Nope they will be at Gamescom though so there is a good chance we will still get new information via PSBlog posts, etc. The next time we see a Sony conference will be TGS though.
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Sony FY2015 Q1 (PS4: 3.0m shipped) PS4 total = 25.3m shipped worldwide
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Nope they will be at Gamescom though so there is a good chance we will still get new information via PSBlog posts, etc. The next time we see a Sony conference will be TGS though.
Go_Ly_Dow
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Gamescom was too close to e3 this year for them
SolidSnakex
Member
Things may change next year. While E3 2016 starts on June 14, gamescom 2016 will start on August 17th. Which puts it more in the usual distance between the events.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
They probably have 3 more shows this year so not a big deal.
Lys Skygge
Member
You mean June?
By making a Steam machine Sony would basically give up their entire market for absolutely no reason, it's the stupidest move Sony could ever do business-wise, their only revenue sources would be from hardware with extremely small profit margins, & first party games where they're gonna have to give up 30% of the revenue. In this quarter alone their revenue (PS division) is nearly equal to the total estimated value of Valve Corporation, If they're gonna make a Steam machine, they'll be basically giving that revenue to Valve for free (All the licensing fees publishers pay Sony right now would go to Valve).
LiquidSolid
Member
They've got four major conferences every year, including this one, so that really doesn't matter. All they've done is reschedule their usual Gamescom conference to Paris Game Week in October (which coincidentally just so happens to be the perfect time for a price drop).
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Yeah is PlayStation.dead if it becomes a Steam machine. Also all their games become much easier to pirate.
serversurfer
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meh Personally, I don't think of going all in and betting the farm as the same thing either. When you go all in, you put in all of the money you planned to wager that evening, plus maybe your watch as a token of desperation if the other guy has way more money than you. If you go all in and lose, you go home and fuck your wife. If you bet the farm and lose, you have no home, and probably aren't gonna have that wife too much longer either.
But, whatever, I guess.
Melchiah
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Agreed. It doesn't really work, when the rules aren't followed. For example, people can post spoilers without getting banned, eventhough it's forbidden in the posting etiquette section.
The Artisan
Member
so you believe Ps4 will have a successor in the form of another console yeah?
anexanhume
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Interesting little tidbit: Bloodborne is now the top selling console game on Amazon this year.
DannyDanger
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Did it just update? Im seeing zelda above it
The 3DS is not a console. At least for his statement I believe.
Welfare
Member
The stipulation is "console" for some reason.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
console not handheld i know its weird but that's probably what he meant.
Zelda is a handheld game, not console.
qa_engineer
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Quantic Dream megatons?
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Probably its in their backyard.
Newtype-001
Member
It feels so weird i didnt even realise gamescom conferences were tomorrow. No sony made the significance of GC this year drop for me :/
anexanhume
Member
Sorry. Handheld vs. console vs. mobile are the usual distinctions I'm used to for the way things are reported.
Hopefully. Yoshida better get his pillow ready.
qa_engineer
Member
LOL, no. Horizon: Zero Dawn and Dreams were the only new first-party (non-Morpheus) games they announced. Far from going all out.
As others have mentioned, E3 and Gamescom are very close to each other this year and Sony has Tokyo Games Show and Paris Games Week conferences left for 2015 and very likely another Playstation Experience too.
Re-announcing The Last Guardian was huge. The Final Fantasy 7 Remake was huge. I say they went balls to the wall, even if they only showed 2 new non-Morpheus games.
Or next month at TGS.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not downplaying Sony's E3 press conference, it was amazng. My comment was about Sony "going all out" at E3 being the reason for no press conference at Gamescom. There's obviously a lot of reasoning behind the decision to move their European briefing to Paris in October. Gamescom being closer to E3 this year, having PGW conference on the same day as Halo 5 launch to steal the headlines, good time to announce a pricecut, etc.
Because Bloodborne is a console game?
DannyDanger
Member
oh sorry, i guess i just realized i use different terminology
home console, handheld console
Omega Kirby
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Interesting graph, if nintendo didn't drop support with the wii after was it 2011? Would it have finished just below the PS2?
Cause it seemed the wii was sellng a lot better than the ps2, but the latters legs were much longer.
Also congrats PS4, it will do better than the PS3, thats for sure.
Cause it seemed the wii was sellng a lot better than the ps2, but the latters legs were much longer.
Also congrats PS4, it will do better than the PS3, thats for sure.
biglittleps
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We already know sony has not got big first party exclusive game to go agains Halo 5 this holiday (UC4 delayed ) and this event (launch day of Halo 5) with some game announcements and price drop going to bring huge momentum for PS4 especially europe where Sony is dominating can completely remove XB1 from gamers mind as an option just like Japan.
Highly unlikely, PS2 attracted both casual & core gamers. The Wii meanwhile struggled in attracting the core gamers.
joecanada
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regardless of designations, bloodborne being so high up there is indeed an interesting fact, above farcry4 and GTAV
Amazon only represents about 10% of the total retail sales in the US according to Aqua, & it generally leans towards "core" games, so I wouldn't look too much into that.
The Artisan
Member
huh. that is pretty interesting.
i wonder if bloodborne itself will turn into a series.
sony did say the game's sales exceeded their expectations, so maybe this time of game because its popularity has grown, has also become a little less "niche"
Nightengale
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Bloodborne was cited in Sony's earning calls by the Sony CFO as one of their breakout titles, alongside Uncharted and TLOU.
It's clearly a huge success for Sony.
The Artisan
Member
not to get too off topic, but there is another thread going on right now about bb being a bad souls game (even though it isn't even one) so if bb did turn into a series do you think people would complain that it would be a series too similar to souls?
Like this means anything lol. If E3 2015 wasnt a company going all out then its nigh impossible for a company to go all out.
Think he was Banned for a month
Here is something interesting from him
http://i.imgur.com/bVa8UJA.jpg
But I don't know his sources...
http://i.imgur.com/bVa8UJA.jpg
But I don't know his sources...
1st Course
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He say GFK and NPD in one tweet.
Bitch Pudding
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Welfare
Member
He'll be unbanned before the end of August.
1.21Gigawatts
Banned
What do you mean with "going all out". Showing everything they got coming?
I mean, we know their 1st party studios and we know when they last released something, so its not too hard to figure out which studio is due for an announcement and there are quite a few serious contenders for a 2016 release, even though we haven't heard anything from them yet.
Again, my comment was about Sony "having no games left to show" being the reason for not having a press briefing at Gamescom. They could have easily shown a bunch of CGI trailers, ambiguous teasers etc. if they wanted to go "all out" and not show anything new for the rest of the year. But they didn't. They are taking their time with new announcements. IIRC, Andrew House has even said that PS4 and third party games are selling so well that they don't have pressure to rush out their first party titles.