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sjay1994 · Jun 30, 2014

http://www.gamereactor.eu/news/2037...y+E3+conference+was+"a+mistake"+says+Yoshida/

"We spent too much time talking about Powers," he replied when we asked him about the mid-conference lull. "So we could have made [that] a bit shorter. So that was a mistake."

There is a video interview in the article.

Post concept art if old

boredandlazy · Jun 30, 2014

No shit.

Almost ruined the entire conference, which other than that was actually rather good.

BuBBeR · Jun 30, 2014

Could not agree more.

ExVicis · Jun 30, 2014

boredandlazy said:
No shit.

At least he's admitting it.

213372bu · Jun 30, 2014

I think that's an understatement.

IrgendwasmitRot · Jun 30, 2014

This is a quiet fast realization of a 'mistake'. Good for Sony.

Jotamide · Jun 30, 2014

Sony: "What's a Vita?"

Damigos · Jun 30, 2014

well said

Poetic.Injustice · Jun 30, 2014

Why does Yoshida always apologise after the conference is over?

EASTC0AST_GH05T · Jun 30, 2014

just read this 10 minutes ago

Shizuka · Jun 30, 2014

Glad they admitted it. Even Grim Fandango was a bigger deal compared to Powers.

Valkerionseven · Jun 30, 2014

Agreed. Though the concept to me as someone who has never heard of Powers before this. Just made me wonder why it was included as well.

Hero of Legend · Jun 30, 2014

Whole thing was too long, I was pretty sore by like halfway and I don't normally do so when seeing a movie (saw it in theaters BTW).

Shyakugaun · Jun 30, 2014

Sony easily had the worst conference of the big 3

Bunta · Jun 30, 2014

At least he admitted it. That was horrible.

Moosichu · Jun 30, 2014

I respect Shu because he never even tries to spin it. He just says it how it is.

-Pyromaniac- · Jun 30, 2014

Could they not tell how long it was during rehearsals? Anyway at least they know now. MS conference didn't show many things I liked but the actual format of that conference should be emulated.

Bog · Jun 30, 2014

I half expected them to say, "And now, the first episode of Powers. Enjoy."

Mihael Mello Keehl · Jun 30, 2014

Yup should have been replaced by the last guardian

RPGamer92 · Jun 30, 2014

At least they realized it so we hopefully don't have to put up with something like that in the future.

Marcel · Jun 30, 2014

Provided an opportunity for a piss break so it wasn't all bad.

Pai Pai Master · Jun 30, 2014

Poetic.Injustice said:
Why does Yoshida always apologise after the conference is over?

Probably because he's not solely responsible for 100% of the content that goes into the conference?

Trago · Jun 30, 2014

The announcement itself was cool, but yeah too much time was spent on it.

SuperChoco · Jun 30, 2014

Hindsight is always 20/20. I still can't believe people went to theaters to watch the conference.

TheJollyCorner · Jun 30, 2014

Shyakugaun said:
Sony easily had the worst conference of the big 3

"Easily"?

How do you figure?
There were a shitload of games shown.

NullPointer · Jun 30, 2014

If its not games footage it should last no longer than the PS4 "How to Share Your Games" video.

213372bu · Jun 30, 2014

Bog said:
I half expected them to say, "And now, the first episode of Powers. Enjoy."

It probably would've gone over shorter at that.

Silky · Jun 30, 2014

Bendis am cry

nintendors · Jun 30, 2014

Yaah I remember that part...it felt too long. Oh well at least all the people I was sitting with in the conference used that time to post/tweet/write recaps about what preceded Powers..

Lemmy · Jun 30, 2014

I only saw this part of the conference recently. Way too much waffle for a show that hasn't even started fucking filming yet. Nice that Plus members will get the series free though I guess. I'll watch the pilot at least because I like the comic series.

That said, at the conference... was it just me, or has Brian Bendis turned into Alfred Hitchcock?

Toki767 · Jun 30, 2014

I don't think he really had much of a say in that part of the conference. It was probably just something they had to do for Sony Pictures.

Gorillaz · Jun 30, 2014

IT was pretty bloated to begin with. I remember him and Adam were on giantbomb's midnight stream and basically said each leader of each part try to get as much as they can (indie, AAA, media, 3rd party stuff,etc) and then put it together. They even realized they went over a little longer then necessary.

They need to learn to trim the edges and pace themselves better

Zabuza · Jun 30, 2014

Powers looks like trash, whatever it is. No place at a games conference.

Ishida · Jun 30, 2014

Agree 100%.

Anion · Jun 30, 2014

A "mistake"?
I think it was not a mistake but rather an oversight

SliceSabre · Jun 30, 2014

Least we know they are not blind to the complaints about it.

Shpeshal Nick · Jun 30, 2014

Shows progress that they've:

A) Acknowledged it
B) Done it so quickly

Sony's show could have easily been compressed into a punchy short sharp hour.

super-famicom · Jun 30, 2014

It was definitely the weakest part of their conference. I think Powers is interesting and will definitely check it out when it releases, but it really should only have had 2-3 minutes dedicated to it.

Sendou · Jun 30, 2014

Half of their conference was a mistake. In addition to the Powers part I would like to also mention the part where that new Tretton talked a lot about uninteresting statistics and the letters part (although the Tim Schafer joke was funny I have to say).

RE_Player · Jun 30, 2014

I imagine all the other divisions of Sony trying to jump in on some of that PlayStation action, especially after the success of the PS4.

Cornbread78 · Jun 30, 2014

Shyakugaun said:
Sony easily had the worst conference of the big 3

Wow, opinions man opinions....

Acquiescence · Jun 30, 2014

It wouldn't have stung so bad if it hadn't immediately followed up on 20 minutes of Layden waffling on about stats that nobody cared about and Vib Ribbon 2 being cockteased. Way to kill any momentum in your entire conference Sony.

Namikaze · Jun 30, 2014

Lol, yep. It was a wonderbook moment. The presentation was fine until that point.

Eggbok · Jun 30, 2014

I don't understand how people say Sony had the worse conference because they spent like 6 mintues talking about tv lol.

However that 6 minutes could have went into The Order 1886 demo. But it is what it is, still enjoyed the show.

RdN · Jun 30, 2014

Completely agree.

sublimit · Jun 30, 2014

With the exception of Bloodborne their whole conference was a mistake.

Megadragon15 · Jun 30, 2014

The Powers section was a cure for anyone with insomnia.

pelican · Jun 30, 2014

Understatement of E3.

Air Zombie Meat · Jun 30, 2014

Wasn't just that part though. Was the tip of the iceberg compared to Laydens bit.

Atlas157 · Jun 30, 2014

Shyakugaun said:
Sony easily had the worst conference of the big 3 in my opinion.

Fixed.

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