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E3 2017: Sony Live Press Conference - 9 pm EST / 6 pm PST

Tune in to Sony's Live E3 Conference stream. Will the orchestra return? Will they invite Cirque du Soleil? Will Mark Cerny give us all the details on Knack 2?

Sony will start with a live pre-show event at 8 pm EST / 5 pm PST.

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Gaming_Cousin2537d ago (Edited 2537d ago )

Ladies and gentleman. The one company that caters to their gamers.

Skull5212537d ago

Good, I needed something to put me to sleep.

Sunny_D2537d ago

@skull

You must be confused with Microsoft.

darthv722537d ago

SotC.... well their stance on bc seems rather clear.

Christopher2537d ago (Edited 2537d ago )

Disappointing overall, for me. Again, no major reveal at all.

SotC after the recent comments doesn't come off looking 'right'.

freshslicepizza2537d ago

Did I miss something, it was only an hour long. Call of Duty looked really good as did Spiderman and God of War but everything else was ok.

joab7772537d ago

They do also. But Sony is murdering it this gen!

Elwenil2537d ago

I have to say I am not terribly impressed with Sony this year. A lot of what was shown we already knew about or is old stuff made new(ish). I do like the idea of Skyrim VR, but I'm not paying that much to play one game, especially one I have on two other systems already.

I really hate to say it, but I think Ubi has had the best conference so far.

Christopher2537d ago (Edited 2537d ago )

You didn't miss anything moldy. It was a lot of the usual and expected. The games we know look good continued to look good, not real big news items, though. An E3 conference burdened by announcing the same things last year and not having anything new ready to show.

It was definitely much shorter than last year.

freshslicepizza2537d ago (Edited 2537d ago )

@Christopher
"You didn't miss anything moldy. It was a lot of the usual and expected. The games we know look good continued to look good, not real big news items, though. An E3 conference burdened by announcing the same things last year and not having anything new ready to show."

Days Gone looked fantastic last year but ho hum now. Maybe it's just me but I am getting tired of the third person hold your hand gamestyle where you have all the button icons on screen to show you what to do. Games have become far too cinematic with less skill in the form of gameplay now (Assassins Creed and Shadow of War are other examples). Then to make matters worse QTE to add that amazing suspense! Detroit is still wrapped up in David Cage's ideas of storytelling gameplay, looks good visually but gameplay lacking. Dreams looks to be renamed to development Nightmare. PSVR still testing the waters while they dabble in a little bit of support here and there, nice to see Skyrim getting VR support.

Both Spiderman and God of War looked very good, those are the big titles that people love to see at these big events.

"It was definitely much shorter than last year."

It really came across as a Nintendo Direct style of E3. I guess all those years of showing these great games years away from release have finally caught up to Sony. Now they are just showing games that are much further along in development. It's almost as though they want to surpise us next year with a PS5 announcement.

What I do find funny is Sony telling people old games are really not that interesting while they continue to repackage games like Shadow of the Col.losus to resell once again.

Skull5212537d ago

definitely was a snoozer. same ol' sony chock-full of gimmicks and quick time events. God of War actually looked good though so maybe I'll keep my PS4 until I've had a chance to play it. After that though it's Xbox One X from here on out, I'll likely wait for PS5 Pro before I come back to PlayStation.

bloop2537d ago

Underwhelming E3 overall.

UnHoly_One2536d ago (Edited 2536d ago )

I'm with you Moldy.

Seems like since Uncharted and especially TLOU, Sony just wants to make slow paced games that are all emotional and are basically 75% movie.

Some people love that but not me. Days Gone looks exactly like TLOU to me, and I hated that game.

God of War practically looks like it, too. I want Kratos screaming about revenge and ripping off heads, not calmly walking around having heartfelt conversations with a brat kid. That game literally pisses me off.

I'm just sick of games that would rather be movies. I don't want to watch, I want to play.

This is the worst E3 I can remember since I started really following it closely.

C-H-E-F2536d ago

nope, because they didn't give me PS4 Pro support, that's not catering to me what so ever.

S2Killinit2536d ago (Edited 2536d ago )

I didnt like the lack of suprises. But they did have a much better E3 than Microsoft. The lack of must have games on xbox is real. They basically filled their line up with timed exclusives and multiplats.

Ps: God of War blew me away, and of course i cant wait for Days Gone.

