Speculator: E3 ’15 predictions lightning round results!

June 22, 2015

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Who was the best at predicting Microsoft’s, Sony’s and Nintendo’s presences at E3 2015? Read on for the results of our staff lightning round competition!

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Microsoft

A hardware revision? No.
Graham 45%, Andrew 60%, Henry 25%, Justin 5%, Ryan 90%, Shawn 70%, Eric 0%
There may have been a larger hard drive SKU added before the show, but the Xbox One is still the Xbox One.

Banjo-Kazooie? Yes.
Graham 55%, Andrew 40%, Henry 10%, Justin 5%, Ryan 10%, Shawn 45%, Eric 10%
We technically never said it had to be a new game. It showed up, as a part of the Rare Replay collection.

A new Gears of War? Yes.
Graham 95%, Andrew 90%, Henry 75%, Justin 75%, Ryan 100%, Shawn 80%, Eric 25%
Yep, Gears 4 was there.

Battletoads? Yes.
Graham 30%, Andrew 80%, Henry 35%, Justin 10%, Ryan 80%, Shawn 20%, Eric 5%
Again, Rare Replay shows up to exploit all the technicalities of our predictions.

A non-Legends Fable title? No.
Graham 1%, Andrew 25%, Henry 50%, Justin 50%, Ryan 20%, Shawn 60%, Eric 20%
Just the one Fable game for now.

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Anything about HoloLens? Yes.
Graham 15%, Andrew 65%, Henry 50%, Justin 90%, Ryan 50%, Shawn 85%, Eric 0%
Yep, HoloLens is still in the works, even if it doesn’t have much to do with the rest of the company’s businesses at this point.

Something that isn’t a game? Yes.
Graham 85%, Andrew 50%, Henry 85%, Justin 25%, Ryan 95%, Shawn 90%, Eric 90%
For example, a controller is not itself a game, so the Xbox Elite pad qualifies.

Appearances:

Joe Montana? No.
Graham 15%, Andrew 10%, Henry 50%, Justin 5%, Ryan 15%, Shawn 15%, Eric 0%

Cliff Bleszinski? No.
Graham 5%, Andrew 5%, Henry 25%, Justin 25%, Ryan 5%, Shawn 25%, Eric 10%

Casey Hudson? No.
Graham 25%, Andrew 65%, Henry 30%, Justin 90%, Ryan 50%, Shawn 80%, Eric 20%

Hideo Kojima? No.
Graham 75%, Andrew 5%, Henry 5%, Justin 0%, Ryan 10%, Shawn 10%, Eric 5%

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Sony

Morpheus release window? No.
Graham 40%, Andrew 90%, Henry 5%, Justin 10%, Ryan 90%, Shawn 65%, Eric 20%
It was a year for VR, but Morpheus was disappointingly light on the specifics.

The Last Guardian? Yes.
Graham 15%, Andrew 50%, Henry 1%, Justin 5%, Ryan 5%, Shawn 75%, Eric 5%
Finally, the one you’ve been waiting for! Now you’re done waiting for games. Games are over.

Sly Cooper? No.
Graham 5%, Andrew 20%, Henry 50%, Justin 5%, Ryan 10%, Shawn 35%, Eric 75%
Maybe it was just more of a Ratchet year?

A new Quantic Dream project? No.
Graham 40%, Andrew 70%, Henry 70%, Justin 5%, Ryan 90%, Shawn 60%, Eric 65%
Quantic Dream may yet appear on the PS4, but its next game wasn’t ready to show this time around.

A new Guerrilla Games project? Yes.
Graham 65%, Andrew 95%, Henry 30%, Justin 10%, Ryan 80%, Shawn 65%, Eric 20%
Horizon: New Dawn was a centerpiece of the PlayStation media briefing.

Horizon

A new Media Molecule project? Yes.
Graham 55%, Andrew 90%, Henry 50%, Justin 25%, Ryan 90%, Shawn 80%, Eric 80%
We’re still not entirely sure what Dreams is, but that’s okay.

