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Stock Reports: Where do the Games rank after E3? Stuck

Posted on June 23, 2010 at 03:18 PM.

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E3 is in the past, and like most of you, I've only got to read the impressions coming out of the event. However, there are some big winners and big losers coming out of the event in my opinion, here's a quick rundown of which games used the event to improve their standing...presented in a classic stock guide.

Gainers

NBA Elite 11: It seems a lot of buzz was generated by Elite 11, although no one can seem to come to a good consensus on what the new gameplay mechanics mean. However, the hype train coming out of E3 is pretty strong at this point. We'll see if the Elite team can deliver.

Gran Turismo 5: I'm just going to be proactive and give the Racing Game of the Year to GT5 right now. That'll just make things easier when the Year-End awards come around again. E3 was very kind to GT5 with several awesome features being announced. I can't wait for GT5.

NHL 11: Although a lot of the info we consider really important (physics) was out before the show, there was nothing but good stuff coming from the NHL camp this year. I'm pretty sure NHL is going to make a serious attempt to try to regain the crown at the top of the mountain in the 2010 Sports Gaming pecking order.

Losers

NHL 2K11: We knew it was only going to be a Wii game, but I got the feeling no one really cared what the game came up with at E3. While I personally liked last year's Wii version of NHL 2K, I think I might be one of a couple dozen who actually played the game on the Wii. I'm not sure how much that'll change this year.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2011: Remember when this game used to be THE game for Soccer/Futbol/Football enthusiasts? Yeah, I might've dreamed that as well. This game was buried underneath a bunch of other sports gaming offerings. I'm interested in what the series reboot accomplishes this year, but I'm pretty sure it won't come close to matching FIFA this year.

Hold for now, nothing really happening either way

NBA 2K11: The death of Isomotion is an interesting development. I think the 2K team is holding their punches for now, but Elite clearly has more hype coming out of E3 when it comes to to the actual gameplay department, even though no one knows how exactly either basketball game is really going to play.

FIFA 11: FIFA 10 was one of the Top 2 sports games last year, and hardly anyone talked about it because it's the wrong sport (Soccer). FIFA 11 needs to take advantage of the Soccer Euphoria going on in America right now with an even better effort. I'm liking the early returns, but I'm not sold on FIFA yet. We'll give it more time.

Madden NFL 11: Madden didn't hit a home run this year at E3, mostly because a lot of the info we cared about was already in the open. However, Madden could have made a splash or two and didn't, but I'm still pretty high on the game's potential...for now.

NCAA Football 11: The NCAA demo hitting overshadowed anything at the show. E3 didn't really do much for the game either way in my book.

What do you think? Was E3 favorable to your favorite franchises or were you left wanting more?

Chris is the Executive Editor of Operation Sports and maintains this blog on the site. He is also a native Oklahoman and avid storm chaser. You can follow him on Twitter @ChrisSnr.

Comments

# 1 Shawnj86 @ Jun 23

alrite

# 2 bigsmallwood @ Jun 23

Nice list...I think Madden missed a big opportunity to make splash and kind of left a lot to be desired for the time being....we shall see! (I am pulling for them)

PES 11' should have been on a marketing blitz much like NBA Elite. PES used to be THE soccer game and now they are fighting for recognition.

# 3 TreyIM2 @ Jun 23

I was definitely looking for something big in regards to Madden 11 but it didn't come.
I wanted to hear more about Elite 11 but it's still just talk about the new controls which we've already known about.

NBA2K11 dropping iso-motion was huge to me and was an eyebrow raiser for me. Like I've said before, 2K11 was LOW on my interest radar but now it's at about 70-80%.

# 4 Valdarez @ Jun 29

First, and foremost, you left off the next Need for Speed installment!

EA's hype train is always full steam ahead. Not sure how that makes NBA Elite a gainer. They didn't even have a full gameplay demo available from what I read, just some 1 on 1 stuff on display.

Madden's catering to the casual fan this year and continuing it's transition to online revenue via Online Pass, Ads, microtransactions, etc. It's hard to get excited for the game this year when everything we're going to see new gameplay wise will be available in NCAA (which isn't fair to the Madden team, it's just that my initial excitement is directed towards NCAA now, instead of Madden). EA seems to have lost the vision that excited fans with the reset a couple of years ago. When I think of 'if you see it on Sunday', I keep hearing the American Pie song.