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LackTrue4K2537d ago

My wallet
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joab7772537d ago

And time. Finally I can afford it all, bit have no time to play lol! Just started Nioh!

AspiringProGenji2537d ago

Yes sir!
Bring on the tsunami of games

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power of Black2537d ago (Edited 2537d ago )

And port beggars will appear like a zombie outbreak.

Ilikethemall852537d ago

I'm not trying to sound like a fanboy, but seriously how does sony cater to their fans?
They want allow you cross play, deny you back compat, denied you EA access and gave you nothing but indies for 2 years. not mention their version of xbox pass makes you re buy games you already own. Look, I was once a foolish fan boy, but have grown out of that crap. It's crazy to deny your self entertainment because you are loyal to a company that has no idea you are on the same planet as them. I can be honest and say microsoft drop the ball with this E3 confrence, but when it comes to a company that has given their fans what they want, lately Microsoft has been the top dog.

power of Black2537d ago

Indies for 2 years? Hmm, Persona 5, Yakuza and HZD would like to have a word with you.

fenome2537d ago

Sounds like you're just bent because M$ wants you to spend $500 for a bunch of timed exclusive Indy games, but they're in 4K though, so it's cool.

andibandit2536d ago

I agree on some points but..."nothing but indies for 2 years", seriously?

TXIDarkAvenger2537d ago

Sony provided me with a good nap this E3.

Dark_Knightmare22537d ago

Too bad their e3 was the second best after Ubisoft so far. Days gone looks absolutely amazing, Spider-Man looks great, gow is omg level,Uc lost legacy is a soon to be masterpiece and shadow of the colossus remake is huge for fans

Knockknock2537d ago

Boring demo, looked like spiderman arkham knight, too many QTEs.

PistolsAtDawn2537d ago

WOW...this comment backfired hard

LastCenturyRob2537d ago

Caters to their gamers? So, yo are talking about Nintendo.

Jaypi032536d ago

All this cockiness and the press conference wasn't even that good. Literally one presenter, a bunch of trailers and scripted gameplay being shown, and nothing special announced for PS4 gamers, and he didn't even say goodbye?

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Amongunz2536d ago

In 2018.. hopefully maybe. Sony dumped all of their games on the front end of this year to give the perception they could do this all year. Clearly that cant . Who knows what will be delayed for 2018. And the last of us 2. Where was it? Probably waiting for ps5. It was a very uninspired presentation.and thats just the truth.

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FarEastOrient2537d ago

Sitting down in theater waiting for it to start @_@

Gaming_Cousin2537d ago (Edited 2537d ago )

Fart and blame the guy next to you. I wish I was in theater

starchild2537d ago

You lucky s.o.b. I wish I was there. Only 7 hour drive from there, but yet still so far away. Oh well, at least I can watch the conferences online. Let's see what Sony's got! I'm ready to be impressed.

fenome2537d ago

Jealous!! I watched it on my big screen in my bedroom drinking beer though :p

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DarXyde2536d ago (Edited 2536d ago )

Got home late, but I got around to watching. The show didn't really do much for me. They showed some great games and elaborated on Days Gone, which is a huge plus... but it didn't convince me to get anything I wasn't already planning to. I have no interest in Pro, but a price drop might have really enticed me. Felt like a wasted opportunity, especially with One X being revealed a day prior. Biggest surprise for me was Shadow of the Colossus. I was super excited but honestly, I already bought the game twice. Triple dipping is a bit much. I'd like to see some real additions to the game before I decide but for now, I'm not convinced. Spider-Man is shaping up beautifully, so that's awesome. Looks like Marvel might have their answer to the Arkham games. Was really sad to not see Sucker Punch or The Last of Us, part II, but Naughty Dog still showed up and did great with The Lost Legacy.

All things considered, I keep my expectations low always. It decreases my chances of disappointment. That said, they had a great show, but it left me disappointed in the sense that I had nothing really new to look forward to. I knew about God of War, Days Gone, Spider-Man, etc. Was hoping to see something pretty left field.

Actually, there was Monster Hunter World which looks pretty rad. That'll be worth waiting for. Make no mistake: there are absolutely games coming. They showed off some great titles. But I cherish E3 because I get to learn about games I didn't know existed. This year, only Shadow and Monster Hunter really got me, but one of them is a tentative nay right now, despite being a Bluepoint remake of my second favorite PS2 game.

