Once upon a time we wrote articles rubbishing rumours about the imminent announcements of Shenmue III and Final Fantasy VII Remake – only for them to be revealed hours later. Our story about Sony skipping E3 2019, preposterous as it seemed while we were penning it, has culminated in a familiar feeling. After an incredible 24 year run at the Los Angeles convention, PlayStation will not attend in 2019. That means no press conference, no show floor presence – nothing. It’s even gone as far as to say that it won’t be holding its own event adjacent to the expo like EA does. So what’s going on?
Well, we’re scratching our heads through this article to be honest. There’s no question that the relevance of E3 has started to wane, with third-parties moving to do their own things and the public invited to the LA Convention Center in order to keep the show afloat. One of the things you could always count on, though, was the presence of major manufacturers – and Sony, in particular, was one of the biggest supporters, booking the most booth space and by and large being the largest of the press conference attractions. That ends now, and while the company has promised “new ways to delight gamers”, it hasn’t elaborated on what those will be.
There are a few ways we can look at this, and only those working for PlayStation will understand exactly what’s going on. The first, and perhaps most popular in the heat of the moment, is the cynical angle. Sony focused on four games at this year’s E3 press conference: Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding, The Last of Us: Part II, and Marvel’s Spider-Man. One of those titles is out now, and the other three don’t appear to be any closer. The company cancelled PSX 2018, presumably to avoid repetition, and it may be doing the same here.
There’s a definite worry that the organisation’s coasting as it clearly turns its attention to the upcoming PlayStation 5. Our opinion is that, should this turn out to be true, the firm is making a mistake. There are many factors that contributed to the success of the PS4, but one of them was Sony’s long-tail commitment to the PlayStation 3, which saw it receive blockbuster exclusives like The Last of Us and Gran Turismo 6 right alongside the launch of its new console. As far as we’re concerned, slowing down is never a great way to start a new generation.
But the problem is that we simply don’t know what the company has got planned. At this stage, it seems like the PS5 is on track for 2020, but it’s perfectly possible it could launch early in the year like the Nintendo Switch did, meaning that an announcement towards the tail end of 2019 is not out of the question. If that’s the case then it’ll want to make a big impression, and perhaps skipping E3 will give it the opportunity to bring as much heat to its own event as it possibly can. Alternatively, it could have a series of Nintendo Direct-style events lined up throughout 2019.
The speculation is our biggest issue with what Sony’s announced today, because there are many questions and no one to give us the answers. Clearly the ESA, the body behind E3, has forced the platform holder’s hand, because there’s no other reason we can think of for it to make this news public prior to Thanksgiving – heck, prior to the end of the year. Given how perfectly the platform holder has navigated this generation, we have to trust that it knows what it’s doing, but we’re going to have to wait and see how things unfold before we can say much more.
So why is Sony skipping E3 2019? At this point, we genuinely don’t know – it could be for a whole number of reasons, from good to catastrophic. And is it the right decision? Well, we won’t be able to answer that until this time next year, when we know exactly what it’s delivered. We’ll say this, though, and we hope the Japanese giant has had the foresight to recognise it: coasting for a year and putting all your eggs in the next generation basket while the current one fades out is never, ever a good idea. Let’s hope that’s not what it plans to do.
What are your thoughts on Sony's decision to skip E3 2019? Are you confused? Do you think it's a good decision, and why? Try to make sense of all this in the comments section below.
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I'm so confused.
We're just gonna have to wait and see what Sony has up its sleeve for next year. It's gotta be in full-on PS5 mode behind the scenes now, right? Could be exciting.
The PS4 has had its best year ever, made a crap ton of money, and yet it feels like Sony is doing little to keep the momentum going. First PSX cancelled and now E3. It's very odd.
I get that they're preparing in advancing for the PS5, but with the insane amount of money the PlayStation brand is making right now, you'd think that Layden & Co could afford to have both a strong launch for the PS5 and keep the new game announcements flowing. Guess not.
I dont trust shawn layden
@Acquiescence I agree. This isn't a doom and gloom situation, but Sony has been so good at keeping its foot on the gas and, effectively, keeping its cheerleaders engaged for years now.
I've no idea what it's doing over there. You've got to give them the benefit of the doubt because they've been almost flawless all gen, but this is just weird to me.
So here’s a thought, they’ll be announcing the PS5 sometime and then talking about it once more before the PS5 launches before E3 time, meaning they’ve shown their full hand. It’s the only way I see that Sony’s not just crazy and possibly on some Mario shrooms.
