E3 2012: Who won E3 - the Nintendo 3DS or the PS Vita?

Pocket Gamer's Mike Rose writes: "With the majority of PS Vita and Nintendo 3DS E3 announcements delivered, I have been tasked with crowning a winner of the show. And quite honestly, it feels a bit like picking the least guilty-looking criminal out of a police line-up"

[listenkids]

Neither, to be honest.

[trickman888]

How is this even a question? Obviously the 3ds won E3 this year. Hell having a conference dedicated to your handheld>> having a conference with little mention of your handheld except for a few games and a few apps.

Sony screwed up this year in E3 regarding the Vita. Hopefully they get their act together in the future.

[telekineticmantis]

Nintendo dedicated a good part of their conference, but Sony did an Excellent job Having good looking full retail games and good Looking DLC games.

I personally think it's more based on taste, you're more interested in 3DS type games, I'm more interested in Vita type games.

[darthv72]

at least that is my view of it.

Where i can see sony really pushing vita sales is the inclusion of vita version on all cross platform titles. People who have a ps3 buy one game and get both the console and portable. That is enough to get me to buy a vita right there.

It wouldnt be the first time sony gave away a digital copy of something with the retail purchase. They had select bluray movies with psp digital copies but this would be the first time relating to games.

If they did this, and marketed it right, it could propel vita sales over the 3ds. 3ds doesnt have cross platform games with wii but then again they could be working on some with wii-u.

[--Onilink--]

but the thing is, sony didnt announce anything like this at E3, so why would it influence the answer to this question.

The truth is sony barely showed anything for the Vita. The 3DS didnt show much new, but at least showed a LOT of games coming out this year

[Wintersun616]

3DS had more games shown, but most of them were games I'm not so thrilled about before trying them, but could most probably enjoy. Vita had a lot less games, but they were games I'm more interested in. So IMO it was a tie.

[pr0digyZA]

Sony didn't show off their videos to the media even though they prepared some, which is weird. Heres a list from Hero_of_the_day_from Neogaf
http://www.neogaf.com/forum...
Check out link for some vids and info.

Some of the games include:
Retro City Rampage
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
Playstation All-Stars
Sly Cooper
Sunflowers
Super Monkey Ball
Jet Set Radio
Frobisher Says
Sine Mora
Snapshot
Orgarhythm
Metal Gear HD Collection
Hatsune Miku
Foosball
PS One Classics
Lego Batman 2: DC Superheroes
Little Kings Story
Little Big Planet
Persona 4 Golden
Street Fighter X Tekken
Sound Shapes
Call of duty
Silent hill
etc...

Heres the video compilation that was supposed to be played at the conference but was pulled for more wonderbook stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/veri...

In all Sony didn't really promote the vita as much as they should have, even though they have a great line up of games coming.

[jujubee88]

Enjoy your toys. Have a great day! :)

[ronin4life]

Most of those are ports or MP games.
New little kings story is a remake of a wii game, and retro city rampage is also coming to the wii(and others I think, but I am uncertain...)
Hatsune Miku was shown as a test, and may not even make it out of Japan even with the "positive reception" it recieved at e3.

Now look ay Fusions list. All original entries in renouned franchises(Code of princess is an original IP from the Gaurdian Heroes team) and exclusive to the 3ds, with the exception of the 999 sequel which is a 3ds/vita MP title. And there are more titles he did not list, such as Fire Emblem(announced, not shown) and Harvest Moon.

The 3ds has a larger incoming lineup and more exclusive titles than the Vita. While there is nothing wrong with ports on a console, more exclusive games are needed to make it worth buying. Currently, the platforms that share a good deal of the vita's(ps3, for example) lineup are available for less money AND have deeper libraries. What is the point of buying a new console when you can buy a majority of its games on cheaper hardware or hardware you already own?

[Seraphemz]

I wouldnt buy a game for a cheaper hardware ever! thats why I love my VITA.. You get what you pay for. And the Vita is amazing! And its only going to get better games.

[pr0digyZA]

Might be so, but I personally like the games that are coming to the vita (assassins creed for instance is one of my best franchises and to have a unique game is awesome to me, same goes for little big planet its the same name but different levels, Soul sacrifice wasn't even on my list but thats new). Then many of the hd remakes I will only get on vita, to me it just feels natural as it wont seem as dated (plus I have never played the old sly or old metal gear so to me it is new). The games however on 3ds don't appeal to me in the least I literally look at fusions list and think I would not be too sad to miss out on most of those (I say most because KH, FF Rythm I'd like to play). So it all comes down to personal preference and what type of games you enjoy I will buy minimum 9 games from the vita list.

