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The biggest date on the gaming calendar is fast approaching. In 2 weeks time, the gaming industry comes together to showcase what we can expect to be playing in the coming months. The hype train is fast approaching!
But, hold on there fellow gamers. Before you board the hype train to Dissapointment-Town, let us look at previous E3 shows. Specifically, let's look at the games that's been announced, shown and talked about, and see where they are now.
Luckily for you, I get bored easily. And when I get bored, I start data gathering and data mining, because that's the weirdo I am. For this post, I took a list of all the games that were either playable, shown, talked about, announced or teased by the various developers during the whole conference. I also only focused on the Xbox One and PS4 platforms, and also only looked at the previous 2 year's E3.
Okay, so let's begin!!
Xbox
During the E3 conferences of 2015 and 2016, there were 63 and 60 games shown that will be coming to Xbox One. Of these games, an average of 85% of 2015 shown games and 80% of 2016 shown games have released up to date. 3 games from 2015 have been cancelled, 1 from 2016. 6 games shown at E3 2015 are still in development, and 8 from 2016. There are also 3 games shown at E2 2016 that are in the Xbox One Game Preview category as well
Out of all the games shown at the various shows, Xbox had 10 exclusives shown in 2015, of which 8 were Xbox Play Anywhere titles. In 2016, Xbox showed 17 exclusive titles, of which 15 where Xbox Play Anywhere.
Playstation
During the E3 conferences of 2015 and 2016, there were 108 and 103 games shown that will be coming to Playstation 4. Of these games, an average of 88% of 2015 shown games and 84% of 2016 shown games have released up to date. 4 games shown during 2015 has been cancelled, and 4 games live on in Early Access form. 8 games shown at E3 2015 are still in development, and 13 from 2016.
Out of all the games shown at the various shows, Sony had 20 exclusive titles in 2015 shown, and 37 exclusive titles shown in 2016.
Comparison
You can see from this comparison that there is a high percentage of PS4 games that gets released within a year's time of their showing at E3 than Xbox. It's also sad to note the small number of Xbox exclusive titles compared to that of Sony. What is also interesting to note is just how much more cross platform games the Sony console gets versus Xbox. These are games that gets released on either the PC or Nintendo consoles.
What is even more interesting is if you look at the "Development" games. There are more games listed by Sony that is still development compared to Xbox, but this is due to the sheer number of games announced for the console. What is interesting however is the lack of potential release dates associated with these games. Sony has a much higher propensity to show off games that won't be seen in years. This creates excitement for the brand, even though the games that create this excitement isn't even on the radar yet. Examples of this are Death Stranding, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Last Of Us 2, Spider Man, Shenmu 3 and God Of War 3. Over at Xbox One, only Cuphead is a high profile game without a release window.
Notes and predictions
Based on this analysis, it is safe to say that there should be more games seen at E3 2017 for Playstation than for Xbox. It should be noted though that there will also be much more games shown by Sony without release windows, where Microsoft should be able to show release windows for pretty much all their games. Seeing as Xbox Scorpio is sure to make a huge splash at this year's show, look out for the Holiday 2017 release window being displayed often.
For any more information about games and the data I used in this post, look no further than THIS LIST for all games 2015, THIS LIST for all games 2016, and THIS DOCUMENT for it all put together into one usable file
So, the question is now, what do YOU think about the turn-around of games being shown at E3 versus what comes out?
But, hold on there fellow gamers. Before you board the hype train to Dissapointment-Town, let us look at previous E3 shows. Specifically, let's look at the games that's been announced, shown and talked about, and see where they are now.
Luckily for you, I get bored easily. And when I get bored, I start data gathering and data mining, because that's the weirdo I am. For this post, I took a list of all the games that were either playable, shown, talked about, announced or teased by the various developers during the whole conference. I also only focused on the Xbox One and PS4 platforms, and also only looked at the previous 2 year's E3.
Okay, so let's begin!!
Xbox
During the E3 conferences of 2015 and 2016, there were 63 and 60 games shown that will be coming to Xbox One. Of these games, an average of 85% of 2015 shown games and 80% of 2016 shown games have released up to date. 3 games from 2015 have been cancelled, 1 from 2016. 6 games shown at E3 2015 are still in development, and 8 from 2016. There are also 3 games shown at E2 2016 that are in the Xbox One Game Preview category as well
Out of all the games shown at the various shows, Xbox had 10 exclusives shown in 2015, of which 8 were Xbox Play Anywhere titles. In 2016, Xbox showed 17 exclusive titles, of which 15 where Xbox Play Anywhere.
Playstation
During the E3 conferences of 2015 and 2016, there were 108 and 103 games shown that will be coming to Playstation 4. Of these games, an average of 88% of 2015 shown games and 84% of 2016 shown games have released up to date. 4 games shown during 2015 has been cancelled, and 4 games live on in Early Access form. 8 games shown at E3 2015 are still in development, and 13 from 2016.
Out of all the games shown at the various shows, Sony had 20 exclusive titles in 2015 shown, and 37 exclusive titles shown in 2016.
Comparison
You can see from this comparison that there is a high percentage of PS4 games that gets released within a year's time of their showing at E3 than Xbox. It's also sad to note the small number of Xbox exclusive titles compared to that of Sony. What is also interesting to note is just how much more cross platform games the Sony console gets versus Xbox. These are games that gets released on either the PC or Nintendo consoles.
What is even more interesting is if you look at the "Development" games. There are more games listed by Sony that is still development compared to Xbox, but this is due to the sheer number of games announced for the console. What is interesting however is the lack of potential release dates associated with these games. Sony has a much higher propensity to show off games that won't be seen in years. This creates excitement for the brand, even though the games that create this excitement isn't even on the radar yet. Examples of this are Death Stranding, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Last Of Us 2, Spider Man, Shenmu 3 and God Of War 3. Over at Xbox One, only Cuphead is a high profile game without a release window.
Notes and predictions
Based on this analysis, it is safe to say that there should be more games seen at E3 2017 for Playstation than for Xbox. It should be noted though that there will also be much more games shown by Sony without release windows, where Microsoft should be able to show release windows for pretty much all their games. Seeing as Xbox Scorpio is sure to make a huge splash at this year's show, look out for the Holiday 2017 release window being displayed often.
For any more information about games and the data I used in this post, look no further than THIS LIST for all games 2015, THIS LIST for all games 2016, and THIS DOCUMENT for it all put together into one usable file
So, the question is now, what do YOU think about the turn-around of games being shown at E3 versus what comes out?
