Support NeoGAF

[Mikey Jr.]

thats actually why releasing them at the same time (or at least close) makes more sense...Sony doesnt care which one you buy, they just want you to buy one of them, so they can get you in the ecosystem, buying games, and subbing to PS+

what they DONT want...is someone saying they will wait 6 months for Neo to launch...that person isnt buying games, or subbing to PS+

That's true....

Let's say I don't have a ps4. I watch this conference and they announce the slim available today. Then they say Neo available March 2017.

I'll just wait tbh. Save my money, spend a bit more, and get the better system.

But like you said, that's half a year of no ps plus money, no games, no dlc, etc etc.

 

[Anarckhy]

Well I'm expecting TLOU2, GTAVI, and RDR2 so I can buy a PS4 already.

Yeah, I'm sensing Rockstar's presence at this meeting. FINALLY.

 

[finalflame]

I get the feeling the meeting will be hardware only with announcements of titles that will be improved on Neo. Sony has PSX coming up in just a few months, why would they wanna cannibalize announcements by showing games at the Meeting?

 

[THE:MILKMAN]

This is not a good adjective IMO gonna make a thread about it.

Not sure what you mean by the last part of your post?

All I'm saying is that Sony PR is going to be under a lot of pressure with so many pieces of HW to sell and that could lead to problems. Hopefully I'm completely wrong about this.

Can't wait to hear Sony explain their HW plans on the 7th.

 

[Jack cw]

... why would they wanna cannibalize announcements by showing games at the Meeting?

To sell the hardware.

 

[Memento]

I get the feeling the meeting will be hardware only with announcements of titles that will be improved on Neo. Sony has PSX coming up in just a few months, why would they wanna cannibalize announcements by showing games at the Meeting?

To hype up Neo

 

[DeathSparks]

This is too good

 

[Crimson_Gold]

Not sure what you mean by the last part of your post?

All I'm saying is that Sony PR is going to be under a lot of pressure with so many pieces of HW to sell and that could lead to problems. Hopefully I'm completely wrong about this.

Can't wait to hear Sony explain their HW plans on the 7th.

I believe you are. I'm not too sure about this psp2 thing, could be anything really, so I can't say too much. PSVR will sell itself. The pre-orders are already sold out. They won't over produce them. They didn't seem to position it to be a mass market product. The neo will be there for those interested in more power and media capabilities. The look of the slim shows that they are clearly differentiating it from what will likely be a premium looking neo. People that want a cheap ps4 will be happy. People thay want the new hotness will be happy. And we all will talk about the good times to be had while playing summer lessons

 

[Darklor01]

why would they wanna cannibalize announcements by showing games at the Meeting?

I can't imagine you can sell off new hardware without software on display. PSVR game info, increased graphics visuals for NEO.

 

[Darklor01]

This is too good

Hahahaha perfect!

 

[Undead Fantasy]

This is too good

This guy is always on point.

 

[TalonJH]

Sure but if you are Sony you also want everyone to adopt a shiny new premium gadget aka PSVR this Holiday while they are at it, no?

They just want you locked into their ecosystem, extra revenue from the limited amount they make off new hardware to get you in that ecosystem is a bonus.

I get the feeling the meeting will be hardware only with announcements of titles that will be improved on Neo. Sony has PSX coming up in just a few months, why would they wanna cannibalize announcements by showing games at the Meeting?

This mostly. Maybe one game announcement. The rest is games showing you "why you should buy a Neo".

 

[Shin-Ra]

This is too good

What's clever about this?

 

[Harp]

I think there is zero chance Sony announced an updated system in press conference that is coming out after the holiday season. Unless their goal is to sale the same amount of systems in November as they would in March. There goal is to sell 20 million systems this fiscal year. And while that ends in March they need to see some spikes in sales start right about now.

 

[RandomHopeInc]

What's clever about this?

The absurdidty of the rate at which leaks have come out, with even complete unboxing of Playstation 4 slim, they might as well quit having an event for information that's already known.

