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Sony Completely Dominated Microsoft At This Week's E3 Video Game Conference

After Microsoft’s press conference earlier in the day Monday, all eyes were on Sony, the current market leader in the next-gen console race, to deliver at its E3 press conference Monday night with enough PlayStation 4 content to keep gamers sated for the next year.

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incendy354372d ago

Really? I found Sony's conference to be pretty bad. They basically pulled a Microsoft, talking about PR BS, TV Shows, Free 2 Play. It was cringe worthy.

The games they showed were awesome, but the overall show was bad.

KingKelloggTheWH4372d ago

Calling it bad is a bit much, it had a slow part but outside of that annoying part it was great.

xHeavYx4372d ago

"I found Sony's conference to be pretty bad"
"The games they showed were awesome"

Make up your mind buddy

sonarus4372d ago

WTF. Since when did E3 become a communications class where we are here to critique a games presentation. E3 isn't about sony or ms or who wins its about the games. I didn't watch the E3 because i was busy and i have no interest in watching the conferences. I will however watch every single game trailer that interests me. I have already seen no man sky trailer like 20 times. (Where has this game been all my life)

Webbyy4372d ago

Lol Oh Please, let's be honest here. no one dominated each other.

I smell fanboy in this article to use the word "dominated"

ABizzel14372d ago

The pacing of a show, doesn't take away from the content that was shown IMO, and that's why I give Sony a slight edge over MS, but to say they completely dominated MS is a lie.

This E3 was a B showing all around, with EA being the only bad showing.

darthv724372d ago

Id say nintendo beat them both. Original ip's, first looks at upcoming unique games and new twists on fan favorites.

Lots of surprises came out of nintendo. Most of the stuff from sony and ms was leaked prior (someone should hunt down those damn leakers). I was more surprised from nintendo than from Ms and sony combined.

If there was any doubt about games for ther wii-u...this should put the doubt at ease.

DevilOgreFish4372d ago

it was alright, both consoles had a small handful of games to announce. Imo, PC got the bigger side of the deal with GTAV and Dead Rising 3 finally coming over, with enhancements too.

NatureOfLogic_4372d ago

A lot of people seem way more disappointed with MS conference. After all, they did have the most hype and "momentum" going into E3 according to some. They didn't even come close to delivering on the hype that they created. MS definitely had the most overhyped E3 ever. This was to be their save Xbox One poor sales moment and they dropped the ball hard. I'm pretty they satisfied current Xbox One owner and a few others. But they didn't have enough exclusives to convince me to buy their inferior hardware that is struggling with multiplats(most of their show) compared to the competition. Also all of those early announcements top anything at MS E3. Why did they release all of that early? Poor sales most likely.

choujij4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

I say Nintendo and Sony had the best offering. MS dropped their pants weeks before and mostly mustered up CGI trailers.

BullyMangler4372d ago

even if you combine sony and microsofts E3 show together as one, Nintendo did a better job this E3. < fact

SpringHeeledJack4372d ago

The order game play was amazing and enough to win e3 for sony alone.

Really in what spoilt world do you live in when you find these bad.

Uncharted 4
No mans sky
Batman arkham knight
The order 1886
Gta5
Bloodborne
Let it die

The list goes on. But wait yet more fable and halo won for you right. Just stop the fanboy bias and lets come together as gamers. Sony destroyed the competition and thats good for us gamers.

NatureOfLogic_4372d ago

@ sonarus

The new E3 goalpost is presentation. We'll talk about the games after./s

The story going into this was that MS had to top Sony. They obviously failed to do that.

No_Limit4372d ago

SpringHeeledJack,
"Sony destroyed the competition and thats good for us gamers."

I think you meant to say:
"Sony destroyed the competition and thats good for us PS fanbois." FIXED

system224372d ago

@xHeavYx:

thats the very problem. people such as yourself are too polarized and it dilutes reality. the world doesn't work in absolutes. its perfectly acceptable to think sony had a boring show that featured some awesome games. its called looking at things subjectively. likewise, ms had some great games but i felt some of the featured indies were not super strong (ori and inside excluded).

i wouldn't say sony's show was "bad", as it wasn't in my opinion. i personally thought ms' was more fun and had more interesting titles. i certainly don't feel that sony "destroyed" them by any means. i'd probably say they came out more or less even depending on your preferences.

DevilOgreFish4372d ago

both MS and Sony showed a good percentage of 3rd party gameplay. with both companies showing what the big 3rd party titles look like running on their consoles.

there was more 3rd party gameplay shown because most of them already have their mechanics complete, compared to the announcements being fresh.

FATAL1TY4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

Sony wins, fatality. double flawless victory 2013-2014

R.I.P. xbone

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UltraNova4372d ago

Darth,

Was there ever any doubt Nintendo wouldn't deliver on quality games?

But 'winning' E3? that's stretching it...

I'd say it was pretty even...with a slight advantage Sony.

Boody-Bandit4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

Slightly off topic but what I want to know is what about 360 gamers? Where were the games MS? I mean we are sitting here debating who won E3 which is simply a matter of opinion but not showing games for your other platform is a fact.

I know a ton of gamers that own the 360 and haven't made the jump to this new generation yet and all of them are like "WTF I guess we are SOL."

On topic:
Presentation - MS
Content - Sony

I watched both conferences over and that's my opinion and personal preference. Now let's see what happens at Gamescom and TGS. Gamescom is where Drive Club and Project Cars will most likely make their game play debut.

