Opinion: PlayStation E3 2018 – Great but not worth the E3 crown

The PlayStation conference just ended and Gaming Boulevard concluded it was a great showcase but due to the lack of a big surprise, the crown remains in the Xbox camp.

[Gazondaily]

I think the games did the talking. Really excellent showing although I have some questions about Death Stranding.

Spiderman looks MAD.

TLOU 2 looks next gen.

Ghosts looks sick

But the presentation/format of the show was way weaker than Xbox. Don't like this format of overly long talking but luckily the main thing were the games. And stuff looks great.

[pwnmaster3000]

Agree, it was a good show but the presentation killed it. Not necessary for that music show in the beginning. Like I said in my other comments, I doubt Sony will show off some new games. They don’t need to. The 4 exclusives were enough for me. They were probably one of the best things to be shown in E3. I don’t really care for the other stuff since they already have several studios. I think this E3 was for Xbox, since they had the most to prove.

imo, both Sony and Microsoft was on the same level. Just depends what company you like better and what kind of games you like. If your a Sony fan, Microsoft conference didn’t change your mind to get a Xbox and if your a micro fan, Sony conference didn’t change your mind to get a ps4. I give both B+

[-Foxtrot]

The way I see it, put all the multiplatform games shown at Microsoft's E3 and inject them into Sony's presentation...then think about them both if you want to do comparisons.

I wouldn't have liked to have seen the exact same trailers as it would come off as filler and people would still moan.

[rainslacker]

The music was there to build anticipation for what they were about to show. In both instances it was obvious what was coming.

While I think live performances such as that are wasteful when they could be showing the game, they do add to the experience.

In Sony's favor, at least these live performances aren't cringeworthy like at every other conference where the music tends to only appeal to a single type of audience, because the music Sony has tends to be more universal

[SpaceRanger]

How was the presentation/format weaker?
All they did was show games and gameplay. No PR, no rambling on phrases we hear every year, or unnecessary presentations.

Not enough cgi or vague trailers?

[Concertoine]

The "pre-show" ran like 35 minutes into the presentation and it felt like they were padding even more than MS' stage talk. These table talks dont usually happen til after the show, with good reason.

They even said not to expect much from this conference at this pre-show which was frankly kind of strange

Then it was just back-to-back trailers which is cool, but it wouldve been cool to see some of these devs elaborate on their games. Seeing the DMC 5 dev go up there and tell fans he was making the game we've all been wanting was pretty hype and lent confidence to the game.

[rainslacker]

There was a whole ten minute break after tlou where they had staged commentary doing noting but pr.

However, I think many people, including myself, thought the conference started with tlou. When it was actually started after the intermission. After the break, the pacing was fine, albeit short, and there were a couple games I feel they could have spent more time than a trailer on. Kh3 got a.lot of time, and as much as I am looking forward to that game, it's already gotten a lot of time before e3, and at ms conference.

[J-DARKnes]

Not enough 30 cgi, I mean Microsoft shows no gameplay of halo and people go crazy. The gameplay from ori was cool but everything else was meh, also why would Sony show the same games every else showed at e3? RE2 remake was a nice surprise and control by remedy also.

[XtaZ]

Twitch chat was literally spamming and begging them to shut the fuck up with all their smalltalk and continue with the game showcase. The smalltalk dragged on for sooo long.

[RpgSama]

Sony easily won, The games looked on a whole other level than the competition, Microsoft may have showed more third party games, but at the end of the day their conference was more Forza, Gears + Halo.

[Concertoine]

The 5 new studios (of which 3 i’d call a big deal since the others were second party devs) is a big win for the MS conference.

Yeah, this shouldve happened years ago but still, this inspires confidence in my Xbone purchase for the first time in a while. Also, Playground games’ new open world IP is a solid announcement that i think youre overlooking.

[Greg2801]

@concertoine

Its great for microsoft to have new studios, but it takes years to make games. So you wil probably not play them on the xbox you have now.

