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brawly · Jun 8, 2017

Heard this on the Easy Allies podcast.

Try to guess! -> 70,6% / 55,7% / 51,8% / 50,2% /24,1%

Bethesda:

50.2% (29:33/58:55)

EA:

24.1% (13:33/56:15)

Microsoft:

55.7% (49:52/1:29:35)

Ubisoft:

51,8% (1:00:35/2:00:00)

Sony:

70.6% (53:43/1:16:35)

% = of their time was spent on actually showing video games

Thoughts?

EA you awful.

Jaded Alyx · Jun 8, 2017

Nintendo: 96%

Toki767 · Jun 8, 2017

Not really surprised.

EA especially as they tend to always have more talking than gameplay.

Give War A Chance · Jun 8, 2017

Which end do the percents align to?

EDIT: NVM, I think I misread the OP.

Hindl · Jun 8, 2017

Lmao EA what you doing

Jawmuncher · Jun 8, 2017

50% and up should definitely be the standard

xxracerxx · Jun 8, 2017

Give War A Chance said:
Which end do the percents align to?

Games.

Zombie James · Jun 8, 2017

If Sony can deliver more of the same, I'll be happy. I'd imagine MS will involve more talking this year because of Scorpio.

kabel · Jun 8, 2017

Hindl said:
Lmao EA what you doing

Pay 5 for 5% more.

UnemployedVillain · Jun 8, 2017

No Nintendo?
edit: I can't read

Nzyme32 · Jun 8, 2017

I feel this misses a lot of context

For example Bethesda's can be much more meaningful as the time spent showing games is focused on a small subset and showing a large amount of them vs other conferences that are more on quantity, trailers that don't show much of any game at all or are highly scripted pieces.

So yeah, not really anything too interesting to me as a metric of "game shown" vs "talking"

RRockman · Jun 8, 2017

Jaded Alyx said:
Nintendo: 96%

With like one game doing the bulk of it too.

EA sucks, as per usual.

BadWolf · Jun 8, 2017

Good stuff, hope Sony does the same or more this year.

Flame Lord · Jun 8, 2017

Ea has been pulling Square Enix's lately, showing games years away from release (though not decades), which would explain why they didn't have shit to show.

Dynomutt · Jun 8, 2017

Sony gonna be 99.9% this year!

Crayon · Jun 8, 2017

Look I'm ea:

Blagh blagh blagh blagh blagh.

Mushroomer25 · Jun 8, 2017

Hindl said:
Lmao EA what you doing

When you don't have games to show, things get a little hasty. They also saved a lot of Battlefield footage for their terrible celebrity event that followed the press conference.

One relevant fun fact - Microsoft and Sony actually showed an equal amount of gameplay, but Microsoft's show was thirty minutes longer.

brawly · Jun 8, 2017

Jawmuncher said:
50% and up should definitely be the standard

I think 60%. I'm actually surprised Sony was only 70%. I thought it was more.

UnemployedVillain said:
No Nintendo?
Also, which year's conference was this? I think actual times would put this info into better context

"last year"

sixteen-bit · Jun 8, 2017

didn't someone do a supercut of like guns or something one e3?

Thewonandonly · Jun 8, 2017

Toki767 said:
Not really surprised.

EA especially as they tend to always have more talking than gameplay.

Ya no surprises guessed then all right. People give Microsoft a lot of shit but they have been doing preety good with there conferences since e3 with the Xbox one. I mean there no Sony who has knocked it out of the god damn park and into the parking lot. But Microsoft at least scores a homerun. While Ea is punting

Guevara · Jun 8, 2017

There's a balance.

I don't really care for the E3 presentations that are: "Now let's invite our partners up to walk through the most boring part of their upcoming boring game for 12 minutes."

jwhit28 · Jun 8, 2017

I like the talking. If I just want a string of trailers, I can watch on my own time on youtube.

lyrick · Jun 8, 2017

they should do a breakdown of in game gameplay v narrative bullshit next.

brawly · Jun 8, 2017

Mushroomer25 said:
One relevant fun fact - Microsoft and Sony actually showed an equal amount of gameplay, but Microsoft's show was thirty minutes longer.

Cutting out some of the "middle men" would've gone a long way for MS last year.

yanipheonu · Jun 8, 2017

Sony did a great job last time. Just trailer after trailer, with the occasional developer showing up to pitch the game. Weren't too many Sony execs taking up time, they kept it concise which is appreciated.

NinjamicWZ · Jun 8, 2017

Talking is how AAA publishers preview what it will be like to talk about their games around the water cooler.

kennyamr · Jun 8, 2017

No surprises there. My guesses were not far off.
Let's see who improves this year.

LycanXIII · Jun 8, 2017

brawly said:
Heard this on the Easy Allies podcast.

Try to guess! -> 70,6% / 55,7% / 51,8% / 50,2% /24,1%

Bethesda:

50,2%

EA:

24,1%

Microsoft:

55,7%

Ubisoft:

51,8%

Sony:

70,6%

% = of their time was spent on actually showing video games

Thoughts?