SpringHeeledJack4372d ago

@No_Limit

You might not like it because you are a xbox fanboy but competition is good for gamers and microsoft has made sony up their game over the years creating a beast .

That's good for gamers and more choice which you will never understand with your xbox loyalty. Stop crying and enjoy the games.

JasonKCK4372d ago

Both shows had great games, but MS had a better show.

ZodTheRipper4372d ago

Sony's conference was definately the most entertaining one. It had some low points but all in all it was interesting from start to finish.

HammadTheBeast4372d ago

Then again, it was 2 hours compared to 1 hour for the other conferences.

Pogmathoin4372d ago

'A lot of people seem way more disappointed with MS conference.', Argentum, you mean fanboys like you and xheavy? Complained that MS never just show games? This year, no mention of cloud, kinect or other old BS, and you two still complain nonstop, trying to dig up anything negative on MS..... Sony had great games too, but only Nintendo had something new to show...... Not like timef exclusives that you hate seeing MS do.... The evil corporation thing...... Btw, you see No Mans Sky? Looks amazing.... It 'debuts' first on PS4..... Not a timed exclusive, right?

ShinMaster4372d ago

Microsoft showed a lot of games. But many of them were multiplatform.
Seriously, compare that to the number of multiplatform games Sony showed.

http://youtu.be/Ynqs4TxilTw

FanboyKilla4371d ago

Lol so what games will sony owners be playing this fall? Your best games are multiplat. Lmfao, GREATNESS AWAITS, the fuc*ing irony in that is hillarious. Not really its sad. Sooooo you think i purchased your console for indie games? Smh nope. You think i watched e3 for you to tell me it will be 2 years later before i see anything worth while out of my $400 investment with you. Ok sony how bout you start giving out ps4s, and will pay you when its worth it. Sounds crazy ha? How in the hell do you think we feel. But sony loyals say you dominated, sony is awesome. Wtf, are you serious fanboys? What you really just said was yes more pleeeease. How can you get more of nothing? Lol, the culture between the two consoles is astonishing. Like how everything on ps store has 5 stars. Lol you sony fans are a sad bunch. If we are talking about games, ms won. If we are talking about somthing else, dont know why, this is about games. Ps4 eneter standby mode to 2015.

Death4371d ago

@Argue,

Sony was "selling out" theaters to live stream their conferance and you are saying Microsoft had more hype? The momentum is clearly on Sony's side this generation. I would think Sony would be the one with more to prove since they are the ones that need to justify the momentum they have.

MazzingerZ4371d ago

For me the the positive things were SONY did't mention drive club at all and announced a new game FROM SOFTWARE, I'm sure at Gamescom GG and Quantic Dream will announce new games as SCEE is the closest partner there. We have yet to hear more about Shadow Beast.

For TGS they are saving for sure some AAA JRPG, GT announcement? CAPCOM's Deep Down...what else do you think?

Still lots left to be announced, about MSFT have no idea, more than Fable, show more QB and tease GoW spin off can't think beyond that.

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mushroomwig4372d ago

Their conference was 2 hours long and they spent a whopping 10 whole minutes talking about their new TV show, wow...

People need to realise that E3 isn't solely for gamers, it's also tailored for the press, shareholders and everybody else. Maybe, just maybe it's the reason why it's called the Electronic Entertainment Expo.

Dudebro904372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

So Microsoft is railed for talking about tv but it's ok when Sony talks about tv and movies for 15 minutes? So if its Sony its ok?

Dat n4g logic

iamnsuperman4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

@Dudebro90

You are not showing much logic either. Microsoft spent an entire conference (first might I add) talking about it (usually several different ways to do the same thing). It was a big slap in the face to 360 owners. Different approaches the one I mentioned didn't go down very well (wasn't the fact TV was present just the way it was presented)

Dewitt4372d ago

No they spent the reveal talking about the features and partnerships, E3 2013 was completely games related. Also, MS edged out Sony this year and this opinion piece made absolutely zero valid points.

sonarus4372d ago

Why do you care so much who wins a fucking e3 conference. This is not a communications class where points are awarded for who gave the better speech or presentation. Its about the games.

XanderZane4372d ago

More like 40 mins talking TV, hardware stats and everything else that wasn't games. Zzzzzzz..Zzzzzz..

0P-Tigrex4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

Sony won.. literally by a small margin.

Microsoft should've waited for the Price drop FOR E3 and mention you can get it "today". There's still uncertainty about the pricing.

Sony's -White Ps4 Destiny Bundle- and GTA5 360-PS4 transfer was a big surprise to me.

system224372d ago

well tell that to the fanboys who still mock the xbox to this day for having tv functionality. its just laughable how such strong polarizing opinions box people into corners.

uth114372d ago

@Dudebro90 -

No, Microsoft got heat because they appeared more interested at the time in positioning the Xbox One as an entertainment device that happens to play games rather than a game system.

AngelicIceDiamond4372d ago

@Mushroom So you and nobody here will not complain when MS does Tv talk sometime down the road at E3?No whining, screaming and crying like everyone did in the past when MS did it?

Got it, its suddenly cool again to have TV and app talk at E3 now.

Hell no its not.

Dat sudden change in logic....

ScorpianusNoir4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

@Dudebro, @truefan1, @Xanderzane
Sony spent 10 minutes talking about 1 television show and a movie / game tie-in for Ratchet and Clank. 10 minutes out of a 120 minute conference and you guys are complaining?

