IGN - Sony's E3 2012 PlayStation 3 Conference Review

IGN - Mercifully, Sony finished off the show with The Last of Us, a far better exit than Microsoft’s earlier reliance on Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

Sony showed flashes of brilliance as always, and its two stars could well figure in many folks' lists of top five games of the show.

The old company is weighed down by its own troubles, under-performers like Move and Vita and a crappy stock-price. This 2012 showing demonstrated its positives and negatives. Sony, ultimately, is all about shifting hardware. Note the crucial difference between its laudable plan to connect its own Vita with PS3 and Microsoft’s plan to connect any tablet or smartphone with Xbox 360.

We may soon forget this event as, next year, a new generation of hardware unfolds. But we’ll always have two games that promise much, standing out against the year’s host of meat-headed shooters.

[sinncross]

everything was fine except the the almost complete lack of new PSV software to show off.

I mean, they have Gamescom to continue rolling out console exclusives, but they really needed to strengthen the image of their handheld now.

[Abash]

I think having an all new CoD and Assassin's Creed that arent ports is going to be great for Vita sales this holiday

[Pixel_Enemy]

Even a trailer showing little to no gameplay of the COD vita would have been enough to wet the mouths of gamers and the media. A logo and mere mention of the game we already knew was coming but knew nothing else about just pissed us off and left us hanging.

[NewMonday]

its called Black Ops disclassified, so we know the campaign is standalone, but i hope the MP is cross-play with PS3 BO2

[MaxXAttaxX]

* GOW: Ascension gameplay
* The Last of Us gameplay
* Beyond: Two Souls reveal
* PS1 classics on Vita, along with unique COD and AC.
* Free full PS3 game downloads monthly for PS Plus!
* PlayStation Mobile for new Android devices.

[Commander_TK]

I think this was just as good as MS' conference. Both companies topped the dogshit that was E3 2011.

But I think Ubisoft have won E3 so far. Waiting for Nintendo.

[jeseth]

Loved how Sony brought the games again. I agree above how it would have been nice to see more for Vita, especially gameplay. But God of War and The Last of Us did not dissapoint!Beyond looks interesting, will be fun to follow this games development.

Couldn't believe how brutal The Last of Us was! And how gorgeous it looks!

I was surprised there were no price drops. Its been a while and PS3 needs to be $199.

[darthv72]

what I liked about e3:

MS - halo 4, gears spinoff, forza and the smart glass/ie9 announcement.

Sony - all star battle royale, last of us, god of war and the playstation mobile announcement.

Ubisoft - rayman legends and I just watched the watch dogs this morn on ign and was really blown away at what I saw.

Last of us had great gameplay footage but watch dogs is the one to watch.

[pixelsword]

Sony did okay; but with twenty games coming out, I wish they would have showed the games and not the non-game stuff that no one cares about. That book thing looked interesting for me to give to a kid, not for an adult. Save that stuff for another day when you have Games like Dust 514 that you need to put the word out on and games like The Last Guardian that needs a status update on, Sony.

Microsoft didn't do a bad job, they just didn't do a good job; they focused too much on services, which made me almost turn their conference. That Black-Ops footage was 100% animated, by the way. I'll be talking about that in my blog this week, Lord willing.

Nintendo won't be much better, if not worse; the Wii U is just an animated controller and I don't care for that much, although I did hear about the Wii zombie game so I'm excited about that.

I'm looking at the webpage ad on the left of this page with Bud Bundy talking.... Who the $*#* says "pwned" anymore?

[Kevin ButIer]

The last of us was enough for me, as a new IP it blew everything else even GOW A and Halo 4.

[Kevin McCallister]

Yup, Sony really dropped the ball, but I can't say I'm too surprised. When it came time for them to make or break the Vita and instill consumer/developer confidence in their Vita support, they failed. Getting ready to put mine back in the box until Persona launches...Very expensive paperweight.

[NastyLeftHook0]

"Yup, Sony really dropped the ball,"

through the net. the last of us was game point. sony won.

[--Onilink--]

@tentosuftube

he is talking about PSVita, what does the last of us has to do with anything?...

i dont really think its that hard to miss that sony basically ignored the Vita during the conference

[r21]

dude, you do know the ps vita has other games than persona, right?

[kingdavid]

Gravity Rush is my next one. Cant wait.

[ShinMaster]

They were supposed to convince gamers as to why we should get a Wii U soon instead of waiting a year or so for the next PlayStation or Xbox.

But they showed older multiplatform games and new games that can already be played on current PS3 and 360s.
They needed at least 1 or 2 big Nintendo exclusive announcements to make me want to buy a Wii U. The whole time I was like "where's the big reveal!?".

[scotchmouth]

Dale,

Its cheese not cheese pizza. At least get the saying right.

[Kevin McCallister]

@r21

Not many that I'm interested in that have a release date/timeframe, unfortunately.

Gravity Rush-6/12: Might get at some point.
MGS HD Collection-6/12: Own the PS2 collection.
Lego Batman-6/19: Nope
Sound Shapes: No thanks
Madden 13-8/28: Bought this 7 years ago.
Fifa 13-9/17: Not a soccer fan
Persona 4-Fall: Atlus Fanboy
LBP-??: Will buy
Silent Hill BOM-10/1: WTF is this Konami?
Assassin's Creed 3-10/30: Need to see more first
Call of Duty-Fall: Hate
PASBR: Need to see more, but I already have Super Smash Brothers

Moving on past my release date analysis, I think the current release list is pretty lackluster. None of those games are going to bring the Vita sales out of the dumpster either.

Let the hatred begin, my Uncle Frank is calling me.

[Christopher]

@Kevin: There was mention that there were 60 games to come for PS Vita before the end of the year. I'm not sure how many will be on disc or PSN ports. So, there could be more in the future.

[_Aarix_]

@scotchmouth
lol anywhere else and you'd be considered "off topic"
@--Onilink--
it doesn't You're talking to a die-hard sony ps3 fanboy who spreads his Cheer all across n4g, he doesn't care about the vita, ps3 issue. He's just a brat, simple as that.

[Pushagree]

No PS4. Very disappointing.

[RioKing]

For me....disappointing, but not surprising -_-

[Lucretia]

how the hell is that disappointing? games like last of us and Beyond 2 souls are still pushing the graphics and capabilities of the ps3, buuut you still want ps4 when ps3 isn't at its primse yet? i say give it a year or 2 till its even announced.

[SSKILLZ]

It's not ready yet according to a programmer for Sony Japan I was talking to at the Sony conference party, but trust me it's powerfull and gonna be easy to develop software for.

Probably a reveal at TGS :)

[Drabent]

Hell ppl didn't buy Ps3(like they should of):p

[cjflora]

And when it does launch will it be the following?

"PS4 reveal. Too expensive. Very disappointing."

[Pushagree]

This generation is running on reserves as it is. Consoles are maxed out, PC is blowing away the competition when it used to lag behind. The time for new consoles is NOW. Nintendo know this, MS and Sony are too stuck up thier own ass in this console war to see that it's been SIX YEARS since we saw the 7th generation. I want an update and more importantly, I want cross-game chat and in game music for ALL games.

[ShinMaster]

Have you seen God of War, Tomb Raider, Watch Dogs and the Last of Us?

Next gen can wait!

[princejb134]

@pushatee

Dude how can you say Nintendo knows this gen is over , when from what I've seen the graphics barely surpass this gen xb360 or ps3
Of what I seen the wii u just showing another gimmick with the LCD controllers just like what wii did with the wii remote

Console war between Sony and Microsoft? The console war was not created by neither Sony or Microsoft, it was created by fan boys like you
Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are in this for profit not for a console war

[lelo]

In all honesty, Sony's conference was even worse then Microsoft's. Severely lacking. I think Sony and Microsoft are pointing their guns to their next console, leaving PS3/X360 behind.

