Sony Gamescom Presentation Review: Underwhelming

"This year's E3 was interesting, because Microsoft actually brought their A game with them, while Sony appeared to largely flounder (and was saved by the footage of some great games thrown together near the end of the conference). A lot of people felt Sony was saving things up- maybe stuff wasn't ready at E3."

[Artista]

Very underwhelming. . Sh!t load of indie push. . barely any footage of Bloodborne. Vita doesn't even exist anymore. . I could go on. . I can't even be bothered.

@dmitrijs88 how do you benefit from sales? 10 mill sales didn't stop microsoft from securing Tomb raider.

@Lulz_Boat let's not exaggerate

@ Army_of_Darkness I'm actually just as interested in the PS4 as I am in Xbox One.

The Vita is a disaster.

The rest of you are not worth replying to.

[Magicite]

No worries, 15+m sold before 2015 confirmed.

[XisThatKid]

All in all underwhelming or not we're getting alot of great features and games 2014/15 Yea I didn't see some of the games I wanted to see but then again most of my games already had their shine and I need to wait for seldom updates and release dates is all.
Planetside 2
Guilty Gear Xrd will be at TGS
I'm never ganna get another PSAllstars soo....
Last Guardian TGS my guess
among others.

[Gazondaily]

Yeah I don't make a profit from those consoles sold, I want to play the games.

To be honest, Sony didn't have to do much to beat MS at this year's Gamescom. Somehow however, they didnt do that. I was really underwhelmed, mainly because, I was hoping for that big announcement. MS at least had one announcement, the TR exclusivity (as ugly as that is).

Sony obviously have their other studios working on something so I wanted to see some of that. Alas, although they showed off more games, and newer ones, it just didn't have that wow factor that a lot of us kind of hope for in shows such as E3 and Gamescom.

Also, what's happening with VITA? Or even Morpheus?

[gootimes]

They beat Microsoft, but neither had good shows. Sony just had better games.

[DOMination-]

Sony announced a lot of new things. No huge titles but lots of interesting stuff indeed.

MS pretty much repeated what they showed at e3. Lots of big titles but no real surprises.

All in all, both look in pretty good shape. Sony still have big devs with unannounced games which should make 2015 exciting. and people forget MS have over 20 first party studios and we've only seen projects from a few.

Good times for all. Especially for people like me who own both consoles

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

It seems like if your opinion doesn't reflect those that are on reddit and youtube you are a shill/aren't a true fan...

I don't see how it was underwhelming. What was shown was at least satisfactory. Promising features were shown and a lot of new games where shown as well. Kinda proved that just because a game is indie doesn't mean the game is going to be some 2-D low budget looking crap game.

Just because you didn't see what you wanted or expected (your fault for falling for the hype. You should learn how these conference are by now) doesn't mean what was actually shown is "underwhelming."

[DevilOgreFish]

dmitrijs88 -
"No worries, 15+m sold before 2015 confirmed."

That has nothing to do with sony's presentation at gamescom. I thought sony did show off new titles, the problem was that a majority of these teasers felt more like place holders filling up time slots; which conflict with the games you would want to see more of.

There's two key things that give major kudos during these big events, and that's

1. Major influential IPs.

2. Gameplay; from either the new IPs or other influential IPs that didn't get their chance to show.

It's not just sony. Both companies are having this same problem with their time slot management, and it's confliction between small companies and big name brands.

[morganfell]

Underwhelming is the definition of a visit to gamingbolt.com

As Enemy stated here:

http://n4g.com/news/1565955...

"- Wild (Sony owned, PS4, open world new IP, developed by Rayman/Beyond Good & Evil creator Michel Ancel, biggest game of the show, literally)

- The Tomorrow Children (Sony owned, new IP, PS4)
- Rime (Sony owned, new IP, PS4)
- Alienation (Sony owned, new exclusive from Housemarque, PS4, ‘nuff said)
- Until Dawn (Sony owned, horror PS4 exclusive)
- Tearaway Unfolded (Sony owned, PS4)
- DayZ coming to PS4
- Hellblade (new IP, timed exclusive, PS4)
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (timed exclusive, PS4)
- Volume (new IP, timed exclusive, PS4)

Sony demolished the competition to a point where it's actually embarrassing."

Overwhelming would be the word to describe Sony's Presentation.

[GribbleGrunger]

@Morgan: I agree, this is so frigin' frustrating. I thought Sony just nabbed it at E3 but that was likely due to the fact I'm a PS4 owner; however, Sony soundly beat MS at this years Gamescom. It was the most refreshing and exciting conference for a long time. I've noticed when people say this, they're not listing ALL the new exclusives MS showed.

This labelling games Indies and so automatically dismissing them by default needs to stop. Indies are just as diverse as AAA titles and just as well made -- in some cases better.

Sony have said they want to return to the PS1 glory days and they're doing just that.

