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axisofweevils · Jun 17, 2014

These statistics are amazing...

Nintendo dominated social media conversation on Twitter at E3 2014, it has been revealed.

About 47% of all tweets sent out during last week's expo mentioned the gaming giant, according to social media intelligence analytics provider Crimson Hexagon.

Among the most popular tweets was one made by the official Nintendo of America handle, which teased famed designer Shigeru Miyamoto's appearance on an upcoming live broadcast.

Another was made by user @Dropkickpikachu, who tweeted: "Nintendo has just shown more playable female character's in one game preview than the other companies have all E3 so far."

The #Nintendo hashtag surfaced 30,000 times and #e32014 featured 55,000 times.

Meanwhile, PlayStation claimed 28% of the conversation, while Xbox trailed with 25%.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/...tes-social-media-conversation-on-twitter.html

Heroman · Jun 17, 2014

But they weren't at E3.

Clefargle · Jun 17, 2014

#Winning

RPGamer92 · Jun 17, 2014

Is that gaming tweets or tweets overall?

ComputerMKII · Jun 17, 2014

But do they dominate sales?

foxuzamaki · Jun 17, 2014

holy crap

Ricky Ricardo · Jun 17, 2014

Heroman said:
But they weren't at E3.

My sarcasm meter isn't broken, I'm laughing with you.

Jimmyfenix · Jun 17, 2014

ComputerMKII said:
But do they dominate sales?

Ice cold

Syf · Jun 17, 2014

Lots of vocal nintendo fans. The real indicator will be sales.

Vylash · Jun 17, 2014

Based Nintendo

Frolow · Jun 17, 2014

Heroman said:
But they weren't at E3.

That's why there was all this discussion on twitter; everyone was wondering where they were.

foxuzamaki · Jun 17, 2014

RPGamer92 said:
Is that gaming tweets or tweets overall?

guessing tweets overall that took place the week of E3

bronson · Jun 17, 2014

RPGamer92 said:
Is that gaming tweets or tweets overall?

Just E3-related tweets I'm sure.

VanWinkle · Jun 17, 2014

Meanwhile, PlayStation claimed 28% of the conversation, while Xbox trailed with 25%.

Wait, so Nintendo, Sony, and MS together took up 100% of all tweets during E3 week? lol For some reason I doubt that a little bit.

Dead · Jun 17, 2014

This is all cool, but hopefully it will translate to excitement at retail

JazzmanZ · Jun 17, 2014

ComputerMKII said:
But do they dominate sales?

they're struggling sure, but at least they're trying.

daxgame · Jun 17, 2014

well, yeah they had a very good E3 this year, for once.

Exile20 · Jun 17, 2014

#splatoon was probably 50% of all tweets.

Thorakai · Jun 17, 2014

DNAbro · Jun 17, 2014

Sony and Microsoft had their day one Monday. Nintendo kept it going from Tuesday till Thursday.

Codeblue · Jun 17, 2014

Biskie said:
Lots of vocal nintendo fans. The real indicator will be sales.

Indicator of what?

InsaneZero · Jun 17, 2014

VanWinkle said:
Wait, so Nintendo, Sony, and MS together took up 100% of all tweets during E3 week? lol For some reason I doubt that a little bit.

There is most likely some overlap here, because the data is based upon any mention.

StoopKid · Jun 17, 2014

ComputerMKII said:
But do they dominate sales?

nope

wildfire · Jun 17, 2014

Heroman said:
But they weren't at E3.

illmatic22 · Jun 17, 2014

I'd say Nintendo fans are definitely the most vocal

Jamix012 · Jun 17, 2014

VanWinkle said:
Wait, so Nintendo, Sony, and MS together took up 100% of all tweets during E3 week? lol For some reason I doubt that a little bit.

It's probably more like "Of the big three, Nintendo was 47%" rather than the whole thing. Probably just, for every 47 Nintendo related tweets during E3, there were 28 Sony Tweets and 25 Microsoft related tweets.

The_R3medy · Jun 17, 2014

Tweets are tweets. If it leads to sales numbers, like the Wii U actually being a competitor to the PS4 and Xbox One, then their E3 strategy can be considered a success.

Strider · Jun 17, 2014

illmatic22 said:
I'd say Nintendo fans are definitely the most vocal

I'd say Nintendo haters are about even.

