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PlayStation Showcase 2021 |OT| September 9th (Show rating poll added)

How would you rate the PS5 Showcase?

  • A

    Votes: 83 16.2%
  • B

    Votes: 147 28.7%
  • C

    Votes: 133 25.9%
  • D

    Votes: 98 19.1%
  • E

    Votes: 52 10.1%

  • Total voters
    513

SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
All it really takes is proper gameplay demonstrations. 40min. is enough for multiple 3-8min. presentations. No PR, no CGI/cinematic/in-engine BS, just let the games do the talking and everyone will be happy.
Watch their conference from last year. Plenty of devs and suits talking before, during and after their games. At the very least set aside 10 minutes of PR talk.

That leaves only half an hour for games. Half of which will be indies and third party games like Deathloop, Kena, Ghostwire Tokyo, CoD, and some other trash no one here wants to see at that conference.

Last year, they showed Miles and Demon Souls. The rest were all third party games like FF16, Deathloop, CoD, Harry Potter, Oddworld, and Five Nights at Freddys. Yes, last year Sony wasted precious minutes on Oddworld, DMC remaster, and Five Guys at Freddys.

The conference is way too short for their first conference in a year. Shouldve been an hour minimum. Best case scenario, we get Horizon, GoW, GT7 and the MGS remake along with Deathloop, Kena, Ghostwire Tokyo and Forspoken.
 

yurinka

Member
Watch their conference from last year. Plenty of devs and suits talking before, during and after their games. At the very least set aside 10 minutes of PR talk.

That leaves only half an hour for games. Half of which will be indies and third party games like Deathloop, Kena, Ghostwire Tokyo, CoD, and some other trash no one here wants to see at that conference.

Last year, they showed Miles and Demon Souls. The rest were all third party games like FF16, Deathloop, CoD, Harry Potter, Oddworld, and Five Nights at Freddys. Yes, last year Sony wasted precious minutes on Oddworld, DMC remaster, and Five Guys at Freddys.

The conference is way too short for their first conference in a year. Shouldve been an hour minimum. Best case scenario, we get Horizon, GoW, GT7 and the MGS remake along with Deathloop, Kena, Ghostwire Tokyo and Forspoken.
There is an (aprox) 40 minutes main show. But after that they will have a post-show where devs will appear to talk about the stuff shown in the show. So counting the post show pretty likely will be over an hour long. CoD got their multiplayer trailer yesterday, so pretty likely won't be there outside the typical sizzle video.
 

Sosokrates

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Forspoken looks like one of those empty open world games. Those dont lend themselves to an exciting demo. I suspect we will see a trailer of sorts for that game.

Forbidden West already got a demo. I think it will get a longish trailer a la GoW e3 2017 story + gameplay trailer. GoW should be the only one with a proper 5-8 minute demo.

They might end the show with a next gen only gameplay demo like the MGS remake. Or some other new IP.

The first gow demo was 11mins.
I expect something similar.
We have already seen a trailer of forspoken, its a 2022 game and a big one too, we should be seeing some gameplay of it soon and this event seems as good as any to do so.
Just because we have already seen a gameplay trailer of forbidden west does not mean we wont see another, afterall its a big open world game with lots of different environments and scenarios to show and it is there closest 1st party to release, sony will want to promote it and build hype for it.
 

xPikYx

Member
Gt7 - same trailer ending now for ps4 and ps5
Gow2 - teaser or some cinematic far from real gameplay
Gta5 - looking basicaly same as ps3/ps4 version
Horizon 2 - some new figting scene (downgraded comparing to first one)

keep your expectations low :d
Hype train incoming
 

Perrott

Member
Gt7 - same trailer ending now for ps4 and ps5
Gow2 - teaser or some cinematic far from real gameplay
Gta5 - looking basicaly same as ps3/ps4 version
Horizon 2 - some new figting scene (downgraded comparing to first one)

keep your expectations low :d

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Perrott

Member
The first gow demo was 11mins.
I expect something similar.
That was at a 75min E3 conference, not at a 40min digital event. Plus, Sony now has the State of Play format for when they want to do a deep dive into the gameplay of a certain title.

I wouldn't expect any gameplay demos at the event on Thursday.
 

Sosokrates

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That was at a 75min E3 conference, not at a 40min digital event. Plus, Sony now has the State of Play format for when they want to do a deep dive into the gameplay of a certain title.

I wouldn't expect any gameplay demos at the event on Thursday.
I disagree. I think There will be gameplay videos.
I dont see the point in People telling other people they disagree with there prediction, if your prediction is different to other users, just post your prediction, they are predictions afterall. Arguing about predictions seems pointless.
 
That was at a 75min E3 conference, not at a 40min digital event. Plus, Sony now has the State of Play format for when they want to do a deep dive into the gameplay of a certain title.