[SilentNegotiator]

Indies are quickly becoming a massive part of the industry with lots of veteran backing. These obviously aren't typical indie titles, either. Better a bunch of indies than just seeing the same stuff as E3 plus a timed exclusive and rollercoaster game.

Of course Ps4 has a lot of indies; it's actually selling so developers want in.

[trenso1]

Sony had a bunch of interesting games while it wasn't an amazing show they had a lot things that seemed fun and great to play. But of course because they aren't AAA they don't. I hate how people ac like they can't play a game unless it's AAA, and the excuse when people say "i didn't buy a ps4 for indies" but are so quick to be like "sony is for the gamers and i play games" but then go on to write of indie games as if they aren't games.

[Lulz_Boat]

sh!t load of indie?? what??

90% of the indies games showed are more than amazing.

[Eldyraen]

Just meant a lot of Indies filled the show... doesn't mean they were bad ones.

Personally I would had preferred more Retail but I have a feeling I will be buying most Indies shown from both Sony and MS (I want to see more on Wild especially and also a Ghost of a Tale).

Indies have been shaking things up a lot for last few years (especially on consoles--I would say they have stolen shows several times now) so they are going out of their way to find cheaper alternatives but still fantastic games. For fans of AAA it can be disappointing but those Indies are often more numerous and a bigger bang for your buck nowadays.

[Potnoodle999]

Rime can't possibly end up being as good as it looks....Because I would literally buy a ps4 for that game alone at this rate :D It looked so good it's insane!

[Army_of_Darkness]

It's very underwhelming if you ONLY have an Xbone and have no intentions on getting a PS4.
Until dawn, hellblade and Alienation are just a few games from the show I'm very excited about :-D

[TKCMuzzer]

Alienation looked brilliantly chaotic.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

I don't get it either...

The moment I saw the older Kai looking girl kneeling between the pillars and the smokey crow I almost shout "Heavenly Sword 2 finally!!!", well, not exactly what it is, but Hellblade is definetelly good news in my book. Same with Until Down, great potential 2 years ago but there were concerns about Move and than it vanished, now they staged quite a comeback and it looks like a great horror game. And the Silent Hill stealth tease/troll? Brilliant!

Also quite good unexpected suprises! Rime (Ico anyone?) and Wild (love me some survival game, thank you!) were impressive. I also had no idea DayZ was coming for PS4 (that may had just been me though).

Was it overwhelmingly good? Did I heard every possible thing I wanted being mentioned in this conference? No. But it sure as hell wasn't underwhelming. And sure it's better than repeating E3 and moneyhatting Crystal Dynamics on a game which we all knew was in development for both next-gen consoles since last year.

[Haxamin]

Please go on, tell me more about Until Dawn, WiLD, LBP3, The order, Alienation, Tearaway Unfolded, Tomorrows Children, Driveclub, Infamous First Light,Rime, Hellblade, and Hollowpoint.

[Elda]

@Hax...agreed!..almost everything Sony showed looked very interesting.

[Palitera]

I guess he wanted Planetside 2, Uncharted 4, Resistance 4, or, you know, anything with a number on its name.

I prefer creativity. New franchises are being born.

[Genuine-User]

some people have truly lost the plot.
Almost every game shown at the Sony Press conference was great.

[LAWSON72]

You played them already?

[GW212]

Lawson, give it a rest. You're the guy already saying Sunset Overdrive is a GOTY candidate.

[Dee_91]

It will always be underwhelming when you focus on the plethora of things they didn't show or "should have" shown, instead of focusing on the things they did show.. but eh. what do you expect from a bunch of entitled gamers? Nothing new under the sun..

[fr0sty]

Underwhelming, huh?

The Order new trailer

LBP3

Bloodborne new trailer / within 6 months?

10 million PS4's sold through to consumers worldwide

The Tomorrow Children - fully exclusive

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter - timed exclusive

Volume (Thomas Was Alone developers)

Runemaster - timed exclusive

Hollowpoint - timed exclusive

DayZ (Cross-platform play)

Hellblade (Ninja Theory / Heavenly Sword) main character looks like Kai from HS - PS4 timed exclusive

Rime (fully exclusive to PS4)

Indies Montage

Destiny - according to Gamestop, most pre-ordered (PS4 leading) in history for new IP, Dark below expansion launching in December

Far Cry 4

Shadow of Mordor - exclusive content

Hideo Kojima - MGS V, new box abilities

P.T. - first interactive teaser? - live on Playstation store

PS4 System Software 2.0

- shared videos to youtube, shared play

- any PS+ subscriber, invite friend anyone, anywhere to play together in same session, friends do not need to own or download game

Morpheus

PS Now

PS TV - gaming console to most PSP, PSVita, PS1, 2, classics - 99 euros including 3 digital games

Until Dawn - built exclusively for PS4 - 8 friends try to survive night from hell, Ouija board, graphics look pretty good, survival horror

Drive Club - Weather - photo mode?!