It was a good conference for the future of xbox, but not for right now

[Dark_Knightmare2]

@concertoine how were the other three a big deal when one doesn’t have even more than one employee and won’t have nothing to show for a long time and the other two have released nothing but mediocre games besides hellblade from ninja

[blackblades]

Don't forget control and nioh 2

[Christopher]

That choice in having a stage change was a horrible decision and not worth the atmospheric representation with TLoUP2.

Games shown were good, but no new dates on anything and some games should have a release date and have been on that stage in some way (Dreams).

[The 10th Rider]

Yeah, at the very least couldn't they have set it up so that they can host the entire conference there? That intermission was close to 15 minutes long. What an absolutely awful way to start a conference and it killed the momentum from that TLOU2 showing.

[rainslacker]

My thing with that is that the atmosphere is only relevant to those in attendance. A couple thousand vs the millions watching world wide. Those watching didn't get that experience, and we didn't even get go hear the crowds reaction. They even made it seem like the crowd didn't react at all. Those millions watchinthere treated to an intermission with staged or talk, with info that wasn't all that interesting, and a COD trailer.

Terrible decision on Sony's part, but at least the rest of the conference was good.

[hulk_bash1987]

Why they were relegating Dreams to transitions between trailers is beyond me. MM are trying to create something amazing and they aren't getting enough attention. The games that were shown blew me away, but the presentation itself was just average.

[Ceaser9857361]

Well Sony said it way before E3 that they will focus on only 4 exclusives mainly and it wont be like the traditional e3 they do and will be little different.. So i was well prepared and loved the 4 big AAA games.. Sony is already in the driver seats and they can enjoy that luxury because they are doing so well... and these 4 AAA games along with Days gone will do very very well for Sony and most of them are system sellers too ...

[gangsta_red]

The thing is MS just showed way more impressive and better games. Even their multiplat selection was better shown off on their stage.

It was great that Sony actually showed gameplay for their games which I have always said should be what E3 is about. But besides TLOU and Spider-Man the others didn't really build any excitement for me personally.

Control and RE 2 was also good but Death Stranding and especially that VR game were terrible the rest of the show could use a better format for next year.

[pwnmaster3000]

Let’s be real here. The best game they showed were multiplat. your telling me what they showed for gears, halo, forza is better then tlou2, ghost of t, Spider-Man, and death stranded.

You don’t know anything of death stranded yet. They just finally showed us a little bit of gameplay and it looked beautiful.

I’m knocking Microsoft because I thought they were just as good but most of the games showed were multiplat

[Goldby]

@septic

It was also very evident that both companies not only had two difference messages to say in regards to their show but also the philosophy I think.

MS had how many computers on screen just showing titles of the game showing on the bug screen, huge lights and multiple stage enterences. Not saying that's a bad thing, just that's how they do it, flair and lights.

Sony instead focused on 4 titles, 5 if you include the dreams clips, and wanted to create a show that matched that, more intimate experience between Sony and the audience, now saying Shawn wasn't scripted, but it felt more like a conversation between Sony and the players versus Phil's sales pitch or self evaluation.

That may be just because I have heard and said who knows how many self evaluations in my life.

[rainslacker]

I think death stranding is the kind of game you'll have questions about even after you've played it. Seems like a really atmospheric mind f**k kind of game in true kojjma fashion.

I wouldn't expect to have many questions answered before release, but I'm sure more questions will be presented.

[monkey602]

I had a feeling Microsoft was going to have a better showing. They had an excellent night and it was very much needed for them. The Xbox games individually don't stack up against the PlayStation ones. There is a quality in them that is just unrivalled. But Microsoft had a more exciting night.

In terms of the Last of Us looking next gen. I'm seriously starting to consider that it is next gen

[ziggurcat]

I'm excited for the new Remedy game, too.

[imtiyaz6]

MS had a better e3 showing and some great unveilings but when you look at the bigger picture, PS owners will be playing 90% of the games showed on ms’s conference and their own exclusives. By the end of next year Ps fans will have Tlou2, days gone, ghost of tshushima and Spider-Man to play while Xbox will only have another Halo, gears and forza

[Muzikguy]

E3 is about games. Sony had them. I don’t know what else they should’ve done

[terrorofdeath]

Didn't like the in between format of the show. Having everybody in one tent just for the LOU2 trailer then moving everybody to the other tent for the rest of the show, then it finishes with a panel talking about the games - making me think that there was still another part of the show to be seen.

