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Sony Gamescom press conference set for August 14th
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Opus Angelorum
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I'm not an insider and I would suggest it HAS to have a big PSVita focus.
That's most likely going the be vita heaven 2 and tgs,here i expect new media and release dates for lbp vita and killzone vita
adversesolutions
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will be shit
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Phoenician_Viking
Banned
So Sony is doing a conference after all.
JehutyRunner
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Should be one on PSBlog, if nowhere else.
Expecting PS3 slim and LBPVita release date. And other stuff
Its Q1. I think but it may move to Q2 but then GTA 5 :\
Canis lupus
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Sony's Gamescom has been better than E3 for the past 2 years, I dont expect anything less. Couple new Vita announcements, PS3MegaSlim, pricecut and some new Indie titles for PSN, everyone will be happy.
SlowRevolution
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It'd be hilarious if they completely ignored the Vita again.
sony please don't ignore the vita.
Didn't they just say "not this year"?
Can't remember a mention of Q1.
Beyond and GoW:A are both coming in Q1, so I doubt TLoU will release there too.
JehutyRunner
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Ignore. I was wrong.
No, it's not.
Acquiescence
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More Battle Royale character unveilings please! And some new announcements for the Vita too obviously.
He'll only be making a cameo to announce PS Slim and Wonderbook. Jim Ryan's got this one.
Vinterbird
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Didn't Naughty Dog say "either this fall or early next year" when announcing it, or have they said something different since the reveal?
I don't know why but I also have Q1 2013 in mind.
Phoenician_Viking
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I expect MM and Guerilla to show their Vita games.
Haha yeah, great first ever Press Conference. At least he talked about how he absolute-fucking-ly loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooves Uncharted and nothing has ever given him more pleasure (if I remember correctly, I might be exaggerating a little here).
Also there is a chance of a price cut to the PSP Street, PS Vita and PS Move here as well. Why?
1. Well first off they cut the price of PS3, PS Move and PSP (with PSP Street) last year all at the same time at Gamescon. I can see them doing something similar.
2. Re PSP Street, Sony has said that the PSP actually brings quite a profit for them and that they sometimes struggle to meet supplies. With PSP Street being extremely gimped anyway, I'd say one last price cut of around 30 euro will be a nice send-off to the emerging markets where it can keep on selling 2-3 million a year.
3. Re PS Move. Sony will want to push Move's sales a bit. They will already have Wonderbook launching and it seems that is going to be "Better with Move". Thus I can see either a 10-20 euro price-cut on move (the tech shouldn't be that expensive anymore anyway) or Wonderbook Bundles with free Move starter pack when Wonderbook is bought. Sony London's casual output will probably bring about another move game, so a small price cut on the starter pack would be nice.
4. Re Vita, and I think this is the biggest. I can see a 50 euro price-cut but not based on 'Sony should be in panic mode'-line of thinking. Instead we have to think that Vita is based on off-the-shelf components used in Smartphones. So let's look at smartphones as a comparison. Most smartphones don't actually get big, public price cuts but they do decrease in value over the time. In about half a year this can range from 50-100 euros (unless it's a model that's flying off the shelves like GSII where Samsung wants to keep those profits coming). One look at Sony's own Xperia Arc S. In Janaury the phone costs 400 euro. Now it is down to 300 in about 6 moths. Now factoring in that Sony has since launched many new phone models, I think a 50 euro price cut would be achievable. Sony themselves have said that they're launching Vita with a high price point in order bring it down within 2-3 years.
Canis lupus
Member
So its early next year then.
I believe GI speculated Q4'12/Q1'13 in their article, but the director said they never specified any release window, and they still have a lot of work to do. Another NDer was on the Bombcast during E3 and he said the thing they've been showing is the team's vertical slice. However, on Jimmy Fallen they did confirm 2013.
So assuming it's really as early into development as it appears, fall 2013 seems likely.
..I doubt that SCE will put GG is on Vita, they are most likely working on game for Orbis/PS4 now.
and SCE Cambridge is doing Killzone Vita anyway.
Vinterbird
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I just think Fall 2013 would be really weird considering what we expect the market to look like at that point with new consoles and all that. Early fall perhaps, or late summer around E3 or so to get away from the obvious comparions that will be made between the game and next gen launch titles.
But then again, we don't know squat in regards to where they are in terms of production, but having been in development for two years already should mean something at this point.
Meatvillain
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Man, wish some megatons were possible, it won't happen though. Fully expect Sony to continue to look out of touch with what people are hoping to see from them.
Backfoggen
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The New PS3 Slim announcement.
Vinterbird
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We will get Vita stuff, a new PS3 and thats it. If anyone expects them to do something next gen or something totally insane out of left field, then they are crazy.
corporate cheerleader
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Did Gamescom have all those dancers last year during the Sony conf? If so, they better not return because that shit was dreadful, even on Sony level.
I doubt Sony are launching PS4 next fall. And they don't care what MS is doing in terms of how it makes their first party titles look. Sony shipped GoW2 well into the 360's life.
Sony still need a big fall release, everyone else is going to be on PS4 at this point. TLoU is their block buster swan song.
Phoenician_Viking
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Guerilla has 2 teams iirc.