Media Molecule - Tearaway Unfolded for PS4 (2015)

Alienation - Exclusive PS4 from Housemarque

Wild - Wild sheep studios, new PS4 exclusive

...

http://i.minus.com/iCHPsBlr...

[BABY-JEDI]

That's what I call a pretty awesome list with some great exclusives
; )

[listenkids]

You listed the show, congratulations.

The Order looks great, Rime looks great, Bloodborne looks great for it's audience, great to have DayZ join PS, Driveclub looks great. Destiny is great. But we've seen all these to some extent. The rest are average at best with small exceptions, just because they are timed exclusive or otherwise doesn't make them good.

Media Mol took time to innovate they say, but waste it porting a Vita title because the system is dead.
Alienation could well just be a DLC reskin of Deadnation, may turn out ok, who knows.

PS Now is having a terrible time because of pricing, they needed to address it. PS update 2.0 isn't enough, the UI has been stale for 9 months and we've generally been ignored on our wishes to make it a better place, give me MKV support, backgrounds, folders, anything.

[fr0sty]

All of the PS 2.0 leaked images and videos have shown folder organization. No console has MKV support, or ever has, though it would be nice. DLNA and basic MP4/AVCHD/etc. support would work fine for me.

PSNow's subscription service announcement would have been nice, Tearaway is a critically acclaimed game that deserves a PS4 version, which is by no means a port. It is its own standalone game played in different ways, some of which are not possible on Vita.

Not to mention the awesome game sharing feature. Wild also looks amazing... and I've never played a Housemarque game I didn't like. PT also looks cool.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

Is that... Tomb Raider on the gif? Tomb Raider alone?

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW50...

[-Foxtrot]

I don't understand why people are hating on Sony's conference when Microsofts was no better, they showed less.

At one time it was about games regardless of what they were, Indies or AAA but no all of a sudden these things are based on surprises and AAA games only

[SharnOfTheDEAD]

Microsoft's Gamescom was just a repeat of E3 with Tomb Raider as a shock exclusive that was it, nothing new! Sony announced a lot of games that weren't mentioned at E3 and Wild is probably game of the show! Also P.T is a huge surprise, a scary one too!

[Jdoki]

@Artista

What games do you actually like?

Indie or not, a good game is a good game.

Plus Sony showed of a lot of other interesting / intriguing titles.

I own a Vita, I play it loads. It's obvious it's a dying console, but I've got my money's worth, and a lack of new AAA games (there's still a tonne of games I have yet to play on it), is in no way reason to class the show as underwhelming.

There wasn't one big megatonne announcement, but there were a lot of smaller ones.

[Artista]

Yes, your'e right. A good game is a good game.

But, Quality over Quantity. The indie scene is like a flood gate right now, especially on PS4.

I like the Uncharted series, and Demon's souls to name a few, so you can already tell I'd like Uncharted 4 and Bloodborne.

Vita is completely neglected in favor of PS Tv and indie games. . How would that not piss a Vita gamer off?

They announced 10 mill sold. Whoopdie doo..

It wasn't all bad tho' it's just that, I took nothing away from the show.

[wsoutlaw87]

Artista, are you trying to question quality? You cant just make assuptions based of a game being independant. And most of the games people are calling "just indes" are sony owned IPs. Come on, They showed basicly a new heavenly sword, the wild, new house marquee game, new q-games games, dayz on the ps4, hollowpoint and more on the paradox deal, untill dawn, and new trailers for some great games. What else do you really want? "Big" over hyped games? What is quality for you and how are you distinguishing it from announce trailers. It seems as if a bunch of you judge these things on overhyped "omg" moments rather than stuff you will actually play, which makes no sense.

[Palitera]

Looks like someone believes hype and marketing too much.

Advice: you shouldn't be so naive if you have gaming for a hobby.

[Spotie]

You should quit gaming, as you're an embarrassment to the community.

You disregard any game that looks halfway decent, interesting, or unique. And for what? Moneyhatting? GTFO. We could do with less "gamers" like you.

[q8kik]

they had a box with a half naked chick in their presentation ...... they definitely won IMHO

[wsoutlaw87]

I really liked sonys show. I dont need a show to see trailers of games I already knew about. I really liked what they did show, who cares if there were some indies. Even the news on the firmware update was nice. Would people really prefer MS's show where they showed nothing new and the only big thing they did announce doesn't affect xbo gamers in any way.

[Flamingweazel]

MS had a tonne of multiplats not 1 new IP and sonys was underwhelming???

Sony announce 3 new AAA ip;s MS NONE

WTF people complain no new IP;s, only shooters, sony announced creative games across multiple ganres and people complain??

MS was a disaster sony's was awesome, so much variety.

[gman_moose]

MS didn't show one new game, yet they get a pass from criticism? What else is new?

Sony at least showed some NEW things, even if no AAA games. The Silent Hill reveal was genius though, yet no one gives them any credit for that. So what if it's not exclusive, it was still cool. Until Dawn, Wild, and some others all look very promising, and were actual new announcements, and let's not forget firmware 2.0.

