Uncle Rupee
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Read the thread. The guy went off-script and spent way more time than he was supposed to.
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Shuhei Yoshida: Powers part of Sony E3 conference was "a mistake"
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Read the thread. The guy went off-script and spent way more time than he was supposed to.
Oh! Yeah he definitely seemed like he was ad-libbing.
Apologising before the conference would be kind of a buzzkill.
Dragon Puncher
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Since I love powers, I was actually exited for that announcement, but when they started spending time showing early concept art, I was still like: "What the hell is going on here?"
We'll Sony does have other divisions that are into those media markets so it's logical to assume they might want to use the Playstation brand to market their other products.
Problem is that, many times it's off the mark and overstays it's welcome.
E3 keynotes for me about the presentation, they are about the pageantry, its a unique thing, and its things like the dead air or the gaffes that make it feel real. I appreciate that, the opportunity for small Indie guys from No Man's Sky to get on stage to an amazing reception from the crowds.
There is no interaction from a live passionate audience if its just a video presentation, E3 would then loose that sense of grandeur, no more 599, no more 399 redemption reactions.
why bother when a guy can turn up with a thumb drive, presses play and thats your lot
reptilescorpio
Member
He only handles 1st party stuff so he doesn't even know what's in the show until he is there watching it. The interesting thing is how open he is with his opinions on other parts of Sony.
Bad place to announce the Powers thing and the guy definitely went way too long, but that said, I'm really hyped about being able to watch all of season 1 for free. I've never read the comic, but the premise sounds interesting to me.
They should have just made some post somewhere (maybe PSBlog) with this news prior to E3.
They should have just made some post somewhere (maybe PSBlog) with this news prior to E3.
jhmtehgamr20xx
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I don't even think Yoshida is involved in setting up/ managing the conferences. As in coming up with the presentation segments, time allotments and all that stuff. He probably just reviews over what others already have and goes off of that.
That's what I always thought, anyway. I doubt Phil plans the entirety of MS's conferences for instance, and he's analogous to Shu for the Xbox brand.
All that said, I still think Sony had the liveliest conference of the 3. That LBP3 segment in particular was really awesome. That was a fun bunch.
Isn't Phil more like Shawn Layden?
jhmtehgamr20xx
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I don't even know. Google says he's President of SCEA, but SCEA does more than PlayStation. Xbox division is just Xbox. I think Shu only focuses on PlayStation.
Uncle Rupee
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Yeah but it's relative. In the grand scheme of things it was only average (far from being among the worst conferences of all time).
I get where you're coming from, but it would hardly be the end of E3.
Yeah, that part was dreadful to sit through - way too long. Good to see them admit it. You'd think they would have learned beforehand though with all the criticism MS got a year before for tvtvtv stuff around their reveal. It might be a nice or interesting extra to the games and hardware but it should be only a quick aside.
loaf of bread
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SCEA is only Playstation
Melchiah
Member
It didn't even last that long.
From 1:20:00 to 1:25:30.
http://youtu.be/ozo1EYAjkNM
That's little over 5 minutes of 1h 45min conference. Seems like an awfully lot of complaints have been made of such a small thing. They could have presented it better though, or announce it elsewhere.
From 1:20:00 to 1:25:30.
http://youtu.be/ozo1EYAjkNM
That's little over 5 minutes of 1h 45min conference. Seems like an awfully lot of complaints have been made of such a small thing. They could have presented it better though, or announce it elsewhere.
I liked Nintendo's E3 presentation the most, but it wasn't flawless:
Issue 1) Utter lack of new 3DS software this year is a disappointment and only one new game ,albeit an original title, STEAM for 2015.
Issue 2) Wii U's only newly game coming out this year is Capt. Toad Treasure Tracker. The game looks fantastic, but we aren't getting Xenoblade Chronicles X or anything else. I assumed we'd be gettin a bit more software than what we got. T omake matters worse, Wii U's in yet another software drought for summer.
Issue 3) Announced in January 2013 in name only, Fire Emblem X Shin Megami Tensei was once again absent from E3. Fatal Frame was announced like a month before E3, but again, nothing shown for it. It's becoming a bit frustrating when Nintendo does this some times.However, I suppose Nintendo gets a bit of a pass on these titles given how they did instead show a good amount of software coming in 2015 to make up for it.
Issue 4) One of Nintendo's goals this year was to highlight how their trying to make better use of the GamePad to show why its important to their games and why we should care. I think the results were a mixed bag. They showed some fairly interested titles that sued the GamePad in different ways, but there wasn't one particular title that made you a true believer in why Nintendo remains committed to it in the first place. By the way, not all games should have to use the GamePad in a big way if it doesn't make a lot of sense to (just as it was with some Wii titles) , so titles like Smash Bros and Xenoblade Chronicles X get a pass, but one would expect Zelda too use it in a big way, so we'll see how that game uses it out by next year's E3.
