We had Call of Duty and Destiny, and Final Fantasy 15 was playable ( if bizarre), but there was no real punch. Microsoft's first-party bets are Gears of War 4 and Forza Horizon 3, which are fine in themselves but hardly the super-announces for which we all watch the press conferences. The biggest games for Christmas 2016 were probably Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2, and The Last Guardian's disappointing showing left Sony without a major blockbuster exclusive for the sales season. This was the flattest show for many years. I drove up the coast to take a few days to relax. The showfloor on Tuesday felt like Thursday, and after Wednesday I'd gone. Outside of the press conferences, we saw so meagre a notable line-up that a grim cloud of apathy replaced the wave of excitement I normally surf out of LA every June. It was as difficult to find anything exciting to say during E3 2016 as it is now. "E3's greatest omission was a key Christmas release on which both industry and gamers can hang their hats"
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