PSTV is not about tv, it is about playing PS games by remote play in a different room.
PS Now is not about TV, it about being able to stream GAMES to your PS4 without having to buy the games. Both of these things are about games and not TV. I am not sure what the hell you and some of the others are talking about.

Anyone who has a camera understand that the broadcasting yourself feature is outstanding. Watching other play the game and getting tips from them is outstanding. Being able to upload your video to Youtube will be pretty damned exciting for some. You guys really sound jealous and bitter about the beating that MS took last year. Time to get over it and move on.

Spotie4372d ago

And there goes another well said for another stupid comment.

Microsoft was accosted for spending their entire console reveal- more than 15 minutes- talking about TV functions and such. Even back then, many people felt that most of that would have fit better at E3.

See, E3 isn't just about gaming, though that's a big part. So talking about something else you're doing at E3 wouldn't be so bad.

Sony spent some time talking about a few media projects, one of which tied right into the announcement of a game. That's nothing like spending the vast majority of the PS4 reveal talking about TV services... which, you know, they DID NOT DO.

So there's no hypocrisy here, much as you want it to be so.

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torchic4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

how is free to play a bad thing? what you're telling me free games suck? sweet Lord!

True_Samurai4372d ago

Free to play..."some features available at a fee"

mushroomwig4372d ago

@True_Samurai

@Free to play..."some features available at a fee"

Have you never played a free to play game before? it's obvious to anybody with a brain cell that's how free to play titles work.

MasterCornholio4372d ago

@True

Its still free to play so you failed.

:)

sinspirit4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

The reason it says "some features available at a fee" was because they were honest about free-to-play, and some of the things in the trailers probably were weapons or armors and what not on characters that you pay for to unlock, because they didn't want to advertise that everything shown was free, but obviously you don't have to pay for anything if you don't want to.

Death4371d ago

Free to play is based on microtransactions. Yes, you can play for free, but not the entire game. FTP is a glorified demo. FTP is hardly a bad thing, but it isn't a replacement to an actual full game release.

MarkusMcNugen4371d ago

Free to play is another way of saying "Game based solely on micro-transactions." You know, the kind of games that 99% of all self-respecting gamers dont like.

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corvusmd4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

More important than ANYTHING, let's start pointing out that "winners" of E3 are anyone that has all the platforms...

I agree it was bad, it did more to prove that if you don't already have a PS4, you can wait till mid-late 2015 to get one. I was actually physically embarrassed for Sony the whole middle of their show. It's an opinion thing, but I can't wrap my head around anyone saying that Sony "won" it...doesn't sound like an objective opinion to me. Even Nintendo did in 30 minutes what Sony couldn't do in an hour and a half...they showed me 3 games that I MUST have...right now the Sony list is one with two hopefuls.

Copen4372d ago

Nintendo has no 3rd party support. MS is pushing Halo remakes out the door to fill their barren cupboard for the rest of 2014 everything else was either 3rd party games which will look and play better on the PS4 or CGI trailers that are for games 2015 maybe even 2016 and none of them will look like the stuff they showed on a computer. Meanwhile Sony announced REAL games coming out with few CGI trailers which will probably look like what was shown Sony gets the benefit of the doubt here because the PS4 is actually a next gen gaming console instead of Microsoft and their 792p BS. Microsoft was so desperate they basically showed proof of concept trailers for stuff that likely won't be out until 2016. MS can't get any big 3rd party games because the PS4 is dominating the X1 and publishers saw what happened with EA and Titanfall and how big of a loss they took not bringing it to the PS4. Long run MS is screwed and they know it and best of all they deserve it for not investing in their own first party studios and games. See what being invested in the industry gets you Sony level games.

JeffGUNZ4371d ago

@ Copen

What AAA exclusives does Sony have coming out 2014? MS has a few and so does Sony. This E3 let me down simply for the fact that it proved this consoles were rushed out and next gen doesn't really begin till 2015.

IMHO, the best game of E3 was Rainbow 6 Siege. That looks very good.

Jaqen_Hghar4372d ago

yeah they wasted 20 minutes on that stuff (pretty cool stuff actually) but their conference was longer overall. So they had an hour and a half of game content just like MS

-Superman-4372d ago

So, Microsoft lost E3 because they showed most games and they were all about games? Sony E3 was a little bit boring. They started to talking about TV show, movies, TVs, new camera and stuff like that. Hype gave Sony win, but if we look all games we saw from Sony and Microsoft, then Clearly Microsoft won here.

ScorpianusNoir4372d ago

Microsoft didn't lose E3. They had some very interesting games and certainly some good looking games. I had no problem with the MS conference, they just don't have anything that would make me go out and buy an X1.

Sony had a very compelling conference. They showed a lot of good, impressively good looking games. The games that Sony showed definitely did not make me sad that I have a PS4. I am looking forward to most of them.

Sony spent 10 minutes on 1 tv show and a Ratchet and Clank game/movie. They spent another 10 minutes pumping their chests about the success of the camera, broadcasting, uploading features. There is nothing wrong with that, in fact it is a good sales pitch to bring others along.

