Nintendo Dominates E3 Social Media

<p>A new report on E3 social media from the analysts at Crimson Hexagon has shown that Nintendo came out on top in the battle for publicity&period; The Japanese giant was mentioned in more that 47&percnt; of tweets sent out during the Electronic Entertainment Expo last week&period; PlayStation came a distant second with a 28&percnt; share of the conversation whilst Xbox trailed in third place with 25&percnt;&period; Overall&comma; &num;e32014 was used 55&comma;000 times and &num;Nintendo appeared 30&comma;000 times&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These results vindicated Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s decision not to hold a press conference this year&comma; a plan that was widely criticised by fans and the press&period; It was seen as a sign of Nintendo admitting defeat&comma; an admission that they could not compete with the other two console manufacturers&period; Instead&comma; the Wii U creator held a Digital Event where they revealed several new games and teamed up with the team behind Robot Chicken for some gaming related humour&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>New announcements continued to be made through out the show thanks to Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s developer round tables and the Twitch livestream run by their famous Treehouse department&period; In fact&comma; the Nintendo stream on Twitch spent most of E3 as the website&&num;8217&semi;s most popular channel&period; These results shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t come as a surprise as the company has already received a lot of praise from <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;articles&sol;why-nintendo-won-e3-2014&sol;1100-6420391&sol;">many<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2014-06-13-directly-to-you-nintendo-wins-e3-on-its-own-terms">different<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;huffingtonpost&period;co&period;uk&sol;2014&sol;06&sol;11&sol;nintendo-won-e3&lowbar;n&lowbar;5484592&period;html">publications<&sol;a> for their E3 performance&period; The positive reception has mostly focused on their handling of Super Smash Bros&period;&comma; the announcement of new IP and the dedication to female playable characters&period; Whilst &&num;8216&semi;winning&&num;8221&semi; E3 porbbaly won&&num;8217&semi;t stop the Wii U from finishing in last place this generation&comma; it is sure to give Nintendo a much needed boost in confidence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;digitalspy&period;co&period;uk&sol;gaming&sol;news&sol;a578234&sol;e3-2014-nintendo-dominates-social-media-conversation-on-twitter&period;html&num;~oHqQXZSsFSP28S">Digital Spy<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;