This year Sony and Microsoft focused on their new consoles and games (duh) with their press conferences. Nintendo did not have a big press conference but they were at E3. Who won at E3?
Last place, Microsoft: Microsoft pretty much committed suicide with Xbox one. The exclusives look OK at best but most of them were unoriginal big blockbuster type games and FPS with tons of cutscenes and little gameplay. One of the games: Quantum Break has is pretty much an interactive movie with no gameplay. It is getting some good third party games like Metal Gear Solid 5, Need For Speed Rivals and Star Wars Battlefront. But so is the PS4. The biggest problem is that it isn't consumer friendly AT ALL. Why? Well they decided to block used games which was a big mistake. To make things even worse it requires a connection to the new kinect and requires an internet check every 24 hours. It isn't backwards compatible. You still have to pay to play online. Its $100 more than the PS4 at $500. What were they thinking?! Unoriginal games and terrible policies make this a console to avoid.
Second place, Nintendo: Thanks to Microsoft the Wii U now has a chance. Nintendo announced more exclusives than both Sony and Microsoft this year. Nintendo mostly showed Wii U games. With Super Smash Bros Wii U, Mariokart 8, Super Mario 3D World, Pikmin 3 and other big titles the Wii U might have a chance. Although the Wii U has a ton of indie games it needs more third party retail games. The 3DS is getting some big games too like Super Smash Bros 3DS, Shin Megami Tensei 4 and Pokemon X and Y versions. The 3DS still looks strong.
First place, Sony: Sony's new console, the PS4, is equal in power to the Xbox one but has exclusives that actually have gameplay! Its also very consumer friendly. It's at a good price at $400 and their are a bunch of bundles for it. It can play used games! It doesn't require an internet connection! It isn't backward compatible but Sony is going to offer a service that allows gamers to play ALL PS1, PS2 and PS3 games via cloud gaming. That may be even better than backwards compatibility. It is unkown how much this will cost. Most gamers agree that the PS4 is the go to console this time. Some of the best titles shown were: Infamous Second Son, Knack and DriveClub.
Sony easily won at E3 and will have no problem wining the next generation.
UPDATE: It turns out Microsoft will be dropping many of those annoying policies: http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/19/tech/gaming-gadgets/xbox-drm/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
