Opinion: Why PS4's E3 2015 Press Conference Will Likely Disappoint

Push Square: "'Everything was third-party.' I expect Dolan, the magnificent meme duck, will be on fine form in just over a month's time, when Sony's big E3 2015 press conference inevitably fails to live up to expectations. We live in constant fear of the restless Los Angeles event here at Push Square Towers, so it's always a point of conversation: what will the Japanese giant reveal during its show? On this occasion, the feeling throughout the office is unanimous: you already know."

[Zay]

My thoughts exactly. Great article Sammy Barker.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Could of swore an article like this popped up last year as well. Sony is always quiet on their E3 plans. Sony did good last year but Imo not fantastic.

nearly 20 minutes talking about Tv. Everyone says MS needs to step it up both Sony and MS had great conferences albeit flawed.

But Sony needs to make some major improvements.

Horizon
GOW 4
Ratchet And Clank
Uncharted 4
Media Molecules new Ip
Street Fighter
Quantic Dreams new Ip
GT7
Sucker Punch New Ip
Indie titles

Sounds like a great Sony E3 2015 to me.

[Zay]

I don't see Sony announcing all that at 1 show. Most likely they'll spread them out. I believe we'll see this.

E3:
Uncharted 4 - Close Out The Show
Ratchet & Clank
Street Fighter V
Horizon
Gran Turismo 7
Sly Cooper (The Movie is coming 2016)
Level 5 New Game
Indies

Paris Games Week
Media Molecules New Ip
Quantic Dreams New Ip
Sony Bend New Ip (Maybe)
Evolution New Game
Indies

PlayStation Experience:
God of War IV - Close Out The Show
Sucker Punch New Ip
Third Party Exclusive
Indies
Jak & Daxter (Wishful Thinking)

[mikeslemonade]

The conferences will be in this order of quality:
MS first, Sony a close 2nd, and Nintendo will be a distant third.

[breakpad]

the article has a point Sony will probably willnot have smthing spectacular to show other than usual (mediocre) IPs : COD, ACs, Destiny and some U4 gameplay+Morpheus ...i hope for for a shocking exclusive but if there is one it will be probably announced to the other shows..my expectations are very low

[Gazondaily]

Yeah Angelic, there are a lot or dormant ip's not being utilised. I expect greatness at E3 2015

[bouzebbal]

"what will the Japanese giant reveal during its show? On this occasion, the feeling throughout the office is unanimous: you already know."

WTF? because we already have an idea on what will be shown the conference will disappoint?
so a GOOD conference is about surprises not about games themselves?
If you guys "already know" then tell us when The Last Guardian will be talked about at e3.
All manufacturers will have a good show no doubt, but to me the criteria of success is revival of classics. I want this to happen so much because that's what we have been promised by Sony even before PS4 hit the shelves..

[OB1Biker]

Exactly my thought about last year because bloodborne was the E3 megathon made Sony conference a good one.
I think a lot of playstation fans are always expecting nearly all Sony studios to show off unrealistically.
Guerrilla games, Bend studio and a new GOW trailer would make me happy but if one is missing that wouldn't be that disappointing because I know the games will be out when ready.
Of course we ll see Ratchet n Clank and maybe some BloodBorne dlc

[andibandit]

I hope the article is wrong about Morpheus integration with PSNOW PS+ and VUE, taking up conference time.

[Why o why]

Septic + anyone

If you could choose 2 dormant ip's from each camp to be awoken, what would they be?

[Gazondaily]

@Why

PS:
Syphon Filter
Gran Turismo

X1:
Banjo
Perfect Dark

[bouzebbal]

@Why o why

Sony:
Legend of Dragoon
Dark Cloud

Microsoft:
Get Force Gemini
Amped

[freshslicepizza]

almost every year is a disappointment and not just for sony's conference, all of them. we get our expectations ramped up too much.

i do like nintendo's approach as it seems to be more focused as of late. they show a video without the odd stage presentations. nintendo also seems to focus on unique software only found on their systems. can you imagine if sony and microsoft only showed what is only available on their systems? it would be a 15 minutes for sony and a 10 minute show for microsoft.