I think people need to seriously think before going all negative over this. E3 should never be the last word on all things gaming news and conferences and it seems Sony knows this.
And its pointless to go into mindless speculation when we know next to nothing on Sony's plans but at least it seems Sony does have a plan.
Big wait and see. I have no idea what they're planning to be honest.
Just give me the Dreams beta.
It feels so weird...I just hope they ramp up communications and smaller ways to engage the community if they’re going to slow down the big shows. I kinda want the ‘humble, underdog’ feel at the beginning of the generation back. It felt like Sony was present and fun....not a giant walled corporation like now.
I will say that having a massive presence at so many shows a few years ago seemed to lead into this situation. They ran themselves dry with E3, Paris, Tokyo, PSX, TGA, etc.
@Acquiescence Thing is while Sony had incredible momentum at the start of the PS4's life, their exclusive output was actually pretty slow for the first year. It's possible Sony are throwing a lot of their first party into PS5 now so they have a more consistent flow of titles in the first year.
That last E3 was so boring.
I've seen this coming since John Koderas move up to CEO. I feel sorry for the Pushsquare team to be frank. PlayStation at the turn of this gen was THE place for hardcore and underground gamers, the base of gaming culture if you like. 5 years later Sony are silent and all said base gamers are wondering what the fup is going on.
We love E3 it's our annual pilgrimage. Thanks Kodera.
Well I trust they know what they are doing. We should see what they have planned...
one thing is for sure,if they put everything on the ps5 now at the expense of the ps4's future then they must know something about the next xbox.
sony seems to be overly focused on the ps5 if they do indeed plan to slowly leave current gen behind already.
anyway aslong as the ps5 won't be a streaming thing like that xbox's cloud future then i'm good.
Well, first and foremost, I'm feeling bad about my knee-jerk sarcastic dismissal of the rumours. Got this one very wrong.
But "market leader in position to do whatever it wants does whatever it wants - more at eleven" isn't exactly a shocking headline, either. There has been growing dissatisfaction with E3 for several years, and the corporate pressure for those on show there must be immense, not to mention the price tag associated with floor space in what's become one of the largest expos ever.
I'm sure Sony have excellent reasons for making this decision. For now, I trust them, and reserve my judgement until we know more (because hey, lesson learned after being so dismissive earlier).
It seems cristal clear to me : they simply don't have anything more to show. There's no more new AAA games in preparation for the Ps4 except those that we already know (Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding, Days Gone).
AND they simply cannot show anythning on the PS5 neither. So they're stuck. My guess is that they want to start big with the PS5 (I'm pretty sure the three games we're talking about will be cross-gen), and since the PS4 is selling itself without the need for them to do anything...
If Microsoft is smart, they'll do anything to give their best E3 conference ever. Sony is giving them a big chance to shine, here.
@themcnoisy But shouldn't more fan focused events like PSX be that instead? I've said before that's what Sony should do.
Times are changing... does Sony really need E3 for anything they can't setup and produce on their own? This day and age, companies like Apple do their own thing anymore on their own timelines.
Maybe Sony is doing the same thing. They certainly have the clout.
I can’t say I’m not disappointed, but I’m hoping Sony will have something to take its place.
for everyone interested in greg millers thoughts on this https://twitter.com/GameOverGreggy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1063188467235008512&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fresetera-resources%2Ftwitter.min2.html%231063188467235008512
That’s what you get for trashing their presentation last year hahaha
But they’re probably just going to do a separate event
@jdv95 Beat me to it damn you!!! Lol
It's an interesting take too. I mean if Sony did like one massive (Apple like) event then isn't that a more exciting prospect around these parts then E3 where the collective is like "EA's was crap, Ubisoft's was boring, Sony better deliver"?
Doesn't worry me, I'm confident Sony knows what it's doing here.
My theory is it will be a little too early for them to announce PlayStation 5 and not enough upcoming PS4 stuff at that point to keep hard to please fans, happy.
I feel empry, E3 still is an exciting moment imo, and Sony not being there makes the whole event pointless.
@AdamNovice it would be better for sure.
it would also stop giving e3 that xbox vs playstation status that it for sure has.
but if sony is done with e3 for a while even after the ps5 to focus on their own huge show,then e3 will have a big decrease of attention.
now that could be a great thing for microsoft,because without sony,they will win e3 every time.
