FF:Enhanced_Reality
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I think this E3 is going to be really big for a variety of reasons. Nintendo are winning back third party support so I can see them having a lot to talk about as Switch continues to build momentum. Microsoft have announced a 2 hour long conference so they must really be throwing the gauntlet down, as I guess it is somewhat make or break for them at the moment. A poor E3 showing can probably ensure they're relegated to a far third place this generation, whilst an epic show could inject a lot of well needed hype to a system that isn't faring quite as well as it's competition.
All that aside, I want to focus on Sony because they've been quite transparent about their plans for E3 and I don't know how I feel about it. On the one hand, I recognise they can't maintain dropping atom bombs each year like they did for 2015 and 2016. Their 2017 show was very lacklustre in my opinion, but never-the-less, they've got a lot going on to be excited about.
On the flip side of the coin, I don't know how I feel about the deep dive stuff. Especially if it turns out that some of the content is further away than we'd hoped. Days Gone is now a 2019 title and they've shown so much with their media blow out that they've actually put me off this game, whereas the original trailers had completely sold me on it. So why they're showing so much seems somewhat of a mystery to me. Death Stranding I think is a game we all have tonnes of questions about, so it would be nice to see how they flesh that out and what the game actually is, so far it's been very conceptual and not as much instructional as to what it is. Ghost of Tsushima could be a 2020 title for all we know. It is very unlikely to be 2020 but the trailer for the game shown originally didn't really blow me away. I was playing Ni Oh at the time and really liked the concept of it, but I don't really know enough about it to really hype for it, so that would be the most beneficial I believe. The Last of Us II will be an interesting showing as I'm not sure what direction ND are planning for this game. And then there is Spooderman. (Intentionally misspelt.) We know a good deal about this title and I don't think it needs a deep dive so much as an update.
Which kind of makes me wonder, what else are we going to see from Sony? I feel like they're trying to really push their first party stuff like God of War and Horizon in the hopes of really boosting those sales. Which is obviously good business for Sony. At the same time, are we going to be too light on the variety of content on show?
I mean I want to see MediEvil, that's something very briefly talked about where news was promised but has failed to materialise. There is still a lot in development that they can announce and talk about that is relevant for PlayStation 4 as Kodera clearly stated the next iteration of PlayStation is going to be too far away. But would it be wise to say, pour 20 minutes into each title and just have 20 minutes left over for a few other announcements that will feel less important? Would you be pretty burned out from the deep dives to really care about anything else they have to say? Or would you hope they play Microsoft and dedicate an hour to the discussed titles and then use an hour on other business?
I really don't know how I feel about this, but we're only two weeks away now so not long to find out. What are your thoughts on Sony's proposed E3 conference?
All that aside, I want to focus on Sony because they've been quite transparent about their plans for E3 and I don't know how I feel about it. On the one hand, I recognise they can't maintain dropping atom bombs each year like they did for 2015 and 2016. Their 2017 show was very lacklustre in my opinion, but never-the-less, they've got a lot going on to be excited about.
On the flip side of the coin, I don't know how I feel about the deep dive stuff. Especially if it turns out that some of the content is further away than we'd hoped. Days Gone is now a 2019 title and they've shown so much with their media blow out that they've actually put me off this game, whereas the original trailers had completely sold me on it. So why they're showing so much seems somewhat of a mystery to me. Death Stranding I think is a game we all have tonnes of questions about, so it would be nice to see how they flesh that out and what the game actually is, so far it's been very conceptual and not as much instructional as to what it is. Ghost of Tsushima could be a 2020 title for all we know. It is very unlikely to be 2020 but the trailer for the game shown originally didn't really blow me away. I was playing Ni Oh at the time and really liked the concept of it, but I don't really know enough about it to really hype for it, so that would be the most beneficial I believe. The Last of Us II will be an interesting showing as I'm not sure what direction ND are planning for this game. And then there is Spooderman. (Intentionally misspelt.) We know a good deal about this title and I don't think it needs a deep dive so much as an update.
Which kind of makes me wonder, what else are we going to see from Sony? I feel like they're trying to really push their first party stuff like God of War and Horizon in the hopes of really boosting those sales. Which is obviously good business for Sony. At the same time, are we going to be too light on the variety of content on show?
I mean I want to see MediEvil, that's something very briefly talked about where news was promised but has failed to materialise. There is still a lot in development that they can announce and talk about that is relevant for PlayStation 4 as Kodera clearly stated the next iteration of PlayStation is going to be too far away. But would it be wise to say, pour 20 minutes into each title and just have 20 minutes left over for a few other announcements that will feel less important? Would you be pretty burned out from the deep dives to really care about anything else they have to say? Or would you hope they play Microsoft and dedicate an hour to the discussed titles and then use an hour on other business?
I really don't know how I feel about this, but we're only two weeks away now so not long to find out. What are your thoughts on Sony's proposed E3 conference?
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