I wouldn't expect any gameplay demos at the event on Thursday.
Last year Miles Morales story+gameplay was around 7 min. and that was the longest showing there (the showcase was around 40 min long). Demon's also had a good showing for around 4 min. I think that's about what we can expect from their biggest games for this upcoming event, and I think that's plenty of time (4-7 min) for a great demo. COD took 5 min...that kind of shit is simply inevitable, I just hope they cut the exposition by devs talking about their games, leave that stuff for an aftershow.
 

SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
That was at a 75min E3 conference, not at a 40min digital event. Plus, Sony now has the State of Play format for when they want to do a deep dive into the gameplay of a certain title.

I wouldn't expect any gameplay demos at the event on Thursday.
There were three 5 minute demos at the 40 minute September show last year. CoD Cold War, Miles and Demon Souls. I agree 11 minute trailers are probably not gonna happen and thats probably why Horizon's 14 minute trailer got its own state of play, but they have shown they do shorter gameplay demos at their conferences. Miles, Demons Souls, and Ratchet are good examples. Ratchet's first reveal was a 2.5 minute demo.

GoW is definitely getting revealed with a demo. Wouldnt make sense for them to do another Horizon demo, but GT7 should get something. Then the MGS remake gameplay demo from BP where they will probably show the intro where you first come out of the elevator on Shadow Moses.
 

Perrott

Member
I disagree. I think There will be gameplay videos.
I dont see the point in People telling other people they disagree with there prediction, if your prediction is different to other users, just post your prediction, they are predictions afterall. Arguing about predictions seems pointless.
I don't believe that pointing out to someone else why it would be weird to have a 10min gameplay demo in a 40min showcase is a pointless thing to do.

Looking at the Future of Gaming event as a reference, it makes sense to expect mostly 2-3min trailers with in-engine cutscenes/cinematic in-game footage out of this event.
There were three 5 minute demos at the 40 minute September show last year. CoD Cold War, Miles and Demon Souls. I agree 11 minute trailers are probably not gonna happen and thats probably why Horizon's 14 minute trailer got its own state of play, but they have shown they do shorter gameplay demos at their conferences. Miles, Demons Souls, and Ratchet are good examples. Ratchet's first reveal was a 2.5 minute demo.

GoW is definitely getting revealed with a demo. Wouldnt make sense for them to do another Horizon demo, but GT7 should get something. Then the MGS remake gameplay demo from BP where they will probably show the intro where you first come out of the elevator on Shadow Moses.
Last year's PS Showcase was a different beast, as it was mostly a repeat of the Future of Gaming show with just a handful of announcements, so it's logical why they decided go the deep dive route with some of the launch titles.

This time we're going to have a show packed with new game announcements, so I doubt there's place for uninterrupted gameplay of pretty much any title.
 
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SLB1904

Banned
There is an (aprox) 40 minutes main show. But after that they will have a post-show where devs will appear to talk about the stuff shown in the show. So counting the post show pretty likely will be over an hour long. CoD got their multiplayer trailer yesterday, so pretty likely won't be there outside the typical sizzle video.
That's news to me. That's brilliant. I might be the minority but I love some couch moment with devs. After the main show of course
 

Sosokrates

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I don't believe that pointing out to someone else why it would be weird to have a 10min gameplay demo in a 40min showcase is a pointless thing to do.

Looking at the Future of Gaming event as a reference, it makes sense to expect mostly 2-3min trailers with in-engine cutscenes/cinematic in-game footage out of this event.

Oh it would be weird and pointless? Thats just your opinion and obviously I disagree. Its a dead end discourse.
I see your logic, but I disagree with it. Not much else to really say.
 

saintjules

Gold Member
This is their big showcase, so I assume heavy hitters and surprises to be there. After this there probably won't be much of a big show for them until next year. There will be future State of Play episodes along the way to push titles meanwhile.

My Predictions
  • GTAV E&E Story / Gameplay Trailer
  • GOW short Gameplay or Story Trailer
  • Stray Gameplay / Story Trailer
  • The Last of Us Part 2 PS5 Update
    • They mentioned that the PS5 patch released back in June would be the first step to working on the PS5. I'm predicting a new-gen update to be announced
  • An "Abandoned" update of some kind
  • Little Devil Inside Release Date Trailer
  • Forspoken Story / Gameplay Trailer
  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits Final Trailer
  • Deathloop Final Trailer (1 minute in length)
  • Bloodborne Remaster that includes 60fps and/or a possible "Director's Cut" announcement with newly added content
  • Naughty Dog (predicting at least one to happen)
    • New IP Announcement
    • Factions Multiplayer Announcement
    • New Uncharted Game Teaser
    • The Last of Us Remake Teaser
  • Various unannounced indie titles
  • Returnal DLC or newly added content to the base game
  • GT7 Gameplay / Release Date Trailer
  • PS+ and PS Now fusion (the answer to Gamepass)
  • Quick info/details on Discord acquisition

Wildcard Announcements
  • Remake of a popular JRPG Franchise
    • Legend of Dragoon
    • Xenogears
    • Parasite Eve 1
  • Bluepoint acquisition and then showing off a MGS Remake Teaser

What I think won't appear
  • Final Fantasy XVI - Developers mentioned that they are not sure if they would have something to show by TGS. Hence I believe it's being held off
  • I don't think Sony will waste time on games already announced with release dates. If anything, more deep dives of such titles via State of Play in the coming months, leading up to their respective release windows.
 