I don't know, it just seemed all over the place. And seemed like the show was more for the people physically at the expo.

[pinkcrocodile75]

I liked the games coming from both conferences, though I wasnt a fan of the inbred banjo player the pipe blowing soloist mind.

I loved the new studios announced, which is what we needed to hear, the hint of xbox 2 was nice too albeit coming nearly a year after Shawn Layden hinted at PS5.

[hench07]

Easily worst conference of 2018. Was less than an hour if you take out the "intermission"

[The 10th Rider]

Not great, but worst is hyperbole. Square Enix's was 90% unnecessary and EA's was pure trash . . . hard to get much worse than either of those.

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

It had the best games.

[ObviousGoldfish]

Definitely worst except for the lesbian antics

[-Foxtrot]

So what? Add in all the third party titles and the same trailers we've already seen, most of them being at Microsofts, Bethesda or Ubisofts?

It added onto the game portfolio...and if they showed new games, ones not ready then people would complain they are "showing games too early". Can't win.

[PapaBop]

Worse than EA's? Come on, at least Sony actually showed their games in action, for that alone puts it above EAs. The presentation was horrible that's for sure but at the end of the day, the games they properly showcased was by far the best games shown at E3 so far. Ghosts of Tsushima was absolutely mind blowing, as a fan of Samurai movies, the combat looked incredible and those visuals were insane.

[Platformgamer]

worse because of the lenght? are you on crack?

[AnubisG]

Not worst this year. But it is the worst Playstation E3 conference in the past 8-10 years or so.

[Lionalliance]

Worse than EA? how exactly?

[DarkVoyager]

I agree. Xbox had the better E3. Sony showed great games but it was far too short and there wasn’t and surprises or anything. Pretty disappointed. I didn’t like how they did the show this time around.

[Baza]

Oh yeah, you’re right. Sony showed better games. Microsoft’s better E3 presentation is gonna sell tons of systems!

[ClanPsi1]

You're funny.

[bolimekurac]

but only spiderman comes out this year, looks awesome but the other main games are far far away in the future

[Greg2801]

It was far to short beacause sony did not show 30 multiplat titles...

The gameplay sony showed was on a whole other level then anything i have seen before.

I do agree with the format of the show, they shouldve work that out a lil bit better.

But overall sony won it easily for me

[Lokii]

Only reason it was shorter is because sony didn't fill it with stupid buzz words and lies. Sony wins again.

[-Foxtrot]

I thought it was pretty decent for being a smaller show

One of the better shows this year

[ObviousGoldfish]

Decent is pretty low tier

[AnubisG]

No, this was bad. You can't even call this a show. They might as well could just uploaded a video of the games to youtube and be done with it.

[-Foxtrot]

Presentation sucked but I enjoyed the games.

They did say it was going to be a smaller show ages ago and constantly reminded us.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

So understand Sony has the crown this gen. With many consoles sold and their games fly off store shelves. They have nothing else to prove this gen, as arrogant that sounds, its pure truth sorry. They can afford to take it easy and really not do to much tbh no point they're giving what gamers want.

[Sunny_D]

What kind of hyperbole is that? Are you forgetting that they showed us never before seen gameplay of 3 highly anticipated games we have yet to see? That alone was worth the wait.

[The 10th Rider]

Great? They literally didn't show a single new first party game. The only thing that saved it is that EA and Square Enix had such awful conferences and Ubisoft didn't impress much either.

[neocores8055]

lol sorry they are not xbox. All the 1st party studios are working ON GAMES lol but u would not understand ur so us to that xbox lol

[The 10th Rider]

I don't even own an Xbox . . .

[porkChop]

Yeah, the first party teams are working on games but didn't *show* them. That's kinda the problem. We know Sony make fantastic games, that's why we wanted to see and hear about them. But they didn't show much.

[remixx116]

They honestly didnt need to show any new games cuz we barely new about the ones they had announced, really they just needed to do a better job of presenting it.

