Sorry but this is clearly nonsense if you actually pay attention to what Grubb says and what he actually gets right and wrong.
Pyoro has been 100% accurate but the scope of what they reveal is pretty specific, i.e. It's just someone with access leaking what they know.
Grubb has multiple podcasts a week and also discusses general industry trends/speculates/ etc, He puts himself out there a lot more, and he's clearly also a lot more judicious what he leaks.
Sony usually does 1 show a quarter, so it's a safe bet we get something within the next month or so. Grubb seems pretty confident that there is something in May specifically. Given that and how much time is left for an announcement, my expectation at this point is a State of Play. Those can be pretty good and I think we could still get something like Resident Evil in one.
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RE4 was revealed in a State of Play, they can definitely have bangers in one.
Especially when it comes to brand new reveals. If what we get this month is a State of Play you can safely assume that any of the big 1st party reveals such as Ghost of Tsushima 2 wont be there.
As of now there's a legitimate difference. When SoP's there's no real reason to expect any announcements from their internal teams since as far as I can recall they've never announced any games like that during those shows. They've been specifically reserved for Showcase's. That's primarily why people get more excited for Showcase's than SoP's.
If they made an announcement before a SoP saying that they were discontinuing Showcase's and they'd instead be rolled into SoP's, then I think people would be completely fine with it.
I asked ChatGPT the difference between Showcase and SoP:
There's a reason why people get excited for Showcases and not so much SoPs.
There's a reason why people get excited for Showcases and not so much SoPs.
He said a SH2 thing might happen at a Sony event in May.
We're at the ass end of May.
There has been no other Sony event I can think of that has or may include SH2.
He also suggested he leans toward it being a Showcase, not a State of Play.
Defend all you want, but as I said, optics ain't good.
I'm guessing Sony wants their show after Xbox's, no? I mean, if they don't want their show to get buried, right?
It's really not.
The showcase is meant to be the equivalent of an E3 conference.
State of Plays are equivalent to standard non E3 Nintendo directs
Sony typically goes first. They have for a few years now, I think? Late May? Either SOP, or Showcase. Going late may, before SGF seems normal. I predict it'll be May 30.
Either announced tomorrow for Tuesday, or Announce Tuesday for Thursday. I choose the latter.
I kinda get what they're saying if they mean in terms of what's shown nowadays, we've had multiple State of Plays that were miles better than the previous supposed "Showcase".
If it's going to be another State of Play it's probably better for them to go first.
Why is he acting so rude to people asking questions? Fuck him! Now I hope the showcase is not in May.
No...
Showcases are longer, show more titles, offer more updates on first-party efforts particularly of the AAA variety and are E3 / PSX caliber replacements annually. WTF are you on?
Because it's annoying, he gets a ton of identical tweets in literally any tweet he makes
This is all part of a ploy by PlayStation to get us to distrust insiders. It was in May, but now they have deliberately moved out. So next when Grubb comes out and says, "Bloodborne 2 is happening for sure I've just shat myself in glee" no one will believe him.
I agree that some of the recent state of plays were way better than last years showcase, but thats why last years showcase was so disapointing.
It is supposed to be equatable to an E3 show, when what they showed might as well have been a state of play.
Jeff talking about the PS Showcase, also mentions Memorial day being next week:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjnwr6WB4K4&t=490s
He seems very confident. Lets see.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjnwr6WB4K4&t=490s
He seems very confident. Lets see.
I would actually love if they gave like 12 hours notice. "We are uploading the showcase in 12 hours! Enjoy." That would be great.
To be slightly fair, Grubb will mention hearing things here or there and will typically do a decent job at clarifying when he's just heard murmurs of stuff or has heard something far more concrete. However, Grubb has become one of those people in the industry who says something and literally any statement of his turns into a bigger deal than he meant for it to be because people make articles out of his one or two sentences, which leads to him getting bombarded 24/7 on social media (here included) until said thing happens. And, when it comes to a Playstation Showcase or any Playstation rumor at that matter, the hype tends to be sky high nearly immediately, so imagine how many times he's being asked that about this Showcase/SOP by people genuinely along with being asked it by trolls who are just trying to have a gotcha-moment if this doesn't ultimately happen.
I dunno the last SoP we got a very extended look at DS2 which is about as AAA as it gets outside of maybe GTA. And also an announcement of a PS6 game.
I wouldn't be against doing the Nintendo direct formula, rather than having all your big announcements in one show per year.
Maybe they really changed their strategy to a shorter window between announcement and event. Nintendo announces their Directs just a day in advance for example, and it works great for them. Maybe they copied that.
View: https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1671155958448529408
View: https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1569325388349800452
View: https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1671155958448529408
View: https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1569325388349800452
Sony already does that for State of Play. Their showcases are usually announced a week or two in advance.
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