There’s always a fight about who “won” E3, the video game trade show that took place in Los Angeles last week. But Electronic Entertainment Design and Research came up with a way to measure the impact of the announcements at E3, based on page views of game sites that covered the conference.
The stats below show which game companies saw the most page views on IGN.com. The most popular titles and “purchase intent” were also measured via IGN page views, while EEDAR also looked at the number of videos viewed on GameTrailers.com. The first chart shows that Nintendo won the page view battle, grabbing the most attention for its launch of the 3DS and its unveiling of the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. The latter was also the most viewed game title on IGN.
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood drew the most video views on GameTrailers and had the most purchase intent on IGN.
The charts are below:
IGN Page Views by Publisher
1. Nintendo
2. Microsoft
3. Electronic Arts
4. Sony
5. Take Two
6. Ubisoft
7. Konami
8. Capcom
9. Activision
10. Square Enix
GameTrailers “Stream Stats” by Title
1. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
2. Metal Gear Solid: Rising
3. Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops
5. Star Wars: The Old Republic
6. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
7. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
8. Crysis 2
9. Fallout: New Vegas
10. Medal of Honor (2010)
IGN Page Views by Title
1. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
2. Kinect
3. Rage
4. Portal 2
5. Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
6. Fallout: New Vegas
7. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
8. Red Dead Redemption
9. Gears of War 3
10. PlayStation Move
IGN “Purchase Intent” by Title
1. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
2. Donkey Kong Returns
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops
4. Kirby’s Epic Yarn
5. Gears of War 3
6. Portal 2
7. Goldeneye 007
8. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
9. Medal of Honor (2010)
10. Metal Gear Solid: Rising