Any first-party release for the Vita? No.
Graham 30%, Andrew 15%, Henry 10%, Justin 75%, Ryan 0%, Shawn 90%, Eric 80%
Legacy. Platform.

Appearances:

Dylan Cuthbert? No.
Graham 45%, Andrew 40%, Henry 60%, Justin 5%, Ryan 15%, Shawn 10%, Eric 25%

Jenova Chen? No.
Graham 5%, Andrew 60%, Henry 25%, Justin 10%, Ryan 15%, Shawn 20%, Eric 20%

David Perry? No.
Graham 5%, Andrew 20%, Henry 10%, Justin 10%, Ryan 10%, Shawn 10%, Eric 0%

Hideo Kojima? No.
Graham 5%, Andrew 5%, Henry 10%, Justin 0%, Ryan 10%, Shawn 10%, Eric 10%

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Nintendo

A new Metroid? Yes.
Graham 40%, Andrew 65%, Henry 5%, Justin 35%, Ryan 40%, Shawn 40%, Eric 70%
Your opinions on Federation Force aside, it does bear the Metroid branding.

A new F-Zero? No.
Graham 15%, Andrew 15%, Henry 1%, Justin 15%, Ryan 60%, Shawn 5%, Eric 5%
Fox was the only speedy space hero in the Nintendo lineup.

A new Paper Mario? Yes.
Graham 25%, Andrew 70%, Henry 60%, Justin 80%, Ryan 55%, Shawn 40%, Eric 5%
It may be more of a Mario & Luigi game than a Paper Mario one, but it’s more of a Paper Mario game than Sticker Star, so…

A Wii U Pokemon title? No.
Graham 15%, Andrew 55%, Henry 0%, Justin 35%, Ryan 15%, Shawn 75%, Eric 60%
It’s a Yo-kai yo-kind of year-kai, we suppose.

Something about its “quality of life” project? No.
Graham 12%, Andrew 5%, Henry 50%, Justin 20%, Ryan 10%, Shawn 85%, Eric 10%
Maybe this just wasn’t the best venue for it?

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Newly-created Nintendo IP? No.
Graham 65%, Andrew 45%, Henry 40%, Justin 5%, Ryan 3%, Shawn 80%, Eric 80%
There were some interesting new games, but all of them found homes in Nintendo’s existing IP catalog.

More Mario Kart DLC? No.
Graham 25%, Andrew 60%, Henry 75%, Justin 5%, Ryan 85%, Shawn 95%, Eric 95%
We still hope this will happen soon.

Appearances:

Satoru Iwata? Yes.
Graham 99%, Andrew 90%, Henry 80%, Justin 75%, Ryan 90%, Shawn 35%, Eric 70%

Mega64? No.
Graham 35%, Andrew 50%, Henry 20%, Justin 5%, Ryan 60%, Shawn 10%, Eric 5%

Hideo Kojima? No.
Graham 0%, Andrew 5%, Henry 1%, Justin 0%, Ryan 10%, Shawn 0%, Eric 5%

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Final standings

Justin put up a truly impressive rally after falling behind after Microsoft’s event to pass Xbox champ Andrew, but it just wasn’t enough to catch up. Congratulations to everyone, though: it was a close competition!

591 – Graham: 164 Microsoft, 210 Sony, 217 Nintendo
575 – Justin: 80 Microsoft, 180 Sony, 315 Nintendo
560 – Andrew: 205 Microsoft, 165 Sony, 190 Nintendo
512 – Ryan: 195 Microsoft, 175 Sony, 142 Nintendo
369 – Henry: 120 Microsoft, 91 Sony, 158 Nintendo
280 – Eric: 125 Microsoft, 60 Sony, 95 Nintendo
255 – Shawn: 120 Microsoft, 170 Sony, -35 Nintendo