Sony is about 4 million units ahead of MS. They had some features that are a very successful aspect of the console, and yet they only took about 10 minutes to crow about it. Sony did a very good job and nothing that anyone else says is going to change that.

sinspirit4372d ago

Sony e3 2014:

AAA:
- InFamous
- LittleBIGPlanet
- Uncharted 4
- Bloodborne

Indie:
- No Man's Sky(so far is only for PS4, PC)
- Abzu
- Let It Die
- Hotline Miami 2
- and a bunch more.

Remakes/remasters:
- Grim Fandango
- Ratchet and Clank
- The Last of Us

Free-To-Play:
- Kingdom Under Fire II
- Planetside 2
- War Thunder
- and more.

_____________________________ ________________________

Microsoft e3 2014:

AAA:
- Forza
- Sunset Overdrive
- Crackdown
- Halo 5(Halo 4 and after are just milked spinoffs.)

Other:
- Fable Legends(multiplayer spinoff...)
- Project Spark
- KI:Season 2(just a rerelease..)
- Scalebound(nothing but a CGI trailer not much to say.)

Indie:
- Inside
- Ori
- and a bunch more.

Remakes/remasters:
- Halo
- Phantom Dust

_____________________________ _________________________

I see more games for Sony, and Forza is getting repetitive every year or two, Crackdown stopped being made because interest was lost, and 343 Industries screwed up Halo the moment they magically make up inconsistencies like suit thrusters, hundreds of Spartans, colossal enemy space ships like a Michael Bay film, they even made the Pillar of Autumn much bigger because that's what action movies do. Sony has completely proven developers working on proven franchises. Microsoft has shakey franchises that they keep milking that keep going downhill and the only one that won't go downhill is Forza because Forza 5 already dropped the bar so low.

Copen4372d ago

They lost because they showed EVERYTHING ELSE'S GAMES. ...3rd party games that will be better on the PS4. The stuff they showed that was theirs Crackdown, Scale bound,Halo 5 is all 2015 and beyond. In the case of Crackdown & Scale Bound those are probably 2016 titles and they had no business showing CGI trailers for games so far out this year. Don't kid yourself Crackdown & Scale bound won't look anything like the trailer on the Xbox one. MS figured they'd waste money buying exclusive DLC for every 3rd party game shown instead of putting that money into an actual first party game. It's the same old tired formula for Microsoft this time around Halo/Forza/Fable/Gears they haven't changed and that's why they're losing because no matter how many times the tell people they're different they're really the same old MS no innovation no creativity playing it safe and they'll continue to lose because they truly showed nothing that will drive sales for their failing platform.

-Superman-4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

BIGGEST GAMES WE SAW AT E3 2014 PRESS CON

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Microsoft:

Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Forza Horizon 2

Fable Legends

Project Spark

Scalebound

Halo 5: Guardians

Super Ultra DR3 Arcade Remix

Crackdown

Sunset Overdrive

Assassin's Creed Unity

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Destiny

Dragon Age: Inquisition

Evolve

Rise of the Tomb Raider

Tom Clancy's The Division

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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Sony:

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

The Order: 1886

Infamous: First Light

LittleBigPlanet 3

Destiny

Far Cry 4

Bloodborne

No Man’s Sky

Mortal Kombat X

Batman: Arkham Knight

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Nintendo:

Super Smash Bros

Yoshi’s Wooly World

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Zelda

Zelda OPEN WORLD

Pokemon

Bayonetta 2

Xenoblade Chronicles

Mario Maker

Splatoon

mushroomwig4372d ago

Do you seriously consider games like Super Ultra DR3 Arcade Remix as some of the "BIGGEST GAMES"?

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tgunzz4372d ago

Didn't MS show the new Tomb Raider trailer?

AngelicIceDiamond4372d ago

@Mushroom you realize he put Infamous First Light which is also DLC how come you didn't question that?

JasonKCK4372d ago

@mushroomwig he could remove DR3 Arcade Remix but it still wouldn't help you. 3 or 4 more should do it.

sinspirit4372d ago

@AngelicIceDiamond

InFamous: Last Light is a standalone game that has extra content if you own Second Son. You know this. Stop arguing. InFamous 2: Festival of Blood was a standalone game with hours of gameplay.

Yaay4me4371d ago (Edited 4371d ago )

@superman
why not include the whole list of games? Your list is a bit misleading.

the list of all games shown in the order they were shown:

Microsoft:
Call of Duty (w early dlc, also on PS4)
Forza Horizon (exc)
Evolve (also on PS4)
Assassins Creed Unity (also on PS4)
Dragon Age Inquisition (also on PS4)
Sunset overdirve (exc)
Deadrising arcade adventure (exc)
Dance Central (exc)
Fable legends multiplayer(exc)
spark (exc)
Ori (exc)
Master chief Collection (exc)
Inside (first on xbox, also on PS4)
Tombraider (also on PS4)
Withcher III (also on PS4)
Phantom Dust (exc)
Division (dlc 1st on xbox, also on PS4)
Scalebound (exc)
Crackdown (exc)
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Sony:
Destiny (exclusive content on PS4, 1st on PS4, also on Xbox
The Order 1866 (exc)
Entwined (exc)
Infamous: First Light expansion (exc)
Little Big Planet III(exc)
Bloodborne (exc)
Farcry 4 (exclusive content PS4, also on xbox)
Dead island 2 (exclusive content PS4, also on xbox)
The Last of Us: remastered (exc)
Diablo: reaper of souls (exclusive content PS4, also on xbox)
Battlefield hardline (exlusive content PS4, also on xbox)
Magica 2 (plus 2 others) (exc)
Grim Fandango (exc)
Devolver (exc)
The tales Principal (exc)
Let it die (exc)
ABZU (exc)
No Man's Sky (timed exclusive PS4, also on xbox)
Morpheus games: including Valkyrie (2 others shown)(exc)
Mortal Kombat X (also on xbox)
Metal Gear 5 (also on xbox)
GTA5 (not sure if exclusive)
Batman (exclusive content)
Uncharted 4 (exc)

