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Shuhei Yoshida: Powers part of Sony E3 conference was "a mistake"
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It might be a Japanese thing.
We have reached critical delusion levels. Evacuate.
NullPointer
Member
And to think there were people watching this crap in movie theaters. Everything besides the games footage was a letdown.
Definitely the vibe I got too.
Meh, Powers was something I was just bored by and thought the concept was somewhat cool.
But holy shit, the new CEO actually made me want to gouge my eyes out.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Powers SHOULD have been Announced at Comic Con.. Why couldn't they do that instead?
Uncle Rupee
Banned
I honestly think the guy went over his allotted time. But it's not like they could just cut his mic or come in and interrupt him like the Oscars, as that would look really bad and possibly sour the relationship.
Which brings up an interesting question: what should a company do if this situation arises? It seems like the best thing to do is just let the speaker finish and move on, unless they are having a mental breakdown or something. Or better yet, don't schedule anyone talking about tv or movies or other non-electronic entertainment during E3.
Which brings up an interesting question: what should a company do if this situation arises? It seems like the best thing to do is just let the speaker finish and move on, unless they are having a mental breakdown or something. Or better yet, don't schedule anyone talking about tv or movies or other non-electronic entertainment during E3.
zenosparadox
Member
I cannot remember what the Powers thing is. TV show?
Fool me once. I don't think I'll ever do it again, it's too much fun being on the boards/chat rooms during events.
TheWorthyEdge
Member
One long ass piss.
so people can kiss his ass
Lack of 2016 games CGs was an error.
Hot Coldman
Banned
They really need to start telling the other Sony divisions to fuck off.
Time enough for quiet reflection and meditation as Bendis' boring voice goes on and on.
super-famicom
Member
Since he's the 'new guy,' they gave him the worst stuff to talk about. Then it went on waaaay too long. And the HANDS! Oh man, his gestures were all over the stage.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
The whole conference was way too drawn out. 45 minutes of content spread thinly over 2 hours.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
sony's conferences would be infinitely better if they committed in advance to topping out at 90 minutes; every year no matter whether sony has the best content or the worst content, they always have the longest and most unbearable conferences. wonderbook, sales figures, ridge racer, philosophical tangents, powers, move, the media molecule philosophical look at the distant future, it's everything. stick to a firm 90.
Ahaha, we need Kevin Butler now more than ever.
It was a big mistake, one that should have been realized before the show.
You're fixing what's obviously an opinion?
You're fixing what's obviously an opinion?
It was basically the dead limbs of Sony clenching to life in the Playstation brand.
The new CEO was way too corporate. His hand movements and manner of speech lacked
the nonchalant factor that Jack had.
Metallix87
Member
I say they should aim as close to 60 minutes as possible.
Natureboy99
Banned
Never put a creepy reclusive writer/developer/producer/whatever in an E3 show again. I directly relate games to developers. If they seem like the kind of person I would want to know, I'll try their game. If they seem like creepy man-children (of which there are many) I'm instantly turned off. I think Ubisoft has the right idea in hiring actors to show their games. They are aware that lead developers and producers rarely make good salesmen.
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So that was mistake #1. Mistake #2 was giving any amount of time to non-gaming content. Save that for another show another time.
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So that was mistake #1. Mistake #2 was giving any amount of time to non-gaming content. Save that for another show another time.
Yeah as a consumer of Playstation product I wasn't particularly impressed.
Still, his first E3. Lets see how he is next year before condemning him.
Captain Zyrain
Member
Agreed. Its always good to see a timely acknowledgment of issues that concern people.
However, I am fed up of both Sony and Microsoft in this regard. As much as they both want to proclaim they are all about the games, the fact of the matter is that they are and will continue to be interested in much more than that.
They should just get on with it without the preamble and allocate the times and places where they make non-videogame related content announcements to where they are sensible.
Oni Link 666
Member
I don't think it was that big of a deal. Definitely not worth talking about 2 weeks later.
Ricky Ricardo
Member
Exactly why I decided against going out for it. I laughed so hard when the conference finished and I realized that the Theater goes had to sit through Layden's schtick ALL IN GLORIOUS SATELLITE HD. lullz
Highly doubt all the games with CG trailers at the implied conference are 2016 games.
Agreed. I think MS found a winning format with the 90 minutes show, Sony would've have a MUCH better show if Layden and Powers and the extraneous fat had been cut and the Sony presser weighed in at a leaner 90 minutes.
60 minutes is too short. 90 minutes is perfect. It's about what the length of conference would've been without the Powers part.
Hero of Legend
Member
Short and sweet for me as well, and short absolutely does not equal nothing to show, as Nintendo to me clearly demonstrated.
Also I seriously think they need to make each showing brief, save the long ass trailers and such for afterwards on YouTube, just give us a quick look at footage after telling us it exists, so no more than a couple minutes.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Is funny seeing out of his element, with people that doesn't care about what comic is writting.
At his first E3 as the main host, Tretton was quite nervous. Never too "corporate" I guess, though. He improved greatly in subsequent years. Nowadays I enjoyed watching him as much as Phil Harrison all those years ago.
sublimit
Banned
Never put a creepy reclusive writer/developer/producer/whatever in an E3 show again. I directly relate games to developers. If they seem like the kind of person I would want to know, I'll try their game. If they seem like creepy man-children (of which there are many) I'm instantly turned off. I think Ubisoft has the right idea in hiring actors to show their games. They are aware that lead developers and producers rarely make good salesmen.
This:
Vs This:
So that was mistake #1. Mistake #2 was giving any amount of time to non-gaming content. Save that for another show another time.
I found Ubisoft's presentation almost just as bad.That actress tried way too hard to look "edgy"
and "hardcore".The moment when she was supposedly crying was very cringeworthy.
No shit Yoshida.
To be fair, he did get thrown under the bus a bit - his first time on stage, at E3, and he has to talk about the second-worst part of the conference, nonsensical metrics that nobody watching cares about. He introduced Mortal Kombat X and then got replaced by House for the applause.
Still, he still looks and acts like a 'fucking businessman'.
Shades of James Cameron then.
To be fair, he did get thrown under the bus a bit - his first time on stage, at E3, and he has to talk about the second-worst part of the conference, nonsensical metrics that nobody watching cares about. He introduced Mortal Kombat X and then got replaced by House for the applause.
Still, he still looks and acts like a 'fucking businessman'.
Shades of James Cameron then.