'With Sony going in as the major leader in the current generation console race and projected to only increase its lead, VGU looks at 5 ways Sony could completely botch its E3 and send them hurtling towards the bottom of the table.'
Battlefront for sure. Really just showing Halo 5 will automatically make them lose, but battlefront would be a massive blow. They'd lose e3 2015 too if that happens lol
Battlefront will never be exclusive for Xbone, and EA has most likely learned from their mistakes with Titanfall exclusivity, since EA believed Xbone would sell more consoles then PS4, which never happened. As stated by the developers the first Titanfall was exclusive, and let us take a look at Plants vs Zombies which itself is no longer exclusive.
I'm pretty sure Disney would never allow EA to make BF exclusive to one system. Disney couldn't give a rat's behind about console exclusives, and the amount of money MS would have to shell out to even make it remotely possible would be a complete waste.
Shenmue would cause a lot of upset people, and the fallout would be huge for Sega, but I doubt it's going to cause Sony to lose. If that's all MS can bring, then they will lose.
@rainslacker I was just talking about that with my brother, EA may want to sign an exclusive deal, but Disney will not allow anything like that, Disney will want Battlefront on everything to get as much money as possible, unless of course MS Throws out a billion dollars for exclusive rights to Battlefront, it ain't happening.
Shenmue won't help MS WIN, and if anything happens with Shenmue(witch I seriously doubt) it will be multiplat including Wii U to get as much sales as possible...
Really the most likely 3rd party exclusive for MS is Fallout 4(Bethesda would surely sell MS exclusive rights to this game for 300-400 million$, cause it would never make that anyway)
And if they are sony exclusives do they automatically win? But I think more likely candidates are Fallout 4, or Mass Effect. But will be timed exclusive anyway
I find that Sony always has the hardest conference to pull off...Microsoft gets the benefit of going first, meaning anything that is shown during their conference is new (unless already leaked beforehand)and makes everything they do look that much more impressive since it's the first E3 conference of the day...Then you have the EA and Ubisoft conferences that show off even more cool things we haven't seen yet...Now we re left with Sony...They have no choice but to blow everyone away or it will be deemed as a boring conference after seeing everything else during the day...
That's why I always find myself watching the Sony conference live ,than followed by Microsoft and will glance both EA and Ubisoft...I find its a more realistic portrayal of what highlights E3... Going last does have some advantages (especially E3 2013)but it also comes with a boat load more pressure to deliverer after what the media has already seen 3 conferences before yours...(probably why lots of people always say that Microsoft have better E3 since it's the first one we see and we cant compare it to anything else after the fact)
Expected a more serious list.Here's what can make Sony lose in my eyes.
Too much focus on indies, the majority of us know their stance on Indies by now and while they are fun we don't need too much if a focus on them.
Project Beast is Multiplatform, or it flat out doesn't show up. This would be a real heartbreak.
Too much time showing off Project Morpheus. It's almost certain to appear but let's not waste too much time in it unless they have some amazing games for it ready to be shown off.
No familiar/flashy IP. If your gonna show your stuff in a theatre to the public there has to bea face they recognize or a new one that hooks them in immediately. Just imagine sitting in a theatre then the screen goes dark then you suddenly see kratos's face appear on screen *theatre goes wild *
The last point wouldn't really bother all that much but the other 3 needs to not happen
They'll most probably talk about the Morpheus. They might show a game trailer or two. I don't think that there will be an on-stage demo though. It's very hard to show off VR games.
On a serious note..I personally think the "winner" for this E3 will be who ever dishes out the best exclusive games coming out in 2014. I hope we can all agree that both the Ps4 and Xbox One doesn't have software that truly defines it at the moment. Once we start to see these big titles, that's when we can declare a winner or loser. At the end of the day it comes down to the games we play, not the piece of hardware or company behind them. Am i right?
I think MS and Sony will probably not have the best showing of all....I think that will go to a third party...be it EA or Ubi... I am most interested in a lot of those games..only exclusive I care about seeing at the moment is UC4...and the second season of KI...
There is a little extra pressure on Sony to deliver after renting out the movie theatres. And even after it already being known that they're going to show UC4 & The Order. I find it a little hard to believe they can botch it up bad enough to 'lose'.
Wow, like none of these will happen.. may as well add a few more:
6. Sony revive Hitler to lead console business 7. Sony will require a drop of blood per download 8. Sony first party studios branch to all platforms 9. Sony might hire Goku to Kamehameha the building 10. Sony will arrive late
hmmm...number 8 would actually be a huge announcement, and that announcement would probably break the internet. Means Sony would make more money as well, as they have some damn good games.
I know a few people who would like Number 9. Except they want Goku should just Kamehameha All Microsoft offices and any developers willing to work with MS
SONY could lose by one way alone, and that is by not showing any exclusive games. I'm not talking about first party either, they need some third party exclusives. Of course the likelihood of the latter happening is slim to none. However, my statement remains true...if SONY doesn't show games we've never heard of or seen before, their E3 automatically fails. I mean, that is the whole point of E3 to unveil games, not show gamers what they've already seen.
It will be interesting to see this, this year as Microsoft were the highlight last year haha
Do a Don Mattrick basically
Expected a more serious list.Here's what can make Sony lose in my eyes.
Too much focus on indies, the majority of us know their stance on Indies by now and while they are fun we don't need too much if a focus on them.
Project Beast is Multiplatform, or it flat out doesn't show up. This would be a real heartbreak.
Too much time showing off Project Morpheus. It's almost certain to appear but let's not waste too much time in it unless they have some amazing games for it ready to be shown off.
No familiar/flashy IP. If your gonna show your stuff in a theatre to the public there has to bea face they recognize or a new one that hooks them in immediately. Just imagine sitting in a theatre then the screen goes dark then you suddenly see kratos's face appear on screen *theatre goes wild *
The last point wouldn't really bother all that much but the other 3 needs to not happen
I just hate all the sales/chart talk just show us the games and end it with a trailer or gameplay of an unannounced game ;)
Here is a way Sony can win E3: Show up and have a kick-ass show.