Poll: Worst E3 Press Conference in the past 5 years.

" @DVombatus said:

" Ubisoft, 2010.    That shit was tragic. "

I don't think any press conference has ever made me experience the extreme range of emotions that Ubisoft 2010 has. "

Nintendo 2008. Absolutely no doubt in my mind.
 
While microsoft may have been boring and largely meaningless to me (and i assume others that just do not care for motion controls) at least it wasn't as bad as 'hey core gamers, heres wii music!'

Ubisoft 2010.
 
Lazer Tag.
 
They demoed fucking LAZER TAG!

Wow that guy playing the drums on the wii was funniest thing I've seen in awhile. Definitely Nintendo '08.

I don't see everyone's problem with Ubisoft's conference. I thought Future Soldier looked awesome and AC: Brotherhood looks promising. While not my thing, Shaun White Skateboarding looks like the direction Tony Hawk should have found a couple years ago and could turn out alright. I would have preferred a 3D Rayman, but at least they're bringing him back.
 
I don't get the hate. Microsoft on the other hand...yeah.

" @FireBurger: Yeah, I'm kind of on the same boat with ya... Ubi showed some legitimate shit...  then they showed off Laser Tag and Breathing: The Game, and seeing that same exercise game twice is horrendous.... "

Too soon to tell what the long term implications of Microsoft's conference will have for the system. Sony's 2006 announcements hurt its sales ($599) and its performance for the first few years, so I'm going with that one.

The presentation and the presenters are always awful! Not sure why they keep treating the people of the audience like children.

the ubisoft press conference this year was pretty bad.

Out of the press conferences in that poll I have to go with Sony 2006, Giant Enemy Crab should never be forgotten. My real least favourite though was Ubisoft 2009, it was such a drawn out affair of casual titles and motion control games before they would show Assassin's Creed. This years may have not been the best press conference ever but at least we didn't have to sit through a lengthy talk on the tween games market.

What is up with that "dancing" the guy is just doing his Rocky montage getting his punch on.

" What is up with that "dancing" the guy is just doing his Rocky montage getting his punch on. "

MIcrosoft was just awful this year.  No amazing reveals.  At least Ubisoft had some games to announce, even if the entire middle portion of their presentation bored me quite a bit.  With Microsoft, I kept thinking, "OK, MS, where are the games?  This is awesome minigame stuff, but you've got some great game announcements coming right after you get this stupid Kinect stuff out of the way, right?  RIGHT?!"
 
But they never came.
The games never came.

Don't forget this disaster: Jamie Kennedy hosting Activision in 2007

Microsoft 10> Ubisoft 10
 
Ubi just copied off of Micros.

Sony 2006 all the way!

I didn't see the Microsoft conference and I see I didn't miss much but Nintendo 08 was just terrible. I bleeped it from my mind so this is the first time I remember it in about 2 years.

Microsoft did the same thing Nintendo did in 08, so I feel like Microsoft should have known better.

All of these were pretty horrible. I voted for Sony 2006 because of  RIIIIIIIDGE RACER.

Raj!

I don't think Nintendo 2008 will ever be topped.

" Sony 2006 was pretty funny. "

not mentioned but sony e3 '09, the "motion sensing controllers" that were just wiimotes with orbs on top... and the terrible graphics display they used to show it off... worst eva.

The one that ended with Rock Revolution is one that stands out particularly bad for me.

Nintendo 2008.  You offer your base one game that isn't even a hardcore title.  Sony's 2006, while full of missteps, made it look interesting at least.

" Don't forget this disaster: Jamie Kennedy hosting Activision in 2007 "

any Nintendo post Wii.

" @Monkeygb21 said:

" Don't forget this disaster: Jamie Kennedy hosting Activision in 2007 "

Oh man, I never saw that conference. That was literally painful to watch. "

Nintendo 08 was just boring, Microsoft 2010 was hilarious. Didn't watch Sony 06. 

" I fucking hate you guys, stop shitting all over motion controls just because they are motion controls. For what they are and say they will do, they do it. "

Don't get me wrong, Microsoft and Sony's were bad, but Nintendo of 2008? whooole different story.

These are some nice poll options. 
 
Sony 2006 was so bad. It turned a whole lot of anticipation into a lot of fanboy hate, but at least it was hilarious with some historic E3 moments. 
 
Microsoft 2010 was really really bad from a gamer's point of view. It was a real snoozefest for the people watching from the live stream, because there were hardly any games (though the ones they showed were pretty cool) and the Kinect stuff maybe didn't translate that well onto the live stream (though I think the games and uses for it are genuinely uninteresting). The Oprah moment and the aftermath was interesting I guess...
 
Nintendo 2008 is the worst though, because they had absolutely nothing. Nothing for the press, nothing for the gamers. Boring.

Sony 2006 by far.

I was tempted to go with Sony Aught-Six but they're problem was being clueless and suffering for a Jobs-level reality distortion field. Nintendo Aught-Eight was just condescending which really rubbed me the wrong way.
MS Twenny-Ten was bad but no where near as bad as the first two.

Haha, I love how the guy for Genji was like "We have battles based on real Japanese history!".......pause......."So here's this giant crab.."

Nintendo ranks at the top of my list just because there were so many mind-boggling moments throughout the conference culminating with the bizarre Wii-Music orchestra.  After that Microsoft 2010 and then Sony 2006.   Micro's this year was 80% boring and embarrassing for the people on stage, while everything seemed to be broken during the Sony conference which was more sad than anything else. 

Wii music was my favorite "that's so wrong it's actually funny" from the history of E3

2008.
 
Wii music.....

So here is this Giant Enemy Crab. Best live ever.

Activision 2007... Jamie Kennedy horror!
 
 Or Ridge Racer... Riiiiiiiiidge Racer!

I dunno the Ubisoft one last night was pretty awful but the Wii music year was pretty shocking too.

sony 2006. ridge racer timeless

Nothing can ever top Sony 2006.  599 US Dollars ad Giant Enemy Crab.

" I fucking hate you guys, stop shitting all over motion controls just because they are motion controls. For what they are and say they will do, they do it. "

" Nothing can ever top Sony 2006.  599 US Dollars ad Giant Enemy Crab. "

" @CitizenKane said:

" Nothing can ever top Sony 2006.  599 US Dollars ad Giant Enemy Crab. "

This basically. I shat bricks at that price, especially being in retail selling the damn things. We sat on those launch consoles for weeks before they sold. Also Giant enemy crab needs no introduction. "