Who won E3 2010?

Chad 'The Impaler' Sapieha of The Goble and Mail says: Having not personally attended this year’s E3 in Los Angeles (I followed conferences online, pored over countless press releases, and conducted phone interviews with company representatives), I’m a bit hesitant to rank the news and announcements the event generated.

[BigRedBall]

They had amazing games such as Killzone 3 and Littlebigplanet2 plus they had the shock announcements such as Gabe announcing portal 2 and Jaffe announcing Twisted Metal. Not to mention Kevin Butler lit up the show with his speech. Sony pulled out all of it's guns for this one and it showed.

[Timesplitter14]

1 - Konami
2 - Nintendo
3 - Sony
4 - EA
5 - Microsoft
6 - Ubisoft

I liked how Konami was very friendly and humble. No big stages, sales talk or fancy montages. Just funny developpers presenting their games one by one. It felt like an oral presentation in a classroom. I wish all conferences were like that.

[MaxOpower]

OMG! I laughed so hard, "1 - Konami ".

What Conference did you see. I saw the one with all the freaks failing at simple English and being humans.

This was Konami: http://cache.gawkerassets.c...

This was Konami: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Timesplitter14]

Yes, this is precisely what I'm referring to. Cool devs being funny and not giving a damn about shiny light shows or shit no one cares about like sales talk or marketing strategies.

At least they tried to do funny or entertaining things and that's all that matters to me

http://i154.photobucket.com...

[Fel08]

"Failing at simple English"

I would like to see if ur Japanese is any better.

[renegade]

Konami conference was bizzare.

[Biggest]

"I would like to see if ur Japanese is any better."

We should remember that the next time we present our work to the Japanese, huh?

[JustOne]

In my opinion :

1.Sony

2.Nintendo

3.EA

4.Konami

..

[Xwow2008]

press conference, i vote it for the 1st place....the conference is full of lols :))
MUST WATCH.

[Lifendz]

E3 was great this year. With the exception of MS and Ubisoft, the conferences were great. Hope Nintendo doesn't revert back to vitality sensor type shows for next years E3.

[OneSneakyMofo]

1. Sony
2. EA
3. Konami
4. Nintendo
5. Ubisoft
6. Microsoft

Nintendo's demo of Zelda killed so much of my hype for the game - Kid Icarus and Donkey Kong were pretty cool.
MIcrosoft, well, you saw their fiasco.

[Xeoset]

Nobody won. E3 was shockingly bad this year; every presentation was suicidal including Microsoft's, Sony's and Free+'s. The only one that was worth hearing about was Nintendo's... at a push.

The rest of the years events best resolve this.

[NexGen]

I disagree. Gamers won, as I really feel that Nintendo and Sony are bringing some great options for us. I'm a grown man and I have to say that I'm most excited for that sorcery game with Move. The 3ds was full of win, Move looks great, games to support those new areas...what's not to love?

I won E3 and that's what matters to me.

[Xeoset]

I respect your opinion, but I'm still not convinced. Other than the 3DS I found nothing else interesting, which in itself is quite a statement as I hate how 3D TVs, games and cinema are being shoved down our throat. Games first, peripherals after.

[cyborg6971]

Gamers won. Duh.

[Donny]

SONY

[seij555]

I think its a tie between Sony and Nintendo. Then it goes, EA, Ubisoft, Konami, etc.

[Timesplitter14]

I like how the "etc..." is basically Microsoft

[LoaMcLoa]

3DS looks completly awesome. And all the new announcements, such as Kid Icarus and DK, were just outstanding!

[NexGen]

Yes, my GF was overly excited about DK. That game seemed to come out of nowhere, as did Kirby, and Metal Gear 3ds. I'm excited. Oh and Starfox!

Makes me happy!

[Myzer]

Not Microsoft

[PMR_21]

Sony
Sony
Sony
Sony

FTW!!!

[kewlkat007]

E3 is done..go enjoy the "contents" from your favorite console maker....

-sheesh

[Pika-pie]

Nothing wowed me this time around

[waterboy]

i suppose

[Pika-pie]

Nope, all 3 parties.

We knew the the MS conference would be Natal/Kinect focused with some Halo Reach and Gears 3. We knew a redesigned 360 was on the cards.

We knew about the 3DS and the Vitality sensor from Wii. Zelda was expected.

For Sony, we knew about all the sequels before hand. PSN+ was expected.

