Microsoft’s E3 press convention was probably the most talked about on social media

15.06.2017

Microsoft’s E3 present accounted for 44% of all E3 2017 conference-related mentions on social media.

Last 12 months’s E3 was dominated by The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on social media that acquired round 75okay mentions, adopted by Battlefield 1 with round 45okay.

This 12 months, Microsoft was the belle of the ball, with 44% of all conference-related mentions between June 10 and June 13, the interval the main conferences ran.

e3 2017 conference mentions

The stats got here from a 10% pattern of two.7 million English-language mentions, and whereas we don’t know the way a lot of the dialog on social media was optimistic, there’s no such factor as dangerous publicity. Although I wouldn’t essentially put that adage to the take a look at.

Showcasing the brand new Assassin’s Creed Origins and Bioware’s new IP Anthem in all probability helped, together with the Xbox One X reveal.

Nintendo adopted up with 15% of mentions, and Sony had 11%.

When it got here to video games, there was much more taking place on social media in comparison with final 12 months.

Assassin’s Creed Origins, Metroid Prime four, and Spider-Man had been the three most talked about video games of E3, with 75okay, 65okay, and 60okay social media mentions respectively.

The 10 most talked about video games of the the convention are beneath. Does this replicate what you’ve been seeing on social media? Let us know within the feedback.