I think they're still traumatized by what Xbox 360 did to the PS3 so they wanna keep making first moves fast. I sometimes even feel they rushed the Pro out fast with the checkerboarding 4K because they knew MS were making the OneX. And again I think they know MS is onto something. They might not have games like PS but Sony knows they can't sleep on Xbox.
@jdv95 I like his take but it’s a very optimistic look at things I think.
One thing Greg Miller said that I thought was interesting was that Sony have cranked the hype levels by 5000% with the expectation that when there ready to talk then it MUST be huge cos they can't have a conference with just game updates. It also potentially puts pressure on Xbox now where MS literally can't afford an ok conference now. Maybe it forces them to announce stuff early.
PlayStation Direct coming
I wouldn't be surprised if Sony have their own schedule they want to deliver news on in the run in to their 'next' console. Being tied down to an hour or so during that week may not fit in to their plans, could get lost in all the other news or mean they have to reveal more than they are willing to reveal at that time - like the final PS5 console design, price and specs - something they may want to reveal later on in the year - like they did with the Pro. They may not want to commit to a launch line up of games either in June but rather wait a couple of months to announce exactly what launch bundles they have, what pricing structure etc.
If PS5 (even if its just an announcement) isn't on the cards for being talked about during E3, the line-up of games is likely to be very similar to previous E3 shows and that hasn't always gone down well - not because the games are 'poor' but because there is very little 'new' or surprise announcements.
As we have seen with EA and now MS, they have moved out of E3 anyway and have their own venue for their own fans rather than a mix of Press and a handful of gamers that may not even be 'fans' of that particular system. With social media and the internet, Sony don't need E3 anymore - the point of E3 was to get the news to the press so they could pass that on to their readers but now Sony can go direct to its fanbase themselves at a time they choose without having to compete with all the other competitors all wanting to get their news out to. The advantage of E3 was to allow the press to get up close with games and hardware and to sell that experience to gamers to make us buy. Sony can do that by sending demo's to the journo's they want or by getting people to attend their event to pass on that info through their social media - whether its a website like PushSquare or popular youtube personalities. Point is, Sony doesn't need E3 anymore - like every other publisher - its only going because its become more of an annual calendar event than what its purpose was originally meant for.
if anyone's interested the original reddit poster is updating more across the original post and his page. he said several small reveals throughout 2019 with big ps5 reval at psx 2019. he said most devs already have p5 kits and that 'its a monster' (clarified meaning 4k/60fps stable), reckons ps4 release in March or November 2020 (not decided yet, they want March but may have to push back) but these posts are less than an hour old. the account name is rutheniccookie4
Question. Is it temporary only for next year because they ll have their own psx like event to announce PS5, or is it long term decision in which case it might be the beginning of the end for E3
Sony Directs. (I'm being straight.)
Sony will set up their own E3 calling S3 going to be so huge that we can't even image. Simply because they can afford that.
@TheArt
And just when Xbox think they are finaly ready. Spencer 'Wait for E...'. Sony announces they leave E3
Sony know what they are doing...i think. I trust them to make the right call. This is a bold move, but one i absolutely dont want to read about for 9 months. Lets see whay Sony say. They are going to have to talk about this in more detail.
As the article says, i just hope they dont forget that their success this generation was, in large part, due to the strong suite of quality exclusive software that released at the tail of ps3's life cycle. They still have Dreams, LOU2, Ghost of Tsushima and Death Stranding to come - so im not too worried on that front
I would be more concerned if i was the team behind E3. Microsoft already do their show offsite. Nintendo do...what Nintendo do. So without Sony, the place will seem eerily quiet. It doesnt bode well for the future of the show
Sony is in a comfortable position right now, with the PS4 being a big hit. The company could play it safe and bank on that success.
Instead it decides to shake things up, try other things. Some will call that arrogant, no doubt, because Sony is being called that a lot. On the other hand it's courageous and cool for a company to experiment like that.
Personally I'm curious and excited.
The over exaggeration here is hilarious. Hate to sound like Dutch van der Linde, but have some goddamn faith, people. It'll all be ok
I remember when Sony were cool, then 2018 happened.
@IBeAGamer Well to be fair they released unbelievable games this year, fixed a lot of issues consumers had with the console, and had to increase their sales forecast.
This is why it's so hard to criticise, because they consistently prove us wrong.
You are confused?
... They have more sh*t in the pipeline than nintendo and ms combined.. Why waste money and energy focusing on something they dominate (the here and now) when they are clearly looking to push MS to the fringes of niche? 2019 looks amazing for ps4... They already won 2019, they bet on that.. They are betting on 2020+ dominance.. and just think how excited we will all be if they leave this story as mysterious and undetailed as possible!
