E3 08: Cast your vote: Who won E3 2008?

im surprised at how many think ms won

Between the two press events this year, Sony beat Microsoft. What Nintendo had doesn't deserve to be called a press event at all. It was just a conference call without the phones.

None of them were "OMFG AMAZING", but MS's conference interested me the most.

LOL..what NihonTiger said.

If Microsoft had made FF13 a 360 exclusive they would've taken it, but they were way too reliant on multi-platform games and their next dashboard update. Sony had a much bigger focus on their exclusives and had way more of them.

Microsoft. I'm no MS fanboy, but wow did that FFXIII cause a lot of hilarious internet drama.

Nintendo let me down.

Sony spent more time on multimedia than on games. Surprise surprise.

MS wasn't awesome, but their keynote and the resulting hilarity definitely makes them the winner.

Square is the winner.

While all three made a good showing in regards to games, you have to give it to Microsoft for getting FF13: simply blew my mind.

Highlight so far: Chinatown Wars
Microsoft: FFXIII was a fricken bombshell that washed away bad thoughts of avatars, NXE, and "You're in the Movies." Really good in some places, really bad in others.
Sony: Trailers of games we mostly knew of, little gameplay shown, but the stuff was decent and they didn't through casual shit at us. It was so-so all around.
Nintendo: Disappointment because I still don't know what Reggie's "huge hardcore" title is supposed to be. Animal Crossing? Just because you put one of those games on the Gamecube does not make it hardcore, Nintendo.

Why does someone have to 'win' E3? No offense or anything, but they all did wel- well, Nintendo withstanding.

i am the winner. look at all these new games i'm gonna get to play.

Oh, and no-one lost harder than the triple fail of Guitar Hero/Metallica/Guns and Roses.

I thought I actually saw tumbleweeds during that segment. Really embarassing.

I'm giving it to MS because they are the only one who showed anything that was unexpected and cool. FF13 (even though I don't care) and Netflix. I honestly could see Netflix as a system-seller for MS. Especially for those people who have been on the fence. Between the video store and instant netflix, MS has done what we all know is coming, a future where you don't own any physical media.

You guys may hate the XBL Avatars but that's a huge move for them. Unlike the Wii, they are actually going to use the avatars in an interesting way. Online movies, game shows, parties... people like to party.

FFXIII was the cherry on top that made us all forget the pretty crappy scoop of ice cream that was underneath it. We're giving too much credit to the entire sundae here.

All of them were pretty terrible.

Microsoft just showed a bunch of trailers for games we already knew about. Their press conference was entirely about stealing FFXIII from Sony and the Netflix announcement.

Nintendo at the very least had the most new, unannounced stuff to show off. Unfortunately most of it wasn't very good. I think the 1:1 motion control from the addon is going to be a big deal down the line though.

Sony was just kind of average. They get points for having the best chart presentation and getting me even more excited about LBP, but overall it was just more trailers of games we already know about and desperately trying to convince people that they still have a lot of exclusive games.

Like others have said, no one really "won", at least from a gamer's perspective. However, it's pretty clear that in terms of playing the media, Nintendo is going to come out on top here. Everything they announced today is going to get gobbled up by mainstream news sources, and that's what's going to be reported on constantly for the next two weeks. It's becoming clearer that E3 isn't about gamers anymore (although maybe it never was), it's about the press. Now that gaming is becoming more mainstream, it's important for the companies to target more mainstream news outlets. Ninty did that successfully, the other companies did not (Although MS's Netflix announcement will likely make a splash).

In terms of what I'm most excited about, it's probably got to be Little Big Planet, Spore, Left 4 Dead, and Animal Crossing. I'm really intrigued by the Wii Sports demo as well, not for the game itself but for the motion control. If it's actually as precise as it appeared to be in the demo, that's going to be huge for the Wii.

In summary: Nintendo wins big with the mainstream media, MS probably interested the core gamers the most, but overall all three were pretty meh.

Final Fantasy XIII on the 360...nuff said

Mehcrosoft won

Kidtendo was 2nd

Borestation was 3rd

and gamers everywhere lost!

Still waiting for the Halo announcement. Does Bungie steal everyones thunder? Go Bungie!

We lost. Worst e3 in a long time. Prepare for 2009. The worst year in gaming in over a decade...

They were all pretty crappy, they spend too much time talking about history and sales.

@manasteel88
ONE game taken off of exclusivity on ONE console = Microsoft Win?

Wow, were even you watching that embarrassing section with the webcam and clown pants on Microsoft's conference that caused deadly silence or Duffy being told she can't sing her own song properly on 'Lips'?

Also. Sony had the best marketing talkthrough and interactive bar chart, ever.

And one handed pushups.

Sony overall, I'd say. Nintendo had like 3 games total, Microsoft proved they could steal from both Nintendo and Sony, be it ideas or games. Sony's was the most entertaining and had the best games overall, FFXIII not withstanding.

But yeah, Microsoft getting FFXIII was a megaton, for sure.

Takeshi is right. E3 isn't what it used to be, and my guess would be most companies are saving their big releases for the Tokyo Game Show.

Has it got to the point where we are making fanboy polls on a supposedly hardcore gamers site?

I'm a PS3 owner so I couldn't give a flying fuck about what the 360 is trying to sell me. I'm broke enough as it is, for a start.

As for the FFXIII thing. Who the fuck cares? Last I heard Final Fantasy was wank.

Do you have shares in Sony or Microsoft? If so, ignore this post.

If you don't then wake up and smell the coffee. Just concentrate on actually beating people on games rather than believeing you can rest easier knowing that some silly cunt with a 360 won't be able to sit there and enjoy the mild delights of turn-based ass action/rest easier knowing that some stupid pleb with a PS3 won't be able to get it up tonight because the 360 has taken all that is good from their souls and made it dirty.