Some E3 Statistics - Lets Discuss

[Dat Matt]

So I've come across some graphs that depict how E3 went down this year. I thought it would be interesting to get some discussion going around them



Based on percentages, Microsoft have the most games coming out this year
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Sony had the longest press conference, but spent the least amount of time showing games. Conversely, Nintendo had the shortest conference but had the longest time of showing games
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Games can now be categorized 2 ways, "Shooter" or "Other". Sony showed 21 shooter games this year whereas Nintendo showed off 2.
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Only 10 of the games Microsoft showed are exclusive, while all 12 of the games Nintendo showed are excusive.
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What are your thoughts on the above statistics? Do you think they accurately portray this years E3?

[Del Murder]

It would be interesting to compare these to last year. I do feel a lot more games to come out next year were discussed than in the past.

[krissy]

[Wolf Kanno]

You know, I did feel the Sony press conference was weak for me and this graph kind of explains it to me since I don't really like shooters. The Exclusives thing also didn't surprise me very much as I felt Microsoft was still suffering from last year's issue of "every game I want I can get on the PS4 as well, so why should I bother with you?" and Nintendo's graph would be more mind boggling if they did actually have a third party game coming out for it.

[Aulayna]

and Nintendo's graph would be more mind boggling if they did actually have a third party game coming out for it.

Xenoblade Chronicles X?

[Psychotic]

Microsoft definitely learned lessons from last year and had a good showing. However, the exclusivity is where they fall down hard as a brand. I think they should invest in a couple of new studios. This "We get exclusive DLC! ...for a year! Maybe!" strategy has not really worked out for them.

[NeoCracker]

and Nintendo's graph would be more mind boggling if they did actually have a third party game coming out for it.

Xenoblade Chronicles X?

Monolith was bought out by Nintendo and isFirst Party now.

Regardless they have third party titles, it's just they weren't announced at the main conference, but they were generally covered as the show went on.

[Aulayna]

Bayonetta 2?

[NeoCracker]

Also a First Party now after Nintendo Bought them out. :P

[Aulayna]

But they're making Scalebound for XBOX One too? Can't find anything about Nintendo buying them out, only that it was on the cards a few times but never officially done.

[NeoCracker]

Ah, my mistake, Nintendo didn't by them out, it's just in case of Baynonetta 2 Nintendo funded a good portion of the game and published it. However because of that, it's still listed as a first party title from Nintendo.

Kind of like how Hyrule Warriors is first party, even though it's the DW team who are developing it.

[Bolivar]

What are your thoughts on the above statistics? Do you think they accurately portray this years E3?

No, because percentages never speak as loudly as the raw data. For example, you highlighted how at Nintendo's conference they showed a grand total of only 12 games and that told me more than any of those pie charts. All in all, I found it more interesting the pie charts you didn't show: the percentage of new IPs, third party exclusives, and how much gameplay was actually shown.

There's such an enormous gap between the length of the presses and number of games shown, you can't take percentages to understand each conference. Focusing on the three manufacturers is also too small a lens to analyze the bigger picture at E3, unless of course the console wars is something that's important to you.

[NeoCracker]

What we need is a list of games showed off at the E3 floor, but not the press conference, but I've not found much at all on that listing.

Other then a few titles like Devil's Third, Story of Seasons, Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley, and some camera shenanagins game on WiiU I dont' give to trouts about., I'm not really sure what got shown off on the floor.

[nirojan]

Ah, my mistake, Nintendo didn't by them out, it's just in case of Baynonetta 2 Nintendo funded a good portion of the game and published it. However because of that, it's still listed as a first party title from Nintendo.

It's an interesting deal. SEGA is still the IP owner for Bayonetta. Nintendo did indeed fund and publish the game, but that does not disqualify the game from getting ported. Case in point: Ninja Gaiden 2 was funded and published by Microsoft, but it didn't stop TECMO from porting it to the PS3.

[Skyblade]

Ah, my mistake, Nintendo didn't by them out, it's just in case of Baynonetta 2 Nintendo funded a good portion of the game and published it. However because of that, it's still listed as a first party title from Nintendo.

It's an interesting deal. SEGA is still the IP owner for Bayonetta. Nintendo did indeed fund and publish the game, but that does not disqualify the game from getting ported. Case in point: Ninja Gaiden 2 was funded and published by Microsoft, but it didn't stop TECMO from porting it to the PS3.

Nintendo also funded and published the English localization of Bravely Default. Yet it is still a Square title.


Also, as to "number of games", while Bolivar is correct that Nintendo had far fewer than the others, I would like to point out that I can name and describe almost all of Nintendo's, while I can name maybe three of each of the other companies, despite having seen all of their presentations, and being really interested in Sony's to see what the PS4 had (since I'll be getting one for Persona 5 anyway).

BTW, were all of Sony and Microsoft's showcased games first party?