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IGN -Who Won E3 2012: Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft...or Ubisoft!?

Our IGN's editors break down who they thought had the best and worst showing at this year's convention.

ArchangelMike4339d ago

The Last of Us, and Beyond for me. Yea and FarCry3!!!
S guess it's a toss up between Sony and Ubi.

Skip_Bayless4338d ago (Edited 4338d ago )

I give you Watchdogs but I'm meh for FarCry 3 and Assasins Creed still needs to convince me on how much they improve the game graphically and level design.

NewMonday4338d ago

1st party: Sony wins
3rd party: Ubisoft wins

simple

FarCry3, AC3 and Watch Dogs are coming to PS3 anyway, Ubisoft is not competing with Sony, don't know why they get forced into this.

if it is about publishers it would make sense

morkendo234338d ago (Edited 4338d ago )

In my personal OPINION noooooooo one won E3 it was total disaster everything was known before the event. no new IP'S 2006 milked REHASHED games was shown.

RATCHET AND CLANK Full Frontal Assault won E3 simple fact it is a NEW ip

Dee_914338d ago

it was a disaster?no new ips?
I only knew about tlou halo 4 forza horizon and gowa.And even if I knew every game that was being announced I still wouldnt be upset because they showed gameplay.
I dont get why everyone gets pissed when they dont get suprised when they read every e3 article weeks prior to e3 with leaked info.

MrMister4338d ago (Edited 4338d ago )

Lol I dont even know why Nintendo and Microsoft were in the title. No way they won. However, even though MS's smartglass App for phones and Tablets is very smart, their games display was a joke. And wii-U's games looked like they were running on the old wii console, yet in HD. Aside from Ubisofts excellent "Watch Dogs", AC3, and AC3:Liberation; and Naughty Dog (The Last of Us) and Qauntum Dreams (Beyond: Two Souls) games, This rest of E3 was quite lame.

Also, prior to this E3 2012, I thought Tomb Raider and Metal Gear Rising Reveangance were gonna be underwhelming, but the footage shown at this E3 (Rising's Stealth and energy consumption/management, and Tomb raiders involved storyline and survival aspects) made me very excited for those 2 games too.

The rest were "meh"...

In my opinion:
UBISOFT = "A" (AC3, only strong Wii-U lineup, AC3:lib, Rayman, Watch Dogs, Far cry 3 (which looked "okay"), and MORE.
SONY = "B" (Last of Us, GoW, Beyond, LBPkarting, PS All Stars, etc)
MICROSOFT = "D+" (the plus is for smartglass app, & "maybe" Halo 4)
NINTENDO = "D-/F+" (Almost an "F grade". Horrible considering that Wii-u is coming out soon and they dont have a single worthy exclusive, and mostly just 1st party tech demo's. And if they really did have a price point in mind, E3 was the time to do it. Not later. What a bunch of joker's.)

ReservoirDog3164338d ago (Edited 4338d ago )

I'd say Ubisoft. I plan on getting AC3, FC3 and Watch Dogs. And the Vita AC bundle looks tempting.

Last of Us looks outstanding but they missed out on showing off Sly Cooper, Dust 514 and LittleBigPlanet Karting (which actually looks pretty good). Sony could've won if they kept Wonderbook to only 10 minutes as opposed to half the show and showed some of their other exclusives.

edit: A shout out to the Ratchet and Clank trilogy wouldn't have been bad either.

ninjahunter4338d ago

PC gamers won, not a single dissapointment, and a few surprises.

rjdofu4338d ago

How about... Dark soul with 30FPS & window live?

ninjahunter4337d ago

You mean PC gamers getting a console exclusive from a game the probably should have never made it to pc? Ile take it.

AusWarrior4338d ago

Overall I think it was Ubisoft because they were consistently displaying great games, but as for the consoles I'd definitely go with Sony.

HalfNerdHalfAmazing4338d ago

If Ubisoft would have it own console ps4 & Xbox 720 would fail

Biggest4338d ago

Because of one good show. Totally makes sense! -_-

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Microsoft Seemingly Closes Bethesda France

As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people

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Hereandthere7h ago

Microsoft should have left them stay 3rd party

GamerRN4h ago

If they are let go, they can be whatever they want. They ARE 3rd party now... 🤦

Barlos2h ago

Yeah, they're also jobless.

PassNextquestion6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

Bethesda France was made up of roughly 15 people... they couldn't of being doing much

Bethesda France mainly did publishing and marketing within the region

blacktiger4h ago

that's a shame for you to say that, i'm sure Elite loves hearing what you just said.

Profchaos6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

Bethesda France focused on publishing and marketing in the region. And 15 people lost their jobs as part of the closure.

I wonder if this is part of Microsoft's strategy to abandoned physical media or possibly gamepass advertising makes their roles redundant you don't need to market a game as hard when the majority of players get the game as part of a sub which already promoted upcoming games

Tacoboto6h ago

It's France too, there's a high likelihood only 1-2 people on the team even had an Xbox.

Profchaos6h ago

Possibly guven all the leaks we know the Xbox brand is really struggling in the region.

Yi-Long3h ago

Well, if your consoles and games are barely found in any stores any more, of course you're gonna struggle finding consumers ...

XiNatsuDragnel5h ago

Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo

Profchaos3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

I think it would have been better for all parties really especially gamers

TheColbertinator4h ago

The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

jznrpg8h ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos7h ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola2h ago

cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me

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Ubisoft's Recent Antics Have Me Fearful For The Sands of Time Remake

Hanzala from eXputer: "With Ubisoft's practices becoming increasingly anti-consumer lately, the destruction of The Sands of Time Remake looks almost inevitable."

thorstein7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

Hey Ubi, here's a gun, don't shoot yourself in the foot.

*Ubi takes gun, aims at foot, empties clip*

Chocoburger7d ago

At this point, only dummies have any hope left for Ubi-junk games.