The last of us 2 and ghost was mind blowing and spidey was near top teir as well.

But death stranding didnt show much, no release date for dreams and the weird first half hour really pulled it down a peg.

[DialgaMarine]

They’re going to announce everything their studios are working on at the same time. This is a process of of having a few games to talk about at a time, so that it’s easier to maintain attention and avoid the titles canibalizing each other’s hype, and then announce the next wave as each game draws closer to release. Guarantee we’ll likely get release windows for TLoU2, GoT, and DS at PGW and PSX, along with some new game announcements. As it stands, Sony is still on top of the exclusives game.

[Greg2801]

Why do they need to show a new one? They already have enough first party games coming.

They showed us gameplay of their big games that are coming up.

A new first party title will probably be for the ps5 anyway.

And Nioh 2 was a great surprise.

[Rimeskeem]

I like the overall show. Glad they had surprises and the gameplay shown really sold me on the games. Next year is looking amazing for PS and I cant wait for PSX and other stuff.

[The 10th Rider]

People said wait until PSX for new announcements last year and they barely had anything there either. IMO what they have announced is pretty much what's left for the PS4's life and the PS5 is clearly on it's way at the end of next year or beginning of 2020.

[Rimeskeem]

Im just thinking release dates honestly

[The 10th Rider]

Eh, I guess so. I think we might get one for TLOU2 since that's probably a summer title. I dunno about GOT, but Death Stranding is probably later in the year so we might not get one until next E3.

Also, speaking of release dates, is it just me or has Sony still not announced one for Dreams? I thought for sure a release date for that was a lock this E3 especially since they highlighted it so much during the show. Maybe it'll be an aftershow thing?

[TheGamez100]

Psx has been getting smaller and smaller every year and have been major disappointments. TGS is where its at, usually at least good.

[Rimeskeem]

The second was better than the first and there have only been 3 so....

[Relientk77]

Needed more games, announcements, and surprises

[LOGICWINS]

I think both Sony and MS made it abundantly clear that the bulk of their resources are already tied up into next-gen. One of the weaker E3s I've ever witnessed.

I could be jaded, but all these Western exclusive games look the same to me. Too many overly cinematic type games.

As I get older, my tastes in games are changing. My most played game this gen was Yakuza 0. Not the best game graphically...or even mechanically, but it had a ton of content, replay value, and a fantastic deep story.

I think TGS is "my" personal E3. Japanese games simply appeal to me more I suppose.

[blackblades]

Na not really, save that stuff for next year when ps5 is near. Besides people just don't get it there plenty of games ms announced them for sony and sony showed exclusive that's are on the way.

[FallenAngel1984]

Crown? Are people really taking this to be that serious

[SegaGamer]

Yeah, that is how things are now, a lot of gamers have turned this into a silly competition. I'm just happy to see games to be honest, i don't give a damn what stage it's announced or previewed on.

[Neonridr]

What, are you new to N4G?

[FallenAngel1984]

@ Sega

I’m glad to see new games announced no matter the conference as long as it’ll be available on my platform of choice

@ Neo

This isn’t an N4G thing. Many outlets still unironically say “who won E3”

[crazychris4124]

Loved all of the gameplay demos but the conference was short as hell. It was really only an hour. Maybe a surprise sneak peek at something a couple years out would have been cool.

[jhoward585]

Ghost of Tsushima was a league of its own as far the graphics. Can't believe TLOU2 was beaten. TLOU2 just didn't look as impressive as I thought. But it looks ok.

[DialgaMarine]

Both games look incredible. I’ll give Ghost a little more credit though simply because it’s open world. Both are amazing looking first party PS titles, so I’ll be enjoying both; no need to compare.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Disagree TLOUS was one of my picks of the show along with Spider-Man And Ghost.