The middle of the conference was a snoozefest. Battle Royal crap (i don't get the appeal in this game). Hardly any PSV software (not a good sigh for the future of the console). God of War, Last of Us and Beyond: Two Souls look good, but too far away. Sony has no big exclusive for the rest of 2012.

[-Alpha]

What? It was much better than MS's. Last of Us really has me sold, just hope it presents a good difficulty. I was never really hyped for it as much as others until seeing that gameplay. Beyond also looks fantastic, those two alone make it better than whatever MS offered.

[nik666uk]

you're talking shite! best go brush your teeth

[EVILDEAD360]

I agree. Sony had a chance to destroy MS and honestly dropped the ball. All of the critiques MS took after their the last two E3s were on display with Sony last night.

Both had games that catered to their install base, I just feel like Sony's show overall was not better than MS this year.

It's a shamde because Last guardian would have parted the seas..

Evil

[Lucretia]

wtf? worse than MS's? all MS did was show 2 old IP's and make usher dance.

sony atleast showed off 3 of their new ip's. thats infinite times the amount MS has shown us in 3 years since MS hasn't had a new IP since the mediocre alan wake.

Sony's conference was fine, stop whining

[Eamon]

lol no. Regardless of how you found Sony's conference, NOTHING can be worse than Microsoft's.

[jeseth]

I think Sony's conference was better simply because they have tons of great games!

I liked MS's press conference but they are focusing so much on non-gaming features that I am wondering what audience they really care about. There are tons of options for entertainment in today's age and while I like that they are moving the 360 towards an entertainment hub like Sony has done with the PS3 ... I don't buy gaming consoles for movies, music, or internet. I have a game console to play games.

Like Halo 4 a lot, but after that I think Sony showed the reason we even care about E3 ... Video Games. Looking forward to see what Nintendo brings today.

[EVILDEAD360]

Lol @ pretending just because you have a new IP that proves your show was better. The move book game is a new IP and if Microsoft had spent the same amount if time on that fame that Sony did the entire outcry on N4G would have been that it was the worst E3 conference in history.

Again both had highlights and games to look forward to, but as for overall show, MS won IMO..

Evil

[Mystickay86]

@Evil - You sir are delusional. If only you didn't had that blatant "360" at the end of your name, I think I wouldn't term you a "360 fanboy".

I observed both conferences with no preferences in mind, and I saw Sony was better than MS. Ubisoft though dominated both.

Looking forward to Nintendo conference.

[ronin4life]

@mystikay
I can't really decide who was better content wise, but I know this:
Microsoft was better than I expected.(yes, I expected that little)
And Sony was worse than I expected.(although I wasn't expecting much.)

I think we all need to admit that Sony had a powerful setup and completely dropped the ball. Microsofts conference was better than last years, even though it wasn't great, and Sony's was worse.

Ubi topped them all so far though AND was a major factor at both ms and Sony's conf.

Ubi topped them all, though

[beerkeg]

Apart from Beyond and The Last of Us I wasn't impressed. It was pretty boring otherwise, GOW and Playstation Allstars were a bit of a yawn tbh.

And Wonderbook? My God, if MS had came out with that there would be memes for months based on it. Why it needed so much conference time I don't know.

Not a great E3 for Sony whichever way you spin it. It was slightly better than MS, but that's not something to jump for joy over.

[morganfell]

Sony brought games. Right off the bat it was games. It was about games. They didn't spend half an hour discussing programming, nor did they feel the need for celebrity endorsements or Grammy performances. It was about the games.

E3 floors open today in full and we'll be seeing more about a great many things, including Vita titles that were not in the presser.

It's also laughable to hear people discount Sony because Sony didn't announce a rumor into which a poster here placed far too much stock. Not that the person actually cared about the rumor being true, rather they are grasping any straw going over the cliff which they can throw at Sony.

The industry that has been so hard on Sony this generation on the whole acknowledges Sony fared far better yesterday than did Microsoft. However some people are so devoted they are going to say and believe anything.

Case and point:

http://n4g.com/news/924461/...

As publicly requested, words were marked.

[tuglu_pati]

@ DK286K

i've been saying the same, but i get flame every time.

[BIGBOSS08]

microsoft ended their conference with call of duty! nothings worse than that! lol

[EVILDEAD360]

@Evil - You sir are delusional. If only you didn't had that blatant "360" at the end of your name, I think I wouldn't term you a "360 fanboy".

So let me get this straight..I'm 'delusional' because I said that in MY opinion Micrsoft had a better conference than Sony?

GTFOH..I at least back up my opinions. Take off the fan goggles and back up yours. If not keep it moving.

@ DK

I've been saying the same thing. Sony did show a couple of cool games, but the actual games that meant something didn't have release dates. Naughty has been upfront from day one that the game might not make it this year. But then what does that actually leave for the holiday season?

Evil

[TotalHitman]

Lol, you can't be serious? Although, Sony didn't have the best conference they've ever had, it was surely better than Microsoft's. All we got from Microsoft was crappy Xbox apps, more Fable, more GOW, more Forza and more Halo. At least Sony made an effort with some new IP's.

This is coming from a neutral standpoint. I don't think anybody won E3 this year unless you include Ubisoft.

[ShinMaster]

They ALL dropped the ball somehow.

At least Sony had games.

[MrBeatdown]

I see DK and Evil have the Microsoft goggles on again.

Halo 4 - second E3 appearance
Fable: The Journey - second E3 appearance
Ryse - had it's second E3 appearance last year
Gears of War 3 - announced early 2010, released fall 2011
Fable 3 - announced August 2009, released October 2010
Halo Reach - announced at E3 2009, released in fall of 2010
Star Wars Kinect - announced at E3 2010, released a few months ago

That's the bulk of MS's major releases, and almost all of them had two E3 appearances.

Of course, you guys spin it to sound like Sony is the only one that does it. The only two games you mentioned were Beyond and Last of Us.

Funny that you ignore PS Allstars, Ascension, LBP Karting, all of which were announced in the past few months and releasing this year, but could have just as easily been announced at E3. Or two years ago when Socom, MotorStorm, Infamous 2, Killzone 3, and LittleBigPlanet 2 were all announced in the few months prior to E3. Or Uncharted 2 and 3, which were announced under a year before their release.

Yeah, Sony probably does show more games at E3 that are further off than Microsoft does. Probably due to the fact that Sony offers more games, period, and spreads their other announcements out throughout the year. Sony doesn't need to hold back all their announcements to pad their E3 showing.

[EVILDEAD360]

'I see DK and Evil have the Microsoft goggles on again.'

LMAO @ Beatkiddie that was sooo original after I used it as an earlier comment..is that all you got? See not only are you STILL wearing the Sony goggles, but now it's apparant you graduated to the entire helmet and visor. But remember..you came in here and started it

Let me school you on E3 appearances..

There is a difference between making an TRUE appearance on the E3 stage and merely showing a slide that shows the title of your game or a quck teaser that simply gets the announcement out there.

Halo 4 had a quick teaser last year with the announcement of Holiday 2012..guess when it going to be released. as advertised.

Fable: The Journey got a demo last year on the E3 stage and Micrsoft just simply showed the trailer and it will release this summer

Ryse was originally Codename: Kingdoms an announcement..then it got a teaser trailer announcing the new name..then it was announced that it would skip this gen entirely.

