Is September the real E3 season?
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sobaka770
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With the new format of having these separate conferences per developer September does make sense.
People are back from holidays and yet it's not the heavy-hitter October-November season yet.
Perfect time to get people locked into upcoming releases.
Yeah, those marketers all think the same.
People are back from holidays and yet it's not the heavy-hitter October-November season yet.
Perfect time to get people locked into upcoming releases.
Yeah, those marketers all think the same.
remember_spinal
Banned
And the holiday season approaching
3liteDragon
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Sony's showcase should be happening next month as well.
Punished Miku
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Sony does their thing in September these days. I think the rest of it kind of piggy backs off that.
D23 had been around for a while and is never anything that significant in past years. Guess we'll see. Tokyo Game Show also has been around for a long time. Not a lot of significant announcements in recent years but sometimes you get something small.
If MS and Nintendo actually attend E3 next year then that's E3 obviously. Sony has to do their own thing I guess.
D23 had been around for a while and is never anything that significant in past years. Guess we'll see. Tokyo Game Show also has been around for a long time. Not a lot of significant announcements in recent years but sometimes you get something small.
If MS and Nintendo actually attend E3 next year then that's E3 obviously. Sony has to do their own thing I guess.
GamesDontSuck
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Interesting. Hope more happens. More the better.
Badlucktroll
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September could be Silent Hill season
CamHostage
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Don't think so, but maybe?
There's two jobs E3 tends to have: let the press play what games and accessories are coming out that Christmas, and introduce the new games and hardware and technology which is coming in "the future".
"The future" has unfortunately been delayed until at least 2023 this gen, and I think September is a bad time to introduce brand new products which will not be available to buy this year. Summer events, that was okay, because you needed a hook-in title to get people buzzing while you show off your near-release games, but by September, you want to sell things.
So the CoD event and the Capcom event and the Disney event (which includes some games already out) make sense to me. They'll primarily focus on products you can buy or preorder soon after that show. Maybe they'll pepper in something crazy-new, but that probably won't be the focal point. And hopefully we'll get this damned God of War State of Play that we've been waiting and waiting on for a gameplay tour.
I feel like all of that happened over the Summer too, though (we've had a LOT of shows these past months) and I don't think these September shows will be so revelatory that it'll be the "real E3". (I also don't think TGS will have too much exciting, unless you're a Switch player and really like anime adaptations, because TGS just has not been an epicenter for major game showings even from Japanese studios for a little bit now.) But it's a moment to tune in at least... if you're not already exhausted by all the summer streams.
There's two jobs E3 tends to have: let the press play what games and accessories are coming out that Christmas, and introduce the new games and hardware and technology which is coming in "the future".
"The future" has unfortunately been delayed until at least 2023 this gen, and I think September is a bad time to introduce brand new products which will not be available to buy this year. Summer events, that was okay, because you needed a hook-in title to get people buzzing while you show off your near-release games, but by September, you want to sell things.
So the CoD event and the Capcom event and the Disney event (which includes some games already out) make sense to me. They'll primarily focus on products you can buy or preorder soon after that show. Maybe they'll pepper in something crazy-new, but that probably won't be the focal point. And hopefully we'll get this damned God of War State of Play that we've been waiting and waiting on for a gameplay tour.
I feel like all of that happened over the Summer too, though (we've had a LOT of shows these past months) and I don't think these September shows will be so revelatory that it'll be the "real E3". (I also don't think TGS will have too much exciting, unless you're a Switch player and really like anime adaptations, because TGS just has not been an epicenter for major game showings even from Japanese studios for a little bit now.) But it's a moment to tune in at least... if you're not already exhausted by all the summer streams.
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Borowski_1
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HeisenbergFX4
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3liteDragon
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100%
Umbasaborne
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Kagey K
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How many real E3 weeks or seasons we gonna have this year?
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/e3-is-really-this-week-get-ready.1638386/
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/e3-is-really-this-week-get-ready.1638386/
ANIMAL1975
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If Sony finally decides to grace us with its frikkin big showcase then yeah.
remember_spinal
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Seems like they're gonna be showing off PSVR soon.
https://blog.playstation.com/2022/07/26/early-look-at-the-user-experience-for-playstation-vr2/
July 26, 2022
I doubt they would have an entire showcased dedicated to PSVR2 also. They are gonna do a big blow out of it with the promise of upcoming PS5 games to get people not interested in VR to watch.
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Dr.brain64
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Nintendo direct where art thou?
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FeastYoEyes
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Javthusiast
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Sony won't have a showcase this year.
CamHostage
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"Boy, PlayStation, it's looking pretty crowded in September, I don't know, maybe you'd be better off putting a Showcase out this August instead? Just a suggestion, but..."
Well, Sony has had several showcases this year already. But if you're specifically talking about an E3-type "Future of PlayStation" event that showcases their big next-generation projects for the foreseeable future... it's feeling like that might somehow be the case. But you never know any of these company's plans anymore until the booking and/or showing drops.
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Quantum253
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Certainly makes the hype train a little higher, taking in June-October/November feels like a long time when waiting, as opposed to seeing gameplay in September and having it 1-2 months later.
Eddie-Griffin
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Gamescom will have more games is literally next week OP.
GametimeUK
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June is E3 season.
bitbydeath
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Hasan has been busy getting that Silent Hill trailer ready too.
Astral Dog
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As always there are tons of news on September, question is if Nintendo is gonna appear, since they skipped June this needs to be something a little bigger than 'E3'
Captain Toad
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It's whenever Sony says it is, like always.
ThisIsMyDog
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Just bring back E3.
Those 3 days of conferences were like the world championship in your favorite sport. I was preparing good food and watching Microsoft pretend to have games and EA present more loot boxes, but it was a real celebration of games.
Those 3 days of conferences were like the world championship in your favorite sport. I was preparing good food and watching Microsoft pretend to have games and EA present more loot boxes, but it was a real celebration of games.
Dr. Wilkinson
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Yes. PlayStation Showcase, TGS, for sure a general Nintendo Direct, it's been 7 months.
Also it just makes sense. These publishers know they don't need to give us 5-6 months notice for games coming out. A September reveal for a November or December release is totally plausible.
Real E3 for sure!
Also it just makes sense. These publishers know they don't need to give us 5-6 months notice for games coming out. A September reveal for a November or December release is totally plausible.
Real E3 for sure!
Magic Carpet
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Apple AR headset will get revealed in September. The gaming world will pause, say 'huh', then go back to whatever they were doing.
.Pennywise
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NanaMiku
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Most likely, Nintendo almost always hold a big Direct around TGS, which is in September.
S0ULZB0URNE
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December is.
Men_in_Boxes
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I enter some threads looking for that
HeisenbergFX4
gif. I leave this one satisfied.
HeisenbergFX4
gif. I leave this one satisfied.
lh032
I cry about Xbox and hate PlayStation.
Sony:
supernova8
Banned
Nah it'll be the trailer for Death Stranding Director's Executive Producer's Deleted Scenes Behind the Scenes All Access Backstage Pass Cut with Special Executive Commentary for Troy Baker talking over Hideo Kojima.
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