But seriously, where is Sucker Punch? What about Michael Ancel's WiLD? Deep Down? No From Software? Update on FF7? Shenmue III, which got our money for via crowd funding? Feels like they pulled their punches, but we did get to see Detroit, which has been enigmatic for a while.

For the record, I'm aware I've known about some of those for a while but giving them a presence would've been very welcome over things like FFXV VR.

Overall, I found it to be the more enjoyable show so far, but now I'm really interested in what Nintendo might announce. I shouldn't complain about Sony though since most of the types of games I like (JRPGs and niche titles) are likely to be saved for TGS and PSX. Here's hoping for another Gravity Rush or Persona 5 add-on and big updates on Ni No Kuni II and FF7 announcement.

fenome2536d ago

Yup, you pretty much just summed it up perfectly. I mean it was a good show considering how lackluster this E3 has been but I was really looking forward to some announcements that weren't there. It just seemed like they were playing it safe. I'm really curious about what Sucker Punch is doing, but mainly the one thing I was hoping for the most was to see From Software pop up on the screen.

E3 only comes around once a year so maybe I was expecting too much, especially now that Sony does the PSX too, but still. Anthem is the best looking new reveal for me out of this E3, can't wait to see more on that. All the trailers for Days Gone, Uncharted DLC and God of War were really good, not knocking them at all, I just already knew they were coming. I never played the remaster for Shadow of the Colossus, so I'll definitely be picking up the remake, and it was cool to see a Monster Hunter game back on a PlayStation console again, I haven't played one of those since the very first one.

Tussin1872537d ago

Been on a media blackout for the past 2 weeks. Can't wait but I'm keeping my expectations in check. After what I saw yesterday, I'm hoping this is much better. Two more hours...

O_O

Gazondaily2537d ago

Definitely didn't match the hype.

freshslicepizza2537d ago

No it didn't, so far E3 has been a major disappoinment.

SpaceRanger2537d ago

How did it not?
Almost purely exclusive games. Not enough talking on stage for you I'm guessing?

freshslicepizza2537d ago

@SpaceRanger
"How did it not?"

Tell me then, what was so exciting?

"Almost purely exclusive games. Not enough talking on stage for you I'm guessing?"

Spiderman looked great as did God of War but not enough new stuff and Days Gone was underwhelming which is a shame because last year it was one of the best games shown. Now it's just another third person open world game on par with what Ubisoft is doing. PSVR is still underwhelming and at roughly 60 minutes it just felt like an extended Nintendo Direct. Where is Dreams, what is Sucker Punch doing? But of course you came into this E3 knowing Sony was going to win regardless so I am wasting my breath here.

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Harkins17212537d ago

Haven't shown anything yet. Please wait before tooting the horn

foxdie20142537d ago

Listen just by sony showing up ms lost with that shit storm of a conference ms had

kenwonobi2537d ago

I'll too my horn if they show a dead canary. It'll be more exciting than Xbox-X​ and stuff. Crackdown minus explosions and racing game number 100.

Dark_Knightmare22537d ago (Edited 2537d ago )

It's Sony when don't they ever knock it out of the park at e3 like seriously lol

DaGR8JIBRALTAR2537d ago

2006......but all is forgiven.

XanderZane2537d ago

2017 now. Their E3 was not good this year. The crowd was cheering less then Microsoft audience. Go watch it for yourself.

TocaCannaBowl2537d ago

hope to see sucker punch new ip

Tussin1872537d ago

I would love a new IP but I just want to see what they can do now even if it's Infamous. Second Son looked amazing and that was at the beginning of the PS4. Can't imagine what they can do now!!!

TFJWM2537d ago

They have already stated they are working on a new IP, what it is thou nobody knows

Sam Fisher2537d ago

As much as i loved infamous. They need to bring something new, everyone else has done something completely different. When they had mentioned a new ip last time it was an other infamous, thats like stupid to boast about. Now gg went with horizon, thats a f$&@ing new ip. Spiderman, last of us. But sucker punch needs to up their game

fenome2537d ago

So was I, can't believe they still haven't shown their hand! When is PSX again??

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Ubisoft say AC Shadows protagonists will be "romantically attracted to different types of people"

Ubisoft recently shared more details about Assassin's Creed Shadows protagonists, confirming that both of them will romantically attract and be attracted to different types of people.