Gears made the stage twice because it got pushed back from it's original slot to the Halo September slot.

Etc Etc ETc..

BUT the TRUTH about EVERY one of those years..those games were NOT the big game Micrsoft was pushing for THAT particular year.

Micrsoft has almost perfectly executed it's huge releases and promotion of them at every single E3.

The only game that got killed was Alan Wake getting killed by Red Dead deciding to change it's date to match Alan.It ended up still doing a million plus.

This year it is a FACT, that Beyond, God of War, and Last of Us got some primo stage time at the show..All great games ..but NONE will be coming this year.

If you REALLY want to hype the fact that Super Smash Sony or the Little Big Karting game are coming instead then missed the point entirely.

See what is amazing is that those two games are casual games no matter how you slice it. But, NOW it's ok to say that it's oool to release casual games after non-stop hardcore hardcore hardcore is all that was heard from the rafters of the MS haters.

This post E3 is classic..

Evil

[MrBeatdown]

Classic EVILDEAD damage control.

Only you would need to make up rules about what qualifies as a "TRUE" E3 showing and treat it as if it's fact. Just mindblowing. Only you would find a way to knock Sony on the basis that when they show games, they actually SHOW THE GAME.

By the way, I love the "beatkiddie" thing. When it comes to wild spin and childish, immature name calling, you never fail to disappoint.

[EVILDEAD360]

@ Beatup

'Only you would need to make up rules about what qualifies as a "TRUE" E3 showing and treat it as if it's fact'

LMFAO @ your fan helmet screwed on so tight that you can't dispute ONE point I made as not being FACT so you resorts to calling it 'damage control'? LOL

Wheres the damage? You jumped in the convo tried to call names because you predictably were so b-hurt as usual at ANYONE daring to say ANYTHING that isn't negative spin like yourself.

But when someone direct that same negative right energy back at you and shows a counterargument you can't even come up with ONE point to back up your originl claims.

Same ol' Same...you keep jumping up to get Mr. Beatdown again and again.

Now that is Classic..

I gotta stop having too much fun poking holes into this lame console elitism from the usual suspects. Thank god REAL fans of consoles arent like this offline..

Evil

[MrBeatdown]

More childish names. Sad.

Are you even capable or carrying on an adult conversation without resorting to name calling even grade schoolers would find lame?

I don't need to dispute your little excuse arguments individually Evil. As I said, you made up your own little rules, and each one of them is irrelevant because only you want to play by those rules. Publishers don't. Gaming media don't. Gamers don't. Well, at least the logical ones.

When a game is revealed, it's because the publisher wants us to know about it. They want us to anticipate it and ask about it. If they want us to care, it counts.

But no. You act as if major announcements are non-existent, because they are revealed with a crappy teaser, or even worse, are revealed without a name attached. Like I said, only you would spin a substantial reveal as a negative. Because without those rules you've conveniently invented for yourself, you have to play by rules that the rest of the planet plays by, and you don't want that because you're desperate to find one more way to prop up Microsoft.

[EVILDEAD360]

'More childish names. Sad.

Are you even capable or carrying on an adult conversation without resorting to name calling even grade schoolers would find lame?'

So let's keep it 100% real..people with eyes can see

As usual I'm minding my business when Mr. Beatdown comes @ me with...

'I see DK and Evil have the Microsoft goggles on again'

Then when you responmd to his attack he comes with..

'Classic EVILDEAD damage control.'

But, if you simply tease his lameness he the cries wolf on N4G to try to iply he's sooo insulted..but ignores thst FACT that he always starts it.

'Are you even capable or carrying on an adult conversation without resorting to name calling'

LOL..look my original point stands, I could care less what this lamde thinks. He will go on and on and spin negative but when you respond he puts his thumb in his mouth and literally tries to claim you are doing exactlty what HE'S been doing from day one.

Nuff said point original point still stands

Evil

[MrBeatdown]

You're posting in a public forum Evil, and more importantly, in response to the comments of others. Or was it too difficult to comprehend the meaning behind the "REPLY" button you clicked when posting all six of your comments? Of course you spin it to make it sound as if you're "minding your own business". More BS from you designed to warp reality. If it was your own business and you weren't putting it out there for everyone to see and comment on, you wouldn't be posting it, let alone directing it at the people you replied to.

It's amazing what nonsense you come up with.

And don't get me wrong. I'm definitely not insulted by such zingers as "beatkiddie" and "fan girl" that you've thrown out there. I find it more amusing, and indicitive of what kind of person it is I'm talking to. Name calling speaks volumes about a person's maturity.

It's also quite ironic that here you are saying "your original point stands" yet you were the one telling me I couldn't dispute what you replied to me with, even though I did.

You've invented rules to play by, because the logical, reality-based approach the rest of the gaming world takes doesn't give you the opportunity to sing your praises for Microsoft.

It's also kind of funny that thus far, I've listed nine games that Sony will or have released in under a year from release, in addition to seven recent MS games that were announced over a year ahead of time. Both lists represent the majority of Sony and MS's releases in the past two years or so. In two ways, I presented factual evidence the proves both you and DK wrong and even portrays the opposite of what you and DK suggest.

The best you could do in response was make up excuses about what qualifies as being shown to prop up MS. Like I said, only you could twist and warp the showing of actual game footage and an abundance of details surrounding each game into a negative that counts again Sony, while treating the announcement of a game but being unable to provide any information, footage, or in some cases, even a name, as a positive.

Ironically, you accuse ME of spinning things into a negative, but all I pointed out was that both companies do it. Only you would percieve being on par with Sony as a negative.

Of course, I wouldn't ever expect you to budge from your ridiculous stance. You never do because you're out to either fool the people reading your comments, or fool yourself. I'm not sure which, but it's pretty depressing either way.

[tacosRcool]

I don't know what you are talking about. They have a great lineup for this year and next year.

[BlmThug]

I think both MS and Sony are signifying the end of this gen with not much being announced. Next E3 is pretty much confirmed atleast one Next gen console will be unveiled

[X-Alchemist]

Sony's was alright...it wasn't great or spectacular in any way.

Microsoft's completely sucked (Trey Parker and Matt were hilarious though)and Ubisoft's conference was actually above average.

Hopefully Nintendo can reveal a decent line up of games for Wiiu, it's down to their show today on whether or not ill purchase their console

[oricon]

It was disappointing was hoping they would reveal couple of new games besides just beyond, still was way better than Microsoft, the major low point of the show was they dragged on too much on the story book games.

[Lazy_Sunday]

They waited until the last minute on next generation hardware. That's mind-numbingly dumb. They're not going to get the up on 360 if they're going head to head next year. I knew they weren't going to announce anything spectacular and play it safe--the fact that they followed through on that shows me Sony doesn't care enough to keep it's brand afloat and take the first step.

Without the jump on Microsoft, you think people in the US are really going to take a risk like Sony over Microsoft especially after the network fiasco that happened last year? Not unless they can make up for it--and they're not even doing that. Loyal fanboy or not, you've got to be an idiot to disagree. We're late into next gen, devs have been gnawing at the two giants to move up and they're just playing it safe. I don't care if Sony's had a big falling out with the tsunami, 24FPS is not okay for new $60 games. Remember when we were saying CoD:Black Ops was "visceral 60FPS?" That was 40-59FPS. Well, this is "visceral 30FPS;" or 20-30FPS. From Crysis 2 to Skyrim, The Last of Us, FarCry 3, Assassin's Creed 3, and the list continues! The hardware is simply not good enough for the games.

