So Who Won E3 2018?

Now that the dust has settled, it's time to look at the week's biggest winners and losers.

[Zodiac]

Microsoft has the best conference, overall, however that is just in terms of presentation. In terms of games, this year's E3 just kinda came and went and I'm not rushing to Youtube to rewatch trailers or constantly refreshing gaming sites to look for new info. It came and went, there were some cool announcements and some nice in depth looks at Smash and the titles from Sony. Nintendo pretty much advertised 2019 E3 with all the missing titles this year and I'm expecting Sony to show off more of their core titles as Gamescon. Microsoft is clearly in a rebuilding the brand phase and that is commendable.

I think Bethesda did really well.

[JaguarEvolved]

Look at the last of us 2, ghost of tsushima, Spiderman and death stranding then compare the games and gameplay to what Microsoft showed or what Nintendo showed. Sony PlayStation showed the best games. The last of us 2 is the best game showed at e3 and basically ended e3.

[Zodiac]

“The Last of Us 2 is the best game showed at e3 and basically ended e3”

Calm down. It looks great and will be great, but it’s more of the same, as was most of e3 this year. I thought most of the companies were pretty reserved in what they wanted to show.

[darthv72]

If it were about cinematics, then Sony won, If it were about overall presentation, flow and surprising announcements, then MS won.

Sony showed more actual gameplay while MS showed never before seen game trailers and their announcement of 5 new 1st party studios was the real surprise. Especially since most anyone talked about was shutting down studios or canceling titles. MS had a very redeeming show while Sony played it safe. But then again Sony has their own dedicated show they use to really showcase things so this E3 is no surprise.

[JaguarEvolved]

Microsoft showed mostly games you'll be able to play on the ps4. Thei tactics were mostly trying to mislead people by making people think they actually have exclusive games you'll be only be able to play on the Xbox just like last year. A lot of people are mostly praising Microsoft for acquiring new studios because that'll lead to exclusive titles but the thing is that all Microsoft games will be playable on pc going forward. Sony has the exclusives now and they'll continue to do so but because it's already expected of Sony to have exclusives it's not a big deal.

Microsoft gets points for attempting to do something about exclusives so they get credit for things they haven't been doing. It's silly because it's pure deflection when owning studios doesn't necessarily mean amazing exclusives coming because they've owned a lot over the years but chose to release halo, gears Forza on a constant. I can't give Microsoft credit for buying studios because it doesn't mean anything when they haven't any games. Look at what Microsoft has on the horizon for the next year or two then loom at what Sony has andbyoull see that Microsoft can't compete with Sony

[Army_of_Darkness]

Who cares about overall presentation. It's the actual games that count and Sony dominated with their exclusives! MS had more games shown but they were all nearly forgettable in comparison . Tlou2 murdered the competition ;)

[fathertime4464]

Two games you listed have been at how many e3's now 2 or 3. So they got 2 new games announced, not 4

[S2Killinit]

Yes Sony’s offerring are on a different level, and it was great to see them in dept, but since we knew about them, something was missing and that was suprises. Sony held back the games, and i wasnt a fan of the pacing.

MS had great presentation (as always) with little to no must have games (as always).

Didnt watch Nintendo but i heard it was also lackluster.

Over all, Sony won on merits, but lost on showmanship. MS won on showmanship and lost on games. And like i said i didnt see Ninty’s show.

[Vegamyster]

What was great about Death Stranding exactly? It was literately just Norman Reedus walking around for 6-7 minutes with a little bit of paranormal stuff with no context as to what's happening, i understand it's Kojima but it'd be nice to know what the game actually is. Personally Sekiro Shadows Die Twice from Fromsoftware is the game that got me the most excited, mainly because i love the Souls/Bourne style of gameplay

[TheGoodestBoi]

"If it were about cinematics Sony would have won"
You couldn't be more off the mark. Just about every game they showcased had gameplay, whereas for the Microsoft conference so many games were cinematic trailers with no Ganeplay (Halo, Battle toads, Cyberpunk...)

