E3 2018 is almost over, so attention is slowly turning to future events and potential press conference venues later in the year. Once upon a time, Sony was a big player at Gamescom, but it hasn’t used the German convention to announce new games in a long time. It did host a briefing at Paris Games Week last year, but that came at the expense of its own PlayStation Experience. So what’s it got cooking for the rest of the year?
“In terms of the events this year, we haven’t decided on anything after E3 2018 as yet,” Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida told Jagat Review. “Well, actually we’ll be at the Tokyo Game Show, so that’s one. As for the other opportunities, we’re not ready to talk about [them].”
Our guess is that you probably won’t hear a peep from PlayStation until PSX 2018, and even that hasn’t been announced yet. We just think the company’s been biting off a little more than it can chew in the past couple of years, so it might be time for it to step back and take stock of the situation. Whatever the case, we’ll find out soon: worryingly, Gamescom is only about eight weeks away.
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"Our guess is that you probably won’t hear a peep from PlayStation until PSX 2018"
But he said they'll be at TGS right there lol
All I want now is the announcement of PS5 next year. Everything else for next year I am super happy with as a PS4 user.
There is still a lot that wasn’t touched on at E3. Release dates or windows especially. We didn’t hear a peep about Medievil, for example. They have to hype up Dreams with some kind of pomp to get the excitement recharged a little bit more, otherwise I fear it will be sent out to die. Anyways, the point is, there’s a lot more announcements and updates forthcoming I think.
@tatsumi honestly I don't see the PS5 getting announced next year the year after sure but not next year
Maybe they're working on something big which they can't talk about just yet.
This is where they have to be careful with too many conferences...
I would suggest they will announce "a very special PSX" for February/March 2019, and forego a December 2018 PSX conference. The PS5 announcement is very definitely coming next year.
I don't think they have so many surprises still, that they can do another press conference besides TGS and PSX.
I imagine we'll hear more about Medievil and the big 2019 games at PSX, and they could maybe show what Japan Studios is working on at TGS. But aside from that, I honestly don't think they held back anything for this E3.
And that's fine, by the way. Sony's doing great by me.
Now MS have X1X in the middle it's a game of who will announce the next gen systems and release dates. Something tells me MS will try to go after Sony and maybe out smart them like Sony did for this gen and pricing (which lets be honest was a rapid fire decision at last moment). But for PS5 I reckon back end of next year at PSX 2019
@knight_spg Agreed; conference or announcement overload is definitely a thing, because whilst people are keen to see lots of exciting news from Sony, it sets a precedence that it'll have to maintain over the next two / three years.
It can't all be gold, and you've got Microsoft coming down from an E3 where they basically said "nothing yet, but watch this space, because we've got all these developers and there's a new Xbox coming soon, too" so if Sony over-saturates the market and establishes itself as a powerhouse at every single conference, it's got to keep that up. I'm sure it could, but tempering expectations is always a wise strategy.
They're currently in the lead. Now is the perfect and only time to take your foot off the gas.
I’d be fine if they kept conferences/showcases strictly to E3 & PSX. They honestly do too many events a year.
How “Well, actually we’ll be at the Tokyo Game Show, so that’s one. As for the other opportunities, we’re not ready to talk about [them].” can be interpreted as "Sony Unsure of Press Conference Plans for the Rest of the Year" is beyond me. Sigh.
They should do one for Dreams, Concrete Genie and whatever else played 2nd fiddle at E3. Some PSVR stuff. Maybe show more of Control. And Cyberpunk. And get some exclusive RDR2 map to reveal.
Nobody talks about how the probable #1GotY candidate wasn't even at E3.
Hold on to your hats folks. The next Gen race is on. I Halo Infinite for the next Xbox & Ghost of Tsushima for PS5 as launch titles.
Not suprised after the show they put on at E3
They were unsure of press conference plans at E3 by the looks of it.
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