EA you awful.

The actual numbers, shout out to Ryan on the EZA Patreon for gathering all of this.

Sony: 70.6% (53:43/1:16:35) of their conference was spent on actual games
Xbox: 55.7% (49:52/1:29:35)
UBI: 51.8% (1:00:35/2:00:00)
BETHESDA: 50.2% (29:33/58:55)
EA: 24.1% (13:33/56:15)

Jawbreaker · Jun 8, 2017

I'm expecting Sony to have an even higher percentage of game time this year.

Mikey Jr. · Jun 8, 2017

So thats why EA conference felt especially brutal last year.

PC game conference was probably 10%.

Triggerhappytel · Jun 8, 2017

Was Sony's really only 70%? According to the IGN YouTube channel Sony's show was 77 minutes last year, which means that they would have spent about 23 minutes talking. That doesn't sound right at all. Will maybe have to watch it again and see if that stacks up.

stuminus3 · Jun 8, 2017

But how much Pac-Man was there?

Philippo · Jun 8, 2017

GG Sony, can't wait to see what they're cooking this year.

13ruce · Jun 8, 2017

Jaded Alyx said:
Nintendo: 96%

8 hours of Zelda🤗

brawly · Jun 8, 2017

LycanXIII said:
The actual numbers, shout out to Ryan on the EZA Patreon for gathering all of this.

Sony: 70.6% (53:43/1:16:35) of their conference was spent on actual games
Xbox: 55.7% (49:52/1:29:35)
UBI: 51.8% (1:00:35/2:00:00)
BETHESDA: 50.2% (29:33/58:55)
EA: 24.1% (13:33/56:15)

Thanks! Added them to the OP.

UBI TALKED FOR 60 MINUTES

UnemployedVillain · Jun 8, 2017

Why am I not surprised EA barely had 13 minutes of gameplay

funkystudent · Jun 8, 2017

EA is pretty bad when it comes to personality void executives / producers talking about nonsense.

Literally everyone other then Peter Moore seemed like some kind of fake robot person.

Or Pele.

Jawbreaker · Jun 8, 2017

Triggerhappytel said:
Was Sony's really only 70%? According to the IGN YouTube channel Sony's show was 77 minutes last year, which means that they would have spent about 23 minutes talking. That doesn't sound right at all. Will maybe have to watch it again and see if that stacks up.

Maybe the orchestra at the beginning of the conference takes up a chunk of that non-game time.

LordofPwn · Jun 8, 2017

Fascinating stuff. OP should fix those percentages though.

I'm going to guess that Sony will be slightly higher this year.
EA should be higher this year. Microsoft will be lower. Ubi and Bethesda should be around the same.

Also curious how good the Nintendo spotlight will be. 90% maybe?

Plinko · Jun 8, 2017

brawly said:
Thanks! Added them to the OP.

UBI TALKED FOR 60 MINUTES

The price people paid for Aisha Tyler.

SchrodingerC · Jun 8, 2017

EA kinda needs to constantly talk because they seem to never have enough gameplay footage; EA even said last year they never have enough time to show everything, but continued on with the fluff statements, over explaining, and dev dairies.

Mikey Jr. · Jun 8, 2017

Triggerhappytel said:
Was Sony's really only 70%? According to the IGN YouTube channel Sony's show was 77 minutes last year, which means that they would have spent about 23 minutes talking. That doesn't sound right at all. Will maybe have to watch it again and see if that stacks up.

23 minutes NOT on game footage.

Doesn't mean talking. Don't forget orchestra.

Sjefen · Jun 8, 2017

Jawbreaker said:
Maybe the orchestra at the beginning of the conference takes up a chunk of that non-game time.

my thought as well and Sean had a lenghty speech after that Gow trailer

jett · Jun 8, 2017

This is why EA's conference is garbage every year. Comes off like a buncha suits fighting for the spotlight.

Zedark · Jun 8, 2017

Mikey Jr. said:
23 minutes NOT on game footage.

Doesn't mean talking. Don't forget orchestra.

And Layden did a small statement about the Orlando shooting as well.

Unless you pump trailer after trailer for the whole of the show, you will have significant downtime when you tall the separate transitions/talks.

The Jackdog · Jun 8, 2017

long way since chart loving sony, well done.

ea what are you doing

Budi · Jun 8, 2017

jwhit28 said:
I like the talking. If I just want a string of trailers, I can watch on my own time on youtube.

Me too on moderation, EA isn't doing it right. But Bethesda and their Fallout presentation was one of my favorites, without being actually excited about the game. But the style how it was shown pleased me.

JayEH · Jun 8, 2017

Can't wait for the annual EA montage of games in pre production.

Mooreberg · Jun 8, 2017

Wasn't hard to guess who had the lowest ratio. I don't know how anyone watches EA conferences after the one with Criterion employees standing around in a kitchen (did they ever actually release a game since then?).

FlaygletheBagel · Jun 8, 2017

Damn, I was able to guess all of them. I laughed audibly when I saw the 24.1% belonged to EA. Doesn't surprise me in the least.

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