[ronin4life]

@pr0digy
Well, personal preference obviously does have a large affect from person to person. (Different strokes for different folks is an adequate, if not a little crude way of putting it. ^_^;)
I'm the exact opposite: Almost none of the games coming for Vita interest me, but the 3ds' lineup has several games I am highly anticipating.(Paper Mario, for instance.)

That really is the beauty of having more than one console on the market: more diversity and choice.
I hope you enjoy your Vita. If you haven't already considered it, look up Gravity Rush( I think it comes out soon). If/when I get a Vita, that will be one I definitely check out for myself.^_^

[Series_IIa]

I have a Vita... So the Vita did.

[CLOUD1983]

For a hardcore JRPG fan like me no1 yet ofc PSV have something like 4 times more raw power but no games yet to make me buy one, when 1 of the 2 handhelds get some good JRPGs worth playing that will include the original Japanese voice overs <- that's an absolute MUST! for me, then that handheld will be the winner for me.

[Sanquine90]

Play with your 3ds:D Im only playing my vita till kingdom hearts comes out. Then i dust off the 3ds for a couple of time.

[wanieldiik]

IMO Castlevania Mirror of Fate looks OK and Luigis Mansion 2 looks pretty cool and so does kingdom hearts 3D. Other than that, nothing interesting.

The vita had soul sacrifice, playstation all stars battle royale, jet set radio, MGS HD, Assassins Creed 3 Liberation, Persona 4, Sound Shapes, Littlebigplanet, Oddworld: Strangers Wrath, Sly Cooper, Lego Batman 2 and ps 1 classics. So, IMO Vita is a clear winner... by miles.

[kB0]

Call the fire Department, flame bait!

It's dangerous and out of control!

[kB0]

I also had to say...has any1 been smart enough to save up for both? Choosing a preferred console but actually being able to enjoy a diverse amount of games?

Just a ground breaking notion.

I can foresee the comments "hey maybe you can afford 2!"

Where there is a will, there is a way!

OMG PSV3DSauce!

[ShaunCameron]

3DS. Duh!

[MacDonagh]

Sony should've really pushed Vita a lot more in their conference, maybe even cut the Wonderbook presentation by 10 minutes and showcase some upcoming titles for the Vita. Nintendo even had an hour conference just for their handheld and it looked like Sony were ignoring the Vita, bar the announcement for a new hardware bundle with the Assassin's Creed Vita game.

[gk07]

yeah i have both systems and i like my 3ds more i just want somemore games for the vita tho luv that big ass screen

[MrSega]

PSVita has more interesting games.. 3DS only have Mickey, the
rest is same old shit.

[Hicken]

While the 3DS certainly had more games shown during the press conference, the Vita had a lot on hand at Sony's booth. I don't know what Nintendo might have had on display, so I can't really say. Therefore, I can't say which one actually won.

[josephayal]

The PS-VITA is not made for kids, it is made for adults, hardcore gamers and internet addicts who “Never Stop Playing example cod,uncharted, AC3, Killzone, street fighter etc etc

[Drainage]

well since this is a PS forum, many people will vouch for the VITA even though only like 10 of them even own one lmao. We are talking about the E3 show and these people start putting up lists of ports and saying opinions lmao. cmon guys, 3DS has a whole hour conference while the Vita got 1 AC game and 1 COD logo for the 2nd year in a row.

[plmkoh]

The saddest part is that is that you mention this is a PS forum, but if you actually read the comments here lot's of people vouched for the 3DS, so are you not just giving an "opinion" too lmao.

C'mon please don't spin shit, because the same could said about anything: the 3DS we had Luigi's mansion and Kingdonm Hearts, both of which have been announced well up to two years ago with rumours pointing at it well before that, do we still call that new?

Take your flame'shit somewhere else seriously, it's embarrassing.

[TheDivine]

Well Vita had 2 games announced, AC and COD (and only AC was shown). Both will be good but the 3ds has a shitload of games shown and announced. It obviously won, theres no debate.

I know theres more games coming to the vita and they had some on the floor but the 3ds had a much better showing and has far more big games coming. I personally cant wait for Kingdom Hearts, Castlevania, Mario, and Bravely Default for the 3ds and Soul Sacrifice and Persona 4 on the vita.

[mike1up]

At E3... the 3DS by a mile.

The Vita can't even take on the PSP.