Sony’s always been a big presence on the Gamescom showfloor, but it opted not to hold a German press conference in 2015 due to scheduling issues and again in 2016 as it placed increased focus on E3 and PlayStation Experience. But now PlayStation Europe chief Jim Ryan has hinted that it may hold a European show this year.
“We're just in the process of looking at that very carefully,” he revealed. “We didn't do a European show last year. We made a really conscious decision to pile the content into E3 last year, and without giving anything away – ‘cos I'd hate to do that to you of all people [laughs] – it would be nice to do something in Europe this year. So that's something we're looking at very carefully.”
This year, Gamescom is being held between 22nd August and 26th August, so it’s far enough away from both E3 and PlayStation Experience for it to work. But does the platform holder have enough content to hold this number of press conferences and truly satisfy the insatiable appetite of the core gaming audience? We have our doubts.
[source gamereactor.eu]
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it would be nice but if they hold back content for PSX then it wouldn't be worth it, all we would get is a rehash of the E3 conference
It could work for some games that are coming in the Fall, specially if they have a release date for Gran Turismo Sport.
I wonder if that is a backlash to their E3 showing? Not saying Sony's was bad - not at all but it was met with a muted (and I don't mean the crowd) response.
I kind of thought that Sony 'could get away with showing pretty much the games they showed last year, chuck in the few 3rd Party games (inc RDR2) and maybe surprise us with Sucker Punches new Project and walk away all smiles with the press and public being very contented.
However, they pretty much did this (without the Sucker Punch or RDR2 showing) and maybe more focus on VR than I expected but still seemed to be met with a muted response. I didn't expect two of the multi-plat games - although I expected CoD & Destiny as Activision don't have a press briefing. I know Monster Hunter was rumoured but I don't think MvsC: Infinite was - neither of which I was necessarily expecting at Sony's E3.
In terms of first Party though, the only 'new' reveal, apart from the VR games, was the remaster/remake of Shadow of the Colossus. Don't get me wrong as I know that for some this is a 'big deal' but I myself can't get 'excited' by an old game returning with a bit of polish. I wonder though if those fans of the game would have been happier if a brand new sequel had been announced - maybe with this game added in a similar way to CoD and MWr?
I could be wrong but I can't think of any 'new' AAA exclusive game being shown we hadn't seen before and wasn't a remake? And again with the disclaimer - not including VR games. For me the big news was the confirmation of Horizon:DLC and whilst it was good to see a bit more of Uncharted, Days Gone, Spider-Man and God of War (Detroit still hasn't enticed me but others may have been happy to get a look at that), the fact it lacked 'new' AAA blockbuster exclusives, and for some too thematically similar throughout the hour long show kind of left people a bit disappointed!
That's not to say the games were 'bad' or even comparing this to others (especially not MS) but looking at it purely as a Sony gamer, maybe Sony feel they want to do something for Gamescom this year - before the Holiday season!
Leave it for PSX, maybe announce a couple of big Japanese titles at TGS but PSX is where it's at.
I think they should show all their best content on the Saturday of EGX to select few of the Sony Push Square faithful.
Don't bother with anymore shows, and pile everything onto PSX. After last years PSX, I feel like people's expectations are high.
@BAMozzy Well, Ueda isn't involved in the SOTC remake, he IS working on his next game. This is mainly Bluepoint Games. So it was either this remake or a remake of another game (cause that's all that Bluepoint Games really does at this point (they're amazing at it though)). Knowing this isn't taking away any development time from the next 'team ICO' game, I'm glad it exists and is happening.
@Octane The point wasn't about SOTC itself but the fact this was the only 'new' AAA reveal from Sony. I know quite a few are happy that its getting a remake but if they had announced a sequel and this was coming with it (in the same way that CoD added MWr) or even preceding it for newcomers, I think that would have been better received.
Maybe its just me, but I think its disappointing when a 'remake/remaster' of old games are the 'highlights', the biggest new announcement, or the only 'new' AAA reveal.
I know games are taking longer to develop and its quite good that we are getting old classics with a modern look. I know a lot probably were too young or didn't own the system they released on but I feel these are games that should feature in pre or post press shows with more focus given to new games, new experiences etc.
I know Bluepoint do a great job of updating these games and I can see they have a place, a purpose, but I want to see 'new' experiences personally.
Each to their own of course. The Last of Us and Nathan Drake collection ended up being Sony's 2nd and 3rd biggest selling exclusives on PS4 (so far), selling more than Infamous, Killzone, Bloodborne, Horizon:ZD etc so shows they can be lucrative
If love it if they did a conference just for really great indie stuff coming to the platform
Gamescom is always in Germany isn't it? That's not really a European show. I don't think anyone calls E3 a North American expo. Nobody wants to see Sony at Gamescom unless they're already going to the event.
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi what do you mean nobody wants to see Sony at gamescom
@dark_knightmare2 exactly that, Sony aren't going to surprise release anything later this year and so the sensible person would prefer they just dumped all the cool announcements at PSX.
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi oh ok yeah I agree with you on that. I thought you were saying Sony has no fans in Germany lol
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