Not sure why some journalists seem to think revealing everything yesterday would have been a good idea. Let their closest competitor know everything, giving them time to seek out exclusive deals or DLC (on top of what they may already have planned) to counter Sony's efforts, and at the same time leave Sony with nothing to show at E3? It's ridiculous that it was even expected of them.
They could have spent two hours talking about stats and then said "oh, by the way... *PS4 logo appears, Holiday 2013*" - but they didn't. They spent more time than I expected going into specs, showed the controller, and showed a decent range of games while leaving themselves plenty more for the run up to launch. The price probably isn't final yet, and I wouldn't be surprised if the design isn't final either. What more could they have done?
I'd have liked confirmation that online play will be free and that the launch will be simultaneous worldwide, but apart from that, the conference was fine.
- Name
- Tech specs (and spec sheets on website)
- Controller
- List of developers
- Teaser of some games in development
They could have spent two hours talking about stats and then said "oh, by the way... *PS4 logo appears, Holiday 2013*" - but they didn't. They spent more time than I expected going into specs, showed the controller, and showed a decent range of games while leaving themselves plenty more for the run up to launch. The price probably isn't final yet, and I wouldn't be surprised if the design isn't final either. What more could they have done?
I'd have liked confirmation that online play will be free and that the launch will be simultaneous worldwide, but apart from that, the conference was fine.
Yes they did:Wired:
Talk is the cheapest thing there is. And that's basically what Sony did today: It espoused a philosophy, said the names of a lot of popular games, but didn't give us any real, concrete information in an age where it's more important than ever.
- Name
- Tech specs (and spec sheets on website)
- Controller
- List of developers
- Teaser of some games in development
The less said about this idiotic statement, the better.New York Times:
New features cannot hide the fact that PlayStation 4 is still a console, a way of playing games on compact discs that was cool when cellphones were not smart.