Faith has been earned from these guys
@get2sammyb Don't care about God of War at all and Spider-Man got so dull after 3 hours to me.
I'm thinking a PS5 release date so a special showcase or something.
@Octane "Just give me the Dreams beta."
In your... wait for it... dreams.
Well this was all kind of sudden and shocking. Makes sense for them to get ahead of it early, E3 brass probably threatened to tell the world, and it was leaking like a sieve anyway.
So how many big gaming events does that leave now? The Game Awards in a couple of weeks, Paris, Tokyo, Cologne or Berlin, some city in Germany, the UK has one, a developers conference here or there, things named NXNW and the like.
In the grand scheme of things I think Sony will suffer less than E3 will. That's not me being a fanboy, that's me seeing the whole world, not just the US. And the impact of social media, ie you don't need to rent an event center for buku bucks months in advance when you can stream a live video for a fraction of the cost at a moments notice. Well unless you're Nintneod of Russian then that last bit is a bit of a challenge.
Sony will be fine, E3 maybe not so much.
As to the whole - letting PS4 whither away and die - thing, there are still WAY too many PS4 games lined up for that too happen. And if, IF, the PS5 is fully backwards compatible, well then the PS4 can die b/c the PS5 will play all of ti's games.
Maybe this just means PSX will return next year.
This is obviously a "wait and see" thing. Speculation will just kill our brains. Let's just enjoy gaming in the meantime.
meh, i think this entire article is overreaction. sony's the only publisher that's put out anything exceptional this gen (so far) imo, so i don't really care it's not at E3. paris games week was a couple of weeks ago and i don't recall seeing a single article about it.. doesn't seem to me like huge big events announcing loads of new stuff is the way the industry is operating any more. even last year, most of the new stuff got leaked or announced in the couple of months leading up to E3 anyway.
sony's got days gone, TLoU2, ghost of tsushima, dreams, medieval, death stranding, concrete genie just from WWS all for PS4 to come, so i don't think you can accuse them on slowing down in PS4's twilight. but there's only so many times they can show the same things.. people want new, and my guess is new won't be shown til they're ready to reveal PS5. sony's titles for launch and all through 2014 were fairly mediocre, and it got its momentum largely thanks to a few coup third party announcements and MS making such a complete and utter balls of the XB1 even its SDK was a complete mess in 2013. i'm still not convinced PS5 will be backwards compatible with PS4, so it'll want a much more convincing bunch of day 1 software, maybe H:ZD 2 from guerrilla among them.
@JJ2 😁😆
Kinda disappointing.
But logically, looks like PS5 announcement will be PSX 2019.
So Playstation won't really have many big PS4 titles to show other than the remaining Days Gone & Ghost of Tsushima.
Well, if they haven't got anything new to show on PS4 then maybe it's the right call, especially given the high standards of more recent shows. Last years was reaching, it sounds like the right move to me and will bring people's expectations back to reality moving forward.
Still a shame like, but I get it.
I really wouldn't worry that Sony are going to go into total radio silence until the PS5 reveal, for one reason - PS VR
As PS4 stands, they probably could afford to go quiet for the rest of its life as it still has blockbusters in the pipeline and those games speak for themselves for the most part, but PS VR is just starting to hit its stride, going silent on that now would be an absolute disaster, whereas multiple, smaller, Direct-style presentations throughout next year would actually suit the format and its more bite-sized games very well and help build the narrative of it being a vibrant, growing platform.
I know the idea of Sony copying Nintendo is often a joke but this is one idea i'd love them to nab, in their own style of course.
@IBeAGamer Doesn't change the fact that they're critically acclaimed and nominated for awards. Nor does it take away from their insane sales trajectory.
Again, it's difficult to go hard on some of the company's curious decision when they continue to prove everyone wrong.
@leucocyte I would much rather play Breath of the Wild than any of Sony's first party games. The best games that Sony have had this gen for me are stuff like Persona and Yakuza.
Doesn't worry me - if I had to guess then I reckon it just means that Sony are planning to showcase their upcoming stuff at either PSX next year or another new Sony-centric conference. E3's become too commercialised and prone to leaks in recent years anyway, and it's not like Sony had a well-received conference this year...though tbf then that was their own fault! Also, at this point then l wouldn't be surprised if the PS5 came out sooner than many expected; I thought it would be an autumn 2020 affair, but suspecting now that it could be as early as end of 2019, so maybe they want their own Direct style conference dedicated to that...I guess all we can do is supposition at the mo though.