Really solid showing from Sony, but all anyone is talking about is MS buying up unknown timed exclusive for a mediocre game lol. Is this where the industry is going? No one gave a crap about the next Tomb Raider until this news.

[garos82]

People who found the conference underwhelming have a very underwhelming gaming taste. i don't need to repeat the amount of variety and plethora of genres that will be coming soon to PS platforms. Many people above me have already done so.

Maybe you moaning fools should try find another hobby such as knitting.

As a side note i was quite impressed with Microsofts show also. There is no shortage of experiences to be enjoyed from all 3 major consoles out there. Even just owning one of the three you have plenty of choice of some great IP's to enjoy

[Xwow2008]

What?! it was awesome.

[BattleTorn]

Honestly reading about PS4's upcoming SharePlay feature seems to be the most intriguing thing coming out of Gamescom.

http://kotaku.com/new-ps4-u...

[HappyWithOneBubble]

Sure was. Sony brought their A game.

The haters got salt in their eyes. It burns.

[kingdom18]

I would give it a B. Not great, not mind-blowing, but it did have some new games, some of them looked cool, and there was no 10 minute Powers segment. So, yeah, a B, good, not bad, but certainly not great.

[Enemy]

A timed exclusive, sequel to a game no one even talks about anymore = Microsoft brought their A game.

[Mikelarry]

all i got from that article was that no mention of psvita = underwhelming conference. not even going to waste my time

[RIP_Weazel]

@Enemy :
I think you mean Bought, not brought.

[FunAndGun]

that was slick!

[gamer1138]

You mean "bought" lol lol lol

[danny818]

lol ur kidding right?

[wsoutlaw87]

wow some of you are really bad at understanding sarcasm.

[guyman]

O yea it's this anti-sony site, striking again i see and trolling as hard as ever. Nothing credible here at all. Why am i not surprised that this site praised microsoft's conference to the end's of the earth and is now cutting down sony's as if (sony) can do nothing right at all?

That first paragraph makes me feel sorry for you, that you would stoop to such childish levels.

[gamer1138]

What are you talking about? Gamingbolt uses every opportunity to bring up the power gap between the two consoles!

[kenshiro100]

Gotta love double standards.

[neocores]

More New Ip and exclusives
Did not know that was underwhelming.
Cant wait till the holiday

[Software_Lover]

Just overhyped, as is everything on the internet.

[gangsta_red]

Yup, as I said earlier. The only thing that grabbed me was Until Dawn. The rest was ok. DayZ was a little surprising but I already been played that game to death on PC.

It's getting to the point that you really need to stay away from the internet when one of these events is coming up.

[truefan1]

I found this article to be an honest critique that echoes the sentiments of most playstation gamers I have seen across the many gaming websites.

[WeAreLegion]

Stop. It was pathetic. Now, it's annoying.

[Drekken]

Truefan on websites = N4G, Youtube, and MisterX's lunatic blog.

[Haxamin]

Aww truefan's using big words..

[cell989]

LMAO try harder please. I saw more diverse games shown at Sonys conference than MS. Also more exclusives and more new IPs, something MS juts doesnt like to invest on much, rather buy out whats already there

[kenshiro100]

Really? Tell us more.

No, you're trolling, as usual.

[Xsilver]

lmao of couuuuuuuuuuuurse you did

[ziggurcat]

@truefan:

it doesn't matter what article is posted, if it's making any sort of failed attempt at downplaying sony/PS4, you automatically agree with it without even reading the bloody article.

please, show us the comments from "most playstation gamers" you are referring to... because i guarantee that "most playstation gamers" were excited about the amount of NEW IPs that were announced during their presentation.

[Whirlwind_Fanfare_08]

STFU!

@FayZ_
Oh shut up already man. You're not even trying!

[Omran]

you should be banned from this site you moron

[GW212]

Christ guys, he does this on purpose to get exactly the response you've given him.

I read his comments for the sheer hilarity, you can't take him seriously. If you're that bothered by his meaningless drivel, just block him and move on. Don't let a bad apple take the fun out of your hobby.

This dude probably has a terrible life. This is all he has. This is probably, LITERALLY, the only place in his entire life where he can "control" others and elicit any kind of a meaningful response from anyone. He'll keep doing it if you let him because it's the only thing he can do to feel relevant.

[ramiuk1]

i thought both was poor ,but sony showed loads of newIP

[TheFirstClassic]

Where are the vita games? I haven't had time to watch the conference but I didn't see any announced.

[fermcr]

Sony have already abandoned the Vita. Some people are just too stubborn to realise that. It's 3rd party that's supporting the Vita.

EDIT: @Nightcyberspud
Indies are 3rd party ;)

[Nightcyberspud]

No its indies supporting th vita as an afterthought. 3rd parties and Sony themselves have abandoned it like they did the PSP.

[TheFirstClassic]

When I complained about the lack of vita support at e3, everyone said to wait till gamescom. Well gamescom is here and there is still nothing big announced for the vita. I can't stand the terrible support for this system. If it wasn't for persona 4, I would sell it.