[TheGamez100]

Agreed. The games looked great but they were all expected. Death stranding yet again leaves us with tons of questions, lou2 great but more of the same also no joel, spiderman great but weve seen a good amt of footage of the game already, ghost of tsushima looks good however gfx are crazy overwhelming and combat looks meh. Only thing I got very excited to see was RE2 and the new kh3 trailer. The intermission thing and short conference made it pretty disappointing too.
Id have to say mcsft still has the best imo, i had more wows in that conference even though it was heavily third party. This is in terms of presentation, playstation still has the upper hand when it comes to games though. Welp, hope nintendo can show them all up? Lol.

[Cohagen420]

They literally had the best games of the show, what a clown.

[Zeref]

games we've seen last year..

[pwnmaster3000]

Yeah but with gameplay, that’s tops most of the games showed this e3. They also had some new games like noob 2 and comtrol

[Cohagen420]

Oh you saw the gameplay last year? I must've missed that imaginary conference..

[pwnmaster3000]

My bad I mean nioh 2. Autocorrect on my phone lol

[twiggytree12]

Xbox fans have had no problem seeing Crackdown 3 for the past 4 years.

[rainslacker]

While I agree, I still think ms show was more entertaining, and did have a lot more new game announcements, although we already knew about, or guessed about quite a few of them.

I have to say, trying to look at it obhectively, I think that ms conference was better overall. Better pacing, more games shown.

I think of the games shown though, Sony certainly won in terms of interesting content because they revealed game play of three rather high profile games, and they all looked great. Spider-Man we've seen before, but the new stuff looks improved over the last. A couple nice announcements too.

I think Sony won in terms of trying to achieve something....and that would be reaffirming that there are some impressive and unique games in the system. And i think ms has that too, but people were looking at their conference as a last chance for me kind of deal, so while they stag ed off some doom and gloom, they "lost" because I feel they didn't do enough to alleviate a.lot of the criticism that they've been getting the past few years

[TheColbertinator]

Absolutely abysmal conference. Kingdom Hearts 3 looks awesome however.

[maybelovehate]

It really does. I have to have this game now.

[TheColbertinator]

Can't wait to play it on the X.

[blackblades]

that's what I'm saying, what's important the show or the games. They showed there games that people wanted to see. Besides they said don't expect much it's not there fault ya get hyped for everything.

[Eidolon]

KH3 wasn't the best thing shown at the Showcase, It's more like the wait made it more wanted and popular and the fact that it has a vast array of SE and Disney characters.. it hits too many notes, and maybe cheaply, but some of the gameplay elements look good, assuming they all make it in there and are varying and a large part of it, rather an speckles heres and there to change it up from time to time.

Sony's conference wasn't all that great, but I liked that they they showed gameplay of all the big games releasing within a year. TLOU2 impressed me the most, the cinematics, seamless AI and animations and immersion, not even talking graphics, if they can pull this off for any style of gameplay and paths, then this is a HUGE accomplishment in gaming

[Speak_da_Truth]

MS had better pacing and more games (mostly 3rd party) But almost all the games Sony showed looked amazing.

[jagermaster619]

All 4 games....lol jk they did look good.

[neocores8055]

I see people grading it off the pace but disregarding the GAMES. I mean spiderman alone makes any other game xbox showed off look like trash.

[twiggytree12]

That's what I don't understand, I guess games don't matter anymore.

[neocores8055]

LoL i mean THEY WANTED SOMETHING NEW. i mean come on look what we still have coming this year then next then the studios from GOD of war again ... Its just xbox fans being butt hurt.

[twiggytree12]

^100% agreed. Not to mention people are always bitching when Sony announce games that are a couple of years away. Sony has a handful of big exclusives to release over the next year, they don't need to drop anything new at this time.

[Themba76]

yea microsoft won if you like multiplats mainly. nothing on microsofts show made me want to get an xbox one x.

[UCForce]

Well, I agree. It was great, but not the best really.

[pwnmaster3000]

If it had better pacing I think it would of been one of the best e3 shows this year. Still good though

[UCForce]

I think Sony did told us that to keep our expectations low. And I wasn’t disappointed to be honest. They delivered what they promised. Give 4 major games to show gameplay which they promised us. Like I said, it was great but not amazing.

[aconnellan]

@UCForce

"I think Sony did told us that to keep our expectations low."

