Microsoft "won" the E3 coverage race

With the curtains already closed for E3, the company that runs a yearly analysis of E3’s coverage statistics, ICO Partners, just released the numbers today. In the blog post by Thomas Bideaux, ICO Partner’s CEO, it shows that Microsoft “won” the E3 coverage race in this year’s E3.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Good Job Microsoft you deserve it.

[Miss_Weeboo]

Ok. So, the problems I see with the XBOXONEX: (other than the name) is too expensive.
Is not even 500 bucks, it's in the thousands, cause u need also a 4k TV.
4kTV's are gonna be cheap like in 4 years from now (maybe 3)
You could buy one with your regular set, but what's the point?
And what u gonna buy all that for? to play cuphead? (Which btw looks so cute!
I'd buy that game cause I absolutely love old 40's cartoons)
It has no games. It was so boring... Do you think people care about Teraflops?
They didn't sold the device.

Why would u want to get a PS4pro?... is cheaper, and yeah u also need a 4ktv ; not really but,
let's say u don't have one: still better performance than regular PS4, definitely better performance
for PSVR, and tons and tons of games, exclusives: sony exclusives and 3rdP exclusives, and 3rdP non exclusives,
and indies...

[chrisx]

Well said

[slate91]

well said LOL

[Kiwi66]

Only to a few it is as for everyone else not so much

[Cherchez La Ghost]

Say what?! LMAO!!

[Brave_Losers_Unite]

Smh there are multiple 4ktvs under 400

[Aenea]

Yikes, would be a waste of money to play games on One X or Pro on a cheap ass 4k TV!

It's either too small or doesn't have a 10-bit panel or both...

[gamer7804]

Wrong, you don't "NEED" a 4K tv, you can still take advantage of supersampling and games going from 720-900p to 1080p.

Wrong, 4K TVs are already cheap, you can get a 55" 4K HDR tv for around 550 bucks (i got mine on a double discount deal for 435$)

Wrong, Would buy it for Gears, Forza H3, Forza, Killer Instince, Minecraft HDR 4K, and lots of 3rd party games like Shadow of War etc.

Wrong, "They didn't sold the device" (grammatical errors incomprehensible present-past tense and bad pronoun reference)

PSPro is cheaper, and there are similar reasons go with that but you don't get as much of a resolution and effects bump and no 4k bd drive. Sony does have more AAA exclusives right now is correct.

[4Sh0w]

MegaGirl.....please, please tell me you are studying English and this was your first public attempt to actually communicate with humans(If so I forgive you) OR you are freakin wasted on some unkown substance that would put an elephant down(If so, dont touch the keyboard for a week, go to bed) because that post actually made my head hurt.

OT, Despite the accolades personally I was just very dissapointed with the lack of C3 destruction gameplay and absence of 1 or 2 big AAA announcements....other than that the hardware reveal was a huge plus and the variety of games was cool.

[Chriscrinkle18]

Just FYI @4Sh0w there is still destruction in the campaign but it's limited. This was always the case, back when it was announced in 2015 the destruction shown was for MP only so they could draw on extra servers to allow that level of destruction to happen. IGN did a video with one of the developers that showed the level of destruction on MP and it's crazy.

[Miss_Weeboo]

Hi! No. Of course: English is not my main language (not even the second one). But in my defense, I didn't try my best, (Is really hard 4Show! Whenever I do it, takes a long time to find the mistakes and correct them) I guess you were able to understand what I was saying... but I'll try to be more careful in the future, specially with this sort of articles... I find people to be a little jumpy with this articles...

[4Sh0w]

MegaGirl,

Well now I feel like a real big A-hole. My apologies, I was being sarcastic about studying English, I actually assumed you were one of those random keyboard warriors who just don't pay attention to what they are typing or worst the guys who think they are too cool to speak regular English. That's what I get for assuming and trying to be funny. Hey, I appreciate the reply and actually I wish I could speak several languages, I know a little Spanish and Japanese but not enough to really hold a conversation so all things considered you're language skills are a lot better than mine. Again my apologies and I hope to hear more from in the future.