It's an exagerration bruh

 

[Shin-Ra]

The absurdidty of the rate at which leaks have come out, with even complete unboxing of Playstation 4 slim, they might as well quit having an event for information that's already known.

It's an exagerration bruh

The guy selling it could have unboxed it over a day ago.

 

[Okami Haundo]

The guy selling it could have unboxed it over a day ago.

The person selling them is doing so on a fairly anonymous selling/trading website. Without jumping to any conclusions here, we can at least say that they don't seem to want public attention.

 

[Darklor01]

The person selling them is doing so on a fairly anonymous selling/trading website. Without jumping to any conclusions here, we can at least say that they don't seem to want public attention.

Inviting Eurogamer into their living room isn't seeking attn?

Edit: actually, was that a buyer or the seller? If that was the buyer, not the seller, I apologize for my confusion.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

Inviting Eurogamer into their living room isn't seeking attn?

Edit: actually, was that a buyer or the seller? If that was the buyer, not the seller, I apologize for my confusion.

That was the buyer, not the seller.

 

[Hexa]

Inviting Eurogamer into their living room isn't seeking attn?

Edit: actually, was that a buyer or the seller? If that was the buyer, not the seller, I apologize for my confusion.

That was a buyer.

 

[Darklor01]

That was the buyer, not the seller.

My apologies. I got that way wrong.

 

[RPGamer92]

Just 2 weeks to go.

 

[Inuhanyou]

Yeah. DE = DEutschland = the German name of Germany.

that's weird! But then why is Japan "JP?" Would it not be "Ni" for Nihon/Nippon?

Or i guess it depends on the country

 

[TalonJH]

Is anyone choosing BETWEEN VR and the Neo... at least this year? I'm leaning towards the Neo depending on specs/benefit etc.

If GamePro is correct and they release NEO in Sept as well, I will cancel my PSVR preorder. If it is in late Oct as we suspected, I will keep my PSVR preorder and pick up a NEO later.

 

[Turkoop]

Yeah, I'm sensing Rockstar's presence at this meeting. FINALLY.

I'M SENSING IT SINCE I WAS BORN DUDE

 

[Lady Gaia]

that's weird! But then why is Japan "JP?" Would it not be "Ni" for Nihon/Nippon?

That's a great question, and not something I've thought about before. Perhaps it's because German is natively written using the Latin alphabet, so Deutschland has a natural shorthand? The Japanese name for their own country would naturally be written in Kanji as 日本, so if you're going to transliterate you might as well use the name familiar to more users of the Latin alphabet?

 

[The Last Wizard]

Are we expecting the neo to be in short supply?

 

[Xenoflare]

Are we expecting the neo to be in short supply?

I don't know, but it's not unreasonable to think that though.

 

[Turkoop]

are we expecting any new games presented ? or just hardware with some already announced games to show the power.

 

[injurai]

Well I'm expecting TLOU2, GTAVI, and RDR2 so I can buy a PS4 already.

Yeah, I'm sensing Rockstar's presence at this meeting. FINALLY.

I want a new Rockstar game as much as anyone, but what points to this likely happening?

 

[Turkoop]

I want a new Rockstar game as much as anyone, but what points to this likely happening?

no E3 presence. Or should I say that RDR 2 Trailer has been removed at the end of the show...

 

[weekev]

This may be a minor point, and forgive me if this has already been discussed(soz for not reading 44 pages of thread already) do you think there will be something good relating to ps+ given that there is a price increase and it's the first Tuesday of the month aka new IGC game released.

 

[Boke1879]

As far as new games I think everyone needs to temper their expectations honestly. I just don't see it. We'll most likely see some first party games taking advantage of the HW if anything.

Just a thought, but man. September really feels like the start of a new phase for Sony. Not just for HW but their network services as well. I mean today we got PSNow on PC. In Sept we get a slim and Neo announcement with the slim launching very shortly afterwards I'd assume.

October we have PSVR and then after that I'd assume Neo launches. Going to be a busy few months for them heading into the new year.