I think that's a bit of a cop-out. How does that make it better? If MS had've said "most of our games we'll be showing are 3rd party" would that have made their conference better?

[UCForce]

Yes, it wasn’t perfect and the beginning have a rough start. Like I said, it was great, but not really amazing.

[trooper_]

Sony literally said the format would be different and people ignored that.

What matters to me are the games.

[Ninjamonkey82]

Great games but far too short. Looking forward to ghosts and TLOU2 still confused as to what to expect from death stranding im holding on for an in depth gameplay and spiderman looks cool.

[jznrpg]

I don’t t want to know anything about Death Strandig really. It looks so strange I want to experience it first with a controller in my hand.

[Blu3_Berry]

The beginning had some really weird pacing when they were moving the stage and playing the music instrument and whatnot. We got a few nice surprises as well and the games we were promised. Though I agree, I don't think Sony won e3 in terms of conference this year. I think Microsoft did a much better job as they were just boom boom boom boom, game after game after game after game. The pacing for Microsoft was much better.

7/10 for Sony.

Also, it didn't help that Twitch messed up on the live stream during the Ghost preview.

[UCForce]

As much as i’m PlayStation Loyalist, I have to give that one to MS.

[Abnor_Mal]

Damn

[Segata]

I was pretty bored but thankfully other companies made announcements to keep my PS4 busy this fall. LikeAC Odyssey and Fist of the North Star(From the same team as Yakuza).

[Evolve]

It's very difficult to balance titles between E3 and PSX. A lot of AAA titles and a lot of Sony goodness!

[DialgaMarine]

Sony clearly has a bigger devotion to their exclusive lineup, and it definitely showed during this conference. The overall vibe of the show was kindof meh, but the gameplay of TLoU2, Spider Man, and Ghost was incredible. I really wish the Death Stranding gameplay demonstrated a little more action and better explained itself, but it’s still intriguing nonetheless. Good show for sure. I’ll say it was better than Xbox show, simply because all they did was show off games I’ll be playing on PS4/ PC, but MS did show off a lot more games which is always a plus.

Either way, TLoU2, Spider Man, Ghost, and Death Stranding are all still very much day 1 purchases.

[ILostMyMind]

I even know "the crown was there". Kkkkk
Maybe i just watched an alternative MS E3.

Sony showed what they said they would show. But I agree, it could have been better.

Score 8/10

[paintedgamer1984]

I have to agree, im a sony guy but even i have to admit sonys 2016 e3 was the best by far. This years e3 was good but after seeing what ms did id have to give them the nod granted most of their stuff was 3rd party. MS i think gave their fans a great show while i feel Sony is on cruise control. Sonys 1st partys are on another level for sure but i think i just expected more... even tho they did say prior that the main course would be those 4 games.

Spiderman = Amazing
Death Stranding = wtf did i just watch
Got = need to see more but looked great
TLOU2 = OVER THE TOP

Extra cherry on top goes to... RE2

[TripleCs]

I personally think Sony should have just started the show on stage. It was utterly pointless to do it at another location imo.. That intermission ruined the pacing of the conference.

All the 1st party games Sony showed off looked awesome so that's good. TLOU 2, Death Stranding, Spiderman and Ghost of Tsushima are all days ones for me however, this conference lacked announcements lacked 1st party announcements which makes me tend to believe that Sony is gearing up for next gen and 2019 is the PS4's big send off before the PS5 arrives in terms of 1st party support as much as I don't like it arriving in 2019.. It's coming sooner than people think.

This conference definitely had the wow factor but it lacked the surprise and shock factor. I would say that this conference was good but not great. Xbox had a better showing this year imo. Just gonna call a spade a spade..

[Skankinruby]

Lol oh dear lord the simple elaboration of the already well known lineup of sony exclusives squashed anything Microsoft brought. The gameplay for TLOU, Ghosts, and Death Stranding looked phenomenal, the damage control is so out of hand it's hilarious.

[ninsigma]

Can't agree. Format was terrible at the beginning but after the interval it got back on track and no other show this year showed anything on the level of what playstation showed. Could have been an A but beginning format brings it down to a B, or to put it another way, amazing games saved to from being a C or less. I also think Ubisofts conference was better than Ms.