Hugodastrevas22h ago

That should please everyone I'm sure...

RpgSama8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

Feudal Japan DEI LGBTQ+ Samurai, sounds very accurate for the time period. Surely a decision made only with historical accuracy in mind.

Crows908h ago

Or even modern day accuracy.....

Lexreborn27h ago

You have no idea what you are talking about, bet you didn’t know nobunaga was bi-sexual. Or ran maru his is often depicted as androgynous was a “beautiful boy”.

So yeah, feudal Japan had tons of lgbtq and kawaii enough… A BLACK SAMURAI! All without the need of offending a Caucasian because the world is diverse.

VenomUK6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

This story has cracked me up so much! Bravo Ubisoft, bravo! 🤣. So last week everyone was upset that in the long-awaited first Assassin’s Creed: Japan game the protagonist is black. But NOW he is also LGBTQ+ ! It’s like the Ubisoft creative team sat around a table and said “How can we best impress our Kotaku/IGN/Polygon friends and antagonise gamers? Let’s make it woke x 100!’ And then they all silent clapped!

Just you wait until the Star Wars: Outlaws details come out, there better not be anybody complaining about Kay Vess’ dating preferences and the gay droid armies.

Christopher6h ago

It actually is.

Japanese were very Greek in their sexual experiences.

lodossrage6h ago

Lexreborn2 is right

Go read up on Japan's feudal era homosexuality and bisexuality was a very common thing in that time.

I just have to laugh because the same people complaining about this are the same ones crying about wanting "historical accuracy". When it's clear most of the whiners don't even know history themselves.

Christopher5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

Facts don't care about downvotes, btw. You either claim to understand historical accuracy or you just admit you don't like the stuff people did throughout history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

thorstein1h ago

Japan had no Christian stupidity about sexuality.

That's where your nonsensical puritanical view comes from: the Abraham's faiths.

It's feudal Japan, they don't believe in your religion's made up nonsense.

I mean, if you're going to embrace a particular viewpoint, you should at least be aware of where it comes from. Most of the world doesn't care about your ideals.

In those days, they certainly didn't care about your religion.

Get over yourself.

RpgSama25m ago

All of you guys missed the point, I even said I'm very sure they did it ONLY because they wanted to be historically accurate. Stop defending this, we all know why they did it and who they want to pander, it's not out newfound respect for history.

lodossrage1m ago

@RpgSama

Nobody is defending anything.

People are just pointing out the fact that after they just cried about the game not being historically accurate, when they SHOW they're accurate, they cry about it because they don't like certain parts of history

Not to mention you contradicted yourself RPGSama. You just pointed out you said they "ONLY because they wanted to be historically accurate". Then turn around and accuse them of pandering and/or having an agenda. Those two things are opposing statements

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CrimsonWing698h ago

Geezus, just make a good game… holy sh*t this is becoming insufferable.

Crows908h ago

Oh yeah!!!! What about being inclusive???

I'm sorry
..please replace the word inclusive with stupid.

notachance4h ago

If they truly aimed for inclusivity they’d make the protagonist an Ainu tribe, this is just Ubisoft getting comfy with Sweet Baby Inc as always.

Hofstaderman6h ago

You asking UbiSoft to make a good game? This is not 2002.

thorstein1h ago

I thought you crybabies wanted "historical accuracy." Now that your going to get it, you're going to cry more.

PRIMORDUS1h ago

It's past the point of retarded, everyone seems forced to do this bullshit now in games. 😑

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Hofstaderman6h ago

I take my hat off to you good sir. Brilliant.

Laskin6h ago

Thanks… I was originally going to write Samu-Bi but then I realized it was right there already so it works better

darthv728h ago

Is that genuinely a selling point for people?

RpgSama8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

They sure as hell want to see if it is, time and time and time again.

VincentVanBro7h ago

You have to understand they’re incapable of writing a good story so this is the best they could come up with

thorstein1h ago

Well, after last weeks crying about historical accuracy. Now Ubi days, " Oh, okay, historical accuracy: here you go."

Now you're saying you don't want the accuracy? Can you guys just make up your minds?

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Unannounced Valve 6v6 Shooter MOBA Footage Leaked

ESTNN writes: "A leak for Valve's 6v6 3rd-person shooter MOBA has supposedly been released ahead of time. And if the reports are true, fans of the genre have much to be excited for."