[xtremeimport]

they showed games. good games.
they could've shown only The Last of Us and then ended the show saying "come at me bro" and I would've been happy.

now the more important part, who is that girl in that ign video?

[pain777pas]

Here is the thing. We have Playstation all stars, Gravity Rush, MGS Collection, LBP Vita, Sly, Assasins and COD (oh well my first COD purchase). The line up is not that bad. AC Liberation is the stand out because any AC game After AC2 gameplay wise minus mini games is phenomenal. I think that Gravity Rush is our Precursor legacy for the Vita and that we should all show support for this type of game. AC is the Zelda of the bunch and LBP is the Mario. The Vita should be just fine and there is a PS Direct from Japan either later this week or next week so we should relax. Ragnarok is coming too.

[Lord_Sloth]

I was mostly upset that I didn't see Monster Hunter.

As for their Vita playing with the PS3, everybody seemed fine when Nintendo made a tablet for their system. Why is it okay for Nintendo but stupid or silly for Sony?

[Ethereal]

That's an announcement for TGS. Sony knows that it INSANELY popular in japan and they sell millions if it came to the vita. It will happen.

[mike1up]

Probably because they only showed 2 games coming out for the Vita. Imo Sony seemed more interested in investing in the new Wonder Book than supporting it's struggling handheld.

[Lord_Sloth]

Who says the Vita's the only option? The 1st 2 MH games launched on the PS2. I want it on consoles again. Sure, I'll take a Vita launch but a surprise PS3 launch would be epic.

[alousow]

so far so gd. More good and hardcore exclusives than wii and xbox. All hardcore gamers know that sony already won E3.

[xPhearR3dx]

Uhh no.

Microsoft:

Gears of War: Judgement
Forza: Horizon
Halo 4
Ascend: New Gods

Sony:

Beyond: Two Souls
The Last of Us
God of War: Ascension
PlayStation All-Star Battle Royale

They had pretty much the same amount aside from Kinect and casual crap. If anything, Ubisoft stole the show with Watch Dogs alone.

[Pixel_Enemy]

LBP karting, AC3 liberation, COD vita

[xPhearR3dx]

@Pixel_Enemy

Wreckateer, Matter, Mark of the Ninja, Lococycle, Happy Wars, Dance Central 3.

Your point? Both conferences sucked.

@Virtual_Reality - Really? Another crappy FPS, oh boy.

[Virtual_Reality]

DUST 514, which entirely puts any other ''competitive'' ; FPS on console to the corner.

''Your point? ''

That PS3 have more for the Core audience (not an opinion as you can see).

[dark-hollow]

both were utterly disappointing, there is no use arguing over who sucked less.

its like two homeless men fighting over a half bottle of beer thrown in the street.

[srcBFMVBMTH]

For Sony, you can only fit so many games into E3. It's obvious that Sony could've announced more games at E3 (which simply couldn't be said for Microsoft). But they chose to show that "Wonderbook" crap because they know that's what will NEED the most coverage for it not to fail.

[CGI-Quality]

No, both conferences didn't necessarily suck. You just didn't like what was available, which is fine. Life goes on.

OT: I don't care for all the moaning, but I saw a bunch of games that I am getting. Period.

[DiRtY]

Add Splinter Cell Blacklist please.

I can't believe Sony did not announce anything and people think they "won" E3. We knew about every game except Beyond: Two Souls.

[mp1289]

Well sony won on the graphics department. If you don't think graphics matter, then buy a wii. Visuals are especially important in e3 were thats basically all you get to experience.

[starchild]

No they didn't. Are you blind? Multiplats like Watch Dogs and Tomb Raider were the most impressive visually this time. GOWA looks like GOW3 and The Last of Us looks more or less like Uncharted 3 graphics. That's not to say they weren't impressive, but Halo 4 looked really impressive as well.

[Rattlehead20]

^^ I wouldn't say "destroyed" the 360 has proved it can hold it's own.

Calling the 360 wimpy makes you sound like a 12 year old fanboy.

[justpassinggas]

@starchild:

You do realize that Watchdogs was running on a PC, right?

[stage88]

Sony's exclusives wiped the floor with anything that MS had shown. The Last of Us graphics and gameplay completely blew everyone away!

[GiggMan]

What justpassinggas just said.

[mp1289]

LOL, didnt think you would use watchdogs in the argument. I wasn't attacking a high-end pc conference. All I meant is that Last of us > than anything multiplatform or exclusive on the xbox. graphics wise. obviously xbox owners will use the graphics aren't everything argument because it is convenient to for them.

[Y_5150]

Good show for Playstation...Bring it now Nintendo!!

[xflo360]

Im sorry but both sony and microsofts presentations were dissapointing.

Its left for nintendo to save e3 2012!

[KillerPwned]

Good show besides that book crap but seriously guys...

[kesvalk]

it was a decent show, at least i didn't felt like i was watching a advertisment program (like that george foreman grills or things like that), although i was thoroughly offended by book of spells, that shit don't have the right to be in E3.

luckly for them, the last 5 minutes or so of the show was good, so they could finish the show with a good touch, unlike microsoft that i just closed the tab with the feed when Black Ops 2 started...

still, they did best in the past, this one was so-so.

[ronin4life]

I was offended by all the ass kissing they were doing.
Giving away free content to attendees and announcing little to nothing for the gamers you "respect" and thank so much just came off as "please like our show, even though we have almost nothing.".

[Ethereal]

It's about games people. Gamer no matter what preference are in for some solid titles to end the generation. Next year will be interesting as companies show off new hardware.

[beerkeg]

'Next year will be interesting as companies show off new hardware. '

That's happening this year.

[mike1up]

My summary:

-Vita got left out in the cold big time (good thing that they are in L.A.).

-The PS3 games looked amazing, but weren't all of them previously announced?

-Wonder Book kept me laughing the entire 15 minutes or so. It will be great ammunition against Sony fanboys from now on.

[stage88]

Wonder Book looks like a great game. If I was a young kid I would love to play it and cast spells with a wand. What kid wouldn't?

It sure as hell beats this - http://gifs.gifbin.com/1120...

[vortis]

Seriously dude?

I'm sorry but your fanboy is hanging out. You might want to zip that back up.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

OMG the kid in the red t-shirt... He looks around like "what the f* are we doing? ... oh, I got it".

[--Onilink--]

in my opinion it was good but not great

Good: The gameplay demos shown were really good.
Good: Even though we had seen videos of AC3 and FC3, they showed new footage to make up for it, though the visual diference from the PC version at Ubisoft conference was a little "shocking:
Bad: Not too many games shown, only one was a surprise (maybe 2 if you count AC Liberation)
Great: Beyond and The Last of Us footage.
Decent: Playstation All Stars BR and GoW Ascension(not bad by all means, but nothing surprising since it still was good'ol GoW
Terrible:Wonderbook demo, the tech looks interesting, but the demo dragged on for too long.
Terrible:Almost complete disregard for the Vita
Meh: Playstation Suite presentation.

So overall, a good show for the PS3, terrible for the Vita

[ThanatosDMC]

Yeah, especially when that person couldnt even draw a number four on the move. Made it awkward.

I love that the PS1 games are finally coming to the PSV. I just hope it's all PS1 games available on the PSN and not just those few titles that they put on the screen. I'll be disappointed if i cant play Vagrant Story since i recently started playing it again for perfect stats.

[CommonSenseGamer]

Why would anyone be convinced to buy a Vita after today's showing from Sony. The Vita has no momentum and unless Sony does something soon its unlikely to start gaining any. I appreciate if you already have one you'll defend it, like I did the Go, but something needs to change otherwise its doomed to fail.