[tontontam0]

I really think microsoft won e3 when we rate the presentations itself. if sony had all of those world premiere "not exclusive games" on their show they would have won.

[Monkeycan8]

That was really bad...

[Minute Man 721]

No Days Gone 😔

[Platformgamer]

not epic but better than the others surely

[Greg2801]

All games that we new about(except nioh2 and control) and this was still the best conference for me.

Sony showes us gameplay of all the great first party games that are coming up.

Only the format was a lil bit off this time.

Microsoft showed me all the trailers from games that are also coming to ps4.
And the usual Halo-Forza-Gears.

Their pacing was better, but again nothing special.

I mean The last of Us 2, Ghost of Tsushimi, Death Stranding and Spiderman al looked amazing and they showed actual gameplay.

Just take away all the multiplatform titles Microsoft showed and look what is left behind...

Sony easily won it for me this year

[BehindTheRows]

Hopefully, Sony wasn’t chasing some meaningless crown. I’m glad I got what I got.

[chiefJohn117]

Death stranding looks disappointing
Spiderman looks legit. Finally a solid spidy game
Ghost best game showing they had no doubt looks sweet
TLOU2 I don't see what ppl see in this game.

[Asuka]

In one word it was: meh.

[Tedakin]

It was bizarre.

[Tedakin]

Excited to see Death Stranding gameplay.... It turned out to be a walking up hills simulator. That's literally all the gameplay they showed. No release windows or dates for Last of Us or DS. No Shemnue 3.

[CPTN MITCHELL]

Sorry but Microsoft cannot win with the same games every year Halo Forza2k19 gears a $500 console and they don't have a game that can make me go crazy or say wow that's badass

[AnubisG]

This was truly bad. I was shocked. They had good games but the presentation was horrible. It ended without a warning and while the games were good, it wasn't enough. I liked MS's confefence so much better.

[CPTN MITCHELL]

Xbox fan celebrating the same franchise from Microsoft E3 presentation like Check out @angel99pr’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/angel99...

[Lexreborn2]

It’s weird because MS legit snatch all the 3rd party announcements up. Like 80% of their show half could’ve been on another stage easily. If anything it told us that this year is packed with crazy content but now the big guys are fighting over whose stage will a game show up on.

It was so tongue and cheek with Nier tag being best way to play on X while Kingdom hearts on Sony was only place to play entire series

[GamesMaster1982]

Well we knew PlayStation were not bringing any new first party announcements . So that was fine , probs waiting till Tokyo gameor PSX show . But the games we knew would be there has awesome gameplay trailers. Then the Ice on the cake Re 2. So all in all I’m happy .

[TheGoodestBoi]

Holy shit we got Nioh 2.your argument is invalid

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Yeah what was the big announcement that was unexpected from ms I must have missed it. The fact is ms conference provided more of a reason to own a ps4 instead of their own console and then Sony’s conference just drove the point further home with some of the most talked about and hyped games that are only playable on ps4 so that’s why they win imo. Ms showed nothing exclusive wise that is even close the level of Spider-Man,tlou part 2 or ghosts which unbelievably with tlou part 2 at the show is my game of the show so far.

[DA_SHREDDER]

This e3 was pointless. A waste of time effort and money

[Mylove1516]

Once again, even more games to look forward to. My wallet will be begging me to F*** Off. Plenty to play for all on PS4 and X1, maybe now we can have civilized talks about our excitement for the upcoming games and leave the fanboy negative talk alone.

[Elda]

Sony's conference was weak far as the new format/presentation but they did exactly what they said they would do by showing off their AAA exclusive gameplay content of games they're working on & bonus reveals of RE2,Nioh 2 & Control which was absolutely great. MS conference was better than last years but it was exciting seeing all the multi-platform stuff that I'll play on my Pro,their exclusive content was just the same ole 3 games which was Halo.Gears & Forza with no new unique exclusives at all. This years conferences wasn't bad I have great exclusives & multi-plat games to look forward to this year & next.