Microsoft didn't seem to have anything in the form of a surprise. Having said that they both had a good showing, but Sony it seems, had the better conference. They had a surprise game in Bloodborne. and they didn't even show a some of the games they could have shown like: Driveclub, Helldivers, Morpheus games (3 of which were shown in the form of icons for a few seconds). Microsoft's best showings in contrast were multiplatform in the form of Evolve, Assassins Creed Unity, and Witcher (all of which I'm personally interested in)I honestly could not find any particular game on the MS conference that made me say "this is the game to own the console for". In fact, if you take out all the multiplatform games out of MS conference, you can clearly see that there is nothing in there that amazes. I was expecting something huge like MS buying exclusivity for Fallout 4 or something of that nature. Frankly, I'm not quite sure which of the MS exclusives is the one they teased as having bought exclusivity for. This is not to say that I didn't like their conference, just that I personally felt Sony delivered more reasons to own a PS4 than vice versa.

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No_Limit4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

This cat made stuff up and is clueless of what he is writing.

"Sony is also brushing up some classics just for the PS4. "The Last Of Us" and "Grand Theft Auto V," two of the most successful and popular games from last year, will be remastered for their respective releases in 2014"

LOL, so GTAV is by Sony?

also
"and then there's "Batman: Arkham Knight" coming later this year, which looks absolutely stunning"
I didn't know Arkram is coming out this year?

LOL, this article failed because it was apparently written by an Amateur non-gamer that have no business writing opinion pieces like this. Nice find xHeavyx. smh

stubbed_out4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

Agreed, there were some great announcements but that section in the middle was so dull, I had to start reading the tweets on the side to keep me entertained.

I actually thought as a show Xbox was far better...literally just games, pow!

Predaking774372d ago

The problem with the Xbox show was that there was no essence. A lot of bullets with no effect.

JeffGUNZ4371d ago

@ predaking77

MS didn't show Gears, they didn't show any Halo 5, Quantum break. Halo 5 and Quantum break are 2015 releases. Both companies let me down. 2014 is just a filler year till 2015 when the big guns come out for both companies. No really awesome exclusives are coming out for either console till 2015.

stubbed_out4371d ago

Completely see where you guys are coming from. For me personally, I literally sh*t the bed when there's a big announcement no matter if it's CGI or gameplay, I'm just happy knowing that something is officially going to come out one day.

In no rush as there's always a backlog of good games to play :)

IrishSt0ner4372d ago

I was underwhelmed with the MS conference, as I knew most of the stuff already. So I kinda expected the Sony conference to blow me away only to see a few great exlusives, multiplats, lots of indies, Network Stats, TV, PS TV etc... Not to mention riddled with technical glitches.

As a presentation MS's was clearly better, as for GAMES content it was pretty even IMO, for entire content Sony won.

The hyprocrisy around some of the media stuff has amused me immensely, confirmation bias is a wonderful thing to observe.

XanderZane4372d ago

Sony's biggest games were CGI. Uncharted 4, Bloodborne and the other Bloody game with the saw and torture. All CGI trailers. Microsoft showed gameplay for Fable Legends, Horizon 2, Master Chief Collection, Sunset Overdrive, Below and DR3 SF Arcade. They weren't all CGI like these idiots are saying.

DanteVFenris6664372d ago

It's not hard to show gameplay for games that were already made. Like the collection and dr3. Also the one with the saw and torture had snippets of gameplay. Sunset overdrive was the only impressive game Microsoft has this year. But I can say the same to sony lbp3 is the only impressive game coming out this year

pwnsause_returns4372d ago

"Their biggest games were cgi"

That's ironic considering that Microsoft had a bigger showing if cgi videos.

Uncharted 4 was not cgi.... What you saw was In-engine.. Guess you never played a naughty dog game last gen huh....

Sevir4372d ago

The 3 new AAA exclusives MS announced

Scalebound, Crackdown and Phantom Dust were all CGI... Have a seat...

Uncharted was Confirmed In game and you can see it. Bloodborne already has gameplay that leaked 2 months. So a CGI trailer being released at E3 is fine, secondly, Let It Die had BOTH CGI and Gameplay segments.

Nothing from any of MS's upcoming AAA reveals at e3 show cased any game play for Next year.

The total count of games showed off at MS's conference was 20. Sony was 19.

MS had a great showing and it only seemed better because it was a Huge set up from last year's abysmal showing. Sony had an excellent show and what was on tap generally surprised many... They had more New IPs than MS to show off.

Copen4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

False....Go look on Neogaf and see the game play footage from Project Beast AKA BloodBorne. Yeah now what? Crickets....... Unlike the false advertising MS did with their CGI trailers for Crackdown and Scale Bound BloodBorne actually exists as of this moment and game play is out there. Meanwhile Scale Bound will be known as Scale Down because there not a chance in hell that either of those games MS showed will look like that on the Xbox one. You'll get both games at 792p 30fps the complete opposite of what the computer trailers showed. It shows you how desperate MS really is to show exclusive games that aren't going to be out until 2016.