Chriscrinkle18,

Thanks, for the info. I follow Crackdown3 so yeah, I knew already knew the destruction was for the online multi to use the cloud, my only point was that it was gaming's biggest event (E3) and with the it releasing in Nov they should have showcased that for C3.

[andrewsquall]

@Chriscrinkle18 OKAY, WE GET IT, some people keep making that mistake of bringing up the destruction. That doesn't excuse the fact it looked like a last gen game with abysmal running animations and blurry textures and all while in an empty looking lifeless city that looks like it will always be one fixed time of day too.

[LordoftheCritics]

YOU DON'T NEED A 4K TV

The 1X supersamples the image.

Basically your 1080p footage will look even cripser and will enjoy less aliasing.

Regarding the games:

XBOX has its own set of exclusives. Yes they are not what Sony has but thats why its different. Get a Sony console for the Sony ones.

Also all 3rd party games will look and perform better on the 1X. If you look at statistics on most played games, most hours spent on games, highest number of players on games etc. It's usually 3rd Party games. Overwatch, Fifa, Destiny, Division, BF1, GTA V, ETC ETC

[zivtheawesome]

i am surprised the difference is less than 400 TBH. sony annoucned 2 games with one being exlcusive while MS announced a console. you would expect coverage to be a lot higher.

[Elda]

Imo it really didn't win E3 at all,nor Nintendo or Sony though the later 2 kept it safe.For starters I was hoping their show would have captured my interest in buying one.Not every game will run in native 4k,Crackdown 3 reveal was the graphics were gimped/dumb down,a new Forza of course,no new original interesting exclusives shown & the rest were multi-plats & lackluster indies with a 500 dollar price tag for a mid gen XBOX. Sorry...no way.

[showtimefolks]

personal preference to be honest UBI had the best conference games wise for me followed up by sony and bethesda

that whole 42 games and using world exclusive console launch and using the word exclusive in general in deceiving ways wasn't good by MS. 42 games yet nothing we didn't know already besides metro

[morganfell]

The only reason I cannot give Ubi the win is quite simple, and I love Far Cry and Splinter Cell (which wasn't there). And that simple reason is history. Their damned lying and deceptive history and anyone that gives them the win without waiting for them to deliver what they showed in a final form is not helping gamers or the industry at all.

[The 10th Rider]

Yeah, I mean I thought they showed some cool looking games and all but their history is sketchy. Watch Dogs looked pretty amazing when they first showed it and ended up being a decent game, but nothing particularly special. For Honor looked pretty cool as well, but now it's struggling to keep a decent userbase. Then of course there's the whole Assassin's Creed Unity fiasco.

It's just hard to get excited for much of anything Ubisoft related anymore. I feel like we're better off waiting for the games to come out and see how they're received before heaping them with praise. They certainly have released a few gems over the years, but they've also had a good chunk of misses.

[morganfell]

@10th,

Agreed. I have no issue giving them a retroactive attaboy award. But they have shafted gamers so many times it is our turn to make them prove themselves for a change. You want my money Ubi? Earn it.

[The 10th Rider]

I feel like most gamers around here either have short term memory loss or aren't that old.

In 2012 a lot of people praised Ubisoft's conference as the best. They showed Far Cry 3 and Rayman Legends, which probably ended up being the best games they showed that year. Outside of that Splinter Cell: Blacklist had been announced, Assassin's Creed 3 was shown off, Zombi U was shown, and they ended with the biggest surprise of E3 that year: Watch Dogs. Most of those ended up being disappointments.

At this point I'm not even particularly excited for Beyond Good and Evil 2. If one of their games comes out and it's great, good for them, I may pick it up. However I'm not going to get hyped for anything Ubisoft related until they can prove they're not going to let us down.

[Donnie81]

If you think 500 bucks is to much then its not for you. You people must be 12 or some bums. I blow more than 500 on lottery tickets and slushies every month. If your an adult and can't come up with 5 honey between now and Nov you probably should consider giving up gaming and getting another job.

[Cherchez La Ghost]

But they'll pay that $$$ for a new iPhone or Galaxy every year. I do for the Galaxy phones! LOL!!