Following up with the subject line, this years E3 was one of the best I've been a part of since I began following the conference back around 2006. Of course this wasn't entirely by surprise with Sony and Microsoft flexing the muscle on their new toys essentially trying to sway fans in one direction or the other.
As most experts have said, Sony won E3 this year based on overall presentation. I agree but it was not the landslide win that most people are hyping it up to be. No PS4 exclusives blew my mind and theres that ever looming company that goes by the name Epic Games who sure do like pumping out beauties for the Xbox. Microsoft has a different approach to their new console and rather than making in solely abut the games they are advertising it as a full fledged home entertainment system. Personally, this intrigued me because I love the newer innovations that were introduced to the Xbox 360 in its later stage. Things like live sports, a partnership with UFC and my personal favourite Xbox Smartglass all made the 360 a better overall experence than the PS3. I'm mostly interested in how Smartglass will work with the Xbox One because as cool as the idea was and is, there wasnt much use for it outside of the dashboard/browser. If Microsoft can implement smartglass into their games for the Xbox One (all signs point to them doing it) they could have a distinct advantage over PS4 in how the game is actually played.
I haven't seen enough of either console to make a decision on which one I will purchase but based on E3 I'm leaning to the PS4 with a split decision.
To finish off this blog I'll crank out a Top 5 Games I'm Stoked For After e3 2013
1. The Division
2. Assasins Creed 4
3. EA Sports Titles
4. Elder Scrolls Online
5. Watch Dogs
Cheers