[Why o why]

Otogi and crimson skies on the box

Bushido blade and okami on the station

[Moldiver]

@Why o why

Xbox:

Jet force gemini
Solar jetman (an ancient rare game from their NES days. a space exploration platformer)

PS:

Jumping flash
dropship (was a PS2 launch game)

[badz149]

"Opinion: Why PS4's E3 2015 Press Conference Will Likely Disappoint"

and MS's will be all awesome and everything, right? yeah totally not biased at all! /s

[poppinslops]

Microsoft's conference will be awesome... even if they just showed the stuff we already know is coming, it'd still be one of their best.

Crackdown
Halo
Gears of War
Forza
Fable
Scalebound
Quantum Break
Tomb Raider

That's already more than enough... yet they've been hinting at new IP, more indies, Rare's game and something big to make up for 'missing out' on Street Fighter.

Yeah, the article may be biased, but it makes some solid points... here's hoping Sony don't have a 'Powers: Season 2' announcement.

[johndoe11211]

@poppinslops

BS. There is not a single solid point that was made in that article. What solid point? sony has a ton of first party studios that we know are working on games that we haven't seen yet. There is absolutely no reason on earth that any unbiased person can give as to why this site would completely ignore this fact other than to be deliberately misleading and intentionally negative.

Even if there are a lot of third party games we know about and will be shown, who the hell are they to say that it would be disappointing? Them showing morpheus and maybe vue would actually be very good for the conference once they do not focus more than a couple minutes on each.

The entire purpose for this article is to create FUD, plain and simple. You cannot ignore a company's entire first party lineup and then claim logic. BS, plain and simple.

[badz149]

@poppinslops

you're saying, the recycle of the same IPs over and over is your definition of awesome? LOL

no wonder the Xbox remains as the "year end gaming machine" because after all these years, those same year end games are still the only thing their fanbase is excited about. last year was an exception because the Xbone was new and they needed to show some games and they were heavily outsold but it seems like they have already back to their same old self just after a year. good luck waiting for the end of the year games!

[Zero-One]

That's not the article's purpose. Think about it, what exclusives are coming this holiday on PS4 in comparison to Xbone?
PS4: Tearaway
Until Dawn
(maybe) No Man's Sky

Xbone: Rise of the Tomb Raider
Forza 6
Halo 5
Fable Legends
Gears of War: Remastered

Trust me, i'm a big fan of Sony. But you can't deny that in terms of exclusives, their sword is starting to dull in terms of Microsoft. Even more than last year!

[johndoe11211]

@Zero one

Tomb raider is not an exclusive. Microsoft deciding to release all their exclusives in the last 3 months of the year is in no way an indication that sony's sword is starting to dull when a blind mouse can see that they are releasing exclusives throughout the entire year, so cut the crap.

http://www.listwar.com/upco...

[RegorL]

Star Wars Battlefront will be big no question about it.

But the article is a bit quiet about Morpheus.
Show it live on stage with at least one game (Mirrors Edge sounds perfect) and list other games with support.
http://www.gamespot.com/art...

[WickedLester]

I agree. He really seems to be downplaying the impact that Morpheus will have on the conference. Personally I think it will be a BIG part of Sony's presentation.

[OUROSMAG]

This sadly is most likely the case. If sony was smart they would include a few of the 3rd party presentations among a majority of 1st party announcements, they can save all the PS now and vue stuff for PSX when the show is solely based on playstation.

I am going in with very low expectations this year.

[SaveFerris]

I agree. Sony should leave the movies and TV stuff for their own show, and concentrate on bringing their best 1st and major 3rd party games for E3.

[badz149]

"If sony was smart..." LOL you really think they aren't? you do know that E3 is not the only gaming event being held through out the year, right?

you are basically suggesting that they should put all their eggs in the E3 basket but what surprise will be left for the other events? Gamescom (Sony won't hold a conference this year, though), GDC, TGS, PSX to name a few.

personally I would be happy with 1 or 2 surprises for E3 and more showing of gameplay for upcoming games and I am gonna look forward to the other events too.