[Yodagamer]

1 indie game called volume or something. It's so disappointing and if this doesn't confirm the vita is dead for most people this is the nail in the coffin. Never have i seen a console with such potential get this shafted by it's own company other than the saturn.

[TheFirstClassic]

It's terrible. I love the system but its getting such poor support. Its basicaly a portable ps1 for me now.

[xYLeinen]

Underwhelming?, what did u all expect?

[cfc78]

Wasn't mind blowing but had good bits im pretty happy with Gamescom so far.

[Corpser]

Some Indies but lost one AAA game

[cell989]

they have a Tomb Rider, we have an Uncharted. Cant wait to see these 2 face off and all the Digital Foundry comparisons.

[DeadlyOreo]

How would one ride a tomb? I'd love to see that though.

[stavrami-mk2]

was a very boring conference a few good game clips,no vita love and to much indie for my liking . hopefully this will kick them up the arse for there next conference

[HarryMasonHerpderp]

I liked the conference.
BloodBorne did it for me, that game looks damn amazing, plus Wild and Rime also look equally as amazing in different ways. So excited to play those games.
Oh and The Order is still on my wish list, loved the environments in that game and looking forward to killing werewolves in a steampunkish London!

[TKCMuzzer]

Yeah RIME really caught my attention

[AutoCad]

Lots of indies is what i took out of it..
Nothing too impressive.

[ps5fanboy]

Every game was pretty mind blowing especially the surprises , looking forward to seeing gameplay videos though also.

[WeAreLegion]

Wild and The Tomorrow Children look great! Getting Tearaway and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, as well. No idea how this was "underwhelming".

[Lionalliance]

This article is underwhelming,

[Slugfest321]

Yep very underwhelming after e3 i was saying nah wait till gamescom just wait here comes gamescom annnnd no big announcements. Im not saying the games looked bad but they look like the filler games you play while waiting for the big games really disappointed with ps4 at moment.

[migh_and_highty]

Both companies brought great games. Microsoft had one new IP reveal (the roller coaster game forgot what it was called) vs Sony who brought several, Hellblade, WILD and a couple others like alienation.

It depends what kind of gamer you are, you will prefer one or the other.
Microsoft had big news, but not necessarily one that affects the xbox gamer, such as tomb raider exclusivity in holiday 2015.

It was coming to xbox one anyway, so thats less of a win for xbox, as it is a loss for playstation.
Overall, I prefered the variety of games in sony's.
Horror, survival and action games as well as fun platforming games like tearaway.

[Jdoki]

What!?

I felt Sony over-delivered in many ways. All they needed was to end it with one big 1st party AAA (maybe a teaser of Guerilla Games rumoured RPG) and it would have been the perfect show.

[jts1891]

If you're happy with spending $400 on a console to play what seems like an endless stream of Indies, maybe. I bought a PS4 because Sony had loads of great AAA exclusives last gen, and I expected more of the same with the PS4. Instead, in the next year or so we've only got The Order, Bloodborne, and Uncharted as games worth talking about, all of which had been announced at E3 or earlier. We were supposed to see GG's new AAA IP, but instead of coming out swinging with that, we got a bunch of Indie games.

[Jdoki]

Yes, I love Indie games, and I have a PC that cost about the same as my PS4 and XB1 combined, and I play more Indie games on that than AAA too!! Oh noes!!!

There are enough great games to keep things ticking over on PS4, and I'll enjoy the AAA releases as they come.

I dunno why people are so disappointed. There are a tonne of good looking games coming, and yet people have this ridiculous idea that only AAA justifies a purchase.

If a game gives me 50 hours of fun, I don't care if it's AAA, multi-plat or Indie. If No Man's Sky turns out to be as good as it looks, how many people are going to turn their nose up and say 'Not playing an Indie game on my $400 PS4'. What a joke!

People need to get used to the fact that this gen we're going to see less AAA per year as they take longer to develop and cost more; and all this entitlement won't make any difference.

We KNOW a Santa Monica game is coming, we KNOW a Guerilla game is coming, we KNOW Media Molecule has a new IP, and we KNOW a whole lot more already... And there are probably plans for AAA titles for the next 7 years in the pipeline.

So lets wait for the games we know are coming to actually arrive, so we can enjoy them, and then start bitching about the situation if it hasn't changed.

The funny thing is, if Sony showed a load of new stuff early, and then it got delayed, we'd see just as huge an outcry and whining! And I'd be interested to know the actual ratio of Indie to other games that Sony showed, because I bet it is not as high as people are making out.

[hello12]

"This year's E3 was interesting, because Microsoft actually brought their A game with them, while Sony appeared to largely flounder (and was saved by the footage of some great games thrown together near the end of the conference). A lot of people felt Sony was saving things up- maybe stuff wasn't ready at E3." (PS4)

I told you guys this months ago it will not happen. Just because i'm an x box fan doesn't mean i don't know anything. You just had to look at the balance sheet of Sony to know they would struggle to hand out money to new studios to make AAA games.