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DanteVFenris6664372d ago

So I'm assuming you watched only half an hour, because your basically takin the worst half hour of the show and pretending that was the entire conference. Nice try

XanderZane4372d ago

Sony's biggest games were CGI. Uncharted 4, Bloodborne and the other Bloody game with the saw and torture. All CGI trailers. Microsoft showed gameplay for Fable Legends, Horizon 2, Master Chief Collection, Sunset Overdrive, Below and DR3 SF Arcade. They weren't all CGI trailers like these idiots are saying.

harrisk9544372d ago

This is a mainstream business website. Very widely read. Not some no name video game blog...

No_Limit4372d ago

Then how do your explain all the errors that was written in the article like claiming Arkham Knight is coming out this year and GTAV was made by Sony?

blakstarz4372d ago

Well, they have the gaming situation on lockdown, might as well reveal other things.

GUTZnPAPERCUTZ4372d ago

I wouldn't say it was bad, But MS conference was better!

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-Foxtrot4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

The TV/PSN/Morpheus stuff only last 20-25 minutes of a 2 hour show

Microsoft with their TV stuff last year was like 30 - 40 minutes of a hour and 30 minutes show.

HugoDrax4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

Correction:

MS Reveal Event = Tv, Tv, Tv, Kinect
MS E3 2013 = Games, Games, Games, Games
MS E3 2014 = Games, Games, Games, Games

In other news, I'll be giving my brother my black PS4 and buying the white ps4 because I have wanted a white ps4 to match my white Vita1000/pspgo since the console launched. Hopefully, MS releases the white XBOX ONE because I'll pick that up as well. I guess the white XBOX ONE will match my white iPhone 5s/white iPad Air for smartglass integration lol. All WHITE everything :-) except my black Wii U deluxe :-(

-Foxtrot4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

Re Correction

MS 2010 - Kinect reveal, Kinect, Kinect Games
MS 2011 - Kinect, TV, Games, Kinect Games
MS 2012 - Kinect, TV, Kinect Games, Sports, TV, Games
MS Reveal Event - TV, TV, TV, Kinect, Sports
MS E3 2013 - DRM, TV, Kinect, Games, Games

JeffGUNZ4371d ago (Edited 4371d ago )

@ Foxtrot.

Give up.

Look at you going back to 2010 when you got called out. You stated "Microsoft with their TV stuff last year was like 30-40 minutes of a hour and 30 minutes show".

That's completely wrong.

Their Reveal a few months prior was all TV, Kinect, and DRM. Their E3 was ALL GAMES. Go rewatch it if you don't believe it. MS actually was praised for having a good show with a lot of games. Their only gripe was a lot of the games were not release games they showed.

MS last 2 E3's were all games, which is nice. They even blatantly announced that their console reveal was specifically about what the console can do and their E3 would be all games to separate them in half as opposed to cramming all of it into one conference.

http://www.edge-online.com/...

This is a segment from the link above which is a review of MS 2013 E3 conference:

"The press conference did fulfil Microsoft’s own promises, though. It really was “all about the games”. And, incredibly, there was barely a mention of Kinect. Spencer, with Yusuf Mehdi, Phil Harrison and Marc Whitten, stripped rhetoric down to its essentials and barely uttered the dreaded Microsoft cliche ‘experience’ and let the visuals of many, many games do the talking."

Prophet-Gamer4372d ago

So you talk about 20 minutes out of two hour conference and ignore the other 1 hour 1/2 that Sony spent on just games. Yup, totally not biased.

Clarence4372d ago

The TV stuff was boring but the rest was good. I actually was really impressed with Nintendo's press conference.

TheXgamerLive4372d ago

An obvious sony fanboy idiot at BusinessInside wrote this for hits. Yes MS did win but everybody won if your happy with what you saw. No dominance anywhere.

FFXI1014371d ago

Sony not only shows the muti-platform like Far Cry 4, Batman, Mortal Kombat, they also have their own AAA like Order1886, The Last of Us, Uncharted 4. On top of all these games, they also show new IPs. Compare to what MS has shown, muti-platform, and their own first party games. I like Sony's line-up better.

Gamer19824371d ago

They both spent the same amount of time talking about games (90 minutes) but sony added 30 minutes they had extra talking about other stuff as a console isn't just about gaming anymore.. In fact I don't know one person who uses there console for only gaming anymore.. I just don't want these shows to be dominated by non gaming like MS did last year. Sony didn't do that and spent a good solid 90 minutes on games. They got a lot more games shown than MS and got more unannounced stuff and exclusives (not dlc actual titles). However even though they shown more stuff I still believe since they both showed plenty of games its all about what your into..

If you want to see a rehash of Halo (not a remake as they use old engines!) and another new Forza using the same engine then you would have though MS blew Sony away.. I think MS right now are doing what they usually do buying a load of DLC and timed exclusive stuff (not full exclusive) to keep poeple happy.. I also think although Halo collection is great its a joke to fans really.. Its not even upscaled except something like 4 maps per game.. They basically made an emulator and resold you the games in a package while they work on Halo 5. It's more of a "here you can have this while your waiting so you don't get bored" sort of deal.. Xbox gamers want a new Halo and to not show any Halo 5 gameplay and give them a collection instead was in my book a cheap move.

