The E3 That Lacked a Winner

The E3 conferences came and went and to this day we still don’t really have a winner. As a matter of fact, I saw several losers. We were losers for watching, and Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo were losers for not truly delivering anything spectacular. If anyone was a winner, it was Ubisoft for being the true company giving us hope for the gaming future by doing exclusive content for the PS3, Vita, and even the WiiU. Besides that, a lot of swings and misses.


Microsoft showed Call of Duty, Halo 4, among other franchises we’ve all been accustomed to. And they announced a device that connects itself with the Xbox 360. The SmartGlass is supposed to be a slam towards the WiiU tablet and tablets everywhere. So, this is basically another feature of the Xbox that allows us to spend more money----as if enough isn’t spent on the system and Xbox Live already. And P.S. Microsoft: when you dedicate the last part of the show to a video game that will be available to other systems----you aren’t doing very well.


Sony showed us PSVita content for three seconds, spent too much time showing us Ubisoft material that most gamers already saw, and then spent a ridiculous amount of time on a reading mechanism involving the PS3 and Vita. Um…..why? Then they spent a portion of time playing Super Smash—er, Playstation All-Stars, which really wasn’t all that impressive. Besides handing out goodies to the people that saw the show, there wasn’t much for any witnesses to be excited about.


I came to the conclusion that the PS3 and the 360 are definitely running out of steam, and running out of ways to truly grasp our attention. So the sights were set on Nintendo to veer us into the next generation with its new console.


But…. Didn’t really happen.


Barely talked about the hardware, didn’t give a set price or a release date, and outside of Mario did not deliver a big Nintendo franchise at the conference. There was no momentum to have to shift, all Nintendo had to do was shell out several exclusives, reveal how the controller can truly alter the gaming industry, and show that the future is coming up. None of this happened, as there were no trailers, not a lot of gameplay, and still a mythical lack of information on the upcoming hardware. Newsflash: the holiday season isn’t that far away.

So the winner is, nobody. That being said, with E3 still going on, someone can still take the crown.




If only this were real though, then we would have had a winner for sure.