AD705@ Sony has more first party studios and you guys were telling me those studios will produce the games at E32014 and Gamescom. I told you guys that will not happen and gave reasons for that numerous times before the summer. And now i have been proven to be right. Microsoft done or hasn't done is meaningless.

You have guys like imt below who believes still in promises and dreams and don't look at the facts at all.

Skoory@How is it biased? When Playstation fans on reddit are saying same thing i said months ago. Sony has no AAA games. Maybe i just google facts and form a proper opinion based off that.

[AD705]

All MS did this gamescom was brag about the same shit they showed us at E3 this year with a few bundles we already knew about and some roller coaster game as the only new IP they showed. How did MS do amazing? Because they bought out TR?

[skoorydook]

Being an Xbox fan doesn't make people think you know nothing, your pathetically biased nonsense does that

Edit

A quick look at almost everything you ever post is dripping with bias.

How does it have no AAA games ?

It has more than the X1 it doesn't matter how you and others feel about them, they exist so no you aren't basing anything off fact, you are entitled to like and prefer whatever system you like but don't piss in peoples pockets, tell them it's raining and don't expect to get called on it

[Kayant]

"You just had to look at the balance sheet of Sony to know they would struggle to hand out money to new studios to make AAA games" -Yes because MS showed a megaton new exclusive games coming out that were not known. Oh wait... all they shown that was unknown was TR being an exclusive.

[DallasTrout]

The author sounds like a whiny bitch.

[BraidedWALLACE]

You mad bro

[Silly gameAr]

I thought it was pretty good. Had plenty of games that looked awesome. Do people not like games anymore?

[jts1891]

When you spend $400 on a console, you expect games that justify the purchase of new hardware. Instead, Sony has been pumping us full of indies that could've been run on a PS2.

[Silly gameAr]

Don't feed me that "only indies crap". I know better.

[martinezjesus1993]

I liked it, I was expecting more, GG new game, some Uncharted gameplay, (unrealistic expectations) but i enjoyed it. I loved Teraway on vita, so cant wait to play it on ps4. Wild was very good, i cant wait to see more. Bloodborne stole the show for me though, i loved Demon Souls and cant wait to die, alot xD it was an 8 out of 10 for me

[FayZ_]

so you buy a ps4 because of its awesome hardware & price yet you forget sony suck at software. games & features, welcome to indiestation 4.

[DeadlyOreo]

This is what's wrong with the human race.

[TKCMuzzer]

I wonder how long it takes you to think up your one and only chance to make a comment.

[imt558]

Well, Sony showed bunch of new IP's.

I will copy/paste some post from GAF. And i agree with that. But Sony probably leave it for another E3/Gamescom/TGS :

1) Shadow of the Beast: What is the story with this game? Its been a year since it was announced at last Gamescom and there has been squat in terms of new info.

2) Everybody's Going to the Rapture: Same as above. At least there has been some word on this one. I think IGN ran a previous a month or so ago.

3) No Media Molecule new IP: I'm guessing Sony is letting a good number of their developers defer their true next-gen projects while they do remasters and remakes. This will be likely at E3 2015.

4) No Guerilla Games IP: This has been rumored for a long while now. I'm guessing we won't hear anything from them in 2014. Except a possible VGX appearance, but even that seems low.

5) No Planetside 2: This seems ridiculous. Its been nearly a year since this game launched on PC nearly 2 years ago. I still cannot comprehend how this port is taking this long when the PS4 hardware is so much more similar to PC than previous generations. What is the hold up?

6) No Sony Bend: We don't even have the foggiest clue what these guys are up to. New Syphon Filter? Rumored Horror Title?

7) Sony London: Same as above.

8) Quantic Dreams new IP: I'm surprised this didn't show up and that these guys didn't show up entirely. I would've thought we'd AT LEAST get some announcement of a Beyond Remaster. Personally I'm glad they didn't bother. I'd rather see a new IP.

9) No Japan Studios: Makes sense give the euro-centric context of the event, but I expected SOMETHING. Bloodborne isn't really from Sony's JPN studios, so it doesn't really count.

10) No U.S. studios: Once again, it seems to makes sense.However, I would've liked to see something of significance. We got a new trailer for Second Light, but nothing else I can recall.

@KNWS

Yeah, KNWS, MS has enough first party studios and they moneyhat 3rd party exclusive! Nice! Anyway, Forza 5 came out 10 MONTHS AGO and they still show this game on conference. Pathetic, really!

[TKCMuzzer]

So even with everything they showed you have just listed games we know are being made and the studios that are probably making games we know nothing about, that seems like quite a few games on the way.

[MasterofMagnetism]

OK conference imo. Showed some games that really got my attention. Also thought it was alot better than E3 even though it was shorter.