[NBT91]

I have one and it sucks, the system is awkward, having proprietary chargers and memory cards etc.

As well as that the only game worth playing on it is still only Uncharted GA, got it the day it came out and still not finished it. I am quite far into it, mind you, but still...

I do think that LBP coming to Vita will be the next game I buy for it, and im looking forward to that to some degree. Other than that though, the E3 conference did make me decide to buy a PS+ subscription (once the games start being offered later) and was like "Cool there is still a good few decent quality PS3 exclusives coming."

But as for the Vita, I am a PlayStation gamer and have been actually considering selling the Vita, while it is still worth something.

[macalatus]

My fellow Sony gamers, once again Sony's E3 conference showed that Sony is committed to delivering high-quality entertainment to an audience known for their core gaming values of classiness, maturity, and intelligence: The Sony Gamers!!

After watching an awesome demo gameplay footage of The Last of Us, I can't help but see the symbolism of Joel and Ellie (the game's protagonist) with that of the worldwide Sony gaming community. The struggles of Joel and Ellie to survive in a world gone decrepit greatly parallels the struggles of the superior and civilized Sony gamers fighting for true, traditional hardcore gaming in a gaming world gone casual. The savage, bestial foes in the demo represents the gamers who have degenerated themselves into allowing a certain "motion gaming" destroy the beloved Star Wars franchise; and for letting "Big M" rape their wallets for an ever increasing online access fee (for no reason at all but for greed). In all, the premise of The Last of Us symbolically represents the Sony gamers' fight to keep traditional gaming alive!

However, since E3 is an event for all gamers, including the Nintendo, PC, and Xbox gamers, I will not say anymore statements of ill intention. I'll admit that I'm happy for our 360 gaming brethren as it is rumored that Microsoft have an exciting, Kinect exclusive game called "Rear End Pump Action" where the 360 games get to play a gritty, British character called Ben Dover. For once, the classy, mature, and intelligent Sony gamers should be happy for them, and rightfully so!

Sony Gamers Lead the Way!

[andibandit]

I read:
"My fellow Sony gamers", and pressed disagree and bubbled down.

[stage88]

Watch out, we've got a bad ass over here...

[vortis]

@stag88

Um, no...I did the same thing. I admit, I'm hardly a badass. Thanks anyway.

[optimus]

I'm just a little dumbfounded by what it is you people were expecting. They pretty much covered what they plan to do in the coming months. They covered the ps3, vita, and their network. They only get an hour and a half to wet people's appetite so they can't throw ALL the games within that time frame. That's what the rest of E3 is for, you all know it's 3 days long right??...

So what are you expecting from nintendo tomorrow?? Mario, more wiiU specs, WiiU demo, revamping their online community and the usual suspects of 1st party games...if that's all they show will you also say they sucked??...and you call yourselves gamers? More like spoiled, impatient, self-centered brats...un-freakin real.

[CGI-Quality]

Although some bits are harsh, I completely agree!

[ronin4life]

I think you are going to be shocked.
Nintendo has 2 conferences, one for Each of their platforms. 3rd parties have been touted by Nintendo for months, and several big name media gamers are saying that the lineup for wiiu will be epic.

So yes, I DO expect a lot out of Nintendo.

[DivineAssault]

Had they added some vita info, i wouldve been much more satisfied but whatever.. Theres a few games comin soon i want either way

[ceedubya9]

Agreed. I know that I'll get AC, Black OPs, and Royale for the Vita when they are released. But, I wish they had concentrated on the console a bit more than they did. Perhaps we will see more about Vita games at other 3rd party booths and presentations. There are at least 5-10 potential quality games coming out for the console before the end of the year, so its not all doom and gloom.

[Veneno]

I was upset that it was a "big announcement" that ps1 classics were coming to vita and not ps2 classics. Big woop. What? Is the vita not powerful enough to play them?

[DivineAssault]

Sure its powerful enough.. I think they have everything mapped out & releasing things one @ a time to make sure nobody uses the apps to hack it.. Youtube & ps1 classics are good for me but i was hoping psplus would work on it.. TGS will show ALOT more games n services.. Only thing is we gotta hope they get localized or import

[izumo_lee]

I just noticed something at IGN's homepage. On the right hand side of the page there is the E3 live stream schedule. If you scroll all the way down to Day 4 there are 3 SECRET E3 Games that has yet to be announced.

Can those be AGENT, FF vs.13, GTA5...who knows but at least there is gonna be surprises.

[vortis]

Three secret games that have yet to be announced, and you name three games we've known about since forever?

Very sound logic, bro...very sound.

[izumo_lee]

Yes we know about these game but we do not know how they will play like. Those secret games have 20 mins to showcase themselves so what better way to show off these games than show gameplay.

If they would have simply put these games names rather than 'secret' than where would the excitement be.

[ronin4life]

Wiiu games.
I know that sounds pompous, but Nintendo is all that's left, and if you think that it would get a re unveil without new titles than you're kidding yourself.

[cyclonus007]

I was dreading Sony would spend too much time focused on Move but after WonderBook, I wished they had. Two minutes in, I said "I guess some kid might like something like this." Ten minutes later, I wanted to hunt J.K. Rowling for sport.

But the Sony conference began strong and ended strong and I can't begrudge that. More surprises would have been nice, though. Well, there's always Gamescom.

[Sanquine90]

SOny FFS WHERE ARE MY VITA GAMES?

[sly-Famous]

Watching that segment of Beyond, I could not believe the PS3 is capable of that, It looks better than U3 and then of course there is The Last of Us.

I knew Sony wasnt going to show much about Vita games which would suggest that Sony is going to focus on the Japanese market. Come TGS, you will see a whole host of Vita games announced.

[iistuii]

So Beyond & Last of us, very nice . Then Gears of war judgement Forza Horizon, & Halo 4 also very nice. Both shows we're equal. I don't care about tablet shareing or handhelds, I don't wanna watch tele or listen to music through a console. My consoles are for playing games, & from what I've seen there's enough coming to both my consoles especially with all the multiformats shown. But saying Sonys was any better than Microsofts is just yet another mines better than yours arguement. Grow up people. Deep down you all expected lots of exclusives to blow you away, sadly it didn't happen & as for the poor vita showing....Nintendo, it's your year I feel.

[saimcheeda]

Was The Last Guardian shown?

[MaximusPrime]

nope.

If you want to watch a reply, visit Gamespot.

[saimcheeda]

By the way, to the disagrees... What exactly are u disagreeing with me about?

[Jazz4108]

No last guardian but wonderbook was shown. Unless you are a fanboy both ms and sony conferences were pretty even. Ms announced a lot of stuff butits not all necesary fo gamers and that's what e3 is about. I did however enjoy ms halo4, gears, horizon and the 3 new ips they announced look promising. With sony I enjoyed the beyond. And lastofus demo. Other than those and a few multplat games that both ms and sny showed the rest of the conferences were very mediocore. I would have said Ms beat sony since I seen more games and nice functionaliy being added to live but usher blew that for me. Overall tie. The real question did Usher beat Wonderbook with dance central 3 lol ....I kind of think he did as it was one song vs 15 to 20 minutes of child actors and bs.

[garos82]

Seriously, you call that even? Are you seriously that delusional? From the start to finish Sony just piled on game after game just showing footage and new info.the exception bring wonder book for about 15 mins.
Microsoft only showed halo and splinter cell with game play.both looked great but all the rest were videos not real time and usher dancing, not even showing the game he was dancing for, and plenty of new sports channels and Mexican bing search and Kinect angry birds.
Don't insult true gamers intelligence and compare the two conferences as "equal".poor deluded fools

[Halochampian]

It was about even and both werent that great. They each had their ups and downs.