There were a few nice suprises here and there but no OMGZ moments. At least not for moi

[bubb13gum]

Nintendo gamers won, Sony Gamers won, If you Play xbox for Halo and Gears you won and If you lucky to Own all three systems and your pockets stretch like the Nile you def won. There. I wish people stop trying to make the console war like a superbowl or something sheeshus.

[deadreckoning666]

Amen ta that bubb13gum

[XtreemGamer]

Sony

[ctrlrz]

It's not a competition. It's a showcase - asking who won is like asking who won the news - MSNBC or CNN

[JonnyBigBoss]

If you were at home, Nintendo and Sony. If you were at the show, Sony hands down. The Sony booth had dozens of uupcoming AAA titles with everyone spread out enjoying everything. The Nintendo booth was just a 2 hour line to hold the little 3DS, hardly a winner.

[eagle21]

around 3 hours for 3DS, 2 hours for Zelda, and the next longest line was Metroid. Gamesradar said this...man please. :)

[Kingdom Come]

We're not going to come to a conclusion on this arguement, N4G is home to more PS3 Gamers than Wii/360 and therefore it is biased.

[Fel08]

The GAMERS

[Jrome]

aww you got to it first, enjoy the bubbles

[Godmars290]

Nintendo had the best presentation in both surprises and pacing.

Sony's was decent but a bit to long. KB hit a home run while Jaffe and Newell were surprising.

MS was tons of worthless flash that focused far too much on MC and the casual market.

[user9422077]

Sony:

Gabe Newell Portal 2 announcement.

Nuff said.

[renegade]

For me Twister Metal

[militant07]

E309 had 6 times more announcment, if not more...

[metalhead]

Nintendo did not win this conference. I was expecting a Zelda that was just as awesome as Twilight Princess or Orcarina, but they had to pull another Windwaker again which upset me. Sony won in my eyes because they presented to us a vast amount of games that make me feel good about owning the system. Sony also marketed the Move for games unlike Microsoft marketing it for more than games (remember when Sony did that back in 06 and how "well" that went?) Microsoft is now pulling the mistakes Sony made 4 years ago and they will pay for it. I like Gears and Halo, but they are not enough to win me over after seeing them ruin Kinect.

[zatrox]

Oh come on. Can't play a Zelda with charming graphics? TP graphics were pretty meh, that's why it made me happy that nintendo got back to cel shading. Sony were 1 hour and half talking about 3D and Move, then finally a few games...yeah.

[metalhead]

Dude the Move was only 30 mins.....I downloaded the entire press conference.

[Dylantalon1]

a lot of people think nintendo won because they showed the 3ds. 3ds will be about as powerful as a psp with a 3d screen that you cant see from all angles. zelda is only able to excite the fanboys who gets a nastalgic feeling from a lot of nintendos back catalog. nintendo fanboys and nintendo fans had to wait years for nintendo to show them something that interests them. when you talk to a nes fanboy all they tout are rubbish games with rubbish waggle controls that wouldn't interest alot of people for more than a few hours. people think nintendo had a good show because they had a few core games for people to look forward to and these are the people i call fanboys or imbeciles. to each his own, i dont mean all nes fans are idiots but majority of the games are technically inferior for me to be immersed and their current systems are of last gen specs. i cant wait for psp 2 which i know will cater more towards the core gamer while having an abundance of things for the casuals

sony had the best showing at e3

[metalhead]

Thank you I agree fully.

[zatrox]

Konami.
Do I need to say more?
Nintendo is second. They showed games, GAMES for god's sake.
Sony third, hour and half talking about crap and move, then finally games.
EA with sony on a tie for third, but somehow EA was great.
Ubisoft...at least Rayman.
Microsoft...pffhahahahaha
@metalhead
I know what you're saying, but I couldn't help except feeling bored at most of Sony's conference. Nintendo showed the 3DS, and alot of games that made me put on my nostalgia googles. They win because of how I felt all kiddy when I saw those games. Still, Konami won. Haven't laughed harder in my life.

[metalhead]

Im sorry to dissapoint you but Sony showed way way way more games than any other press conference. Nintendo just shown rehases of their back catalog while sony brought only one classic game back with plenty of brand new titles. The Move was only a small part of the show.

[Aphe]

What? Pretty much everything Sony announced was a sequel, how can you accuse Nintendo of 'rehases of their back catalog' while you are praising Sony for announcing a load of sequels?