[Rimeskeem]

I thought it was great. Had new IPs to show and focused on games. And 2.0 is looking to be awesome when it comes. Until Dawn looks amazing and same with Wild. Alienation looks enjoyable and DayZ on PS4!

Yah they did not show GG or any of that but i still think it was a solid if not well made presentation.

Also Hellblade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! (looks like Heavenly Sword sequel)

Vanishing of Ethan Carter looks interesting as well.

If you were a brand new gamer and had no idea what to expect for Sony Gamescom then I think you are blown away by their conference.

And if we were to compare what was shown at each gamescom then it's pretty obvious who showed the exclusives, new IP's and new technologies.

[clmstr]

IMO, it was better and more consistent than MS' press-conference. Started with Bloodborne - and that was a brilliant idea. Loved it.

[PrinceOfAllSaiyans]

Tearaway Unfolded and Bloodborne where awesome. I bet Gravity Rush 2 will be announced for PS4 next month at TGS and maybe a deal like Platinum is doing with Bayo 2 where you get the first game included. To me MS and Sony where both even. No Guerrilla Games New IP and Sony London didn't show what they where working on. We know Quantic Dream is working on something as well. Still a lot to show. I see what Sony is doing, they're taking the Nintendo route and focusing on games that are coming out in the near future (except Uncharted 4) Most of Sony's big exclusives that have been announced so far are all coming out within the next 6 months.

[Nightcyberspud]

Is it just me or does Rime look like a rip off of Wind Waker?

[S2Killinit]

"underwhelming"? wtf

[skulz7]

The Tomorrow Children
Hollowpoint
Alienation
DayZ
Until Dawn
Hellblade
Bloodborne
Tearaway Unfolded
Wild
Little Big Planet 3
The Order
Rime
Infamous First Light
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

PS4 has tons and tons of games coming out. Furthermore, many of their studios including Media Molecule, Guerilla Games, Sony Bend, London, Japan, Quantic Dream are working on games

On top of that there are games such as Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, The Witness, Uncharted and more that weren't spoken about.

Anyone underwhelmed is just stupid.

[Sevir]

MS's Conference biggest 2 highlight was Tomb Raider announcement, and Quantum Break gameplay and Ori to a lesser extent... everything else about that conference was a snorefest... HALO channel... FORZA... FIFA... EVOLVE... and that awful Fable Legends, a Rollercoaster game and the other indie games they announced which pale in comparision to the ones launching on PS4.

[theunleashed64]

The reason why it was underwhelming to the author because A.( set his expectations to high. B.( he needs headlines for his site. for me it was better than there e3 presentation, lots of new games and ips. also give it a rest trolls, there was maybe one two or three indie games but at most that's it. the point of an indie game is if it's self published it's independent. wild and rime are published by sony therefore 3rd party published. bloodborne aswell and that has a triple AAA budget behind it.

[matrixman92]

both were underwhelming. That insider that said gamescom was going to be a bigger and better show than E3 was full of it. And for people complaining about Tomb raider being timed..there were A LOT of "timed exclusivity" instances mentioned in sonys conference

[mezati99]

Wild (Sony owned, PS4, open world new IP, developed by Rayman/Beyond Good & Evil creator Michel Ancel, biggest game of the show, literally)

- The Tomorrow Children (Sony owned, new IP, PS4)
- Rime (Sony owned, new IP, PS4)
- Alienation (Sony owned, new exclusive from Housemarque, PS4, ‘nuff said)
- Until Dawn (Sony owned, horror PS4 exclusive)
- Tearaway Unfolded (Sony owned, PS4)
- DayZ coming to PS4
- Hellblade (new IP, timed exclusive, PS4)
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (timed exclusive, PS4)
- Volume (new IP, timed exclusive, PS4)

Underwhelming?! GTFO

[Sketchy_Galore]

Everything in gaming has been underwhelming for me for a while now. With every one of these conferences I have a little hope something will be revealed that actually excites me but no, at most it's 'well it looks pretty at least'. The tomorrow children looks like it has potential but I have to see more as I never liked a pixeljunk game. Everything else is either depressing cringe inducing cheese, something we've done before or the same flutey music Ico stuff that can only really be done so many times before it stops being bold and artistic,

[festunga]

I really enjoyed it, interesting new ip's and features. people that say that ms killed it must have missed that lame roller coaster builder, it actually made me laugh. other then that I think ms did well but that game looks soooo poo

[ShaqSoda]

I don't play indies so I'm glad I chose the One over the ps4.

[poor_cus_of_games]

The x1 showed a bunch of worse indies. Like fruit ninja and plague inc. Games that are on my phone.

[ShaqSoda]

I don't play indies. I dont care.

[1nsomniac]

So because it doesn't show (arguably dull) repeats of the big games that we all know of already & decides to show all brand new content of new IP's it's underwhelming!?

Understanding the logic of the gaming community is like understanding women, it'll never happen!!

