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[hanspampel]

"For the first time since we started measuring media coverage at E3 in 2014, Sony is not leading," Bideaux said. "It has to be said that the gap between them and Microsoft is very small, but this comes on the back of Microsoft growing for the fourth year in a row, and where Sony had its third best performance out of four [E3s] (on the back of its best performance last year).

"Nintendo, on the other hand, has had its best E3, doubling the coverage they got last year. The Switch is clearly a commercial success and is also popular with the media. With a smaller lineup than its competitors, it is quite the performance for them. The wider third-party program, with Ubisoft's partnership at the forefront, is likely a significant contribution."

As for other trends, Bideaux noted that VR coverage was down across the board this year, with PlayStation VR in particular only receiving half as much coverage as it did during E3 2016

more at the link:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-06-20-microsoft-wins-e3-coverage-race



relevant topics with other E3 2017 numbers (most watched conferences, social media impressions and trailer viewer numbers):
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1393284
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1392507
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1392453
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1393516

 

[meirl]

Well deserved. congratz ms

inb4 Scorpio hurr durr people knew already about Scorpio. so nothing new.

 

[J4g3r]

That's to be expected since they revealed new hardware, no?

 

[hanspampel]

That's to be expected since they revealed new hardware, no?

yes and no, if you look at the graph
normally Playstation is stronger. But they had a down year and Xbox grew the last 4 years

 

[Bits N Pieces]

All $499 articles, amirite?

 

[lyrick]

notices Skyrim in the #2 spot...

What year is it?

 

[staticneuron]

That's to be expected since they revealed new hardware, no?

Indeed. Added to the fact that there were no surprise announcements from Sony's release other than Sotc remaster and the multiplatform reveal of Monster Hunter. That means that all the articles really should be about games, dates and updates of information.

MS has a boost this year thanks to new console and additional details regarding official name, hardware inside of console, software and price. They revealed Forza 7, which wasn't a mindblowing surprise but the mandatory 100 GB's is generating some talk. More footage of Crackdown 3 and Ori 2. And then talk about cross platform play.

So no, the articles aren't surprising since the news isn't a direct reflection of interest nor sales of a product. Just information dissemination. What people do with that information is anyone's guess.

 

[Gestault]

It's not starting from a position of strength, but I think Nintendo nearly doubling its coverage is a more substantive story.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

New hardware from MS and few major announcements from Sony. Makes sense.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

The real mystery here is what was in e3 2014 for Sony that makes it better than 2015 am I forgetting a game

 

[Omotesando]

It begins.

 

[InsaneTiger]

I just witnessed the most articles written about Xbox ever.

 

[DriftingSpirit]

It begins.

What begins?

 

[Ushay]

Well deserved. congratz ms

inb4 Scorpio hurr durr people knew already about Scorpio. so nothing new.

Hurr Durr

All $499 articles, amirite?

I guess this means coverage has improved over the last few years. There is buzz around One X, despite what people say.

 

[wesleyshark]

notices Skyrim in the #2 spot...

What year is it?

Skyrim is eternal

 

[Omegabalmung9]

notices Skyrim in the #2 spot...

What year is it?

The year of the Skyrim

 

[Vena]

That software spread is a lot more interesting.

 

[shandy706]

It begins.

What begins?

Mooooooortaaaaaaaalllll Kombaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

 

[Lingitiz]

It's not starting from a position of strength, but I think Nintendo nearly doubling its coverage is a more substantive story.

They had two games to talk about last year, versus this year with a new platform and several new titles on two platforms. I'm actually surprised it wasn't much lower last year.

 

[adamsapple]

Surprised Sony has that many considering the sparse showing they had.

 

[xiaxdragon]

Those top 15 games though is disturbing. Both brands only had 1 major exclusive basically


Crackdown and sea of thieves basically garnering no writing interest.

Really sad that fallout 4 is in that list though, especially after that VR price(maybe that's wheat the articles were written about lol.)

 

[The Jackdog]

Skyrim...seriously?

 

[Majmun]

Thanks to $499

 

[DriftingSpirit]

Those top 15 games though is disturbing. Both brands only had 1 major exclusive basically


Crackdown and sea of thieves basically garnering no writing interest.

Really sad that fallout 4 is in that list though, especially after that VR price(maybe that's wheat the articles were written about lol.)

Why is it "disturbing"?

 

[Majmun]

New hardware from MS and few major announcements from Sony. Makes sense.

What major announcements from Sony?

Sony didn't show anything new, except for SOTC

No new hardware, not many new games. Just new trailers.

 

[Okami Haundo]

It really amazes me to see how many articles AC: Origins had! I know I was really hyped to see that reveal, but I didn't catch how big the general perception was. Also great for Nintendo to have Mario sitting alongside Destiny 2 and Anthem. Goddamn.

 

[Unknown?]

More coverage doesn't mean better coverage. MS had a lot of reveals but all of their true exclusives were revealed years ago. Sony wasn't much better though but they didn't reveal a console with Wii U levels of bad naming. "The Xbox One S says it does 4K and is bigger, must be the better version like our iPhone 6 S"

 

[xiaxdragon]

Why is it "disturbing"?

Because it truly shows both conferences sucked ass

 

[gamz]

It really amazes me to see how many articles AC: Origins had! I know I was really hyped to see that reveal, but I didn't catch how big the general perception was. Also great for Nintendo to have Mario sitting alongside Destiny 2 and Anthem. Goddamn.

Same. I honestly didn't think it was still this popular.

 

[Dynomutt]

Sunday

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Because it truly shows both conferences sucked ass

They could have shown every first party exclusive I can assure you that list wouldn't look much different

 

[Lord of Castamere]

Not surprising. Nothing to really get the base buzzing at Sonys conference. No Cod demo, only a trailer, no Destiny demo, only a trailer, no Battlefront demo at all. Was a really weird showing from the third party side.

 

[WaterAstro]

Now there's article wars? lol

Well I did see a lot of threads about Spencer's stupid PR talk like "Not a fan of marketing deals" and "PS4 Pro is Xbox One S competitor, not true 4k".

You tend to get a lot of articles talking bullcrap.

 

[darkinstinct]

The real mystery here is what was in e3 2014 for Sony that makes it better than 2015 am I forgetting a game

I guess the press notices when you make a show out of games that are years away and not playable. I mean what should they write about if they can't play?

 

[HighResTomato]

Thanks to $499

You should get into PR

 

[hanspampel]

Now there's article wars? lol

Well I did see a lot of threads about Spencer's stupid PR talk like "Not a fan of marketing deals" and "PS4 Pro is Xbox One S competitor, not true 4k".

You tend to get a lot of articles talking bullcrap.

we should clearly make a neogaf spencer vs ryan topic war
but as you see, those quotes are from regular long interviews. neogaf just likes to pick the most controversial quotes

The real mystery here is what was in e3 2014 for Sony that makes it better than 2015 am I forgetting a game

Destiny, UC4, Bloodborn, No Man's Sky, The Order, Mortal Kombat
2015 was nothing special compared to that