[conanlifts]

Sony PlayStation showed the best exclusives, though I am uncertain about a postal horror sim. Ghosts of Tsushima and TLOU2 are 2 of the best games from E3. But the conference itself was pretty dull. I enjoyed microsofts more, but was also left more disappointed from MS than from any other company. They literally showed nothing new except a clip from gears. They also confirmed that they were trying to produce more games, but it looks like these will be part of Xbox 2 so what about those that purchased an X? will it be supported with Xbox 2? There are a lot of unanswered questions.

Overall this seemed like a pretty uneventful E3.

[XentaJones]

Most games we have seen before, knew about and still dont have a release date.

[Tobse]

Ms showed 50 games, they had the better ones by far.

[TallonIV]

Nah, Ubisoft won E3, Sony's conference was a snore fest.

[morganfell]

"If it were about cinematics, then Sony won, If it were about overall presentation, flow and surprising announcements, then MS won. "

Ha ha ha, funniest comment of the day. Do you know the definition of cinematics? Sony were the ones demoing actual gameplay. Not sure which presentation you watched but you are obviously one of those persons hypnotized by marketing and distraction handwaving in the form of a selection of MULTIPLATFORM TRAILERS. Presentation is nothing but marketing. A gamer should be smart enough to see through that and look at what matters. The games. Sony was the one demoing their titles, showing core gameplay instead of trailers.

[strifeblade]

Actually msoft took away a ps exclusive. Nier. And took the developers of hell blade- aka never seeing another hell blade game on ps again! And Forza ofcourse the is nothing from play station racing that can compete for a while now both Motorsport or Horizon series.

[doggo84]

agreed.

[darthv72]

@morgan...

cin·e·mat·ic
[ˌsinəˈmadik]
ADJECTIVE

relating to motion pictures.
"cinematic output"
synonyms: realistic · true to life · representational · faithful · authentic · exact · precise · detailed · vivid · graphic · natural · naturalistic · convincing · undistorted · photographic · cinematic · [more]
having qualities characteristic of motion pictures.
"the cinematic feel of their video"

Sony showed very scripted demos of the gameplay, ergo it had a very cinematic vibe... That isnt a bad thing, that's just how it was. I did not see every detail so I might have missed the guy on stage actually playing, but then again on YT they zoom in to show only the footage, not the whole stage if the guy was there with controller in hand.

You take things too literal sometimes. Just accept that what i said was true. "Sony showed more actual gameplay while MS showed never before seen game trailers"

[Nintentional]

Death Stranding: walking sim, Last of Us 2: scripted gameplay, Spiderman 2: looks alright, but come on. It’s Spiderman 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️ 😂 it’s not like it’s a new Jak and Daxter, Medieval, Legend of Dragoon, or another lit entry in a Sony franchise or new interesting IP

Edit: Ghost of Tsushima: stiff looking character animations and gameplay. The best game Sony showed at their event wasn’t even a Sony exclusive. It was RE2 remake.

[DarkVoyager]

Microsoft had the best E3. Most agree.

https://www.reddit.com/r/xb...

[GameGod26]

Reddit bro? 😑

[DarkVoyager]

It’s just posted on Reddit. It’s from the YouTube E3 poll.

[Omegasyde]

Nah Bethesda won E3.

If they took out the stuff they showed at Microsoft and showed it at thiers it would be pure win.

Sony was boring (no big surprises), Microsoft had same old (new halo,gears forza...), and Nintendo was crap.

[ClanPsi1]

From a completely unbiased source, /r/Xboxone, no less. Impressive. Surely that's at least 98% of not only E3 viewers, but gamers all around the world in general.

[Zodiac]

if we factor in Nintendo having a Splatoon 2 and Smash Bros tournament as part of their “conference”, then I might have to take back Microsoft having the best show.

That could be seen as evening the playing field in terms of a a performance show.

[ABizzel1]

Depends on what you consider a win

Best Conference (aka best performance) = Microsoft
Best Games / Content (which matters the most IMO) = Sony

Overall this E3 was a disappointment.

[hench07]

As everyone has said MS by country mile

[ClanPsi1]

Missing titles? Both Octopath Traveller and Smash Bros. are coming out this year. That's more than enough for me next to Valkyria Chronicles 4.

