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So Who Won E3?

Alex St-Amour from 3GEM writes: "Let’s face it folks, apart from the games one of the big questions we all ask ourselves after every E3 (we all do it) is asking who won E3 between the “big five” who hold pre-show press events. Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Sony and Nintendo all brought their big guns to the show this year and each had something special to show their fans making the decision as to who won the show harder than ever. But we here at 3GEM love a challenge so here are our takes on to who won E3.

DonDon4357d ago (Edited 4357d ago )

Nintendo. The Mario Maker, Smash Bros, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Zelda, Captain Toad, Star Fox, Monster Hunter 4, Bayonetta 2, Kirby, Splatoon (which may look kiddy, but seems like Wii U's answer to Titanfall), etc has sold me. The only stupid thing they showed was Amiibo.

And believe me when I say I HATE what Iwata has done to the company--but this is a great lineup. Not saying Wii U can fill the place that I have in my heart for my PS4, but Wii U is now a system that I have to go out and buy. Saving up now.

TheFinalEpisode4357d ago

Yes, currently they are lagging in sales and this E3 might be just what they needed! Hopefully this means that this gen won't be as lop-sided as the last and we'll see more great games on all consoles. It's a good time to be a gamer :')

nicksetzer14357d ago

Nintendo>MS>Sony this year @E3 as far as AAA exclusives
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Sony: tlou remastered, driveclub, LBP3, the order, bloodbourne, uncharted 4
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MS: sunset, FH2, halo collection, fable legends, quantum break, scalebound, halo 5, crackdown, phantom dust, KI season 2.
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Nintendo (such a huge lineup I'll just post my highlights): SSB, mario creator, mario party, kirby, star fox, zelda U, hyrule warriors, bayonetta, yarn yoshi, etc.

SilentNegotiator4357d ago (Edited 4357d ago )

@nicksetzer1

Ahh, so I see that you're STILL spamming your troll list around that includes DLC on Xbox but not PS4, clumps absolutely every game not by Sony together as "indie" (though I see you just dropped "indies" all together from your troll list), and arbitrarily excludes games like the Ratchet remake (while including Quantum Break, which received the same amount of zero screen time at their conferences).

Don't worry, anywhere you post your troll list, I'll point out what you purposefully excluded from your list to bolster the Xbone.

nicksetzer14357d ago (Edited 4357d ago )

Ratchet will be a 20$ download, so not AAA unless it has a retail product (ie. KI s2, which personally I don't want to add, but have to by definition of AAA)
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All 3 consoles have indies, if we start counting exclusive indies you lose all premise for a comparison. If you are so impressed with the line up why does listing it anger you? I didn't include below, ori, or inside from MS either. Feel free to whine, but this list is what you judge E3's on, AAA exclusives...

SilentNegotiator4357d ago

You're just bitter against indies because Xbox no longer has virtual dominion over them like last gen. Indies aren't lesser games and the Ratchet remake *IS* AAA besides. Where are you even getting that it will be a $20 download?

Skips4356d ago (Edited 4356d ago )

@nicksetzer1

Take your cherry picked list elsewhere kiddo.

MS:
AAA - Halo 5, Sunset Overdrive, Fable Legends, Quantum Break, Forza Horizon 2, Phantom Dust, Scalebound, Crackdown 3, Halo Collection

F2P/XBL - Project Spark, Powerstar Golf, Happy Wars, D4, Cobalt, Habitat, Ori

Sony:
AAA - Bloodborne, The Last Of Us, Lilly Bergamo, Uncharted 4, Ratchet & Clank Remastered, The Order 1886, LittleBigPlanet 3, Let It Die, DriveClub, Guilty Gear Xrd, Natural Doctrine, Samurai Warriors 4

F2P/PSN - Planetside 2, Everquest Next, Guns Up, H-Hour, Primal Carnage Genesis, Race The Sun, Soma, Rime, Shadow Of The Beast, Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture, Entwined, Drifter, Without Memory, Deep Down, N++

Everyone knows the truth when it comes down to pure games not just in terms of AAA, but indies as well. You can hold cover you ears, and stomp your feet all you want, but that fail of a list won't prove otherwise.