[gangsta_red]

Some very solid points made in this article. It seems Sony is taking a page out of last gen MS strategy's and spending a lot of marketing money on third party multiplat games.

It would be a shame if an E3 show was dedicated to just third party developers showing off timed exclusive 3rd party content or even exclusive DLC.

[Moldiver]

"it seems Sony is taking a page out of last gen MS strategy's and spending a lot of marketing money on third party multiplat games."

^^I agree with this. The games they have aligned themselves with are very much more the domain of the xbox demographic. If they get COD marketing rights this year then that point is REALLY gonna hit home. The biggest games on PS4 are pretty much the same as Xbox these days...shooters, racers and sports.

"It would be a shame if an E3 show was dedicated to just third party developers showing off timed exclusive 3rd party content or even exclusive DLC."

Indeed but I get the feeling this E3, that will be a big talking point this year. We dont know what MS have bought marketing rights to, this year. But we know they have vastly more spending power than sony. This is one of those battles MS can win by simply pulling out the cheque book. Just buy more exclusivity than your competitor.

That said, Phil stated that this year is going to be a more 1st party focused affair. It could be down to PS4 multiplats generally selling more, due to larger install base. forcing a tactical shift from MS to bolster their in house projects. But then MS can afford to do both. E3 will be very interesting this year. Im taking two days off just to watch the conferences, digest it all.

[stuna1]

I didn't know Sony had devulged information on what they were showing at E3!? Seems to me like the person writing this article is prematurely jumping the gun.

[Why o why]

Just a tad. . . Let's just wait and see.

[OUROSMAG]

Or using common sense, or heaven forbid their opinion. The thing is most evidence points to this scenario, even in an article written about what they have in the works, the dev kept bringing up 3rd party titles rather than 1st.

[Why o why]

there's this thing called 'surprise' ......check it out

[Germany7]

It's always good to control the hype, i will be satisfied with the new jrpg coming from Level-5 and more details for Horizon (Guerrilla's new IP).
What are you guys expecting?

[hkgamer]

Level 5 has always been a good developer for me. They make good games but nothing that I will call fantastic. I have yet to complete a Level5 game because I did get bored of those games.

Fursthest I got to completing a game was WKC2, completed the 1st game that came with it but didnt touch 2

[remixx116]

I beat the hell out of dark cloud 2 and no no kuni, in my opinion lecvel 5 are visionaries.

[WCxAlchemist]

Xbox will dominate with games again.

Sony will announce we sold 23mill,mention indies & fanboyish will declare victory LoL it happen last year the year b4 that and it will happen again this year.

[badz149]

I guess you are too young to remember what MS did during the 360's years, ha?

[remixx116]

Are you just go on a jump the fact that you made that sh*t up??

[bleedsoe9mm]

i've said it before and i'll say it again if sony had any big AAA 1st party games they were in a hurry to push , they'd be holding a gamescom presser to go along with E3 . anything they have can be sprinkled thru out the year at paris , tokyo , and the psx because we aren't playing them anytime soon .

[MrBeatdown]

It's not like they can hype their games without a press conference at Gamescom or anything.

[bleedsoe9mm]

its the largest public show in the world and its sony's audience , if they had something to sell they'd have a presser . thats all i'm saying . they wouldn't spend the money to sell multiplats and dlc deals or for anything not coming until next year when the have other opportunities later in the year that make more sense to go along with new announcements .

[MrBeatdown]

You don't need a Gamescom press conference to sell games.

Especially if you already have two press conferences lined up for the year.

[bleedsoe9mm]

@MrBeatdown one in september , end of october and december

[MrBeatdown]

What are you talking about?

They have E3 in June. Paris Games Week in October.

Whether they have PSX again or not, it's irrelevant since it's in December after all games are released.

[stuna1]

Did Nintendo have a presser!? Seems to me they've been doing pretty well with their Nintendo direct streams.

