.

Did the conference/announcements make people who were on the fence or not going to get an Xbox One change their minds? I don't think it did in any meaningful way. The fact that it was 100% games helps their image, but there weren't any big new games announced that made people suddenly interested.

With the PS4, I also don't think there was a game that significantly changes people's mind about whether or not to get the console. There are some games I'm super excited about like Abzu, Grim Fandango and other smaller titles, but I don't think any of these are going to sell a large majority of people on the console.

I feel like I must point out that Halo, Forza, and Uncharted are all really big games. They will sell people on their respective consoles. But we knew about these. People know Halo 5 is comming, they know another Forza is coming, just like they know another Uncharted is coming. People who are interested in those games have already purchased the console, or they plan on getting one in the future. So games like these that we already knew about, while its exciting to see and hear more, don't compel console purchases that haven't been made or were already planned, ya know?

[sonic989]

unless you love shooters ( i dont ) then no