Side note: Anyways... Can't wait to see what content Sony saved (because they actually have it) to show at Gamescom and TGS (in which MS barely show anything.)

Clown_Syndr0me4356d ago

@Silentnegotiator I have nothing against indoes but for some people they really don't count. Think about it, some people owned an Xbox 360 for like 8 years and never downloaded an indie game, and now Playstation has them all of a sudden theyre the holy grail of gaming?
I like alot of them personally, but I understand those who couldn't care less.

SilentNegotiator4356d ago (Edited 4356d ago )

"Think about it, some people owned an Xbox 360 for like 8 years and never downloaded an indie game, and now Playstation has them all of a sudden theyre the holy grail of gaming? "

Stop trying to flip this. No one said indie games were the "Holy grail" of gaming. The extreme here was nicksetzer saying that they don't count, whilst lying about the Ratchet remake, purposefully excluding games to make Xbone look better, and generally being a completely dishonest fanboy tryhard spreading misinformation.

MysticStrummer4356d ago

@Skips - Keep up the good work. The misinformation patrol is always on duty. Yesterday truefan claimed that 40 straight minutes of Sony's press conference were TV/Movies/Stats, when in reality it was 16-17 minutes and it wasn't even continuous.

JeffGUNZ4356d ago

@Silent

But they don't count in the grand scheme of it. Is anyone really standing at gamestop holding a PS4 and a X1 and basing their decision off of who has the best indies?! Indies don't move consoles and never will. Sure, they may be a few decent ones that will be ok to play, but I am buying a console for next gen games, not some indies. When I buy a PS4 its because of Uncharted and TLOU, not indies haha.

miyamoto4356d ago

Sony really showed a well balanced show, as always. yeah including the boring stuff. LOL!

Very emotional too.

I will be getting that White PS3
PlayStation TV- been waiting for that little doohickey forever!
Farcry4 was good

Yoshida was very emotional with Bloodborne. Because he recieved alot of flak for not localizing Demon's Souls in the US. Bloodborne was an undeniable force during the show is definitely a must have since its the spiritual sequel to my Demon's Souls the JRPG that save JRPG this last generation

No Man's Sky was very emotional to see Hello Game's developer stand up there after suffering a flood disaster in their studio.

And of course Uncharted 4 as always blew everything out of the water!

Nintendo

I am sure Nintendo fans liked what they saw - its games from Nintendo! Probably the only games die hard Nintendo fans will probably buy & play.
I personally found the game's graphics a breeze of fresh air in contrast to the dark, bloody, violent, grim majority of games shown out there.
I loved the Yoshi yarn game's look, Zelda game cell shaded graphics as they are so heart warming.

But are they enough for PlayStation gamers like me to get a Wii U? They are nothing new as we already have LBP and Ni No Kuni. They should have made something totally new.

But where are the games for the hard core gamers Mr. Iwata was trying to convince?
But then again where is the 3rd party support?

This show cemented the fact that Nintendo only caters to their loyal fanbase and not the majority of the core gaming community.

I am a huge Japanese games fan but their show is "very Japanese" and did not present the best of the west.

They are still playing it safe.

Maybe Mr. Iwata's "Secondary Next Gen Companion Console" plan is what Nintendo is doing with the Wii U.

And for them that is good enough...for now.
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porkChop4357d ago

How can you even begin to compare Splatoon and Titanfall...

wonderfulmonkeyman4357d ago

I guess because they're both shooters, but that's as far as it goes.

Titanfall is like CoD with mechs, whereas Splatoon is....well, it feels like Team Fortress 2 with paint and squids.XD

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joab7774356d ago

I give Nintendo props but its all Nintendo. They will struggle hard outside of those who love Nintendo or can afford a 2nd or 3rd console.

