Yes it's hard to believe Sony showed up empty-handed to their biggest stage so they could have a good TGS or PSX. I don't know how else to say itWith TLOU2 specifically Neil wanted it to be shown at PSX, he said ND pushed for it.
Is it that hard to believe SP or another first party/ second party would want the same thing? Plus I'm sure Sony didn't know what to expect from PSX the first 2 years. They got a lot of hate from their 2nd year though when literally MLB The Show was the only first party game shown minus Uncharted.
It's appealing to Sony to have a day that's dedicated to just them, rather than sharing the show floor with a bunch of other publishers, including their competitors, last year could have been the test to see how something small like Knack 2 showed, and how something big like TLOU2 showed. We'll know after this year. If they show nothing, Sony's inconsistent as fuck, if they have another big first party showing, at least 2 First Party games, 2 times in a row is a pretty interesting pattern.
I'm sure there's a lot of conflict between what's more important, E3 or PSX, both have their advantages. I don't see Sony having 3 bad conferences in a row, and it's a safe bet TGS will be bad.
Factually with Sony's studios that ain't even true.
And if we're talking in the context of "big" studios creating console games, it is true. Not to discredit Manchester or London studios but they're working on VR projects
So one other studio, almost everyoneStudio Japan. Its a big studio working on multiple projects.
Keiichiro Toyama (Gravity Rush, Siren) alread stated his next game is in production.
Anyway, let's not derail this thread. It's about Microsoft. My original point was the "holding back" narrative looks bad on both companies