PS4 Vs. Xbox One: Which Console Won E3 2016?
2. Exclusives
Sony were on fire at E3 this year, with the AAA exclusives coming to the PS4 offering a glimmer of hope that maybe the exclusive as a concept isn't dead after all. Things kicked off with the new God of War, featuring a more beardy, more fatherly, and more subdued in snowy climes. Some people will question the traditional 3rd-person view, but a new tone for the series is most welcome.
All those Crash Bandicoot rumours have finally come to fruition, as we'll be getting a remastered Crash Bandicoot trilogy. Love-'em-or-hate-'em dev Quantic Dream announced a dystopian futuristic adventure called Detroid: Become Human. The ever-reliable Insomniac Games are making a PS4-exclusive Spiderman game, while Horizon: Zero Dawn continues to give us more and more reason to get excited. Then there is The Last Guardian, of course, which looks set to dazzle and pluck at the old heart-strings.
On the Xbox One front, the idea of 'exclusive' is somewhat diluted by this whole Windows 10 cross-play business, but we'll let them get away with it. Gears of War 4 looks as meaty, aggressive and action-packed as the series has ever been. Forza Horizon 3 looks set to continue its dominance the racer genre (the four-player co-op mode looks great), while Dead Rising 4 looks set to get the series back on track by taking it back to its comical roots.
Rare's pirate survival adventure Sea of Thieves is still a bit of an enigma, though the trailer looked promising, while ReCore and Scalebound look a tad generic to become figurehead titles for the console.
Winner: PS4 - Every exclusive looks like a winner, and there's more originality in the line-up.