[thelaughingwiseman]

Man, this is what they've done since last years PS4 reveal. Destiny + INDIEZZZZ + Order 1866 + Drive Club + Fodder

[XStation]

My problem with Sony's conference is this: They showed no system sellers for me except for Bloodborne. Those games they showed mostly doesn't fit me well. I mean little cute people isn't going to get me to buy a game nor console.

[poor_cus_of_games]

Don't worry guys I wouldn't take any notice from that site. They gave the ms conference 9/10. Anyway anyone here tried P.T? freaky game.

[LAWSON72]

Sadly I missed the first 30 minutes because I did not realize it was 1 so I apparently missed Blood borne :(

As for the last hr I am intrigued by game sharing but the part where they said you don't need to download the game leads me to believe it is not as cool as it sounds. The games in the last hr just really did not do it for me.

I thought indies looked alright, IMO other than Papers please I would take Xbones upcoming Indies (then again I have not played them so who knows they might suck, at least I could stare at Cuphead for hrs anyways). I really don't see many from both sides remaining exclusive so not a huge deal anyways.

Tearaway looks interesting but it really does not appeal to me and neither did Wild.

Until Dawn looked like another interesting concept like L4D and Evolve. Sadly though my friends are not on PS4 so I am wanting SP focused games for my PS4 when I get it next year, which I don't think this game provides. No I am calling it a problem, if it is MP focused game that is perfectly fine.

[thelaughingwiseman]

Tired tired tired of Indie games. That's all they do, is push games that are worth really 3-6 bucks for 15 dollars. The only thing memorable about this Gamescon for PS4 was the Box from Metal Gear lol shit was awesome. Other than that, nothing they haven't shown before + Indies. Hellblade looked damn good though, and that isn't exclusive. I like Hellblade because it gave me a really good Heavenly Sword vibe

[silkrevolver]

This was almost more exciting to me than their E3 conference.

Definitely better without "Powers". Good riddance.

[sonic989]

it was a great conference for me i never liked gaming more in the last 3 years because i got sick shooters and cinematic games like far cry and call of duty and the likes
this conference just made happy

[Masterh0ppa]

This was littary the worst conference in years.. Goddamn what à failure of Sony!

[sonic989]

what did you want from it .
could you give me names what games would you consider awesome or which genre ?
i found it great because i like unique games like Rime ,the tomorrow children and platformers like LBP and tearaway

[NickAwesome]

what the ps4 needs now is a god of war 4

[_FantasmA_]

They could come out and say Killzone 5 and a new Syphon Filter and some Xbocks fan would come out and say those games suck and that the PS4 is a paperweight. Someone always hates.

[Artemidorus]

Couple of decent things but overall like true sony fanboys in a deluded state thinking they won. Well you didn't.

The worst fans of anything gaming related to date and this garbage has been going on since 2006. It's simple buy an Xbox or put up and shut up.

[GrandpaSnake]

mark my words, some of these indies will come back around half way through the ps4 cycle to release some big budget games and all of these haters are going to eat crow yet again.

[SegaGamer]

It's only been 2 months since E3, what else did you expect ?

[fxa5209]

Indeed Underwhelming. A bunch of indie games, a Vita game coming to PS4 (yaaay, Woow). We all know about other games like LBP3, Drive Club, Bloodborne........

[JMyers]

Some people here seem blinded by the money hat.

Sony had more new games... both AAA and Indies. They also had way more timed and fully exclusive games.

MS, as usual buy third parties... even though the game ran better and looked better on the competing platform. Notto mention sold better. Tomb Raider doesn't add anything to X1 owners. It's been done just to sell systems.

So basically people are being paid to keep this game off the PS4, and sell X1s. If TitanFall couldn't do it, then this won't. I hope this is not the end for Lara.

[JeffGUNZ]

Honestly, I felt both were pretty good. They seemed to have different agendas to me.

Microsoft seemed to be RIGHT NOW. These games are coming this fall and showed some 2015's as well. I feel like MS is trying to push their console to increase sales this fall. They surely don't want to fall further and further behind.

Sony seemed to emphasis what will be coming. Sony is in a different position then MS, they are selling above expectations and have been selling well with limited games (which is normal for the launch year). They didn't need to stress a fall lineup since they are selling unbelievable. They showed you a lot of indies, which some looked fantastic, and showed some of the 2015 games/new IP's.

Personally, I loved both, but it showed MS is really focusing on now, the fall lineup, to push revenue and try and move consoles.

Why do we have to compare everything. They both were good and gamers have a lot to look forward to this year and 2015.

[feraldrgn]

Wikipedia: "Independent video games (commonly referred to as indie games) are video games created by individuals or small teams generally without video game publisher financial support."

Stop with this "they're just indie games" rubbish.
ND used to be indie.
The only difference is no publisher support.

Just wanting to point that out.

[mrmack00]

Guess it's in the eye of the beholder, but I loved Sony's presentation!!! The fact that I had heard nothing about these games before coupled with how amazing they looked kinda blew me away.

AND we still haven't heard from some of the major studios yet...I'm optimistic about the future.