Why are people hyped for Sony conference? Outside of maybe like Dark Souls 3 being shown there.
Maybe I've just grown tired of waiting for exciting first party titles. Bloodborne was amazing sure but every time there's supposed to be new info on something I get nothing.
Tldr lowered expectations but I'd like to be surprised.
People are calling me out for asking a question that's perfectly legitimate. Past couple of E3's have been largely disappointing if not vanilla. There's no guarantee all of these studios have something to show this E3 or that they won't wait to show it at a different conference. Don't let the NeoGAF hype get to you, I've been there again and again.
But w/e I'd like to be proven wrong. I'm just being negative.
I dunno - the past few Sony E3 press conferences have been good. I'd even say that 2013 was one of Sony's best E3's ever (if not THE best).
2014 would have been better if Project Beast hadn't been leaked. But we still got that announced + Uncharted 4 (even if it was just a teaser).
I guess the reason I'm most excited about this year for Sony is because they've clearly held back in announcing projects from some of their best studios:
Media Molecule - Last major release was 4.5 years ago (LBP2). Tearaway was just a side project. This will be the longest dev time for any of their projects (by the time it releases, it will likely have over 5-6 years of dev time). When it's announced, I have no doubt it will be incredible. A studio of that talent, with that much time will produce magical results.
Guerilla Games - Last major release was PS4's launch, and they apparently had a separate team working the new IP for quite a while. To this day, Killzone: SF is still one of the most impressive next-gen games visually and that was a rushed launch title. It's amazing to think what they will show with a few more years with the system.
I'm confident that at least one of those devs will reveal something, and a good chance that both will.
Not to mention, studios that could also have reveals:
Bend Studio
Studio London
Sony Santa Monica (main team or indies)
SCEJ Studios (TLG still is in development, it's going to have to show up sometime...)
Granted, I'm not expecting tons of major announcements. But if we get a few solid new IPs from their big studios, I'll be extremely happy.