I think maybe there's an obvious answer this time, but this is a tradition. Everyone has their press conference and then we collectively declare a winner because we're gamers and everything is a competition. (I don't think Square Enix are doing a traditional press conference right?)
EA- A surprisingly good showing. Little embarrassment. Dragon Age 3, Mirrors Edge. I actually really enjoyed the FIFA footage, because you rarely get a real sense of momentum when watching football, because the camera is so far back, but here you could and it made me want to go out and kick a ball.
Ubisoft - Only showed one piece of gameplay footage (that did look good.) Sony's conference had more footage of Ubisoft games than Ubisoft's did. Also I found their speaker really embarassing, there's a place and a person appropriate to tell that that game made you hard, and that place is not a press conference and those people aren't journalists.
Microsoft - Some strong(ish) exclusives, even if a little shooter focused. Spark looked cool, the kept focused on the games like they said they would. But... sort of overshadowed by their direct competition is putting it politely.
Sony - Rarely do you see chief execs of companies show such glee sticking their finger up at the opposition. They showed the most gameplay footage and had a huge range of indie's, but didn't show off so many of their own games. (But the ones they did looked good. I'm a lot happier about inFamous 3 now)
Nintendo - I didn't watch this one, but heard they had a solid showing of the games that people expected them to announce, in the franchises that have been consistently good over the years
EA- A surprisingly good showing. Little embarrassment. Dragon Age 3, Mirrors Edge. I actually really enjoyed the FIFA footage, because you rarely get a real sense of momentum when watching football, because the camera is so far back, but here you could and it made me want to go out and kick a ball.
Ubisoft - Only showed one piece of gameplay footage (that did look good.) Sony's conference had more footage of Ubisoft games than Ubisoft's did. Also I found their speaker really embarassing, there's a place and a person appropriate to tell that that game made you hard, and that place is not a press conference and those people aren't journalists.
Microsoft - Some strong(ish) exclusives, even if a little shooter focused. Spark looked cool, the kept focused on the games like they said they would. But... sort of overshadowed by their direct competition is putting it politely.
Sony - Rarely do you see chief execs of companies show such glee sticking their finger up at the opposition. They showed the most gameplay footage and had a huge range of indie's, but didn't show off so many of their own games. (But the ones they did looked good. I'm a lot happier about inFamous 3 now)
Nintendo - I didn't watch this one, but heard they had a solid showing of the games that people expected them to announce, in the franchises that have been consistently good over the years
