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[nial]

Don't mind me, I just like making these threads.

We will be exhibiting at the PlayStation® booth at the indie game festival "BitSummit Drift" which will be held from July 19th to 21st!​

BitSummit Drift, Japan's largest indie game festival, will be held for three days from July 19th (Friday) to July 21st (Sunday) at Miyako Messe (Kyoto City Industrial Promotion Hall) in Kyoto. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) will be exhibiting at the PlayStation® booth as a platinum sponsor.

We'll introduce the titles that will be exhibited at the PlayStation booth, as well as the stage event featuring Yoshida Shuhei, head of SIE Indie Initiative.

The PlayStation booth will feature playable demo stations for the following 15 titles, with a focus on unreleased titles.

Spoiler: Games

Bow and the Blue Flowers of the Moonlit Night (Marvelous, Squid Shock Studios, HUMBLE GAMES)
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist (Binary Haze Interactive Inc., Adglobe, Live Wire)
Cat Quest 3 (Kepler Interactive, The Gentlebros)
Telebbit (HYPER REAL, IKINAGAMES
Post Trauma (Raw Fury, Red Soul Games)
V Rising (Stunlock Studios AB)
Frock (Annapurna Interactive, Hollow Ponds)
Bloomtown: A World No One Knows (Twin Sails Interactive, Different Sense Games / Lazy Bear Games)
Mina the Hollower (Yacht Club Games)
inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories (Beep Japan/Nagai Industries)
The Devilwidden Sagat (Newcore Games)
AI LIMIT (CE-Asia, Sense Games)
All You Need is Help, Ready, Go Mofukurupon! (Q-Games Ltd.)
Witch's Spring R (KIWIWALKS)
Kamuchun City Concerto (KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO, Studio Lalala)

On the public day, there will be a stage event where Shuhei Yoshida will talk with creators and developers.

Shuhei Yoshida's Indie Game Introduction Part 1
"Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist"​

＜Date＞
July 20, 2024 (Saturday) 11:30～12:00

<Speakers>
Shuhei Yoshida and Hiroshi Kobayashi

Shuhei Yoshida's Indie Game Introduction Part 2
"Bow and the Blue Flower of the Moonlit Night"​

<Day and time>
July 21, 2024 (Sunday) 13:00～13:30

Speakers:
Shuhei Yoshida, Chris Stair, Trevor Youngquist, Robert Maloney and Milton Guasti

God Game Creator Evolution at BitSummit​

＜Time＞
July 21, 2024 (Sunday) 14:30～15:00

Speakers:
Shuhei Yoshida, Ryoya Usuba and Takashi Tokita

The stage content will be streamed live on each official social media account!​

Click here for the official BitSummit YouTube account
Click here for the official BitSummit Twitch account
Click here for the official BitSummit TikTok account

7月19日から21日まで開催されるインディーゲームの祭典「BitSummit Drift」にPlayStation®ブースを出展！

7月19日（金）から21日（日）まで、京都で開催される日本最大級のインディーゲームの祭典「BitSummit Drift」にPlayStation®ブースを出展します。吉田修平と開発者が語るステージイベントはライブ配信も […]

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[nial]

Some pictures, mainly from Shuhei Yoshida:

 

[PixelatedBeast]

Damn, this reminds me of when Sony used to have a whole Playstation store at the Metreon in San Francisco. Cool place to go after school just see new games or demos, meet other people, grab some food or go see a movie.

 

[Hypereides]

Wasn't aware of Telebbit and The devil within until now. After checking out trailers for them both, colour me curious and interested..

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Shu has a busy schedule, lol. A few days ago he was in London.

 

[Duchess]

I wonder day theses often games are released for PlayStation and Switch that never make it outside of Japan? Probably not as many as there used to be?

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

I love Japanese people, always so respectfull and friendly.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Mister Shu is the best Playstation exec by a country mile. A true gamer.


Also, no HZD. Aloy and Hermen in shambles

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Mister Shu is the best Playstation exec by a country mile. A true gamer.


Also, no HZD. Aloy and Hermen in shambles

I kinda prefer MiHoYo's version of Aloy from Genshin.

 

[midnightAI]

Mister Shu is the best Playstation exec by a country mile. A true gamer.


Also, no HZD. Aloy and Hermen in shambles

You really can't help yourself can you, this game has permanently scarred you for some reason, HZD isn't even there and you have to mention it....let it go, man, let it go, for your own mental health

 

[Kokoloko85]

You really can't help yourself can you, this game has permanently scarred you for some reason, HZD isn't even there and you have to mention it....let it go, man, let it go, for your own mental health

Sony slept with half the forums mothers. Thats why they a little sensitive

 

[Kokoloko85]

So Jim leaves and PS are back to doing shows.
What a wasted business idea that was

 

[Gojiira]

I kinda prefer MiHoYo's version of Aloy from Genshin.

That cartoony Horizon MMO that was leaked had a adorable looking Aloy too. Concept art too, they really dropped the ball, her Model IRL is gorgeous.

 

[midnightAI]

Sony slept with half the forums mothers. Thats why they a little sensitive

Ah, makes sense, what did Druckmann do to them then? Actually, forget I asked

 

[nial]

So Jim leaves and PS are back to doing shows.
What a wasted business idea that was

SIE was at every BitSummit event (2019-2023) during the tenure of Jim Ryan as CEO.

 

[Kokoloko85]

SIE was at every BitSummit event (2019-2023) during the tenure of Jim Ryan as CEO.

Was Shu at them? They werent at TGS

 

[nial]

Was Shu at them?

Yes, as president of SIE WWS in 2019 and previous years, and as head of Indie Initiative in 2020 and beyond.

They werent at TGS

They actually never stopped going to TGS, it's just that their presence in 2020-2023 was limited to mostly showcasing indie games.
For example, they did have a small area at TGS 2023 with indie stuff, and some bigger Japanese titles like Gran Turismo 7 for PSVR2 and Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution (plus a cute Doko Demo Issyo stand).

TGS 2024 is simply a return for them as General Exhibitor, in which they will have a large scale booth that is going to showcase first-party and third-party games.
This is what the PlayStation booth looked like at TGS 2019.

 

[Astray]

Sony has generally been increasing their presence in Asia for a while now.

Even when they weren't doing much in Japan, they've been working with Korean and Chinese devs (and soon Indian ones too).

 

[nial]

The only thing that truly stopped as of late are the PlayStation Festivals, which were held several times in Japan from 2016 to 2019.

The last one was on November 3, 2019.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[near]

These are the games I’ve added to my wishlist from this years BitSummit:

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

You really can't help yourself can you, this game has permanently scarred you for some reason, HZD isn't even there and you have to mention it....let it go, man, let it go, for your own mental health

You can't understand sarcasm, can you?

Before lecturing someone, first learn a little bit.

The same applies to the other clueless guy below.

 

[Killer8]

Wasn't aware of this game so looked it up:



Literally this but Japanese:

 

[midnightAI]

You can't understand sarcasm, can you?

Before lecturing someone, first learn a little bit.

The same applies to the other clueless guy below.

I'm English, of course I don't understand sarcasm