Giant Bomb @ E3 2015 | L.A. on Lockdown
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Austin nailed it when he quoted that twitter guy who said this conference was fanfiction.
Wow, and I thought my reaction was OTT. But I'm not gonna act like they're assholes for their natural reaction to the news.
If anyone was expecting that from GB though, there was no chance of that. They get excited for games, but rarely ever to that physical level. Its just not in their personalities, for the most part it isn't in mine either.
Ninja Scooter
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Yeah, it's like, PS4 has been killing it on the sales front when their biggest first party titles have been Bloodborne (which came out 2 months ago) and a Last of Us Remaster. Saying "I can just play that on PC or Xbox" might be a legit complaint for someone who owns every console, but sales aren't driven by people who buy every console.
The_Inquisitor
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If Brad really said that he does not understand the game market at all.
DontBeThatGuy
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This can't be quoted enough. Yeah this is much better than giantbomb
I'll stick with the adults.
professional enthusiasm if you please
ScaryShark
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stump sock
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frankly it would have been drowned in the noise. I still want to know release dates.
no Yakuza 5 date yet either :\
njean777
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Its easy. The average consumer cares about COD and Batman, that is why they are there. There does not need to be 7 first party games filling the void as of right now.
Build a pc? 12-16 year olds do not have the disposable income to do so, nor do many people know how to build one in order to even get one for 700-1000$ that is worth the money. that is not even the end of PC's being inherently more complicated then plugging in a console/patch/go.
VR is boring to demo and has no reason to be on stage (it is something you have to use yourself to know how cool it can be). We saw the reaction to MS doing it, and the same would have happened with Sony. Watching somebody have a headset on and a direct feed coming out on screen is boring and nothing special is shown.
It isn't hard to argue down their points, just like it is easy to argue my points also. Nothing of significance is said if everybody just agrees with each other. Sony doesn't need first party titles to be successful. They have already proven this so far this gen.
Gentle Rodriguez
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I think it's sad that the imo most impressive game of the entire day, Horizon, is getting little to no attention. Poor Guerilla.
The_Inquisitor
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Those are for TGS
I can't believe how out of touch he is on CoD exclusivity. It's really weird.
DeepEnigma
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Yep, cause it can be spun in saying MSFT's lack of first party the other 3/4 of the year should be a problem. Has any gaming journalism talked about that? Or do they think consoles are won in only 2-3 months of the year?
Agreed. Their luxury is not the average consumer.
*pukes*
This really makes me appreciate how level headed the GiantBomb guys remain. They don't embarrass themselves like this. I bet the guy feels like an idiot after the novelty hype wears off.
Booo-urns.
TharpDaddy
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Pft, i'd argue that. The Fallout 4 reveal has Bethesda's as #1 for me so far and I really enjoyed ReCore and Rare's Tale of Thieves from Microsoft's. I found those 2 better than Sony's, though I think Sony's was also good.
I find that fun to watch, as much as GB.
Zen_Arcade
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When a grown ass man says "Alright, I'm a professional." and then immediately follows it up by screaming like a teenage girl watching Paul McCartney walk off a plane at the height of Beatlemania, it's hard to take that person seriously as a professional.
If he seriously wants to be considered one, he should act like one. If he wants to look like some hyped Youtube dude, he can be, that's cool, but don't come around pretending like you have any integrity.
3rdamention
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Is you guys thought the GB guys were concerned, Totilo was even more concerned...
ScaryShark
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GB singled it out a bunch. I thought it had their biggest, universal positive reaction of anything shown today.
funkystudent
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somoen should gif that and put a giant flashing GAMES JOURNALISM text over it.
Yeah, game looks rad. Though I'll take anything that isn't military man in urban environment at this point.
Glitchesarecool
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Agreed. Is that one a PS4 exclusive? I've been trying to decide if I should pick one up (with Wattam coming up and all) and this would help me jump on that train.
Dr Duncan Steel
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They have to wake up and prepare for an 8 am Nintendo video. Sounds like a damn chore, I don't care how dope Super Mario Maker looks.
It seems pretty dope.
To be clear, I'm not slating the GT guys for their joy, I think it's awesome and we need that kind of optimism in the industry. Still, I would never go into a Giantbomb stream expecting these kinds of reactions.
A new Trackmania game got announced and Jeff didn't even flinch, same with Brad and the new Destiny DLC.
A new Trackmania game got announced and Jeff didn't even flinch, same with Brad and the new Destiny DLC.
MetroidPrimeRib
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I didn't actually think Horizon looked super interesting. I hope to be proven wrong though
stump sock
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if they save the release date for the english language version of a 3 year old game for TGS I might just fall over and die of laughter
TheHollowNight
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BRB, gonna go barf
I love Brad, and I love Giantbomb, but yeah, that was the legit dumbest thing I've heard in a long time.
The whole importance of first party is so weird to me when it's been proven how ultimately...unnecessary isn't the right word, but it doesn't really change all that much. Will Microsoft benefit in any way of having Tomb Raider this holiday, when it releases in the same death zone of Battlefront, Fallout 4 and Call of Duty? Does Sony really have a whole lot to gain by releasing Uncharted this year when there's SO MUCH coming out this holiday?
Bam Bam Baklava
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You do realize we're talking about games journalism right? I don't know how to break this to you but Jeff Gerstmann is not Walter Kronkite.
shit is embarrassing.
Well it's a problem for me personally. I need a graphic card upgrade really badly, and since I own both XB1 and PS4 I was thinking of selling one of the two to fund my new graphic card since both consoles are pretty redundant IMO.
The poor showing on PS4's first party front might make my decision a lot easier.
ScaryShark
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It is.
I agree, although MLB is another exclusive that's sold very well for them.
If Sony were smart they would have held it back till November since apparently exclusives only matter if they came out in autumn.
Yep. Horizon received a bunch of positivity from them. Jeff had a few reservations about it being Guerilla Games, which I think is completely fair, since Killzone Shadow Fall was awful.
Even the people in the room appeared uncomfortable by the end of it.
As far as unknowns this is the coolest thing we saw today, I think. I can't wait to see more of it.
If Brad's comment had been "its super shit PS has a distinct lack of holiday first party games" that would be one thing, what he actually said was along the lines of "Sony needs fear the cold breath of the death titan Steam". For whats its worth the only first party i'm interested in was Uncharted 4 so I don't really have a horse in this bizarre race.
DontBeThatGuy
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It's like that video of the kid receiving a N64 for christmas and losing his mind, except this time it's a grown man, with a career, and none of the charm.
stump sock
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I'm surprised someone let them out of the Killzone dungeon. maybe Shadow Fall was such a dud that they decided it wasn't worth it anymore
haha ouch
TharpDaddy
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Begins tomorrow when the show floor opens.
BreezyLimbo
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And that's fine! That's completely fine, but that's not Giant Bomb.
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