Ever since Jack Tretton and company dropped the microphone at E3 2013, quite a lot has changed about the impending next generation arms race. The advantages that the platform holder engineered for the PlayStation 4 – partially accelerated by Microsoft’s own incompetence – have gradually stated to erode, as the Redmond-based manufacturer has scrapped its controversial used games plans and self-publishing restrictions for the Xbox One. Despite all of this, Sony’s system is still riding high on a chorus of consumer goodwill – partly impacted by the platform’s cheaper price point – but the organisation must ensure that it keeps its nose in front, and it can start by landing a series of heavy haymakers at GamesCom.
"Think of the last E3, or the last Gamescom, or the last Tokyo Game Show. What was the main thing shown at the press conferences held there? The trailers, gameplay videos, and everything else shown are done so to get you excited about a certain game that they want you to be more interested in. If the trailer is well-done and people like it, the hype of the game goes up and people talk about it more and more. But what happens next? More trailers and details for the game are released, just hyping you up more until the game comes out. But sometimes, when the game comes out, it’s not everything you expected. It’s not as fantastic as you had hoped. It’s not all that it’s hyped up to be. "
it leaves you very dissapionted like when they promised big vita news for e3, gamescom and tokyo game show when turned out to be just ps4. there were hardly any vita news just ports and indies , japan always have better games t hen the us, there vita library doubles ours we have to hope for a localization announcement to get some decent games.
Corsual's EXP writes: "They say it's better to be late than never, and in this case, we wholeheartedly agree! Our video editor Stiegi has finished working on our Highlight Video from Gamescom 2013. Prepare for laughter."
David Rodriguez writes, "The dust from Gamescom 2013 is still settling, and PAX Prime 2013 is just on the horizon. Before we get bombarded by the news that that show may bring, we let Giuseppe fill us in on his personal experience at this year’s show (9:49), as well as delving into Joel’s recent admission that Sony proved him wrong with the Vita (46:36), and the recent Grand Theft Auto V leak (1:00:20)."
Realistically what games Sony will announce at Gamescom are The Last Guardian (finally), Agent, and LBP3. They may save Uncharted 4 for VGA
while Microsoft seems will announce Fable IV and some new footage of Ryse and Dead Rising 3.
Doubt they're going to have any trouble doing that if I'm honest.
I'm sure Sony won't just be coasting from here on out. They know they've done very well so far and MS is playing catch-up, but they also know next gen is a marathon that hasn't even started yet.
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"We very consciously at the [PS4 reveal] event in New York on February 20 showed a lot of software, a lot of first party software. What we did at E3 was really show some updates to those games and introduce The Order 1886.
"There's a lot [of games] coming. I'm sure you heard from Shuhei [Yoshida, president of Sony Worldwide Studios] that he has, just from his studios, 30 games in development. 20 are going to ship within the first year of the console's life and of those 12 are new IPs, so there's a lot going on, it's just that we need to keep stuff back. We've got Gamescom for us Europeans and we need something to show at Gamescom."
They just need to keep the games coming, methinks. Their lineup is already great, I'm just saying that they should people hyped up for what's coming in the first year. I have no worries though; they have plenty more to show. I can't say the same for MS, but I think they're gonna bring their A-game to so they can sell more people on their console. (But Gamescom is in Europe, right?
The end of August can't come soon enough.
P.S. - And if Sony announces some JRPGs at TGS, I'm gonna explode. Persona 5 anyone?