[Nintentional]

Spoke the truth, yet you got 43 fanboys disagreeing with you, bro 🤦🏻‍♂️

[gangsta_red]

Since I only watched the MS, Sony and Nintendo my opinion will be based on those three.

Nintendo had some good games but it seemed like it was over before it started. I was really hoping to see some more from them as I have always enjoyed their approach to presentations for E3 in the past few years. But this year was underwhelming, the Mech game and Smash were stand outs but I was really hoping for some surprises like Mother 3 (finally). Unfortunately their presentation lacked and I heard that they will have some more announcements over the next three days...hopefully.

Sony's presentation was also a strange one and even though it was good it wasn't exciting. I've said in the past that games should be shown with actual gameplay at these events, unfortunately the games Sony showed all had a common theme that doesn't make for great watching, sneak, hide, sneak, hide, walk, sneak. With the exception of Spider-Man this is pretty much how a lot of Sony's game played out during the presentation. Ghosts was also underwhelming, the graphics looked great but for me being a sci-fi/fantasy guy there just wasn't anything too appealing other than the violence. But, Spider-Man on the other side was fantastic that was definitely a game I would get 1st day.

Microsoft hands down took E3 this year. They had the most to prove with the over whelming criticisms they received. They addressed all their problems on stage, acquiring more first party studios and announcing another console was in development. The games they showed off were much more impressive with their presentation too, Dying Light 2 and Cyberpunk instantly comes to mind. Their ID@Xbox game montage was very good, Gears 5 looked really good and Gears Tactics was incredible (even if only for PC), and there's a skate board game which was surprising since I had forgotten this use to be a thing, plus Battletoads, finally. MS pretty much nailed the format down this year.

[Zodiac]

"Unfortunately their presentation lacked and I heard that they will have some more announcements over the next three days...hopefully"

They usually do announce things during the Treehouse events. Some of them are very welcomed surprises, but It's never anything "main E3 direct worthy" or else they would have always included these in the main presentation.

[LOGICWINS]

I agree that Microsoft took it this year. Of all three conferences, they showed that they have the best "long-term" plan. Game Pass is the best value in console gaming and Microsoft proved that they want to fight to be on the same level of Sony in terms AAA exclusives.

[TFJWM]

How are they going to fight on the same level as PS exclusives when they bought their own 2nd party studios and AA?

Sony proved they have the best "long-term" plan because they have 8+ studios that didn't show anything and will all be making their games for next gen...

[blackblades]

Define e3, I mean it seams everyone are focused on the conference instead of the actual e3 it self. Playing the demos seeing gameplay, getting info enjoying themselves etc... E3 can't be based on a conference but the whole 4 days of e3. Anyways since I'm not there I seen some good gameplay of some games on you tube they all looking good though.

[gangsta_red]

I am for certain the article and people here are referring to the conferences.

[Zodiac]

Exactly. I completely left that out of my original comment up top. Nintendo has three days of Treehouse and had world tournaments for Splatoon and Smash. That is quite a presence outside of the core presentation.

[Razzer]

Agree for the most part. I think Bethesda had the best overall, but between MS and Sony, MS won. Sony didn't have the wow announcements. Laydon said to not expect them and he was right. Sony has the best lineup of games. Not even close. But we saw more of what we already know is coming and very little else. From the standpoint of good show with a polished delivery as well as generating excitement and new reveals, MS did the better job.

I didn't see the Nintendo thing. From what I've read, I didn't miss much.

[maybelovehate]

Lots of games to be excited about. Most of which are multi-platform. Shadows Die Twice and Kingdom Hearts were my favorites of all shown. Really like the direction Assassins Creed is heading too. Doesn't feel like an AC game, maybe more of an RPG but I think this is good. That series needs a shakeup.

[Themba76]

sony had far better games %70 of the games microsoft showed i can play on my ps4

[blackblades]

Look at the headlines nothing but sony like always, why because the games.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

That's true. I mean its no secret Sony and MS share majority of the same games library.

[Tobse]

If a show with not a single surprise is winning while showing the same games we have already seen multiple times and will see even more in the coming conferences.... Its a bit sad isnt it?

