Sony hid behind a curtain of hype at E3 2015

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Sony put on a fantastic show at E3 2015, of that there is little doubt. The huge announcements came one after another and the crowd was in such awe that even Uncharted 4’s technical difficulties could be overlooked.

It’s been said that this E3 was perhaps the best in years and from an excitement point of view it certainly was. Everybody, aside from EA, put on a good show and brought their A-game. Even EA with all its sportsysportsyshootysports had its moments with heartwarming things such as Coldwood Interactive showing the world Unravel.

Sony often gets the job of closing up the frenzy of conferences which starts with Microsoft and with full knowledge of this there’s almost a pressure on them to grab people’s attention after several long hours of conferences. This year Sony played to that in the most extreme sense and if E3 is all about smoke and mirrors then for two hours Sony became the embodiment of E3.

Looking at the four main conferences – Sony, Microsoft, EA and Ubisoft – three of them had a healthy mix of big titles set to release this year and in 2016 or later, the other was Sony. Sony’s conference was built on intangible titles that are still a long way off from release such as The Last Guardian, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Shenmue 3. Dreams and Horizon: Zero Dawn are both first-party titles and gave us a taste of gameplay but are only set to release next year at the earliest. The other big titles were all multi-platform titles to which Sony can only boast having a little bit of exclusive DLC or bonus content, I call that inconsequential fluff and hardly something worth making a fuss over.

Sony chose not to confront their lack of momentum or do anything about it. They hid it by using the old cinema trick of a moving backdrop while they stay in one spot. The backdrop will eventually stop and Sony doesn’t seem to have considered that. For a company that is making significant losses year on year, they really should be more concerned about establishing a larger userbase on PlayStation.

Sony seems more concerned with pandering to its existing fans than with attracting new ones and that’s going to hurt them.
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After all the hype dust settled people are starting to see what really happened at e3 :wow:
 
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People are idiots.

If Sony had simply delayed Bloodborne and released it in November/December, they'd somehow be viewed in a more positive light.

But since they decided to drop it in March and not wait to drop everything Q4, everybody wants to cry that they have nothing coming up in the immediate future.

Horizon and Uncharted 4 are "so far away" and the gem they dropped earlier this year is "bushes" at this point.

Only in the gaming world is the year only 3 months long.
 
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Codeine Fiend Dream Team said:
People are idiots.

If Sony had simply delayed Bloodborne and released it in November/December, they'd somehow be viewed in a more positive light.

But since they decided to drop it in March and not wait to drop everything Q4, everybody wants to cry that they have nothing coming up in the immediate future.

Horizon and Uncharted 4 are "so far away" and the gem they dropped earlier this year is "bushes" at this point.

Only in the gaming world is the year only 3 months long.
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Problem with this logic is that its not like Sony had a great year last year either. I could see if they've been dropping best since launch and then just had an off season.

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I'm guessing if you want to 'win' E3 you release your exclusives after E3, not before. This retarded logic in this industry astounds me.
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The fukk. :dahell:

E3 is about future games.

You're the only one using retarded logic here.:francis:
 
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MeachTheMonster said:
Problem with this logic is that its not like Sony had a great year last year either. I could see if they've been dropping best since launch and then just had an off season.
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For me, neither MS or Sony have done much of note since dropping consoles in November 2013.

Sony's hot releases were TLOU Remastered and Bloodborne.

MS's hot releases were Forza Horizon 2 and Sunset Overdrive.

That's really about it on either side. Both consoles have had flops (Driveclub, The Order, Titanfall, Halo MCC) and both have upcoming heat.

I don't see why the article is simply going after Sony for being facetious, acting like MS is any better.

What Sony did this year with The Last Guardian and FF7 Remake is no different than what MS did last year with Quantum Break and Crackdown... Teasing games 2+ years away.

But to ignore Horizon and Uncharted is just blatant fanboyism. Author is simply looking at Q4 and doesn't see anything for Sony because they're exclusives dropped before or dropping after and equated that with smoke and mirrors.

MS will/should have stronger Q4 sales with TR and Halo 5. But Sony's two hot games should be out next spring/summer. It's a wash.
 
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Codeine Fiend Dream Team said:
For me, neither MS or Sony have done much of note since dropping consoles in November 2013.

Sony's hot releases were TLOU Remastered and Bloodborne.

MS's hot releases were Forza Horizon 2 and Sunset Overdrive.

That's really about it on either side. Both consoles have had flops (Driveclub, The Order, Titanfall, Halo MCC) and both have upcoming heat.

I don't see why the article is simply going after Sony for being facetious, acting like MS is any better.

What Sony did this year with The Last Guardian and FF7 Remake is no different than what MS did last year with Quantum Break and Crackdown... Teasing games 2+ years away.

But to ignore Horizon and Uncharted is just blatant fanboyism. Author is simply looking at Q4 and doesn't see anything for Sony because they're exclusives dropped before or dropping after and equated that with smoke and mirrors.

MS will/should have stronger Q4 sales with TR and Halo 5. But Sony's two hot games should be out next spring/summer. It's a wash.
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I agree with your first statement that neither console has dropped several games of noteworthy. Going into the rest of this year and even 2016 though I see Xbox One coming strong. Halo 5 speaks for itself, but they're giving us Gears 1 remastered which is going to sell just because of the name alone. I don't see Tomb Raider being a system mover, but I think Fallout 4 with mods is enticing as well as the competitive crowd seeing games like R6 Siege coming with the first two vegas games.

Q1 for Sony in 2016 is huge with Street Fighter, Ratchet & Clank, and Uncharted, but I think MS can somewhat counteract that if they can release 2 of 3 (Quantum Break, Crackdown, Scalebound) within the same window until Gears 4 drops and that one speaks for itself.

Either way, I'm glad to own both systems. The next year is going to be :blessed:
 
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