Sony Bins E3 2018 Press Conference Pre-Show

Cool. Give the smaller reveals some time to soak in.

I much prefer this approach. The pre-show time is when I'm scrambling about getting my coffee/snacks ready for the real show & going to toilet 50-60 times (don't wanna miss anything good!)

I'm interested in what these games announced over the next few days will be. I've seen some people speculate about some pretty big names but that doesn't make much sense. Save anything big like Devil May Cry, or maybe Rocksteady's next game (they've partnered with Sony in the past and the studio has been quiet for a while) for the actual press conference and let remasters or indie titles be front and center over the next three or four days.

@get2sammyb "latter stages of the gen now"

Switch started next gen already.

I'm considering skipping Sony's E3 this year b/c I'm not all that excited about any of those 4 games. I'll play them all probably, but why spend an hour or so on a Monday night when I can just peruse it all at my leisure later on?

I'll be watching the ND, hoping for some new games to play on my Switch. And if PS5 gets announced in Feb/Mar 2019 next E3 will be a lot more interesting. But if PS5 doesn't get announced until after E3 next year, well I can't imagine what Sony will do, skip it?

It's almost like Sony has to announce the PS5 in early 2019, even if it isn't coming out until 2020, just so they have something to talk about next year at E3.

@Gamer83 "what these games"

From what I recall wasn't it 3 PSVR games and a port/remaster?

That's not a joke, that's what I remember.

@rjejr
It think it was a PS4 game with PSVR functionality, a PS4 game, and two PSVR exclusives. Could be wrong.

@Gamer83 Close enough, we'll go with yours.

You have PSVR? We've had it a few months but my oldest son still hasn't tried it yet, we're waiting for finals to be over in 2 weeks, high school is hard in June, AP exams, Regents and finals, it's a whole month of tests.

@get2sammyb Once the main show doesn't devolve into a Konami E3 2010-style crap fest (one million trooooppppsss. Woww) then I'll be happy.

@rjejr
Nah, I was on the verge of getting PSVR last year, decided to wait and see what the Switch was all about instead and ended up with that. Think it was a good decision.

@Gamer83 I barely touch my Switch excerpt for free Pokemon Quest but I'd still take it over PSVR and I've only played 1 game on it, Super Mario Odyssey. Played Zelda BotW on Wii U. But I picked up PSVR for $200, that included the $50 camera and GT Sport which I traded in for $20, so it was worth it just for this pic of me w/ Sackboy. I dont' have a lot of friends.

Bloodborne 2, let's go!

@rjejr
Until recently I'd been gaming on the Switch as much as PS4, and I'm definitely more a PlayStation fan. I don't know what it is with VR, I've just never been a fan. I have been to places where VR is used in cool ways, like the Museum of Science in New Jersey which had a really cool VR basketball game, but VR overall has never brought anything to gaming that makes a big difference. At least not in my opinion.

Makes sense to me - I thought they actually wasted some good games in a brief whirlwind, I'd rather every game got a bit more time in the sun. Knack 3, for example.

I'd still prefer to have one huge show full of announcements instead of spreading them out. I didn't watch the preshow last year as I didn't realise they'd be announcing anything in it.

This is good, rather than put them all in preshow, it's better to announce them one by one each day before e3.

by the way the new announcements will be coming at 4pm GMT via the PlayStation Blog, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube according to the blog Sony just posted

What's the game they'll announce today? I'm a little excited

@Gamer83 "has never brought anything to gaming"

That's the big catch 22 for me, VR sucks for gaming, it just does. Well my kind of gaming, 3D open world games, 2D platformers and JRPG that take 150 hours. None of those are really suitable for life inside a big heavy headset. VR is great for "the experience of being there". But when I'm experiencing something, I don't want to be playing a game. Though I will admit Until Dawn Rush of Blood works really well as a VR game, but most of that game is experiencing a simulation of a modern day haunted house ride. Yes you are playing the game shooting things, but you are simulating one of those real life rides. And thats' what VR does well and is for, real life simulations. But I only want to do those for 15 minutes at a time about once a week.

We may get that new expanded PSVR Playroom Astro Bot Rescue Mission. I'm waiting to see if they keep in the 2nd player who played on the TV on the couch w/ a DS4. And the cost. Cost is always a factor for me, I don't care what the purists say, price matters.