[SR38813]

None were great, Sony did that lil bit better, Ninty only had smash and Xbox had a ok E3

[solideagle]

As usual Gamers won Tehehehe :D

[Segata]

Ninty had Armored Core. Screw smash.

[SR38813]

Where???

[Chevalier]

Daemon x Machina is being made by the guy who made Armor Core 2 and 3 I think and some Front Mission games and Shoji Kawamori legendary mech designer is designing the mechs. Looks pretty awesome.

[PhoenixUp]

PS4 will still receive the most games though

[riibhu]

That would be PC though. The one to recieve most games.

[Brave_Losers_Unite]

90% shovelware steam games

[TallonIV]

@Brave_Losers_Unite and PSN isn't full of shovelware?

[riibhu]

@Brave_Losers_Unite
I'm only talking about games present at E3. Pc will get MS exclusive like halo 6,gears 6, PS exclusive like Nioh 2, and don't forget multiplats like cyberpunk,sekiro,etc. And then it's own exclusive like total war too.

[Razzer]

True statement. Even for PC only gamers, most of the conferences had something for them. Bethesda had the best conference for PC gamers overall, followed by MS.

[dripdrop30]

I'm, honestly so sick of this conversation every year. If you enjoy xbox, Microsoft 'won' for you obviously. If you play on PS4, Sony 'won' you over. If you love Nintendo and Smash, Nintendo 'won'. I happen to play on Switch and PS4, and enjoyed seeing the games. End of story.
Bethesda did pretty good to IMO.

[Skuletor]

The gamers

[GameGod26]

Gamers

[porkChop]

In terms of exclusives:
1. Sony
2. Nintendo/Microsoft

In terms of the actual presentation:
1. Microsoft
2. Nintendo
3. Sony

Overall:
1. Microsoft
2. Nintendo/Sony

[SpringHeeledJack]

So presentation comes before games to you.

[porkChop]

No. Overall was including all games, not just exclusives. Microsoft showed off a lot more games, and had a far better presentation than the other two.

[Servbot41]

Nintendo's presentation sucked the worst by a large margin. I don't need to be shown 30 minutes of mundane patch notes for Smash Bros.

[porkChop]

You're right, Smash didn't need to be shown for half the presentation. But their show was tight, and flowed well. They didn't have awkward musical performances, they didn't have much filler, they didn't have a 20 minute break only 10 minutes in, and they were straight to the point. So in my opinion it was not the worst.

[SuperSonic91]

Sorry but I can not play presentations and acquired developers. I need playable games.

E3 is a marketing tool to sell hardware and software that gamers will play.

We all know PS4 will sell the most hardware and software shown in E3 2018.

[lellkay]

Microsoft. I can't even believe I'm saying that.

[CaptainOmega]

Yeah. I can’t even believe you’re saying that.

[Foraoise]

Obviously, objectively, Nintendo. Anyone who says otherwise are being biased and morons. Second best goes to idk.

[Servbot41]

I didn't like them dedicating over half of their Direct to Smash Bros patchnotes and having the Treehouse be 75% randos just playing Smash Bros.

Nintendo's was the worst in years.

[Foraoise]

Smash "patch notes"...? Dude. It's a new game. Full-out. Amazing shit for that game. That alone made their E3 the best. And they had many other games besides that. Microsoft was just pushing out the same old shit and Sony was just pushing legit the same shit as the last 4 E3s (obviously I'm exaggerating, but yeah)...

[Servbot41]

It was just small changes to every character. I don't need to know that Olimar's helmet temporarily cracks when hes hit or Bayonetta's weapons sound slightly different per costume. Its just the same as the last game except they made balance changes and added characters back in. I dunno how you can call everyone else doing the "same shit" and then praising Smash Bros.

[Razzer]

LOL

[Last_Boss]

Does it matter?!! I think we are all happy tbh.

[Servbot41]

No Animal Crossing depresses me like crazy. But hey we got 30 minutes of patch notes for Smash.

[Last_Boss]

Haha!! Well don't play or watch animal crossing. I'll bill you later.

[Broomfondle]

Bethesda. Microsoft beaten to last by Nintendo.

[Pancit_Canton]

Sony for me.

I'm just sick of Halo, Forza and Gears.