I'm looking forward to some of the games Sony announced, but some of you people talk such bullshit.

[1Victor]

and disagree all you want but I won. Yesterday I made 8 reservations 5 of those were only on PS3,3 on the 360 and plan to buy 3DS and at least 4 of the games shown (MG,DK,KI +POKEMON can't be a Nintendo system without it).

[beans]

ID Rage won E3 followed closely by Portal 2. Nintendo had the best showing simply because Reggie can talk a big game. Sony killed MS simply because they actually brought extra ammunition. MS won simply because they gave every one the biggest cliff hanger ending show in history. There are still more shows to go and not until watching TOy Story 3 yesterday with the kids did I notice such a growing demand for 3d.

[Darkspade]

I think Nintendo has stole it again, That 3DS is amazing.. I dont think Microsoft nor sony show what there product can do in the future enough. We Just seen what it can do now, Kinect seem cool but I dont play the Kid games, and Move is Just a Wii 3.0 controller, But the 3DS WOW!!

[eagle21]

Nintendo. :)

[eagle21]

Did I stutter? Nintendo, hands down. :)

[N4g_null]

What is funny is I see a lot of people clinging to hardcore Sony. That's cool and all but many of you did not even get to try the 3ds and a lot of people are trying hard to marginalize it.

The truth of the matter is no one cares about sequel that didn't even sell over 3 million to it's own base. Sony seems to be crawling into a shell along with it's fans. That is fine though. I'm sure nintendo can find 5 million core gamers to replace you guys ignoring their games.

What you guys dont understand is we are getting sequels to games that didn't even get people to buy a ps in the first place. Sure you guys love them but 3 games in one console life cycle really?

I hope it all works out for them, I guess we will see.

[Figboy]

that Sony won in terms of content and showing that MOVE isn't JUST a grab for the casuals (it IS a grab for the casuals, but us core gamers aren't being left behind).

i think that Nintendo had the best presentation, and the 3DS is some impressive tech, but my issue is that, once again, they fell back on tugging on ours, and the media's nostalgic heartstrings. Zelda. Mario. Metroid. Kid Icarus. Donkey Kong. yes, it's GREAT that we are once again getting more, but that's it? no new IPs?

Microsoft lost E3 big time.

to me, it doesn't matter if Konami or Ubisoft had good or bad press conferences, but Microsoft is one of the 3 platform holders. it is their DUTY to chart the direction of their platform, and, if vying for the industry leader spot, to show us WHY they are considered an industry leader.

Microsoft failed at all of the above. they floundered their Kinect presentation...TWICE. they also didn't bring anything new to the table, and once again trotted out Gears, Halo, and Fable, their three tentpole titles. there wasn't even a Crackdown 2 demonstration to at least make things a little more interesting.

Sony's conference was long, but that's because they had a lot to cover. so much in fact that they had to leave things OUT (The Last Guardian, DC Universe Online, The Agency, Motorstorm: Apocalypse, Resistance 3, etc).

as a platform holder, i think Sony showed a very clear direction for their console, as did Nintendo (keeping the status quo on the console front, but really innovating in the handheld space).

it's kind of weird, but i almost think Nintendo should focus solely on their handhelds, because they just do so GOOD at it, and Sony should focus solely on their consoles, because they are just so GOOD at it. maybe one day Sony and Nintendo will merge their handheld markets and have an uber handheld. lol.

Microsoft needs to find it's identity and run with it. it's so wrapped up with BEING Sony and Nintendo, that it's lost it's way. the Xbox was a much more focused gaming platform than the 360 is. Microsoft is just grabbing at everything it thinks will give it an edge over Sony and Nintendo, but the Xbox 360 DNA simply wasn't built around a lot of this expansion. they had to ADD HDMI. they had to ADD built in Wi Fi. Microsoft needs to focus on what makes the Xbox 360 the Xbox 360 (LIVE integration, strong MP gaming experience), and run with it.

i can't help but imagine how Microsoft could position themselves if they leveraged Xbox LIVE and started branching out beyond shooters. they could build up new studios that focused on bringing LIVE enabled multi-player games in the RPG genre, the survival horror genre, the action/adventure genre. instead, they'd much rather pay for timed exclusivity of multi-platform games.

Sony NEEDS the competition to keep them on their toes, but this E3 had Microsoft really stumble. you don't want to give Sony the chance to take advantage of a moment of weakness.