I honestly was expecting the Sony conference to be huge but it wasnt which adds to the disappointment factor.

@garos82 I can seriously call it even. And no.. I am not a "poor deluded fool" thank you very much.

[vortis]

@garos82, little butthurt much, bro?

I agree with Jazz4108. I actually thought I seen more games from MS? They had the Loco Cycle, Matter and that cool game Ascend. Maybe they just paced their conference better around features vs games. I nearly tuned out with all that Windows tablet talk.

Sony started strong, too, but the problem was that everything other than Beyond and that murder-worthy Move game were things we'd already known about. Still, Last of Us finally gave us a view of what the game will be like, and Beyond was a potential show-stealer.

I agree with everyone else, though, if PS Vita is supposed to hold people over until PS4 or is supposed to be an extension of the PS3, they didn't really showoff or announce anything memorable for it. They had an opportunity and squandered a lot of it on that terrible spellbook game.

I'm sorry but on the Molyneux scale that spellbook game was an 8/10

[ceedubya9]

Yeah, I found them about even too. Sony maybe slightly ahead because more of the exclusive games they showed were actually interesting to me. Both consoles will have their multiplats and casual offerings. Sony's would have been more exciting if they had revealed mostly all of these games well before e3. Most of them aren't even coming until next year. Microsoft's tried and true franchises will more than likely do well, but there aren't any real surprises there either. Nintendo has a good opportunity to really impress as their competition kind of just seemed to phone it in.

[jay2]

This, Microsoft is how you do a press conformance, the face there was so much to talk about announcements already had to be made before the show'd already beaten MS before we got going.

[TheLyonKing]

Sony had a very average confrence I was left wanting more but Microsoft really bored the shit out of me this time!

At least sony pumped full retail new ips with them listening to feedback on consumers.

Microsoft showed Halo 4 which looked good but after that it was really meh tbh :/ fast fowarded a lot of the trailers.

[vortis]

So you watched the boring parts and fast-forwarded past Matter, LocoCycle and Ascend: New Gods?

Cool logic, bro.

[TheLyonKing]

yeah i watched the start of them and relised that am not a big huge aracde game player.
Those games were good but not huge blockbusters that i come to expect from E3. they could have shown those games at any confrence.

MS made their confrence way to much like CES.

showed a small amount of games and then mostly crap. My logic is sound give the trailer a chance if it bores me move on and tbh they bored me. Gametrailers top ten what we want from microsoft summed up the whole confrence in number 8 before it even aired.

One word: Predictable.

[MasterCornholio]

So is this news that Sony has abandoned the Vita? They didnt announce any many new games for it and there's was no mention of a price drop anywhere so that leaves me thinking that Sony doesnt want the Vita to succeed. I wont sell my Vita but if Sony doesn´t do anything soon i will be forced to buy a 3DS then next year Sony will probably discontinue the Vita. I find that to be sad because its an excellent handheld and it deserves to reside in the market as the sole competitor of the 3DS to prevent Nintendo from having a monopoly and controlling the market.

The conference was decent with some really good games shown but at least it was much better than Microsofts.

[garos82]

4 months. Fucken 4 months since its been released and you talking about getting discontinued? Go buy a 3ds honestly go but it its awesome too.can't believe how impatient people are

[ceballos77mx]

I think regardless of what both were showing all eyes are on nintendo's conference with the wiiU, both played it safe and will see whats next at gamescon.

[raymantalk1]

i dont understand all the hate for the wonderbook thing it is aimed at YOUNG KIDS not GROWN UPS and from what i saw young kids will love it, also remember the harry potter is the 4th biggest selling franchise in history so it is guaranteed allot sales and dont forget this means sales of ps3's and Move's and more sales means more games to the rest of us.

as for the sony conference i was very happy with what they showed THE LAST OF US is a day one purchase for me and all the other games they showed and yes they could of shown more psvita stuff but i am sure there will be more shown on the show floor and there is other shows to come and they do need to show some new stuff there or everyone on here is going to say that that show sucks because you are all trying to get information about new stuff before the shows and they cry that there was nothing you did not know about just like this conference.

its is sites like this that spoil shows like E3 for all of us

[vickers500]

"i dont understand all the hate for the wonderbook thing"

Because it took up WAAAAAAYYYY too much of the conference and overstayed its welcome. A simple 2 minute trailer would have sufficed, but instead, we get about 10+ minutes of a painfully boring and akward gameplay demo that nobody except mothers who are looking to get their 3 year olds to play games cares about.

Almost anything else would have been better. How about some Last Guardian footage? ANY footage from some upcoming PS VITA games like killzone? Some information on The Agent? Any extra footage from Far Cry 3 like they did with AC3? A name or trailer from the new game sucker punch is working on? Any multiplatform footage where the dev has some kind of deal with sony (EA, Ubisoft)? Some Overstrike footage? There are tons more rumored and confirmed things they could have shown or announced in that time they wasted on that wonderbook crap.

This was a pretty disappointing conference. I love ps3, but I wasn't impressed by what I saw with God of War Ascension or The Last of Us. As for "Beyond", well the premise looked pretty interesting, and I like the fact that Ellen Page is the main actress, but we still don't really have a clue as to what kind of game it is or how we will be playing it. Is it a complex quicktime event game like Heavy Rain mostly was? Is it a third person game? Is it something new entirely? I don't demand gameplay from them, but I'd like some details at least.

I don't think there was a single thing that actually shocked me at this E3 other than Watch Dogs.

Microsofts conference managed to suck even more.

[ceedubya9]

I think what many of us need to realize is that we diehard gamers are an important, but small part of the plans of these companies. They want their respective consoles to be the center of the living room, and they can't do that by just focusing on the hardcore crowd. They want to provide options that involve families and make their consoles every day items. I'm not all that interested in these things, personally, but I have a wife and daughter and I appreciate the content that would be available for my family to be involved.

[brolik86]

Ok not to hate on MS but QUIT YA BITCHIN!!! I can't believe that everyone is really saying Sony had a piss-poor or meh show. Ask any game developer about how the industry as a whole works now, ANY one of them will let you know that unless your working on an established or heavily backed 1st party IP...the only way to get in is catering to casuals. Its not about blockbuster franchises as much as you think: cause while we 'hardcore' gamers are no doubt the reason the big 3 have lasted so long we all know for DAMN sure we will be the same arseholes not spending money on a title cause of a stupid reason while causual gamers dole out cash like for weaksauce titles.

In tht sense Sony rocked it, they def stood up for ppl that have been gaming since the good ol days, and cattered to the massses to get more paper for their company over all.

Pls pls PLZZZ stop comparing the MS Conf to the Sony one, there was no contest.

[abc1233]

I thought the conference overall was alright - Beyond was announced which looks pretty interesting, the last of us gameplay blew me away, GOW, new info on battle royale, new vita games (although not quite as much as I would have thought) so yeah overall it was good. Though tbh I was cringing when the wonderbook rubbish just wouldn't end, they placed way too much emphasis on it, but they have been trying to break into new markets since the Move and who knows, maybe it'll actually be a hit with the kids.

Have to say, very disappointed that the Last Guardian and vsXIII weren't shown. Once they actually show these games it might be too late, what with the next gen being around the corner and all.

[gamer7804]

This was an awful e3 for Vita. 1 game shown really, call of duty not even a trailer. And for those of us not fans of Asassin's creed, our vita was left in the dark. This was sony's chance to really pump up the vita to increase sales.