I’ve only watched 2 E3 conferences (the previous 2) in my lifetime and both were very bland. Maybe Sony has something big planned for 2020 and they’re taking all the time they need to get it done.
My initial reaction:
Thinks about it...
It'll be alright. They literally just had their best year ever. I'm sure they know what they're doing.
Pretty much agree with @BAMozzy comment. They don't need E3 anymore. The way information is shared now is instantaneous. They don't have to share the spot light.
I've been making the case for PSX to be the show for years now. Hope this is it!
E3 appears to be dead. A lot of analysts have been predicting this, but it’s sad to see it happening. Sony will launch the PS5 in it’s own time and space.
Seems weird. It's a little disappointing, but it might be for the best if they don't have enough to show there.
I think they had talks with the Entertainment Software Association and had to inform them they would not be attending this years E3. Knowing it would be better to inform every one themselves over this coming from another party putting out as leaked news. They did exactly that. I just hope they have something to fill the void of their absence at E3 and a better use for the money saved for the PlayStation community.
@get2sammyb just came in to say thank you for your awesome work at this late/early hour keeping the Push Square community informed of these developments. It's all very exciting.
Ps5 will launch early/in the middle of 2020, so sony will bring all of the big guns on ps conference in early 2020
My guess is Sony is skipping E3 to have it’s own show to announce the PS5 and that the upcoming exclusives like TLoU Part 2, Days Gone etc will be playable on it with it having backward compatibility for PS4 games. I wouldn’t be surprised if it releases by the end of 2019, I’ll still be happy with my Pro by then though.
@IBeAGamer
Your point is what makes PlayStation's lineup so solid. It has all the multiplats, which Nintendo does not, but it also has a vast variety of well reviewed games that span all genres. What might not be for you, may be my game of the year. It's indisputable that Sony has a long list of very well rated games for the PS4 that encompass a range of genres. And that's without considering the PSVR offerings!
Nintendo is Nintendo. You buy Nintendo, you get Nintendo. Which is great. If you have a house full of 6-11 year olds.
Why do they need to show up to an event, set up shop, and spend millions when they could just release some trailers online and call it a day? Makes sense to me. Release some demos on PSN so we get to play some of what they're teasing and we can call it even.
@RedMageLanakyn
When you think of it, what's the point?
Every year they booked the most space. Last year was actually great with demos like Spiderman and Days Gone among many things but do you know what all the media care about?
Seriously the media don't care about E3 All What people know about is reports of a short light and mirrors conference. That's all people care about it seems. Not the actual E3.
its simple sony wants all of the announced games to be released first before announcing anything new and by the looks of it those games are the last wave of ps4 games
I actually think that this will create a domino effect. No publisher ‘likes’ E3. Each show is in competition and the media always turn it into who ‘won’. Controlling your own message is cheaper and better. With Sony going first, I see others doing the same. I think we can expect big announcements this year and Sony becoming a lot ‘louder’.
Well, E3 is less important than it used to be, and given the tepid response to their last E3 presser they probably just felt it wasn't worth turning up just to let people down. I mean, they can't have that many irons in the fire for PS4 can they, with PS5 on the horizon? And if they're not ready to talk next-gen then they probably don't have much to say.
"Given how perfectly the platform holder has navigated this generation, we have to trust that it knows what it’s doing..."
That's when it was still a Japanese company. Since it became an American company, I'm losing faith.
I honestly think this is to shift focus to PS5 unveiling which will probably going to be late 2019/early 2020. I remember Shu said that they have one more internal exclusive coming up alongside the major 4 (6 including Dreams and MediEvil). If that's true then I don't see Sony is slowing down compared to Microsoft or Nintendo. Imagine, by 2020/1 they'll have so many incredible exclusives on their "older" platform it's mind blowing. Microsoft's acquisition's going to come up with games only for next gen so besides Crackdown 3 and Gears 5 and Halo Infinite they don't have anything for this generation - at least something that we know of.
I'm sorry but you don't play conferences you play games. And Sony has been delivering incredible exclusives every single year. Just look at the game awards nominations for this year, 20 for Sony and 9 for Nintendo the second in place in terms of nominations. That pretty much tells you all you need to know.