[Kratos0289]

Jumping the gun a bit aren't we if anything it's great that nothing has leaked yet but I seriously do hope 3rd parties don't dominate the show

[stuna1]

I think we are going to hear or have an appearance of your namesake.

[mkis007]

I think they will have at least 1 bomb and 2 fall games announcements... They would not have delayed games at this time otherwise.

[Speak_da_Truth]

Well lets wait and see.

[theunleashed64]

i didn't know journalist have psychic powers/s

really? did i miss something or did he learn something we don't? because if i recall he doesnt work at sony there for how would you exactly know what will or wont be at sony's press confrence. Typical hyperbolic articles that do this crap almost before every e3.

[MasterCornholio]

Just because Sony isn't bragging about it doesn't mean that it will dissapoint.

Anyways we will have to wait and see.

[stuna1]

Either way I think Sony is in a very comfortable position right now. The PS4 is basically selling itself, they have massive support from developers by the boatload, even the games that are out now are performing better not only sales wise, but performance wise and..... so far the PS4 hasn't seen a price drop yet.

Seems more like Sony waiting to see what Microsoft actually brings to the table. At this point Sony are not the ones who need a home run! If history hasn't taught us but one thing that should be Sony is not going to come out empty-handed.

[Whirlwind_Fanfare_08]

LOL

[Father__Merrin]

E3 will be like
Sony >>>>> Microsoft > Nintendo > Pc

I fully expect sonys conference will have most eyes on it and will be great to watch, apart from when they give stats!

not all of thier games will be shown, I guess they will space them out for other shows unlike some...

[supraking951]

My opinion is the third party titles will overshadow anything Sony and MS show. Hopefully titles like Fallout 4 and Mass Effect
I also predict MS will show more games but it won't get gamers excited or will go out to buy. Nobody hardly went out to buy Forza Horizon 2 or Sunset Overdrive. Just more Halo ( for a week of excitement until Blood 3 is out) and the yearly Forza Game

[bmwfanatic]

Cant wait to bookmark this thread after e3 when Sony blows everyones mind with some crazy announcement. Go ahead and disagree that will just make it better.

[poppinslops]

#Disappointmentawaits

Y'all got jipped into beliebing that the PS4 was the frikkin' saviour of videogames, but so far it's only worth getting if you didn't have a PS3.

Aside from Bloodborne, all the big 'look at me' exclusives have been underwhelming... The Order, Killzone, Infamous and Driveclub all missed their marks and the Japanese selection isn't much better.

Their best games are still indies and remasters... doesn't that piss you off?

No?

Well then - Farewell, my lovely bubbles... we'll always have Paris.

[The_Sage]

Poppinslops.... Tisk tisk... I'm very disappointed. That sounded like the standard anti Sony mantra. I have all of the games that you mentioned as missing the mark, and I love all of them, with Shadow Fall's campaign being my least favorite (multiplayer is awesome). You've completely ignored the excellent indies that are out there as well.

The only reason to have a PS4 is if you didn't have a PS3?... You should be ashamed of yourself. You're better than that.

[poppinslops]

You knew I had a 'dark side'... perhaps you lack the cold-blooded will for 'Operation Endor'?

Either way, I stand by my previous statement... Somebody had to say it.

That said, I'll prabably buy a PS4 for Uncharted... I got a PC for the Witcher, a Wii-U for Zelda and an Xbox for Titanfall, but until Uncharted releases I see no reason to buy a PS4.

Others aren't as 'fortunate' as I am, so they make a decision and most choose Sony... I understand their reasons (resolution, pricing, Japanese games etc), but my own experiences with the console's exclusives (I've played Infamous:SS, The Order 1886, Littlebigplanet 3 and the first half-hour of Knack) have been disappointing - I didn't want to finish any of them.

Honestly, I'd feel jipped if it was my console... my buddy who owns it spends way more time on his PC (and my xbox) and the only PS4 games he's raved about are Farcry 4 and the Metro remasters.