 

[finalflame]

As far as new games I think everyone needs to temper their expectations honestly. I just don't see it. We'll most likely see some first party games taking advantage of the HW if anything.

These are my thoughts as well. We might see some Spider-Man, and a few upcoming games and comparison between Neo and regular PS4, or something like that. I doubt we'll see any insane new game announcements, especially not third party stuff. Maybe some small studio experimental Sony or Indie stuff.

 

[Raiden1018]

Yeah, I'm sensing Rockstar's presence at this meeting. FINALLY.

Why are so many people expecting R* to show up?

 

[Chamber]

Why are so many people expecting R* to show up?

Same with every show. Have to be right eventually.

 

[OdysseusVA]

Why are so many people expecting R* to show up?

RDR2 to be console exclusive

 

[Turkoop]

Why are so many people expecting R* to show up?

because Zelnick said T2 & R* would be in a big way at E3 - but they weren't.
So either PS Meeting or PSX.

 

[Carn82]

That's a great question, and not something I've thought about before. Perhaps it's because German is natively written using the Latin alphabet, so Deutschland has a natural shorthand? The Japanese name for their own country would naturally be written in Kanji as 日本, so if you're going to transliterate you might as well use the name familiar to more users of the Latin alphabet?

Hmm. It's interesting though, same with Finland/Suomi, Hungary/Magyar.

Altough I've seen all kind of things, especially during football matches, like HOL-GER (Holland - Germany), Holland isn't a country..

 

[Raiden1018]

because Zelnick said T2 & R* would be in a big way at E3 - but they weren't.
So either PS Meeting or PSX.

Nope they said They will be there in a big way. Meaning T2. and at e3 Mafia 3, a 2k game, had its own station thingy. they never said anything about R*

 

[SolidSnakex]

because Zelnick said T2 & R* would be in a big way at E3 - but they weren't.
So either PS Meeting or PSX.

He only said that they as a company would be there in a big way. And they actually were

All he's said about Rockstar is that they'll announce stuff "soon". He's been saying that since May and most recently said it again earlier this month.

 

[Boke1879]

because Zelnick said T2 & R* would be in a big way at E3 - but they weren't.
So either PS Meeting or PSX.

PSX would be more likely imo. I just don't see R* being here and annoucing RDR2.

I mean it would be awesome if that happened, but I can't see it.

 

[injurai]

They also had Civ6 there which I think is pretty big.

I bet we don't see Rockstar reveal anything until next year with a 2018/2019 release date. But I'd be happy to be proven wrong.

 

[gus-gus]

If GamePro is correct and they release NEO in Sept as well, I will cancel my PSVR preorder. If it is in late Oct as we suspected, I will keep my PSVR preorder and pick up a NEO later.

I doubt neo would launch in September, it's possible but doubtful. I could understand that with slim but neo I'm expecting sometime in October earliest. Either way I'm there day one.

 

[Freddo]

that's weird! But then why is Japan "JP?" Would it not be "Ni" for Nihon/Nippon?

Or i guess it depends on the country

.ni = Nicaragua

.ge = Georgia (the country).

More info about the two letter standard thingy; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2

 

[Screamapillar]

Well I'm expecting TLOU2, GTAVI, and RDR2 so I can buy a PS4 already.

LOL. yes they are totally announcing the holy trinity of sequels at the PS Meeting in two weeks.

 

[Darklor01]

I expect NEO will launch in 2016. There is more mounting evidence that it may launch in September even if it doesn't make that much sense to do it then for many reasons. We will find out soon during the meeting I suspect. In any of the cases, Sony has been busy busy and all this speculation on anything except PS4 Slim now that the cat is out of the bag is dizzying at this point.

 

[Always-honest]

Oe can't wait to see what difference the Neo will make.

 

[injurai]

Oe can't wait to see what difference the Neo will make.

1 million troops

 

[DieH@rd]

I don't expect TLG to get bundled at all. the Slim will get Lego bundles and shit

U:NDC had a popular bundle. Sony also needs to sell some bundles with their own games, since there they don't need to give money to 3rd parties for their games.