We didn't see any gameplay for Crackdown either (At least we saw real in game from UC4 even if it was short) meaning they have probably just started working on that game and we won't see it until 2016.. MS didn't really show any surprises either everything at the show was either already announced or leaked bar a couple of indie games..

But as I said earlier if you own an xbox you would have preffered there E3 simply because it showed the reasons why you bought it.. Nobody buys an Xbox if they love uncharted and LBP. As nobody buys A PS4 if there a Halo or Gears of War fan..

Speaking of which we didn't even get a Gears Of War teaser.. Season 2 of KI a free game REALLY MS??? TBH The game I loved most from MS entire conference was Dance Centrals finally coming back :).. Might invest for that game alone. Loved the originals and love my party games.

killzone6194371d ago

i think both were kinda disappointing tbh. Why didnt sony show off more gameplay for The order? I was also expecting some halo 5 gameplay. This e3 was pretty dry

Yaay4me4371d ago

however, their presentation, I think in the games department, Sony delivered a more convincing lineup. The best moments of MS's show was the multiplatform games that also come to Playstation with nothing exclusive to xbox. They were Evolve, Assassins Creed Unity, and Tombraider and Witcher. All these will be on PS4 as well. Sony actually had surprises in the form of Bloodborne. They also had games that made me want to go and get a PS4.

MysticStrummer4371d ago

The TV/Movies/Stats section lasted 16-17 minutes and it wasn't even continuous. it was broken up with stuff about PSNow and Vita. Take that 16-17 minutes away, and Sony's show was about the same length as MS's. Not exactly sure why you'd lump Free 2 Play in there with your complaints, but whatever.

SegaSaturn6694371d ago

The only disappointment for me was that we didnt see more of morpheus showcased, meaning it's not as far along as I had hoped. Little Big Planet, Uncharted, TLoU: Xbox doesn't have anything nearly that good planned.

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Godmars2904372d ago

Neither "dominated". Both just showed stuff. Did a decent job of it.

SmokingMonkey4372d ago

I enjoyed Sony's more at the theater for one,

The fact that they supported the PS3 and Vita while MS has left the 360 to die,

The subtle jabs at MS like "optional" camera and GTAv PS3 and 360 memory to PS4

Vita TV @$99 coming to NA

also Sony shows real 1st party greatness not 3rd party exclusives.
(theOrder,LBP3,U4 vs SunsetOverdrive)

Isn't enjoying Halo being made by another company like going to a Metallica concert to listen to another band play their songs?

my two cents.

Godmars2904372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

Hate to tell you, but Sunset Overdrive is MS. Or rather its on the X1. For whatever reason Insomniac couldn't get Sony to support them on it.

SmokingMonkey4372d ago

Insmoniac isn't MS it's 3rd party. Didn't Sony even say they are making Ratchet & Clank 1 for PS4?

Or am I wrong and MS studios is also developing Sunset Overdrive?
(which looks like the best thing Insomniac has done since Resistance 1 btw)

LeCreuset4372d ago

"Isn't enjoying Halo being made by another company like going to a Metallica concert to listen to another band play their songs?"

It's shocking how little this is pointed out, considering all the concern trolling from commenters to journalists regarding personnel leaving Sony studios. Then there's MS buying Gears to keep it from going multiplat. I'm sorry, but if it came down to letting Xbox players enjoy some Naughty Dog developed Uncharted or having Sony buy Uncharted and hand it to some less proven developer to keep it exclusive I'd rather it go multiplat.

trywizardo4372d ago

nope they lost by a mile , MS showed great game and so did UBI , EA and sony really sucked this year
the reason why i think sony sucked is because they didn't show a lot of games , and they spent the first hour talking about tv shows and sony smart tv , and playstation tv , and a show called power they SUCKED , they was slapping MS with their 1080p talk and slapping sony fans by the TV talked
they also showed MGSV trailer that was leaked , they knew it was leaked and everyone saw it but they showed it any way ...
the only good thing they showed is "project beast"

KingKelloggTheWH4372d ago

"the reason why i think sony sucked is because they didn't show a lot of games , and they spent the first hour talking about tv shows and sony smart tv"

You are so full of BS it isnt even funny, the first chunk was All games then for likt 10 minutes they talked about that tv crap.

then more games.If you are gonna lie dont make it so ridiculous

Dewitt4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

They spent 40 minutes from the time Layden went up on stage with just Mortal Kombat, it was so incredibly boring listening to him and House talk figures, cheap shots aimed at MS, partnerships, and all the other crap nobody cares about. Do like MS did and announce that stuff ahead of E3 and save the games for the conference.

-Foxtrot4372d ago

@Dewitt

Do what Microsoft did?

What? You mean announce their big surprises before E3

incendy354372d ago

Even Project Beast was leaked. Really the only surprise was Grim Fandango and now it looks like that is only a timed exclusive.

IG-884372d ago

LBP 3 was a surprise and i don't know if Grim Fandango is only timed exclusive or not because I think that they say that it was only coming to PS4 and vita and not just that it would be out first on their platforms like they do for the other games that are timed exclusive.

mixelon4372d ago

From shafers tweets GF looks like it's console exclusive to Sony.. Double Fine had similar deals last gen favouring MS so it wouldn't surprise me.

It'll likely still make it to PC/Mac/iOS eventually.

Dewitt4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

What part of "Coming to other platforms" is unclear? It's obvious it is multi-platform. Even if it is not I'll be buying it for Vita anyways.

edwick4372d ago (Edited 4372d ago )

so what you are saying is... you didn't actually watch it, just saw some comments and headlines on a website.