@3MonthBeef It’s certainly going to be interesting to see whether or not the PS5 will offer backward compatibility because if it doesn’t then I’d imagine it’ll be a tougher pill to swallow for those wanting one. Even if it does offer BC I doubt it will have a full library of games from day one, as we’ve seen with Xbox One, yes it now has over 550 games across the 360 and OG Xbox that are now BC on XB1 but it took 5 years since it launched to build up that number.
it's not confusing to me, XBOX always gets top billing at E3 and the prime time slot (what a shock the American company getting top billing at the American event), PlayStation is always on at a stupid time in the morning in the UK/EU and really late at night in the U.S and E3 is an event geared towards those areas so they never get the viewing numbers they want
so why would you have an event at E3 when you could probably do your own specialised event at a time that suits you
if Sony held an event the week before E3 for example they could kill a lot of the hype for E3
besides E3 has been on the decline for years, it was only a matter of time before one of the big 3 jumped ship
Add this to the pile of ridiculous decisions coming from this new leadership. Sony has handled this gen pretty well for the most part but at the same time key people who helped make the PS4 a huge success are no longer with the company. In fairness, maybe Sony does have something better planned but I don't like a lot of what I'm seeing, especially lately.
When I think of E3 I always YAWN because it's just a Show for the Americans to big-up the boring Xbox brand. Hopefully SONY are planning their own thing to do with Next-gen next year like the 1st 'See the Future' thing which I liked more that having to hear about how amazing MS are at everything(which they are not outside of the U.S.of.A)
Guess they don't have lots to show due to their new policy of censor games
It would be more damaging to the brand to show up with no really big announcements than to skip it altogether. They could have something up their sleeve as Sony have shown time and time again. But ultimately they are forcing the hand of the other big two, they have to "show me what you got" with the focus being squarely on them.
Sony can sit back and see I guess. It's not like they're the ones under pressure to please their customers.
E3 is not as important as it used to be. There are many avenues for a game company to engage its audience. And the cost probably doesn't justify it. Especially if they don't plan to unveil the PS5 during the show.
As this year's show had shown, if you didn't win the E3, then it's not good publicity but bad, if I am not wrong, Nintendo share price took a dip when it didn't show any new product of note during this year's E3. So the cost is probably not worth it.
Very poor decision. Seems like an arrogant move by Sony. When you stand still you are moving backwards
My guess is they dont have many games to show and the reaction to E3 2018 was bad ( I didnt like the format much myself tbh) so they will do less shows and have a bigger impact. This also will shake up MS and Nintendo cause now they know PS5 announcements are coming next year.
I don't understand not having demos on the show floor, but I do understand not doing a conference if they don't have anything to show off.
@NintendoFan4Lyf you know i'm still amazed that people forget the XBOX is just a part of Microsoft same as PlayStation is just a part of Sony
I'm not bothered, I suppose. E3 2018 was pretty meh for all companies. They'll probably hype up games like the Last of Us 2 throughout the year and sprinkle in one or two announcements. They will also probably have their own conference later in 2019/early 2020 to announce the PS5 and some new titles for that.
Will be weird to only have Microsoft presenting at E3 now in terms of the big 3. At least Nintendo still has those Directs.
@NintendoFan4Lyf you also have to remember they have film and music divisions too so if Sony dropped out they would probably be fine
So will it be called E2 now?
Could it be merely a matter of cost? Participating in these events costs tons of money and maybe they've decided that considering the benefit it's not worth it.
I have a feelung it has nothing to do with ps5. Amazing games and graphics were delivered to ps4 recently, and let's not forget that ps4 pro came not so long ago, so in terms of hardware ps5 won't bring a huge difference as happened in previous generations.
E3 will be crap without Sony, maybe we should call it E2 now?!
I hope they plan smaller more numerous events spread out over the year with big surprises...
@get2sammyb is Sony gaining more attention.ps5 will be announced next year and it will be big bigger than you imagine that even e3 won't fit. We wait and see trust me. On the other hand e3 will be rubbish without Sony.
@IBeAGamer Somehow you dont like anything Playstation but your always crying here. 😁 😋
@NintendoFan4Lyf
TV screens dont have a lot of profit. Sony even thought about leaving it all behind not so long ago.
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@Flaming_Kaiser Persona 5 is my Game of the generation and the PS4 was my system of choice until the censorship happened but okiedokie.
@IBeAGamer Playstation was and probably will stay my console of choice forever. Its the great game library and great triple A games. 😃
@Flaming_Kaiser not staying mine at this rate.
@Tasuki Ok will do. 👍
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