TLOUS, Ghost, Death, RE and Spiderman are all freaking incredible.

[Sy_Wolf]

Customers?

[Smokehouse]

Microsoft had the best show. That format was the best. Just game after game, no hiccups, it was beautiful.

[ziggurcat]

In terms of games that are suited to my tastes, Sony. As far as presentation is concerned, MS.

[salmonade]

Sony won because they had the best games and exclusives. Despite the poor pacing, what they showed was awesome.

[aConIsDemocracy]

Me! I put a bet on that Phil Spencer would look awkward but smug. Quids in. :)

[Heavenly King]

Microsoft had the best conference.

[Doomster1971]

I'm not a fanboy (I own the three main consoles and a PC) so my favorite presentation was from Bethesda. :)

[Gameseeker_Frampt]

"I eat all of the cheese."

[Mr Lahey]

Easily Sony if we talk games, as we should.

MS had a flashier, bigger and longer conference, but if we look at what was shown that is not playable on PlayStation, it was only same the old IP's..

[Doomster1971]

I wonder if anyone will vote EA as having the best presentation :)

[Wallstreet37]

Sony with most interesting games and real power house exclusives.

[Nodoze]

Nintendo's highlight was yet another PORT from WiiU. No mention of Metroid, no mention of Nintendo online....sad very very sad. It is as if all 3 big publishers got together and wanted to purposely not show much of anything. Sony's games we already knew all about. Yes we saw gameplay, but man did that format SUCK. Worst showing for them since the Giant enemy crab (based on actual battles that took place). If I had to pick a winner, it would be Microsoft. The conference flowed nicely, had a good display of software, provided some strategy (studio acquisitions etc). Sony's was a hot freaking mess. No pacing, weird awkward intermission after showing one game. No real mention of much future content. Overall this E3 was a giant let down.

Ubisoft IMO came in second.

[PiNkFaIrYbOi]

So basically this E3 was pretty much sucky all around and no one really "won it".

[ZeekQuattro]

Capcom. REmake 2 is all I needed from them and they delivered big time. The game looks better than I had hoped.

[Segata]

Devolver. Metal Wolf Chaos.

[Parasyte]

Gamers. Gamers won E3. Just like every year.

[Tankbusta40]

I enjoyed most of it... EA was just terrible and I didn't watch Nintendo as I haven't been motivated by them in almost 22 years... The rest was solid.

[ARESWARLORD]

As a Sony and PC Fanboy I have to say Microsoft

[JSONEHUNDRED]

Its not a competition for a company to win. Its an Expo to showcase the upcoming games. The correct answer is Gamers. Gamers won.

[bluefox755]

The one who had the best games. The fact that we know who this is without saying it, is telling.

[Gantrfaxx]

Spiderman and Last Of Us won.

[TheOttomatic91]

MS

[--bienio--]

I know who definitely lost? At leat for me! Cd-Project Red with first person view in cyberpunk!!! what a idiots!!!

[jznrpg]

No thanks.

[chris235]

dude. nothing changed. 1 contender and 2 noncontenders who disguise themselves as „console brand“. it‘s not really a question. the videogame industry is in a very dark place.

[The7Reaper]

Gamers.

[DwightSchrute01]

No one won e3 it was all crap

[2ndhandcorn]

Devolver digital gave me some amusement .

[BenRC01]

Jesus Christ. Since when did presentation mean more than games? You Xbox fanboys are seriously clutching here. Sony showed the 4 best games of the show by a mile, and they're all exclusives, you can wallow in denial but its pretty obvious where the best games are.

[DiRtY]

I posted this as a comment in another news. I am not trying to spam, but the news are discussing the very same topic.

Sony did not announce anything. Their format was really bad. Who had the idea to interrupt the conference for 20 minutes and do some interviews? Whoever it was, fire him.