XiNatsuDragnel1d 16h ago

Deadlock looks like bioshock and Moba had babies

JunonZanon8h ago

Valve really cannot count to 3.

Number1TailzFan6h ago

They should've had a new L4D like 10 years ago, it can be expanded upon a lot more but they just left it collecting dust.. it was a good game for its time but L4D2 doesn't have nearly enough content these days to keep players engaged, and it needs a serious graphics upgrade

mastershredder5h ago

Nice bend at the knee there Gabe. Seriously? A quirky character arena shooter? This late into the me-too-shooter market? I thought you guys were so much better than that crap. Gabe must need a bigger yacht.

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Limited Run Games: There's Still Demand For Physical Media, But Not In "Traditional Way"

Limited Run Games believes that more companies will start selling a limited number of physical media in a decade.

CrimsonWing6912h ago(Edited 12h ago)

Like a vocal minority demand?

On PS5 alone the digital sales made up 77% of all game sales in 2024.

https://www.truetrophies.co...

Also, I despise f*ckin limited run games because they will extort people that want a physical version by marking up the prices almost 100% so they make more. So a game digitally that’s $30 you can expect it to be $60 on LRG and don’t even get me started on the collectors edition prices… it’s borderline highway robbery.

Jingsing11h ago(Edited 11h ago)

Yeah and other quarters it is 63% and sometimes lower than that, the split goes up and down so it isn't quite the digital domination you are trying to paint. I suspect given all that has been going on the past couple of years with digital and subscriptions people might start having a change of heart and tip the balance back.

CrimsonWing6911h ago

No, it is quite the domination that I’m painting it out to be. Otherwise we wouldn’t be hearing how stores out struggling or seeing the removal of physical media flat out.

Please show me the quarter where physical sales beat out digital please. I would like to stand corrected.

darthv7211h ago

I've never liked their practice of taking someone elses work and putting their own spin on it. Glorified bootleggers is what they are. Peddling their reproductions at more than full value of the original.

CrimsonWing6910h ago

Kinda of crazy about their burned disc scam for 3DO games.

shinoff21839h ago

You do know the developers sign up for it and get paid. Believe it's a 70 percent developer and 30 percent limited run games. How are they bootlegging. They also go through Sony so it's all legit

TiredGamer8h ago

At the end of the day, they are providing a service that others don't. You can moan about it all you want, but the reality is that without them, very few niche games would get a physical release. It's niche and they don't get the benefit of large volume manufacturing and sales.

They are a business; they have many costs. They employ staff, probably pay out benefits, have to invest in capital and property, have to work out licensing and contract agreements, have to come up with design ideas and work with manufacturers, they have to market, and they have to take on risk of inventory. They do it while still providing a service that others are willing to pay for. Sounds like a success story to me.

shinoff21839h ago

Those numbers are fabricated as fk though.

Say there's 1000s games and only 200 are available physically. Of course digital will be higher.

CrimsonWing699h ago(Edited 9h ago)

what are you even going on about?

What is being fabricated as “fk” with and I quote, “ Sony's fiscal report for the year ending March 2024, less PlayStation owners are buying boxed PS5 games that ever before. PS5 and PS4 physical sales in 2024 now only account for 30% of all PlayStation games sold as players continue to invest more in their digital game collections. Plus, with the release of the new PS5 Slim with its optional disk drive, we might see even more players buying the best PS5 games digitally.”

Help me with the mental gymnastics on how the numbers are fabricated in a fiscal financial report…

And regardless of the number of games even your point still shows how digital is selling more than physical. Like, what is even happening here?

A physical media distributor is even saying the landscape is changing in this very article. I don’t even know how this is up for debate. What will be apparent is “fk’s” like LRG will charge you way above the MSRP for physical games.

MetroidFREAK2111h ago

I'll continue to buy physical games until my last day as a gamer

Skuletor11h ago

I still have a physical copy of The Crew, lol.

MetroidFREAK2110h ago

I have Exoprimal and Helldivers 2 physically so I feel you on that

SonyStyled7h ago

I have 4 sealed first release copies of Class of Hero’s 2g on PS3 from Monkey Paw. The only way they’d be printed is if you placed an order, so it was a publishing run by number of orders. Their shipping date was delayed a couple months due to some publishing issue from Sony at the time. Monkey Paw ended up making another run or two of the games publication after the first