Killer Queen
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You guys just love to be disappointed.
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Sony: We Held PS4 Exclusives Back from E3 2017
- Thread starter Loudninja
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Makes sense.
Lost Legacy is out in a couple of months, so a big Last of Us presence at E3 would likely have overshadowed it.
gundamkyoukai
Member
ND really seem to like PSX .
We also saw our first UC4 footage there and UCTLL.
Sony make money off PSX and they have all the press for there self also .
So if i were them i would turn into my biggest show of the year .
Shin
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TLoU2, Shenmue HD, more DBFZ, hopefully Onimusha Remake?, DoA6 and what's not.
Assuming those games are real...one can hope at least...
darkistheway
Member
Makes a ton of sense. Hype marketing is a year round affair, no sense in putting all of that into a single show.
SprachBrooks
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They should have asked if they had any plans to bring PSX to Europe.
cookie-monster
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so did everyone else though
SolidSnakex
Member
Those games obviously aren't coming out this year. Sony pretty much announces a major AAA game and releases it the same year.
Are we? I'm absolutely swamped with games.
Herp Derpington
Member
Sony said:
Oh well ok that explains the shit show they gave us. Good to know. Now we can stop talking about their disappointing E3. It was by design!
Psycho_Mantis
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Most of Sony's first party have already revealed their game or early in their next game. Some exceptions are:
- Sucker Punch
- Media Molecule
- SCEJ
I reckon most of these announcements will be from third parties.
- Sucker Punch
- Media Molecule
- SCEJ
I reckon most of these announcements will be from third parties.
gundamkyoukai
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Because we now have our own show where we announce maybe our biggest IP last year .
Mikey Jr.
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I can see PSX becoming bigger and bigger for Sony.
I mean, they DEBUTED Last of Us 2 there.
That is fucking nuts. Last of Us 2 is an E3 moment.
I'm not surprised though. Sony gets PSX day all to themselves, rather than being drowned out by everyone else.
I'm not saying Sony will leave E3 one day, but I can totally see them bouncing out of having conferences. I can see Sony slowly, year by year, building up PSX to have the same level of gravitas as E3 for them.
I mean, they DEBUTED Last of Us 2 there.
That is fucking nuts. Last of Us 2 is an E3 moment.
I'm not surprised though. Sony gets PSX day all to themselves, rather than being drowned out by everyone else.
I'm not saying Sony will leave E3 one day, but I can totally see them bouncing out of having conferences. I can see Sony slowly, year by year, building up PSX to have the same level of gravitas as E3 for them.
@ShenmueGuru
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Is it confirmed Sony are indeed skipping Gamescom?
NoctisVsStar
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Stop with the BB2 that's how people get disappointed doing Jedi mind tricks on themselves
If we repeat it amongst ourselves enough times it becomes fact!
biglittleps
Member
Makes sense, thats why this year they closed conference in an hour.
intheinbetween
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for god's sake, no more 2 years release window game announcents
Theslammer
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I mean, they announced a lot last year at E3, but that didn't stop them from a Last of Us Part II announcement, or Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, or Knack 2, or Wipeout Omega Collection, or remasters of PaRappa/Locoroco/Patapon.
They had a lot of games without release windows from the past year or two. If they decided to not show Spider-Man last year, making the final trailer this E3 a surprise, would that have changed the fact that the game was in development and we're getting it in 2018? If Naughty Dog decided to hold The Last of Us Part II for E3, would that have changed that the game was in development?
SnowFlakeCake
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PSX went from a fucking joke one year to being amazing the next. I think Sony care a whole lot about PSX now, more than E3 and Gamescom is an event they don't seem to bother with anymore.
I don't mind, it makes sense for Sony to break their announcements throughout the year. The timing also works great between E3 and PSX which is 6 months, a good time to update on the games announced and also show the new games.
Druckmann tweeted what was pretty obvious, in that Uncharted is getting focus until it releases and that game needs the spotlight, as the buzz does not seem to be there. PSX, Sucker Punch new IP (man they taking their time) and TLOU II gameplay, book it.
I don't mind, it makes sense for Sony to break their announcements throughout the year. The timing also works great between E3 and PSX which is 6 months, a good time to update on the games announced and also show the new games.
Druckmann tweeted what was pretty obvious, in that Uncharted is getting focus until it releases and that game needs the spotlight, as the buzz does not seem to be there. PSX, Sucker Punch new IP (man they taking their time) and TLOU II gameplay, book it.
I mean I don't blame Sony for no drops this year but they might should have saved one of last year's announcement for this e3 instead. I also think if they had put hidden agenda and gotten that kingdom hearts trailer premiere in this conference people would have been less underwhelmed
Ghost Slayer
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hidden agenda was misplaced. As for KH, I don't think what else Sony could do since it was Nomura's choice
It's becoming this. Show general support for E3 and it sets the mindset that nothing is coming them boom hit em with the megatons at E3!
This is what they did at last PSX megatons and upcoming games it was huge. Not to mention the panels.
PSX was great because it set the tempo for all the great releases in 1st qtr 2017 and when they came out the mindshare was awesome.
Also who else has a December show Sony can keep all the mindshare and news cycle to themselves.
Its a single conference, jesus christ. Some people pushing a narrative about how they have failed the whole year because of an average E3 conference are sad, especially after the stellar first half of the year they just had.
LordOcidax
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Water is wet... Nintendo and Mic can say the same...
Shin
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Actually doesn't seem far fetched because PSX would be couple weeks later from XBOX's launch.
ForkNetwork
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get2sammyb
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I don't see what's wrong with this statement. They have stuff in development, and they decided not to show it at this moment in time. Seems perfectly reasonable to me?
We know they're not lying either, because studios like Sucker Punch have to be making something. I can't imagine they're paying them to sit on their hands. Same with new VR studios like Manchester Studio.
Dargor
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Head.spawn
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I think it's safe to assume that unless the studios are closed, they're working on something. No excuse for a lackluster E3 showing.
Theslammer
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They're not really taking their time at Sucker Punch. Remember that Horizon started development (new IP) in 2011 and they showed nothing until E3 2015. While another team did work on Killzone: Shadow Fall, which they showed in 2013, they're a big enough team to do that, while Sucker Punch is not.
Okami Haundo
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Will these "held back" games release within the next few years? /s
For real though, as much as I love Sony's exclusives I'm slightly annoyed with their long reveal to release windows. It's neat to know that new games are coming, but it's even more neat to actually play them.
For real though, as much as I love Sony's exclusives I'm slightly annoyed with their long reveal to release windows. It's neat to know that new games are coming, but it's even more neat to actually play them.
Kudo
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Worked with Metroid Prime 4, I'm sure it'll work with Bloodborne 2 too.
FullMetaltech
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I cant keep up with the backlog I have. Especially the ones from Plus.