It's not looking good.

Beyond looks great, but other than that nothing new of note.

[Veneno]

I woild agree that for vita owners this E3 was not great. But for those looking to buy one, like me, AC3 Liberation white vita bundle was a neat surprise.

[gamer7804]

Assassin's creed is a solid well made game, i can see why others would be excited for that title atelast. Unfortunately i'm just not a fan of the series.

[interrergator]

i think there playin it safe this year at E3 for next gen :) sure not a lot of vita to show but its only the first day of E3 and soo far everybody is doin great

[I_am_Batman]

I am pleased and disappointed at the same time. Beyond looked really great but when they start the show with something like that you expect more new ip announcements to come. That Book crap took to much time. I was hoping to see what Sucker Punch or Media Molecule or Guerrilla Games are working on.

God of War and Last of Us looked fantastic though. Especially Last of Us. When I saw that the guy playing the demo has no ammo left I thought now he's going to get killed but then Ellie comes and throws something in his face so that he can crush his head on that commode. I mean wtf? That didn't look like it was scripted.

[InLaLaLand]

The COD Vita game probably be like Resident Evil Portable aka non existant. No suprises, everyone knew what games were going to be shown.

Wonderbook, sounds like a failure.

I guess I was right.

[Commodore]

This entire E3 has been bleh so far (not just SONY)...don't get me wrong, SONY had a good E3 but didn't show off anything really new...most likely because all the devs are working on PS4 games now.

So far we haven't seen HL3, GTA5, AGENT, and numerous other games. The nicest surprise was Watch Dogs which looks fun and interesting.

[seanpitt23]

i think with them not even hinting the ps4 its unlikey will come next year but i hope so

[Nac]

I liked it a lot. Soooo much better than Microsoft.

[InTheLab]

I think we all were expecting another fantastic 2011 E3 from Sony and got a meh 2010 from them instead. I was expecting something more from Vita and it bothers me that they glossed over it.

I thought they made it pretty clear that Move is not a focal point for Sony and that it is an additive experience. That's how it should be.

I thought Wonderbook was about as exciting as Usher dancing to yet another Dance Central title and LMAO @Flo Rida (people still listen to that garbage?).

Still, 2 or 3 new IPs being shown off for PS3,and thus far, The Last of Us was game of show...for me at least. I just wish we had more than AC to look forward to on Vita. CoD looks like ass on PS3 so I'm guessing it'll be worst than that on Vita...similar to previous handheld CoDs.

[XboxInnovation]

Microsoft wins.

[LiViNgLeGaCY]

I thought Sony's show was pretty good overall, except for the 15 minutes or however long it was of them showing that Spell book crap.

[LFC1EE]

MS WAS RUBBISH SO WAS SONY RUBBISH WE GOT TWO AGEING CONSOLES THAT ARE YEARS BEHIND EVEN ANDROID SOON AND PHONES AND WELL THE PC AND WIIU ARE OUT ON THERE OWN.

And with no new hardware coming until speculated 2014 late where do we go with ms trying to give us new apps to keep us interested and sony giving us bargains via ps plus, wake up and smell the smelly farts.

[BlaqMagiq24]

Guys there are three days of E3. Calm down. Did you expect Sony to confirm every rumor during an hour and a half conference? You have to remember they are only RUMORS. Just because someone mentions it doesn't mean Sony is going to announce it at their conference. Maybe more will be shown on the floor. As for the conference, I thought it was borderline great, but could've been a little better. While the Wonderbook demonstration did drag on for too long, you have to understand Sony is trying something innovative, and this is aimed at YOUNG KIDS, not us. Anyway, I'm really excited for GOW Ascension and The Last of Us.

[turgore]

it was good with the exception of the Boook of Magic which was torture.
Dissapointed we didn't see Last Guardian and Vs XIII.

[DJ]

PS3 info was really strong, and PS Vita info was just reassuring. The cross-platform online play for PS All Stars is pretty cool, and means that I don't have to necessarily get the PS3 version, which costs more anyway.

They have exclusive Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty, which is awesome. But they're clearly not ready for primetime, so maybe we'll see in-depth previews closer to TGS.

[MrSega]

Vita is doomed with this support from sony.

[mamotte]

It was great for two games (Beyond and The Last Lof Us) but right now I'm feeling Sorry for the poor Vita. Sony lost the best way to sell it this year. I wont say it's a bad console, I wont say Sony's franchises are bad either. The problem is, the Vita isnt a console by it's own merits. It's the PS3's little brother. The Vita needs games made for Vita only, not, let's say "ports" (I know they're not direct ports, just dont know how to say it). Games like Gravity Rush.

Resuming, Sony needs to stop "bringing great games for Vita" and start "Making great games for Vita only". Other way, it wont ever get out of the shadow of the PS3. Cant believe a service like PSN+ were highlighted instead of a console.

[GuyThatPlaysGames]

I was not impressed with The Last of Us at all. You can tell that they wanted that whole "demo" to play out perfectly. I bet everything that the game won't play anything like that once it's released.That was just to lure you in to buy it and then you get disappointed. Think people, how many times has this happened before? You really think it's gonna change? WAKE UP!!!

[Father Murder X]

I consider myself a hardcore gamer but appealing to us just will not pay the bills anymore. Say what you want to about Microsoft and Kinect but they must be doing something right because they have been successful. You fanboys get on here and act like Sony's exclusives are going to bring them back from the brink of bankruptcy. For their company's sake they need to get into the middle or they will not survive. All you fanboys on N4g need to realize that the industry doesn't revolve around you all. You served your purpose at launch. Games are main stream now.

[VKaotiicV]

You know I wish Xbox had these great new ips but the thing for me that separates Xbox from ps3 is Xbox live yea psn is free but you get what you pay for that is just my opinion though I wish Sony had a better online experience to me they could have revamped psn then it'd be a no brainer

[gdguide]

E3 for Sony the last years wasn't about winning a less than one week event. It was about giving exposure to a few select games for the first time during E3, but giving exclusive exposure to other titles in the weeks before the event as well. Had Sony waited a few months and revealed TLoU, Allstars, GoW:A along with what else they showed all just at E3, it easily would have had a bigger impact. People comparing Microsoft's equally to Sony shows the depth of Sony's offerings considering Sony revealed so much in the weeks before from multiple new exclusive titles. Let's just say that Sony easily won the last few months. And considering Sony showed nothing from Infamous 3, TLG, Agent, FF13vs, and more? Microsoft played most of their cards at E3. Sony showed some before E3, others during E3, and held out with so many more. I don't care who won E3. Sony has wayyyyyy more exclusive hardcore titles in the pipeline than MS that I care about.

[VKaotiicV]

You see I agree with you on a new ip standpoint but online wise I think Sony needs to step up their online service and it depends and what type of gamer you are I like to play multiplayer personally and yes Sony's online is free but lacking a better online service that's my opinion though I agree with you they should have waited till e3 for all those other titles

[gdguide]

I actually think Sony will just wait for the PS4 for a revamped online. The Vita even has some better aspects than the PS3.

[Rhezin]

It was rele good but I was seriously expecting more. No Syphon filter? No killzone 4 or new guerilla IP?

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Gurella's rumored new ip was a no show. Last Guardian a no show, as well as Sucker Punches game a no show. And the worst of all, no Sly 4??? I think MS did better despite Kinect+ Nike and usher Performance. MS did showed off more games.

[rataranian]

Now thats over people can shut up about ps4 and xbox720 being announced. THANKYOUUUUU!!!!

