Data Dump: E3 2016 Trailers Edition
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The Electronic Three of 2016 is officially over. We laughed. We cried. We learned a lot about games and ourselves over the past week. For me, this was my fifth consecutive year being in charge of getting all of those E3 trailers onto the site. It's a simultaneously hectic and fun job. Finding the balance between writing decks that are both informative and sometimes funny while also being fast about it can be difficult, but I have a great time doing it. I went E3 from 1997 to 2006, but haven't been since, so it's fun to be involved even if it's remotely.
Monday, as usual, was especially crazy because those companies don't give us access to trailers ahead of time, so I have to snatch them as soon as they post them (usually right after they air), and get them uploaded as fast as possible. I usually have multiple tabs open encoding stuff. But, by Tuesday and Wednesday, I'm mostly digging around for smaller/indie stuff that wasn't highlighted in the press conferences. In total, I uploaded 143 trailers this year, which is just shy of last year's total. So, which ones were the most popular? Let's find out together.
The Top 25 Most Viewed Trailers
Straight up these are the trailers that were watched the most. Keep in mind that the numbers can be and are slightly skewed for several reasons. For one, a few them get special promos that show up in those top slots on the front page. Also, there's the whole time issue. Since there are so many trailers being posted, some of them don't spend much time on the front page feed. Anyway, here they are.
- There's Something Familiar About Disc Jam -- Wiki
- Open Your Eyes to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild -- Wiki
- Blowing Up This Zeppelin in Battlefield 1 Will Change the World -- Wiki
- Kojima's Next Game is Death Stranding -- Wiki
- Say Adieu to Your Valentine's Day Plans Thanks to Persona 5 -- Wiki
- Nothing Can Prepare You for Call of Cthulhu -- Wiki
- What Are Your Protocols in Titanfall 2? -- Wiki
- Todd Howard Has Some Secrets About Fallout & Skyrim -- Wiki
- Wolf Link Helps Out in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild -- Wiki
- He Just Vaporized That Dude in Titanfall 2 -- Wiki
- Calibrations Are Nearly Complete in Mass Effect Andromeda -- Wiki
- Become an Inbred Degenerate in The Technomancer -- Wiki
- A Brand New Game Called Prey -- Wiki
- Clem is (Mostly) Grown Up in The Walking Dead Season Three -- Wiki
- Return to 90s Era RPGs with I Am Setsuna -- Wiki
- Don't Be a Downer in We Happy Few -- Wiki
- EA is Working on Star Wars Games -- Wiki
- Brave the Crystal Tower in World of Final Fantasy -- Wiki
- Let's Have a Philosophical Discussion About Pokémon Sun/Moon -- Wiki
- Xbox One S is Real...Real Small -- Wiki
- Only One Game at E3 Features Kanye's Mom -- Wiki
- Load Up Your Best Gambit and Get a Job in Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age -- Wiki
- The Moral Struggle is Real in Vampyr -- Wiki
- You Can Be Free Again in Pyre -- Wiki
- Make Sense of Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 -- Wiki
Top 25 Most Comments
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- Kojima's Next Game is Death Stranding -- Wiki
- What Are Your Protocols in Titanfall 2? -- Wiki
- Say Adieu to Your Valentine's Day Plans Thanks to Persona 5 -- Wiki
- Open Your Eyes to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild -- Wiki
- There's Something Familiar About Disc Jam -- Wiki
- Make Sense of Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 -- Wiki
- Don't Be a Downer in We Happy Few -- Wiki
- A Brand New Game Called Prey -- Wiki
- You Got a Little Bullet Hell in My RPG in NieR: Automata -- Wiki
- Sonic Has One Ring to Rule Them All -- Wiki
- Nothing Can Prepare You for Call of Cthulhu -- Wiki
- Blowing Up This Zeppelin in Battlefield 1 Will Change the World -- Wiki
- Become an Inbred Degenerate in The Technomancer -- Wiki
- Old Alliances Renewed as Insomniac Brings Spider-Man to PS4 -- Wiki
- Brave the Crystal Tower in World of Final Fantasy -- Wiki
- Calibrations Are Nearly Complete on Mass Effect Andromeda -- Wiki
- Let's Have a Philosophical Discussion About Pokémon Sun/Moon -- Wiki
- Xbox One S is Real...Real Small -- Wiki
- Rhythm Heaven Megamix is Your "It's Out Right Now!" Game of E3 2016 -- Wiki
- There's a Flame That Won't Go Out in Tales of Berseria -- Wiki
- Tri-Ace's Fifth Star Ocean Game is Integrity & Faithlessness -- Wiki
- How Long Will Sean Bean Survive in Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV? -- Wiki
- Meet Me Down by the River for Farming Simulator 17 -- Wiki
- Clem is (Mostly) Grown Up in The Walking Dead Season Three -- Wiki
- Kratos Returns in God of War -- Wiki
Press Conferences
These are the most popular trailers from each press conference (or whatever they choose to call them now).
Electronic Arts
- Blowing Up This Zeppelin in Battlefield 1 Will Change the World -- Wiki
- What Are Your Protocols in Titanfall 2? -- Wiki
- He Just Vaporized That Dude in Titanfall 2 -- Wiki
- Calibrations Are Nearly Complete on Mass Effect Andromeda -- Wiki
- EA is Working on Star Wars Games -- Wiki
Bethesda
- Todd Howard Has Some Secrets About Fallout & Skyrim -- Wiki
- A Brand New Game Called Prey -- Wiki
- The Champions of Quake Have Returned -- Wiki
- Emily Is a Pale Shadow of a Woman in Dishonored 2 -- Wiki
- This Owl Would Like You to Play The Elder Scrolls: Legends -- Wiki
Microsoft
- Don't Be a Downer in We Happy Few -- Wiki
- Xbox One S is Real...Real Small -- Wiki
- Have a Swell Time in Dead Rising 4 -- Wiki
- Hideki Kamiya Demands You Watch This Scalebound Trailer -- Wiki
- Gather Your Crew and Enlist in Sea of Thieves -- Wiki
Ubisoft
- Join the Dawn of DedSec in Watch Dogs 2 -- Wiki
- What if Trials and Blood Dragon Had a Baby -- Wiki
- LeVar Burton is Pumped About Star Trek: Bridge Crew -- Wiki
- Enter Phase 2 in South Park: The Fractured But Whole -- Wiki
Sony
- Kojima's Next Game is Death Stranding -- Wiki
- Kratos Returns in God of War -- Wiki
- Old Alliances Renewed as Insomniac Brings Spider-Man to PS4 -- Wiki
- Resident Evil 7 Will Be Available in PlayStation VR -- Wiki
- The Last Guardian Finally Has a Release Date -- Wiki
Nintendo
- Open Your Eyes to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild -- Wiki
- Wolf Link Helps Out in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild -- Wiki
- Let's Have a Philosophical Debate About Pokémon Sun/Moon -- Wiki
- Rhythm Heaven Megamix is Your "It's Out Right Now!" Game of E3 2016 -- Wiki
- Solve the Mysteries of Prizm Island in Paper Mario: Color Splash -- Wiki
The Least Popular E3 2016 Trailer
And, because I know you're going to ask, finishing in dead last this year is...
And that was E3. <>