Just compare the game announcements:

For Microsoft:

Exclusives announced:
1. Halo Infinite
2. Forza Horizon
3. Session
4. Tunic
5. Battletoads
6. Gears of War 5

Multiplats announced:
1. Sekiro
2. Life is Strange: Captain Spirit
3. Tales of Vesperia Remaster
4. The Division 2
5. Devil May Cry 5
6. Jump Force
7. Dying Light 2
8. Just Cause 4
9. Cyberpunk2077

Goodies:
• The Division, Fallout, Skyrim, Halo MCC, Ashen on Game Pass
• Sea of Thieves DLC
• 5 New First Party studios announced
• PUBG DLC
• Bunch of Indies in a montage
• Cuphead DLC
• Gears of War Pop
• Gears of War Tactics
• Streaming Service in development
• Next Xbox is being architected

For Sony:

Exclusives announced:
1. Nioh 2

Multiplats announced:
1. Resident Evil 2
2. Control

Goodies:

• Déraciné (PSVR)

[LgbtWarrior]

MS was the best. I’m thinking e3 is just not that important anymore. Seems developers use other conferences to really shine.

[Xavi4K]

Microsoft

[Tzuno]

If we are talking about quality, then Sony.

[Artemidorus]

No clear winner but Microsoft sent the important message, they are making another console.

[TocaCannaBowl]

the gamers

[Immorals]

Microsoft

If Sony hadn't announced some of their games so early, they would have taken the win but their conference was a mess and had no surprises

[PCgamer98]

Bethesda.

[Razzer]

Yep. it wasn't the most polished conference, but the game lineup was killer and the announcements were exciting.

[Respawned]

The standards were high for all, they should all be applauded, except EA. That was trash.

[agent13]

Microsoft had the best show but I'm not sure if they have won E3
Sony, despite their flawed show had the best exclusives

[inxine]

no one. this years e3 was kind of boring. looking forward to the last of us and smash tho.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Death stranding looked extremely pretentious and boring.

Ghost of Tsushima looked like a diet NiOH...not sure why Sucker Punch went in that direction.

TLOU2 was Sony’s best game and looked amazing as did Spider-Man.

Gears 5 looks incredible, love they are going semi open world. Halo Infinite New engine is gorgeous. Ori will of the Wisps looks stunning. Microsoft had the best overall conference.

Nintendo is back to selling DLC for Wii U games at full price.Where is Metroid?

[Platformgamer]

sony as always imho

[nRicosS]

Gamers

[cyber_daemonx]

So all the fanatx claim xbox won yet again. Tbh ms havent won an e3 for a few years now. The same boring ips and a few 3rd party ips that will be on everything else. What a joke lol.

[-volt-]

This E3 was pretty bad all around to me. I would say none of them really excelled too much.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I actually feel that they all had a pretty good showing this year, was not disappointed like I was with last year's E3.

[microgenius]

Sony easily

[iofhua]

If Nintendo had shown off a mainline pokemon game as a work in progress at this E3 they would have won, and probably sold more Switches.

I'm disappoint to hear that their next pokemon game is some casual knock-off pokemon.

They came out the door with such momentum but it's puttering out now.

[Hillyhill]

In terms of presenting games, which, from watching past e3 presentations, I feel like Microsoft won. I say this even though I don’t own an Xbox. The way Phil brought the presentation focus on game after game even though most games that Xbox showed are going to be playable on other platforms. Just seems like Microsoft did e3 the way e3 is supposed to be done. As in, get up on stage to show the game trailers and details to hype the crowd up for being an owner of said platform or entice to purchase your product.

[subtenko]

no one, its business as usual..

[GrizzliS1987]

Sony for me. Triple A's across the board, exclusively or not. Switch is a must for Smash, Zelda, Mario Party, Odyssey, though im currently playing my Xbox. Sony doesnt have anything at the moment, though future game releases will change that. Xbox doesnt have anything now or in the future LOL and Switch has Smash so. Overall, Sony for sure

[Gr8saiyaman88]

Microsoft. They showed tons of games — yes, mainly multi-plats, but at least they showed them — and had an entertainment presentation.

[ZombieKiller]

Considering I have a PS4 Pro and an Xbox One S....I did. Everything else is just stupid fake fanboy competition. Sony is miles ahead of everyone else and they decided to do their own thing. Why can't anyone see this for what it is? I really don't think they care about the competition to that point. They just want to show us the games we want. I'm happy with that. It's all I wanted to see anyway.