[chukamachine]

Dam was actually wanting a new Motorstorm, like the first game but with a few tweaks and completely diff locals. Did not like the 3rd game as much.

A real motorstorm and lbp karting on vita would be good.

[ACEMANWISE]

I've always thought of the Nintendo Wii as the entry point and the Xbox 360 as the midlevel game consoles in the lifecycle this generation. Here's why.

Both of these consoles had a strong, yet displaced, foundation for their successes during the initial course of this generation. The Wii and 360 both used social and popular based products and ideals.

For the Wii it was family. A social console backed by a controller that served two purposes. It provided an interface that a nongamer could understand AND started a trend due to it's uniqueness. Popular the Wii had become....but based mostly on social factors. When that all died down the Wii was faced with demand for something more.

For the 360 it was friends. A social console backed by an online service that served two purposes. It provided a service that connected gamers AND started a trend due to it's uniqueness. With it came a different type of popularity. That of dominance, flash, and image...mostly presented by those leading the charge....Microsoft. When all the celebraties, flashing lights, and trendy jokes, died down the Xbox 360 was faced with demand for something more. Like the Wii in it's current state both parties were finally being seen based on their foundation. Games. Why?

Like any other console it comes down to games. It is the only foundation that remains and it represents a console's true worth in the end. That is why the "core" consumer is so important...and why you never sell them out for someone else. There is nothing wrong with adding movies, music, photos, friends, family, mobile phone support, or anything else that makes the console ideal for everyone. Just remember that once you enter the realm of social trends and popularity you are playing with fire. You are playing with a consumer base that never would play games otherwise...and never did. Getting that popularity back is a crapshoot at best. Bringing good games, for what they are, has remained stable yet slow.

It is this time when the sales are tipping toward the PS3's favor as the Wii and 360 sales are beginning to wind down, respectively. Yes, the PS3 has gone the same route but they have done so in a much less intrusive way. At their foundation though the company has remained steady, releasing game after game through the years blanketed by the storm of popularity and trend. It is the next year or two where we shall have clear skies and Sony can finally shine for all gamers wanting more.

[Captain Tuttle]

The lack of Vita info was puzzling. And alarming.

[YodaCracker]

I enjoyed Microsoft's conference the most this year simply because they showed more GAMES. I enjoyed seeing Tomb Raider, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Halo 4, Gears of War: Judgment, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Forza Horizon, Resident Evil 6, and the lot. Some of the new exclusives like Matter, Ascend, and Lococycle looked interesting, but they were mostly just teases. The Nike crap was boring as hell though, and I just walked away at the Usher part.

Sony started off strong with Beyond, although I wish we could see how it actually PLAYS. It was more like watching a movie. They also ended strong with The Last of Us, although I still thought it was a bit underwhelming after all the hype that has built up online. Assassin's Creed III looked breathtaking and it was my favorite part of the conference. God of War looked good. Then there was the downright embarrassing Wonderbook demonstration. Sony definitely did not impress like they did last year.

And finally, Nintendo COMPLETELY underwhelmed me. Almost no games that interest me for the Wii U, ports of year-old games like Arkham City that barely look improved over the old versions. No 3D Mario game? No Zelda? No Smash Bros.? Nothing looked particularly interesting or groundbreaking. I was very disappointed...

[trouble_bubble]

Your favorite part of the conference was watching a frikkin boat aimlessly doing donuts around other aimless boats at 10mpn...for like 10 minutes?!?!?!

THAT was breathtaking?!?!

Holy gawd man. I just canNOT relate. LMAO that IGN included a video of that in their 'review'. This year's E3 was bunk, from EVERYONE!

@FatherMurder
No, Splinter Cell Blacklist will also be on PS3. Kinda makes the one exclusive title Ubisoft did with the 360, Conviction, kind of a pointless experiment. If you wanna know what you missed: Lambert's dead, 3rd Echelon went rogue/evil under their new leader so Sam blew them up, saved the President so he's back in the government's good graces, and he found out his daughter is still alive and got a happy ending.

[Father Murder X]

Is Splinter Cell: Blacklist an xbox exclusive???

[stephmhishot]

no, 360/ps3/pc

[xXKingofStingXx]

Wow...Sony...just wow...while im excited for the last of us and 2 souls looks interesting i would have been more pleased with vita support. One would think with the ps4 on the way Sony would focus on building a base for the Vita but no. It appears the Vita is quickly becoming an afterthought.

[sasukeftw]

i don't know, i thought Sony conference was good...i mean they showcased games am really pumped up for that being God of War, Last of us, Beyond and ASC3.

[dcbronco]

Beyond was very nice. The Last of Us seems generic. It's a known formula that just looks more pretty. Though that seems to be a trend in gaming. Every conference has been a disappointment though. Nintendo not mentioning price or specs. MS and Sony not mentioning new hardware. It seems everyone is just out to make extra cash. I do understand that. But it's time to do something different.

I'll be buying some of the game because playing with friends make them fun. But I'm tired of the same 'ol stuff. And Nintendo seems to be resigned to bringing up the rear, which I get graphically(Ceiling coming up). But you have to move on to new ways of playing that don't involve a peripheral. Time for MS and Sony to step up.

For me Beyond, Star Wars 1313, SmartGlass and maybe Forza Horizon are the only things that really stand out for me.

[isarai]

The entire show was great IMO(except for the celeb performances, UGH! *shivers*), obviously not the best but still great. You can't expect a fantastic show when we're nearing the end of a console generation.

And anyone who was disappointed needs to learn to stop hyping every E3 to ridiculous proportions.

[AKS]

I guess I was more impressed than most because I have no interest in portables, including the Vita. The Last of Us, Beyond, God of War: Ascension, and Assassin's Creed III all looked awesome to me.

[respawnaction]

B-.
Nothing huge, focused on games, kept it flowing.

[Favre-orite]

I love Sony, but some of the decisions they make regarding new hardware is puzzling. They recently released the Vita, a handsome, lightweight, and powerful handheld filled with some really cool hardware tech. So what did Sony do at e3? They spent little time discussing the PSP's heir, like it was hardly worth their time mentioning. I want a Vita. A big reason being the cloud storage and also because I can pick up and play a game on a Vita, then later continue on my PS3 (or vice-versa).

Sony was inconsistent promoting and making games for the PSP and now the Move is slowly dying. It once seemed Sony could do no wrong; they invented the Walkman, Trinitron TV's, PS1, PS2, Blu-ray, SACD, etc. I read today that Sony's stock price is at its lowest since 1984!

I like that Kaz Hirai is now CEO. He seems competent, intelligent, and a genuinely enthusiastic leader with all things gaming. I hope he can help return Sony to their glory days. Honestly though, if the next PlayStation's sales numbers fall short, they might go the way of Atari, Coleco, and Sega (not unlikely, but possible).

Anyway, here's hoping Sony will make good solid hardware and software, from here on out. Otherwise, their ship might start sinking and that would be bad, very bad for all gamers - not just us Sony fans

[banjadude]

I was hoping to see Kaz speak. I mean I like Jack, but the winning combination of the two speaking would have been nice.

[thedizzle23]

very good conference except demos could have been a bit longer also really needed to see already announced games in action like last guardian, agent etc. vita annocunements were pretty dope in my opinion.

[AO1JMM]

Overall they all sucked hard and none were better than the others.

Only standouts for me were:

WiiU hardware
ZombiU
Pikmin 3

The last of us

Halo 4

[Knightofelemia]

Great game line up even from Quantic Dream but I am disappointed a bit. I was actually hoping Quantic Dream would have actually made Kara into a game that one really impressed me I was looking forward to play it if it were a game.