Haines · Jun 17, 2014

The talkers need to start BUYING

VanWinkle · Jun 17, 2014

Jamix012 said:
It's probably more like "Of the big three, Nintendo was 47%" rather than the whole thing. Probably just, for every 47 Nintendo related tweets during E3, there were 28 Sony Tweets and 25 Microsoft related tweets.

Yup. They phrased it weird, though. Maybe they were confused.

Dr Amazon MD · Jun 17, 2014

Codeblue said:
Indicator of what?

Of dominating E3 tweets, obviously.

I don't have a clue what he's talking about either

Velcro Fly · Jun 17, 2014

When Nintendo innovates and it sticks, they are second to none. They get people talking. It's uncanny.

Hexa · Jun 17, 2014

I think this is just a comparison of the tweets generated in relation to Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. Though I'm not entirely sure what they're doing, as many of the big games for Sony and Microsoft were multiplat that seems about right.

Oersted · Jun 17, 2014

Exile20 said:
#splatoon was probably 50% of all tweets.

Splatoon, women representation and Zelda really seemed to be the biggest talking point. "Even" non-gaming sites I follow talked about it.

stargateheaven · Jun 17, 2014

It says they were mentioned.

surely this is just "nintendo aren't at e3" tweets?

Fine Ham Abounds · Jun 17, 2014

ComputerMKII said:
But do they dominate sales?

Pachter was right about that money where your mouth is thing

stargateheaven said:
It says they were mentioned.

surely this is just "nintendo aren't at e3" tweets?

At least their actual games showed up

Azure J · Jun 17, 2014

Nintendo's really found a much better vehicle to present themselves and their products better with the Digital Event and Treehouse combo honestly. Between those and the Smash Invitational, it really feels like there wasn't a dull moment and every base was covered in a pretty spectacular way. The Twitter discussion shows that they were able to remain visible to a very large number of folks and that's always the best takeaway from all the E3 shenanigans.

pje122 · Jun 17, 2014

I never post about Nintendo, but let me say this:

After this E3 I hope we can put all the Nintendo/smartphone talk to rest. I never want to hear that crap ever again.

Kouriozan · Jun 17, 2014

Thanks to Treehouse Live I'd say, it was amazing at showcasing games and lasted 3 days, plenty of stuff to talk about.

Nzyme32 · Jun 17, 2014

VanWinkle said:
Wait, so Nintendo, Sony, and MS together took up 100% of all tweets during E3 week? lol For some reason I doubt that a little bit.

During e3 tweets that relate to Sony, Microsoft or nintendo = 100%
All others disregarded

PC = Gaben%

Seriously though, Nintendo did a fantastic job and even have me convinced to buy a wiiu as my first console in a while.

foxuzamaki · Jun 17, 2014

Exile20 said:
#splatoon was probably 50% of all tweets.

splatoon def got alot of talk, especially when it involves putting a female as the main icon of the game

Myggen · Jun 17, 2014

InvisibleStride said:
I'd say Nintendo haters are about even.

Vocal hate will just mean even more tweets!

Anyways, we'll see how well the Wii U and the 3DS numbers are in the next few months. Hype without sales is no good.

coolasj19 · Jun 17, 2014

The GDEX was going bonkers. But yeah, that's what 3 days of showing only your exclusive games will do for you.

JaggedSac said:
Is there some sort of thing going on about female characters?

It's been building for a couple of weeks.

Guerilla Games female protagonist in next game -> Androgynous Link -> Media takes it from there.

JaggedSac · Jun 17, 2014

Is there some sort of thing going on about female characters?

plank · Jun 17, 2014

Given the amount of fan art on the internet I'm guessing it was because of Splatoon.

Nilaul · Jun 17, 2014

Well Nintendo's marketing department is getting things right lately.

mrmickfran · Jun 17, 2014

The other 53% must have been Kamiya damage control.

orochi91 · Jun 17, 2014

They had an excellent digital event. Almost every game they showed was great.

A resounding "A" grade.

Shyakugaun · Jun 17, 2014

Kids these days sure do love Twitter, not surprising.

Kimawolf · Jun 17, 2014

JaggedSac said:
Is there some sort of thing going on about female characters?

yeah seems Nintendo has more playable female chars than Sony and MS combined. And seems females like that kind of thing. I suppose.

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