Let’s recap E3 so far. It hasn’t even started yet (technically that’s tomorrow) but we’ve seen nearly all of the conferences it has to offer outside of Nintendo.
EA went up first and pooched it. They’re the lowest rated conference right now according to Destructoid readers, with a whopping 61.4% of users saying they “hated it.” Then Microsoft showed up and rocked the house — with the caveat that a lot of it was multiplatform — stealing the wind out of several sails with a few huge announcements. 76.2% of our readers said that they either “loved” or “enjoyed” it — that’s the highest combined approval rating so far.
Bethesda was next, and you made your opinions clear, it was the most “meh” conference at 44% thinking it was “okay.” Square Enix took the “meh” lead though with 57.3% “okay” ratings for their Direct-esque “showcase.”
Moving on, Ubisoft beat out Bethesda (in a bad way) with a 49.55% “okay” rating, but still didn’t dip anywhere near EA’s low. PC Gaming Show didn’t delight either with a 44.2% “okay,” and right now Sony is sitting at 52% “okay” at the time of this writing.
So that basically leaves Nintendo to wow us. Witnessing Microsoft on top (you all said it, and I’m saying it too!) is different, but E3 is so full of leaks and weird experimental shoutcasting/influencer marketing schemes and public facing marketing that I don’t think some publishers actually know how to control the narrative or actually put on a show anymore.
Source: Destructoid So far Microsoft rocked the best E3 2018 press conference, but Nintendo is ready to go