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Sony E3 2014 Conference Thread
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nrvalleytime
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This assumes that E3 only concerns these companies, and much of the supporting evidence for Sony's win is also on Microsoft. Destiny, Far Cry 4 - both on Xbox as well.
Some of the things like Vita TV and PS Now are absolutely incredible, but it's just so weary to have the conference be a day old and already have these articles come out. It's a poorly disguised attempt at being first; nothing more.
Exactly. It turns E3 into a false dichotomy of either/or, and there's still so much to see.
Also - I have no problem with claiming somebody won. Realistically, gamers are the group that win, but let's at least wait until the event has shown all of its cards before claiming a champion. It's crazy how quickly the Halo collection and Horizon 2 were forgotten, and we still have two more days of this insane conference.
TheKastorian
Member
Fantastic games were shown and there was at least one jaw-dropper (Uncharted 4) that no other conference had.
Pro:
-Bloodborne
-Uncharted 4
-No Man's Sky
-Grim Fandango
Meh:
-Little Big Planet
-Let It Die
-GTA V (no reason to get it on consoles again, game screams PC modding)
-Entwined
Ugh:
-No Last Guardian
-Ratchet Movie Trailer
-TV Bullshit
-I'm getting soooo tired of Destiny
As a recap
-MS 8
-Sony 7
-Ubisoft 7
-EA 3
Games were there, just not many MUST PLAY for me...and holy fuck the TV stuff was boring
-Bloodborne
-Uncharted 4
-No Man's Sky
-Grim Fandango
Meh:
-Little Big Planet
-Let It Die
-GTA V (no reason to get it on consoles again, game screams PC modding)
-Entwined
Ugh:
-No Last Guardian
-Ratchet Movie Trailer
-TV Bullshit
-I'm getting soooo tired of Destiny
As a recap
-MS 8
-Sony 7
-Ubisoft 7
-EA 3
Games were there, just not many MUST PLAY for me...and holy fuck the TV stuff was boring
Melchiah
Member
That, and Quantum Break & D4. Nothing else comes to mind right now.
People seem to like to ignore the fact, that the backlash came from not showing games in connection with the TV & sports stuff. There's nothing wrong with having media features on side with games, as long as the latter is the main focus.
20 minutes of an E3 press conference where the most interesting thing during that time was concept art of a tv show.
think about that for a second.
concept art. for a tv show.
it was honestly sony's worst presser since 2005.
i mean i clung to the end hoping to see uncharted, which i did, and it looked visually incredible, but it was a teaser showing drake standing up. c'mon.
The pacing was one of the worst I have ever seen they literally trued to stuff in everything they could in one conference
That said it had the highest highs but some of the lowest lows too. Not conceptual lows but just long segment lows. If you look at it all standing back it was the most diverse conference out there, so ill give them that.
That said it had the highest highs but some of the lowest lows too. Not conceptual lows but just long segment lows. If you look at it all standing back it was the most diverse conference out there, so ill give them that.
I would. The only problem with it was clumsy presentation, and no one should care about that.
You must have forgotten every E3 ever.
It felt like years, I could have read War and Peace while that dude was talking about his TV show.
Dee Dah Dave
Member
Well that seals it then! /s
I would say both MS and Sony had pretty average showings and it's Nintendo's E3 to lose! O_O
I would say both MS and Sony had pretty average showings and it's Nintendo's E3 to lose! O_O
SmokeCapone
Banned
I disagree, I felt that real people were playing the game like you and I would once we would have gotten our hands on it. It felt truly authentic in he way it was presented even if it was not meant to be that way. I felt I was at a friends house watching them play this game.
Will get day 1, kiddos loved it!!
Canis lupus
Member
It ended the conference in the best possible way: UC4
skLaFarebear
Member
I think if Microsoft did what Sony did and started talking about Netflix and TV they would be getting A LOT more shit than Sony is now.
But I thought both conferences were very average. Sure both conferences had cool games but they were (almost) all CG trailers.
But I thought both conferences were very average. Sure both conferences had cool games but they were (almost) all CG trailers.
KillerMan91
Member
Also I liked that aside from Bloodborne CGI trailer (and even from that we have some gameplay gifs) Sony mostly showed gameplay or at least in egine footage. MS conference was full of CGI demos.
Wee bit early. I think Sony did have the best conference, but that wasn't exactly hard with what happened earlier. A lot of CGI, which kinda sucked. If they had just trimmed the fat by about 30 minutes with all that Shawn Layden stuff it would've been much better, but that definitely weakened everything.
It is interesting how people are disappointed at that last company for having a conference < 1 hour long, and yet here we have an example of a great conference that went on too long and suffered because of it
It is interesting how people are disappointed at that last company for having a conference < 1 hour long, and yet here we have an example of a great conference that went on too long and suffered because of it
gamechanger87
Member
Edge is such garbage. They seriously troll for console warz.
I'd call it a wash. Calling the PS4 the new shooter box is absurd when there were no exclusive FPS games shown.
I'd call it a wash. Calling the PS4 the new shooter box is absurd when there were no exclusive FPS games shown.
Future PhaZe
Member
seriously?
man, this is why I don't get involved in console war shit anymore
man, this is why I don't get involved in console war shit anymore
Why on earth does it matter if it's considered a press conference.
God Dayumm
Banned
I think Microsoft was pretty good, but not to my tastes. And Sony had bloodbourne, so it's all forgiven. Maybe Nintendo could cater more to me lol
Night Angel
Member
It's a conspiracy!
This is stupid counter argument and you know it
SomedayTheFire
Member
Both were good. Would give it to Sony myself, but just.
Tractopoulpe
Member
So surprising, coming from Edge...
if MS had pulled out Sony's show yesterday they would have been laughed off the internet. Sony is lucky they've built up such goodwill with everybody that they can pull out a C-tier show and get praise for it.
what a generally terrible E3 though. i can't believe we waited nearly a decade for new consoles and they still haven't got games ready a year after launch.
Yep cut out the 30 min talk and the conference would probably be much better for most people. It killed the momentum realistically but Sony finished strong.
No I didn't in fact I couldn't help but look back at the last few e3s
I still can't believe how such a small team (really, REALLY small) can produce a game like "No Man's Sky"......
Seriously, I mean... WTF?
Rising_Hei
Member
As a conference it was badly directed because they took a long time explaining things no one cares about.
That's doesn't make the fact that Sony had more surprises and games than microsoft less valid, thought, and with lots of developers not showing their cards yet. (SSM, QD, etc)
That's doesn't make the fact that Sony had more surprises and games than microsoft less valid, thought, and with lots of developers not showing their cards yet. (SSM, QD, etc)