Anyway, who won? We did. But I give it to Sony, Ubisoft and then Microsoft. But I hear the same thing about vita games. Its getting Playstation Now. Also, no mention of Rainbow Six? What?

Sony splayed it, and without having to show everything...pretty crazy I think. U can play Far Cry 4 and Infamous dlc without owning the game. LBP3 and we dont evwn know what Media Molecule is doing yet. No Mans Sky is for the PS4, along with the Witness. The Battlefiel beta that I am playing now. And everyone knows that games like Dragon Age and CoD will look and perform better on PS4, regardless of where they spent E3.

For those who didnt own a ps3, theres the Last of Us and a gorgeous GTA5 transfer from the 360. We have Morpheus, playstation Now, TV content for free, Playstation TV...wtf?

You are doin it all right Sony. Keep it coming.

BullyMangler4356d ago

wOw how will the water look like and MOVE like in H.D. yarn!!? ahhhh!!!!!

takes more brains to try to imagine NEVER before SEEN images .

, and that is WHY, nintendo wins .. . ;(:

Magicite4356d ago

Enough of these treads. Nobody got any awards, so nobody won anything.

Spooney3234356d ago

I think it's obvious.... Us gamers won !

Picnic4356d ago

I think Splatoon's more like the WiiU's answer to Sunset Overdrive. Something that Sony doesn't have it's own eye watering colours equivalent of. Infamous is not the same style is it.

Shnazzyone4356d ago

I feel a bit dumb as a 30 something guy but I am crazy hyped about amiibo. Purely because... HOLY SHIT THAT SAMUS TOY!

http://i.imgur.com/Z9QDlUJ....

day 1... day muthafuckin 1. I might buy 3.

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JeffGUNZ4356d ago

Eh. Not really. I am disappointed in both companies, Sony and MS, with their 2014 lineup. Halo Collection is nice since I never really cared too much for Halo, was a Gears head. I'll pick that up and the rest will be multiplats. 2015 looks to be BEAST for everyone. I think Nintendo did really well.

Ubisoft won it for me with Rainbow 6 siege.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

rezzah4357d ago

Depends on who revealed the most games you want to purchase.

Automatic794357d ago (Edited 4357d ago )

@ rezzah

I am an Xbox gamer first and was looking to pick up ps4 but to be honest with no real titles worth picking up on PS4 in 2014. I can wait since in reality to me Xbox showed off all the games I want to get 3rd party wise with content and 1st party stuff like Sunset Overdrive looks like fun.

Note: I was upset about no conker announcement but seeing him for project spark made me think there is an awesome game to be made until he makes his return.

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Rute4356d ago (Edited 4356d ago )

For me, the game I'm most interested about is Order 1886. I just might get a PS4 for that game alone. I'm just a sucker for those kinds of atmospheric and dark monster games with rich history speaking through the environments.

I'm a big fan of Resident Evil 4 and other than The Last of Us and The Order, I haven't bumped much into games that come close to resembling it.

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

All available May 5.

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FPSRUSSIA16d ago

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

LiViNgLeGaCY16d ago

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

Eonjay16d ago

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

Profchaos16d ago

Timezone thing maybe.... RIP

darthv7216d ago

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

LiViNgLeGaCY16d ago

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

TheColbertinator16d ago

Glad I don't buy FIFA games anymore

Rebel_Scum16d ago

Hey now! Thats a great month.

Nacho_Z16d 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

Naughty Dog was reportedly divided on the controversial fate of Joel in The Last of Us Part 2 during the game's development.

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SimpleDad17d ago

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

Cacabunga16d ago

They for sure chose the worst way to deal with it

-Foxtrot15d 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…

HectixRose17d 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.

JEECE16d 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.

CantThinkOfAUsername16d 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.

Soy16d ago

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

DarXyde16d 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.

Ashunderfire8616d 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.

Ashunderfire8616d ago (Edited 16d 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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InUrFoxHole16d ago

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

pwnmaster300016d 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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-Foxtrot17d 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.

solideagle16d 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

Relientk7716d ago

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