I'll give it to Sony. They really know how to hold a conference. They enforced all of their systems and really gave a shout out to third parties. While Microsoft was all about their first party games and their whole new we're going casual too Sony came gunning for techies and gamers full force. They had some nice surprises like a new Ratchet game and DC Universe as well as showing the big guns like Resistance 2 and God of War III.

They showed off the Playstation Network's growth off beautifully. They kept it simple showing they still have Home, their new video service, and more unique games coming in the future. The action figure fighting game looked like a lot of fun for sure. Also using Little Big Planet instead of standard graphs was a nice touch to keep their business talk from dragging too much.

Sony definitely boasted about Blu-Ray and how powerful the PS3 is however they had the software to back it up. They showed that they didn't finish first the last two generations for nothing with cool new games like Infamous, MAG, DC Universe Online, and Little Big Planet taking center stage. While Microsoft's box is the home to sequels of great franchises there was a definite sense of "Oh, I love these games. But where's the new stuff?"

Overall I wouldn't say any of the conferences really stand out as the all-powerful winner, but Nintendo is the definite 3rd place with Sony and Microsoft fighting tooth and nail for 1st. Now my biggest fear with Sony's conference is that their was a lack of actual demos in the show. Microsoft showed that their games are ready or at least close enough to ready to be shown at E3.

It looks like the Big 3 are saving their stuff for Leipzig or some other show which makes me sad, but excited at the same time. Overall I think I'd rank it Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo in terms of shows SO FAR and that's because of the FFXIII bomb that got dropped. E3 isn't over yet so maybe we'll get something good to shift the rankings.