Issue 5) Nintendo still remained vague on the details of Amiibo. While the figurines look pretty darn cool, they do not appear to be unlocking anything essential to the core gameplay experience of the titles they'll be supporting. I remain skeptical about other ways Nintendo will try to use it, but we do know that Amiibo will continued to be used in next-gen consoles as well.
Issue 1) Utter lack of new 3DS software this year is a disappointment and only one new game ,albeit an original title, STEAM for 2015.
Issue 2) Wii U's only newly game coming out this year is Capt. Toad Treasure Tracker. The game looks fantastic, but we aren't getting Xenoblade Chronicles X or anything else. I assumed we'd be gettin a bit more software than what we got. T omake matters worse, Wii U's in yet another software drought for summer.
Issue 3) Announced in January 2013 in name only, Fire Emblem X Shin Megami Tensei was once again absent from E3. Fatal Frame was announced like a month before E3, but again, nothing shown for it. It's becoming a bit frustrating when Nintendo does this some times.However, I suppose Nintendo gets a bit of a pass on these titles given how they did instead show a good amount of software coming in 2015 to make up for it.
Issue 4) One of Nintendo's goals this year was to highlight how their trying to make better use of the GamePad to show why its important to their games and why we should care. I think the results were a mixed bag. They showed some fairly interested titles that sued the GamePad in different ways, but there wasn't one particular title that made you a true believer in why Nintendo remains committed to it in the first place. By the way, not all games should have to use the GamePad in a big way if it doesn't make a lot of sense to (just as it was with some Wii titles) , so titles like Smash Bros and Xenoblade Chronicles X get a pass, but one would expect Zelda too use it in a big way, so we'll see how that game uses it out by next year's E3.
Issue 5) Nintendo still remained vague on the details of Amiibo. While the figurines look pretty darn cool, they do not appear to be unlocking anything essential to the core gameplay experience of the titles they'll be supporting. I remain skeptical about other ways Nintendo will try to use it, but we do know that Amiibo will continued to be used in next-gen consoles as well.
SatelliteOfLove
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I'm waiting for it to be an EA thing. Yeesh.
I'm surprised it was that short, but however long in objective time, it felt to me like an eternity in relative time.
CraZed
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Uh what? Microsoft's conference was shit.
Uncle Rupee
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Five and a half minutes talking without showing much of anything is way too long, especially since it was just some tv show crap. In comparison something like the MGS V: Phantom Pain trailer was the same length but was non-stop in-engine cut-scenes. And that's Metal Gear F'n Solid, one of the top-tier games to appear at the show. Likewise Microsoft's Witcher 3 demo was about 5 minutes, and that was entirely game play. The guy spent more time talking about a tv show with some crap concept art than we saw of Witcher 3 on stage.
StreetsAhead
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To me it wasn't just the Powers section; everything after No Man's Sky felt much more slowly paced than everything that came before it.
The 'Fan Letter' section was painfully forced, but at least it was about games.
The 'Fan Letter' section was painfully forced, but at least it was about games.
Fallout-with-swords
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Most people complaining are Giant Bomb fans who haven't played the game, like myself.
jhmtehgamr20xx
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Whoops, my mistake. I guess they have a separate Electronics department (and just remember they sold the PC division earlier this year). I guess that makes Shu more like Miyamoto?
Fallout-with-swords
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You could tell he really wanted to nail home that he was involved and the source material was going to be respected, unfortunately this wasn't the audience for that. Should have saved it for comic con.
5 mins is still too long for a conference that Sony was hyping to the point of showing in theaters. And for the fact that Sony already had the longest conference by far.
Imagine sitting in a theater and having to watch the Powers section and the Bendis monologue that lasted way too long.
I was in a theater. I'd say half of the people in attendance clapped when he got off the stage.
That was Sony's most interesting title they showed at E3, at least to me. However, it wasn't much of a surprise announcement. After all, it was leaked before E3. We even know it was being made by From Software and the glimpse of footage made it pretty obvious that it was a sequel or a spiritual successor to Dark Souls.
Arondight
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That was the best section. They might not have played it really well but first announcement ever that was a surprise and being played live? Felt really good watching it. Sony needs more of these type of announcements.
BrokenEchelon
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You could have also kept Wheezebag McScrooge with his power tie away from it.
silvermember
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People claim when companies don't appoligies, you are complaining that they are apologizing.
I doubt Sony went into the press conference thinking their conference would be terrible, so apologizing before it would be ridiculous don't you think?