[Profchaos]

What the hell was with the room shuffle seemed like a major waste of time

[Profchaos]

As a psvr fan I am very disappointed there was almost nothing on that front what they showed was pretty poor in vr

[MrSec84]

Well it's a shame Sony didn't announce any new PS4 exclusives, but the games they showed new gameplay for looked awesome.

Too much chat for my liking, but at least Sony didn't rely on 3rd Party to carry their conference.

I give it a 7/10, because their real exclusives look amazing and make me glad I own a PS4.
We saw real gameplay, fresh titles that haven't been re-used for decades and my god that Spiderman gameplay, it looks phenomenal, that's an entirely new take on the franchise.

I'm disappointed by the lack of new exclusives being announced, but given what Sony have given us this generation a quality showing of imminent games is great from them.

If anything the lack of new announcements all around actually points to PS5 and the next XBox likely being announced early next year.

[bolimekurac]

spiderman looks amazing , death stranding is to early to judge, the last of us 2 looks great but ill wait to see if that was actual real gameplay all the way through becuase that looked scripted even when it looked like actual gameplay and the same for ghosts, they look nex gen but ill wait till we get true gameplay

[bluefox755]

Gameplay footage of some of the most anticipated games of this gen. I'd say that nails them a win.

[derek]

This is what E3 needs to be at least 4 me. That ghost TLOU and RE2 trailers were pretty epic especially ghost (wish it was in Japanese with English sub). I actually hate the conference talk and I'm fine just watching the trailers afterward. Which is kinda what Sony did.

[OldPeopleSex]

Best conference - Nintendo maybe/Bethesda
Worst conference - Sony
Best games - Sony

Sonys bold strategy of poor event planning and great great games is weird. Lets see how it plays out cotton.

[shinoff2183]

Honestly for me it's about games and sony brought that way better then Microsoft. Sony edges them easy. Last of us and death stranding took it easily

[ClanPsi1]

I wish it had more speakers, since the devs saying a few words is always interesting. On the other hand, though, having no speakers is a lot better than listening to Phil Spencer talk out of his ass for an hour.

[Majin-vegeta]

or hear "Exclusive"every 30 seconds when only like 4 were.

[Flewid638]

4 games that look like GOTY material beats "we're gonna try to do better" any day.

Sony FTW.

[Lionalliance]

Yeah, kinda suspected it would be. Still a pretty decent showing, they showed exclusives games with actual gameplay rather than MS, but yeah it needed to show more.

[optimus]

I think if they were going to show so few games that they should have done some live demos of something, anything, that speaks towards the future or upcoming features for current hardware instead of the music interludes. They gave very few release dates if at all. Just lengthy game demos that left you with more questions... Albeit, those demos looked very nice...

On a side note, it appears to me that the theme at e3 is "Girl Power"... Look at all the games with a strong female protagonist... Even games that were once led by male heroes. Not complaining, just saying we've come along way in gaming.

[sreevenkat]

It seems like Sony is concentrating on PSX this year rather than E3. My brother scolded me not to watch Sony and Ubisoft's E3 press conferences this year, it is just a waste of time but did not hear him and finally, I realized myself.

[TheOttomatic91]

Agreed

[Tazzy]

Sony is taking the e3 crown their showing was way better than Microsofts they showed games that are on the way that look incredible Microsoft can't compete with those games shown by Sony. If people think Microsoft showing Just Cause 4 Dying Light 2 Devil May Cry 5 and others was great newsflash those games will be on PS4 as well. Microsoft announced Gears 5 Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 4 (games Phil said they don't rely on) but there was nothing making anyone want an Xbox One/S/X if the 3rd party games were exclusive fine they win BUT... they're not. Resident Evil 2 seems to be a PS4 exclusive and Sony's line-up is unstoppable Death Stranding is game of the show in my opinion.

[Einhander1971]

Not worth the crown, get over yourself Sony showed the best four games of the entire E3. It's about the CONTENT NOT THE DELIVERY. All four games look absolutely incredible, no one else came close. Nintendos showing is absolutely shocking let's hope they have more to show later in the year. Microsoft did really well to for me personally.