You know what? That really sounds like the kind of stupid thing Sony does.
Good thing MS never makes that mistake of repeatedly showing trailers before the game is released.
That's how I feel. You can't even react a certain way to what happens at E3 without being called out on it, like we're in the wrong for praising Sony for making the decision not to hold their own press conference this year.And no OP, i dont have Sony stocks. I am just always watching the gaming industry with interest
a multibillion dollar corporation can't have a development system where theres at least 1 game ready to show every year?. pathetic,It’s too early to show anything new as they’ll save that thunder for the PS5 official reveal. We’ve also pretty much seen enough of TLOU2, Dreams, Ghosts of Tsushima, or at least enough until closer to release. They just showed Death Stranding recently.
So I don’t know I’d say it’s a positive to have skipped it, but it definitely probably wasn’t worth spending the money to do it from a profit standpoint. Showing more of known upcoming releases isn’t going to sell a bunch of PS4s. They can do their own show around the holidays and early next year when their last few big exclusives are close to launching.
a multibillion dollar corporation can't have a development system where theres at least 1 game ready to show every year?. pathetic,
thats not the Sony I lived with
"Microsoft showed no new games and nothing of interest, C-"
"Nintendo showed no new games and nothing of interest, B+"
- NeoGAF
It cracks me up that people took my joke thread seriously.
So much winning on GAF. Courtesy of...........me!
They just use the blog for that nowadays. Indie aficionados are also used to looking up there for new games.Would have been nice for Sony to show off some Indy games. Those devs can use all the free pub they can get.
Naturally, it was a calculated risk, because they knew Microsoft is also gearing up for next gen and wouldn't have as much to show for current gen as usual.I dont think them missing the show is any kind of "gain", but they had to be a little worried Microsoft would have an amazing show while they were silent.
Didn't happen, the MS show was just ok. So Sony got away with skipping and was not damaged by it.
I think the point is, if you don't have stuff to talk about, it's better to not say anything than to spend an hour and a half elaborating on how you don't have anything to talk about. That's basically what MS did.
Both Sony and MS are gearing up for next generation consoles next year. The big current gen games are already known and next-gen stuff isn't ready to be discussed.
Regardless, after that Nintendo Direct, it really doesn't matter. Nintendo completely embarrassed Sony who said nothing and Microsoft who showed everything they had (not much).
Everybody could've seen MS's mediocre show coming from a mile away.I dont think them missing the show is any kind of "gain", but they had to be a little worried Microsoft would have an amazing show while they were silent.
Didn't happen, the MS show was just ok. So Sony got away with skipping and was not damaged by it.
This isn't true though - some of us had reasonable expectations of Fable reveal, Halo infinite proper reveal, something that didn't look like total trash from Ninja Theory, something AMAZING from Obsidian etc etc.Everybody could've seen MS's mediocre show coming from a mile away.
This isn't true though - some of us had reasonable expectations of Fable reveal, Halo infinite proper reveal, something that didn't look like total trash from Ninja Theory, something AMAZING from Obsidian etc etc.
If their production/pr was functioning properly I think we would have seen much of this - but we didn't.
"Microsoft showed no new games and nothing of interest, C-"
"Nintendo showed no new games and nothing of interest, B+"
- NeoGAF
so, just because Microsoft didn't have a great showing. it was a good decision to not show fans some exciting new things? lmao. is this the level of fanboyism we've reached that even the media says stuff like that?
In what world is it a good decision for Sony to skip the biggest gaming event, but also show us all more new games, well. it would be if they had nothing to show, Just like E3 2017, or, E3 2018. no I kid you not you can go and watch those 2 E3s. no new exclusives announced. we've had E3s from 1994-2018 from Sony. the only two E3s that lacked new games, are the last two, and 2019 is basically the third E3 Sony does not announce a new game in. why?. well thats what happens when you don't make that many games anymore
tldr: Sony skipping E3 was not a good decision for any of us, its a good shitty corporate decision that people shit talked microsoft about for years last gen. but we're praising Sony for what whatever microsoft was criticized for. but am sure ya'll fanboys Enjoy waiting 4+ years for a game instead of having more people work on more exclusives for a system. I just loved seeing days gone like 3-4 years in a row before it came out.
do yall all of the sudden have a stock in Sony Corp?. lol. we're all fans, why do you encourage and praise anti-fanatic decisions?.
Even though I dislike some of Sony's more recent decisions, even a broken clock is right twice a day.
E3 just feels like a glorified TV commercial. And like a TV commercial, you always want to fast forward until you see the good stuff.
So Sony skipping this years e3 is now in hindsight, a good move. Of course, there's nothing to say that can't change in the future.
And maybe it's just because I'm getting older but e3 just feels so... formulatic. Like we've come to expect the following:
3rd party games, 3rd party games, 3rd party games, a 1st party game, 3rd party games, pre-order this, new dlc
Yeah, without mixing it up somehow, it's not really worth tuning in to watch an entire conference.
This is why e3 is at its best when it's about a new console reveal. All the new information is exclusively revealed there and we do get to see a hands on demo of it.E3 would be better off if the focus was on more intimate gameplay demos and interviews instead of packed crowds feeling obligated to clap and cheer a trailer.
Just change E3 to every 2-3 years instead of every year. Problem solved. If you cant give me a quality conference with 24 months of planning then that just means E3 needs to die off and all companies do their own personal conferences and keynotes.
Are you the same person who typed both of these posts?I will say this, its amazing Sony is getting no real flack (from Sony fans) for not showing up. In what crazy world do we punish the people who at least ATTEMPTED to make a showing and praise the people who made zero effort?
I would flambé Microsoft if it was the other way around.
Microsoft didn't have to show up either, but they know E3 is still important to a large community of both casual and hardcore gamers so they spent money to at least give some type of showing. Good or bad, at least they competed. Sony basically said "f you guys we skipping this year"...and this is a good thing....for gamers? As a community we now love zero effort?
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
Are you the same person who typed both of these posts?
In your first post you actually explain to yourself why it makes sense to not having these companies show up annualy if they don't have anything substantial to show. And then in your next post you sound like a bitter fanboy who is angry that he didn't get his chance to "punish" a publisher for what would have been an underwhelming conference.
On the contrary i think that has been the case a long time ago. Just look at how bad-mediocre both Sony's and MS's past E3 conferences have been and how much better they would have been if they showed up once every 2-3 years.HOW. EV. ER.
That's not the case yet,
On the contrary i think that has been the case a long time ago. Just look at how bad-mediocre both Sony's and MS's past E3 conferences have been and how much better they would have been if they showed up once every 2-3 years.
It may didn't need to happen for Sony and others but Nintendo and Square Enix proved they had a lot of substantial new trailers,games and info to communicate. That's why i'm not so sure if it's a good idea to not have an E3 at all for 2-3 years. But then again if they REALLY need to show something in-between they can have their own shows/directs.I think it's the end of the generation and nobody has shit worth showing. Sony's choice to skip E3 was a strange one for sure, but I can't help but feel that E3 didn't need to happen at all.
The fans feel important. "My dad beat your dad", etc.What does a company get if they 'win' E3?