But he owns a PS3, so... come to think of it, he still uses that more than the PS4 (something to do with the videos on his external hard drive).

As for the indies - well, I know a lot of people, but I don't know anyone who's actually buying any indie games... unless you count bloody Minecraft (I know too many people with that 'game').

I'm sure Flower and Resogun have their charms, but I just don't see the appeal... games like 'the Long Dark', 'Firewatch' and 'ARK: Survival Evolved' might change my mind, but until then I remain underwhelmed by indies.

Sony saying they're treating No Man's Sky like a first-party game (when it isn't) doesn't get me hyped for their E3 presentation... nor do the inevitable 'exclusive' third-party DLCs.

[The_Sage]

For some reason it wouldn't let me reply to your second comment, so I had to hit this one again. Strange ass structure here on N4G.

Anyway... I'm shocked that The Order, and Second Son didn't draw you in. To each their own.

Truth be told, when I got my PS4 last July, I would have agreed that there wasn't much a reason to move up from PS3, now though, there is so much more out, and there have been so many improvements that I would say it's well worth it. I spend most of my time between indies, Drive Club (excellent game despite what haters say) Killzone multiplayer, and Battlefield 4 multiplayer.

You should not dismiss the indies... Transistor, Never Alone, Race the Sun, and many others are excellent. Guacamalee is getting a lot of my time at the moment. I'm sure I'll be back on Drive Club at some point this weekend. Most addictive racer I've ever played.

No matter what happens though... I will never lose the will to watch the scourge of the Ewoks deal his dark justice.

[Rookie_Monster]

If anyone think Sony all of a sudden will release an megaton surprise AAA out of thin air in the Fall after E3 is in a rude awaking. What you see now is what you get and I am sure new game announcements will be made but those will be for 2016 and 2017. Just like MS and Nintendo will also announced new games for the next couple of years. as seen from Driveclub, The Orders and Uncharted reveals, and to a greater extend Gran Turismo, that is the Sony style.

[mkis007]

Littlebigplanet 3 last year already proves you wrong...that had no leaks And was announced for novemeber at E3.

you are setting yourself up for some crow with lines like "what you see now is what you get".

[Rookie_Monster]

LBP is not what I considered a Megaton AAA surprise. Shoot it is a port from last gen and was made by Sumo digital.

[Harmonizer]

Honestly, i am much more interested in Bethesda's and EA's press conferences this year.

They've got some really cool stuff coming out like Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Mass Effect 4, Battlefront 3 etc.

[plmkoh]

An easy mistake for Sony to make is hanging too much on showing Uncharted 4 or a Tomorrow Children walkthrough on stage. Those can be pushed on to smaller show events or hands-on floor events.

[hkgamer]

I can't really see how it will dissapoint. I think 1st party wise they only have tearaway and uncharted that has yet to be released.

we should get plenty of announcements for the games coming out in the next few years.

GG should be ready to show something, Sony SM has new GoW. Final(?) David Cage game. Maybe time to reveal new Naughty Dog game by the other studio. Infamous team. New GT game(?). The Last Guardian(?).

We should get some of the above stuff, maybe even more that I cant think of at the moment in time.

[Relientk77]

We still have some weeks to go before E3, but as if right now Sony seems kinda quiet. I'm assuming their E3 showing will be good though.

[MysticStrummer]

It won't disappoint me because I don't get overly hyped for these events. I know there will be multiple things to interest me and that's all I need.

[Intranquill]

I think people are underestimating Sony right now. Microsoft showed WAY too many cards last year, especially on Phantom Dust and Quantum Break. Games that are in delay hell or no where to be heard from.

Sony, aside from one or two titles repeatedly for the past several years, really only shows and talks about games that are in deep development and are a year or two away.

I think they have enough brand power alone, especially with their record sales on the PS4, to garner attention leading in to the holiday, assuming they have continued surprises for other various conferences and shows regarding games coming in the next year.

I only read the top 20 or so comments but I didn't see any mention of No Mans Sky, which Sony is taking very seriously. No mention of Guerrillas new game.