TotallyNotGlenn4371d ago

Sony spent like 20 minutes, AFTER the first hour, talking about TV... and there's no such thing as Sony Smart TV.

I don't think you were watching the same show.

MysticStrummer4371d ago (Edited 4371d ago )

"they spent the first hour talking about tv shows and sony smart tv , and playstation tv , and a show called power they SUCKED"

You didn't really watch the show. The TV/Movies/Stats part lasted a total of about 16-17 minutes, broken up with some Vita and PSNow stuff, and it started about an hour into the show.

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MrSwankSinatra4372d ago

Honestly neither sony, microsoft or nintendo won E3. This year the third parties dominated every single one of them.

torchic4372d ago

you're right. it's all about Ubisoft, EA, Square Enix and a few other 3rd party games in the next 18 months.

Ubisoft had a stellar show, if anyone is winning anything it's them. Assassin's Creed: Unity alone was better than 98% of everything at E3. EA could've destroyed E3 but they dropped the ball so hard. wish they actually revealed all those teased games.

IG-884372d ago

Yeah I think that we as fans win this year but the big winner is 2015 because that is when a ton of big games are going to come out.

aquamala4372d ago

with what? all these "console exclusive debut"s?

DVS-Zev4372d ago

Surprise announcements and New IP's would be my assumption.

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Playstation Plus Monthly Games for May: EA Sports FC 26, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Nine Sols

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FPSRUSSIA31d ago

What's Point in commenting your basicly closing down the site.

LiViNgLeGaCY31d ago

I'm surprised it's still the old site. I thought he said starting today?

Eonjay31d ago

Its like the final episode of the Sapranos. You gonna go to make a comment and when you click add th-

Profchaos31d ago

Timezone thing maybe.... RIP

darthv7231d ago

Insert the Ferris Bueller end scene... "You're still here? It's over.."

LiViNgLeGaCY31d ago

I think the only game here for me is Nine Sols. Was always interested in that game.

TheColbertinator31d ago

Glad I don't buy FIFA games anymore

Rebel_Scum31d ago

Hey now! Thats a great month.

Nacho_Z31d ago

Good month for me, I wanted that particular footy game and thought it might be due. Anyway who cares, shame about the site I'll miss the comment sections. All the best everyone.

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Naughty Dog Was Reportedly Divided On Joel's Controversial Fate During Development Of TLOU Part 2

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SimpleDad32d ago

NO, that can't be... No! I can't... Really?/s

Cacabunga32d ago

They for sure chose the worst way to deal with it

-Foxtrot30d ago

Funny considering Bruce left half way through development and now we get told there was an internal conflict with the story direction.

Makes you think…

HectixRose32d ago

I think it was good decision, if he was still alive, he would have been a mascot just like Kratos, drake and many others. These old dudes gotta die for new characters to take center stage with their own storyline. They keep dragging the emotional baggage into many sequels and eventually the story just turns into absolute shit show.

JEECE32d ago

It was ironic because people complained heavily about the story in the Uncharted games not having sufficient stakes because all the key characters always survived, despite the dangerous situations they were always in. Then ND killed a character in a more serious series and everyone lost their minds. Just shows that people don't always really want the thing they say they want.

CantThinkOfAUsername31d ago

I thought the more common complaint about Uncharted franchise was how the main cast are the good guys acting so nonchalantly while killing hundreds in cold blood (aka the dissonance between gameplay and story cutscenes). They just did it again in Part II.

Soy32d ago

Didn't have to kill him. Just have them part ways or Joel can "retire," whatever.

DarXyde31d ago

I don't think he would necessarily need to become a mascot (and besides, technically, I'd say Ellie is... So regardless, someone was going to be).

From a narrative perspective, I do think it has a similar effect to Ricky dying in Boyz N Da Hood: very likeable character, and you're really motivated to see the get back—in this case, it's more intense because it's an interactive experience. Most people hated Abby, but I get what they were after with portraying the cycle of violence and revenge—unfortunately, the game appears to want to take the side of the bad people.

But I will say that if Joel survived, it does become harder to tell an interesting story. What COULD have happened is an exploration into the rift between Joel and Ellie after the trolley dilemma events of the first game. It could have been interesting to see Abby out for revenge at the same time Ellie hated Joel.

Ashunderfire8631d ago

Sorry just had to say this lol! RICKYYYY!

Man Cuba Gooding Jr was miscast in that movie, but that part was cringey it was sad and funny at the same time man.

Ashunderfire8631d ago (Edited 31d ago )

I understand but the way they went about killing Joel, was poorly executed. Even the show of the Last of Us games tried to improved it, but it was just as bad. Well at least Joel got to know the reason why he had to die, before the death happened in the show. That part gave us the full context, but the game just let it happen with no pay off.

Joel death should have been a midway thing through the story, so we at least get to play him a little more with Ellie. Abby didn’t need to be this Hulk looking woman, but more like the show Abby which is a beater idea in my opinion.

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InUrFoxHole32d ago

The only ND game that was so disappointing to me I couldn't finish it.

pwnmaster300032d ago

Honestly as much as I loved the game, they could have just not killed him off.
I get it creator vision and all but killing a character that made you millions is just wrong imo. At least have him go down fighting.

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

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-Foxtrot32d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle31d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7731d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments