It's not even two weeks into January yet. They have plenty of time. I'll bet they know what they are doing too.
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[@GIBiz] Confirmed: PlayStation will not be attending E3 2020
- Thread starter IDontBeatGames
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It's not even two weeks into January yet. They have plenty of time. I'll bet they know what they are doing too.
they should resolve this because they are company? Come on! They are releasing new hardware. Any attention will be important. But if they are preparing a soft launch, maybe it's better to not show at all.
The show floor has been empty for years, even with Sony.
No Microsoft, no EA, but a TON of others also just don't have a presence, either.
Activision/Blizzard (Remember the long lines for Skylander toys?), Rockstar (The fenced off busses?), Wargaming.net (Huge stadium seating?), and even accessory companies who used to have HUGE areas also left, like Turtlebeach (All those headphones?), PDP, Nyko and more.
Heck, even the small booth area in the back of South Hall was the weakest it has ever been in 2019.
Now, throw in the new top end mobile companies that AREN'T participating in E3, and you have a situation where it's just one shrinking fraction of the industry in total.
Where's Tencent? Gameloft? Supercell?
No Microsoft, no EA, but a TON of others also just don't have a presence, either.
Activision/Blizzard (Remember the long lines for Skylander toys?), Rockstar (The fenced off busses?), Wargaming.net (Huge stadium seating?), and even accessory companies who used to have HUGE areas also left, like Turtlebeach (All those headphones?), PDP, Nyko and more.
Heck, even the small booth area in the back of South Hall was the weakest it has ever been in 2019.
Now, throw in the new top end mobile companies that AREN'T participating in E3, and you have a situation where it's just one shrinking fraction of the industry in total.
Where's Tencent? Gameloft? Supercell?
I used to be aware of every new game coming out cause 95% of it was concentrated in a couple days of E3 press conferences (and/or Gamescom/TGS), this was true even just a couple years ago. Now though I'm routinely taken aback by some legitimate what the fuck is that, never heard of it. Even first party games I had no idea existed, cause their announcements are spread out over 75 different Nintendo Directs, State of Plays, or Inside Xbox's I never watch, cause 90% of them are waste of time fluff pieces for whatever game they're marketing at the time. Like I'm not going to spend 30 minutes watching a Pokemon or Smash Bros DLC direct to maybe have a infinitesimally slim chance of seeing something like an Astral Chain or Xenoblade. Apparently I'm out of touch with new age gaming and need to pick up a new hobby.
I completely agree, and not to mention the pointless developer crunch that often has to happen to get an "e3 demo" done in time.
I get why people will miss the drama of Sony V MS v Nintendo, but maybe the companies themselves won't ?
Disappointing but I get it. Would have been nice if they announced the PS5 reveal event alongside this news.
Don't ms have to pay ESA because they still call it the "2019 E3 xbox press briefing"
After the ESA user info shitshow I do not blame them. I hope that what ever Sony has to show game wise in the following months or at PSX that we see more downloadable demos that you'd see at a show floor. These events can morph into more digital interactions than the decades prior when that wasn't a possibility.
They've probably got some agreements in place given that you still needed an E3 pass for entry, but it seems like they've got their foot out the door more than anything.
It's pretty straightforward PR work.
Drop the bad news first. Let it cycle through the media/press.
Drop the good news afterwards. Let it cycle through the media/press.
That way you keep it seperate and not mixed up with 'new PSM announced, but no E3' articles that send mixed messaging.
oh yeah, this actually was a serious contentious thing before.
2015 was probably the peak year of gaf arguments about winning and losing E3.
man lol
Sony just shot themselves in the foot.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about gaming conventions (I'm an expert), but doxing everyone attending is a huge part of it. It's not like its PSX where you can become successful by having a fan celebration of your brand. If you screw someone over at ESA, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means that gamers, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase PS5, nor will they purchase any of Sony's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Sony has alienated an entire market with this move.
Sony, publicly apologize and come back to E3 or you can kiss your business goodbye.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about gaming conventions (I'm an expert), but doxing everyone attending is a huge part of it. It's not like its PSX where you can become successful by having a fan celebration of your brand. If you screw someone over at ESA, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means that gamers, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase PS5, nor will they purchase any of Sony's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Sony has alienated an entire market with this move.
Sony, publicly apologize and come back to E3 or you can kiss your business goodbye.
True, but that is rather telling that they have been rather low-key. Sony was always one to make hay rather early that a new platform was nigh, so this is odd to follow since it seems that Sony is rather.... timid?
since i dont live in LA i dont care much about e3 itself, i care about conferences/directs, i dont think this means sony will do nothing in its place
They will go to PAX and all the usual conventions. Their issue with E3 is that the ESA doesn't know what they want it to be.
Surely they'll have some livestream though. It'd be crazy to just hand E3 to Microsoft on a silver plate.
Sony can get attention without E3. The reasoning that E3 is the end-all-be-all for attention is completely illogical.
Nintendo still there. I know this because people waited 3 hours to play Pokémon and Luigis Mansion. Thanks wario for heads up on the fast passes.
i certainly gonna miss those times - staying awake till 3am, chatting and getting hyped up on discord, beeing excited for the whole week and next day full of gaming news
E3 was like the Christmas of Gaming for me - probably even the most exciting time of the year.
but those days are gone...welp everything has to end eventually but it makes me really sad
E3 was like the Christmas of Gaming for me - probably even the most exciting time of the year.
but those days are gone...welp everything has to end eventually but it makes me really sad
i remember before their PS4 presser there was rumors and panic that they wouldn't show off the PS4 at the PS4 REVEAL, and that they would spend too much time talking about the PS3 for some reason
like chickens without heads some people are
Because they didn't blast all the info out at Game Awards and CES? They revealed PS4 at their own event in Feb. People are acting like they will do absolutely nothing.
Edit. And they did announce PS5 news last year before MS did so they were early.
How are they timid? Two Wired articles going into more details than we normally get over a year in advance and they have been mentioning even more PS5 info was coming in 2020 since way back in 2019. I feel like people are misremembering the launch year as multiple years.
After all the ESA drama the past couple years, I wouldn't be surprised if more companies didn't attend E3.
Oh, they most definitely did in the past. It's where I got my Rockstar fridge magnet they were tossing over the fence.
Was hoping they would be at e3 :(
Hope they come out guns blazing at least for being so secretive/quiet and little to no communication about what's going on.
Hope they come out guns blazing at least for being so secretive/quiet and little to no communication about what's going on.
This stuff does not matter at all just like last year times has change now.
I don't hate it. But I also see the success that Sony and Nintendo have experienced with Direct style reveals and a general shift in the approach to announcements.
I'd probably prefer that Sony were at E3 so I could get the concentrated info dump we are used to getting. But I'm also happy to get the same news with a different format and timing.