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Perrott

Member
Oh it would be weird and pointless? Thats just your opinion and obviously I disagree. Its a dead end discourse.
I see your logic, but I disagree with it. Not much else to really say.
The pointless didn't refer to any of what you were saying, but as to why I believe it isn't pointless to have these discussions lol but yeah, agree to disagree then.
 

GymWolf

Gold Member
It's going to be a lot of indies, ps4 crossgen and 3rd party games at best, then a bit of gameplay of Horizon and a trailer of the new gow, that's it. It will ne nothing interesting as usual, everything is postponed to 2022 when probably we'll start getting some games with nextgen in mind on new nextgen engines
I mean, i don't spit on some gow\horison gameplay but yeah, better have tempered expectations.
 

SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
Sony just released a FC6 video on their page. Hopefully this means it wont be at the show.



With CoD and FC6 getting their own videos before the conference, lets hope Deathloop and Kena are not there either since they were shown in July and August at their own events.

This leaves GTA5 as the only major third party trash we could expect taking up precious minutes in this conference. BF6 has a marketing deal with MS, and there isnt much else coming out this year.
 

reksveks

Member
Sony just released a FC6 video on their page. Hopefully this means it wont be at the show.



With CoD and FC6 getting their own videos before the conference, lets hope Deathloop and Kena are not there either since they were shown in July and August at their own events.

This leaves GTA5 as the only major third party trash we could expect taking up precious minutes in this conference. BF6 has a marketing deal with MS, and there isnt much else coming out this year.

I think you will still see CoD, it's not the same reach but who knows.
 

Kokoloko85

Member
Watch their conference from last year. Plenty of devs and suits talking before, during and after their games. At the very least set aside 10 minutes of PR talk.

That leaves only half an hour for games. Half of which will be indies and third party games like Deathloop, Kena, Ghostwire Tokyo, CoD, and some other trash no one here wants to see at that conference.

Last year, they showed Miles and Demon Souls. The rest were all third party games like FF16, Deathloop, CoD, Harry Potter, Oddworld, and Five Nights at Freddys. Yes, last year Sony wasted precious minutes on Oddworld, DMC remaster, and Five Guys at Freddys.

The conference is way too short for their first conference in a year. Shouldve been an hour minimum. Best case scenario, we get Horizon, GoW, GT7 and the MGS remake along with Deathloop, Kena, Ghostwire Tokyo and Forspoken.

Yeah Im expecting the worst.
The PS5 reveal show was pretty good. But the one after that had nothing apart from Final Fantasy 16, the rest were repeats. And the shows after have been pretty awful as far as new announcements go. Yes gameplay was cool to for Ratchet, Returnal, Horizon but I want more.

Theres probably gonna be more Deathloop, Kena, Stray, Horizon 2, GT7, God of War, Call of Duty etc. Some indies.
Little time for new exclusives to be shown. There will probably be a new Resident Evil announcement. As much as Id love to see MGS or Silent hill, it wont be enough After a year of no new AAA exclusive announcements
 

KAL2006

Banned
I'm actually expecting Bluepoint studio aquisition announcement same time around Firesprite aquisition announcement we got today happening tommorow. Then later hours we will have the PS Showcase.
 

Sosokrates

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The pointless didn't refer to any of what you were saying, but as to why I believe it isn't pointless to have these discussions lol but yeah, agree to disagree then.

Telling someone why there prediction is wrong isnt really a discussion.
I mean you may be correct, or I may be correct. I think better discourse would be had if people would present there alternative prediction without diminishing other peoples predictions.
I mean saying somones predictions is wrong because of x,y,z is pretty dumb because then the person is just going to reply with "im not wrong because of x,y,z".

Its like arguing over simulation theory or existence of a god. There is literally no end to it, because we dont know.
 
TGO TGO can you please put me on top of the train ? I joined a year ago and I never rode the hype train :)
can you put my real pic https://ibb.co/tKzV03J

I hope nothing leaks. I really wanna see the game from Guerrilla second team, there were rumors about new game from London Studios,
rumors about other studios making Uncharted, new Infamous would be great.
would love Motorstorm, Resistance or Warhawk remaster cuz I never got platinum for those games
 
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