@Kidfried "They'll still have enough up their sleeve,"

But for how long? The said this year at E3 they are focusing on 4 upcoming games, plus there is Dreams and Days Gone, plus all the 3rd party stuff like sports and first person shooters.

But those 4 big E3 games are probably due in the next year, well except those which will get delayed. And Days gone is early 2019, Dreams may be late 2018. So yes, that does cover a lot of time, at least 12 months. But what about after that? If they had new games for PS4 next summer and fall don't you think they would be announcing them at this E3 and not make such a big deal about 4 games long since announced?

I think next E3 is a bit long to wait for summer and fall and holiday games for 2019 if they are going to be on PS4. Now it is possible they are saving new PS4 game announcements for Gamecon, Paris, Tokyo and the PS Experience in December, I can't rule that out. But if there are no new big game announcements for PS4 dated simply "2019" I feel like ti's time is running out. Id' say the sure thing will be PSX in December. If there are no new PS4 games at that show for 2020 then that must mean PS5 is launching holiday 2019 or very early 2020 as the PS4 gets by on 3rd party multiplats for the holiday 2019 season. PS4 launched in Japan in Feb, Switch launched worldwide in March, PS5 could launch early 2020 since Sony seems to like having their big hitters out then - God of War and Horizon both in March.

Can you imagine if both GoW2 and H:ZD2 released in Feb & March 2020 alongside a new PS5 console launch? PS5 would sell well at any price.

But I personally dont' see enough games on PS4 to carry Sony until holiday 2020, there just ins't enough in the pipeline to last that long and I dont' think we'll hear too many more new games either. So somewhere between Nov 2019 and March 2020. PS4 will still be on sale though, maybe they'll drop Slim and lower Pro to $199 by then. Maybe a few games will be dual like Zelda BotW MGSV and GTAV. But dont' expect a lot more PS4 only games besides the ones we already know. Time to move on to native 4k.

@Kidfried "We'll probably hear about Sony's first 2020 games at PGW/PSX this year and E3 2019"

I think that's true, I just happen to think all of those games will be on PS5 or both PS4 and PS5, not only PS4.

I think the next Uncharted game will either be on PS5 or another smaller shorter $40 game on PS4.

@Kidfried Well one way or the other realistically we should find out well before that.

If PSX happens again this December - not sure if they've announced it yet or not - and PS5 is still a ways off then PS4 will have some new game announcements for all year in 2020.

And if PS5 is launching by early 2020 they'll announce that in Feb or March after Days Gone, so that would still be 3 months before E3 2019.

I suppose if they announce PS5 at E3 2019 for a holiday 2020 launch then you're right, we'll find out at E3 2019.

Either way I feel like E3 2019 will be better than E3 2018, at least for Sony. Nintendo will hopefully have a good E3 w/ SSB. I have no idea what MS will do either this year or next. I suppose they could announce Xbox 1 X 2 B or some other self destruct code from "Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock" either this year or next and get all the Trekkie/Trekkers on board early.

@Kidfried Tsushima > Smash Bros!

Well yeah, that's a given, not arguing that one, especially given there's a 50-50 chance SSB is just a Wii U port. We shall see.

But we know what Sony is showing, 4 games, Nitneod could be showing SSB for 45 minutes - probable length of an E3 ND - or it could show SSB, Pikmin 4, Animal Crossing, Yoshi, MP4, Super Mario Maker 2, Zelda Maker, SF, or something totally out of the blue.

So Nintneod could crash & burn or get people excited. I'd bet C&B but there's a chance good things could happen.
So for me unknown > known

We'll see when it's over about a week from now.

@Kidfried At some point Switch has to either get SMM2 or a port of the first game. I can't decide between new or port but it would work well to time it as another game requiring the paid online subscription to share levels. They could announce a port at E3 and release it as early as August or September, people know enough about it already. If it's SMM2 it may not release until next March or May.

I hope they have more than just ports though, Fornite, Paladins, Wolfentstein. At least get a new port like RDR2 or Tomb Raider 3, not just old stuff. Lego and Just Dance games only inspire so much confidence in a console.