Sony skipped E3 2019 completely, and yet it still managed to be the third most talked about publisher at the show. As Hollywood Reporter reveals, the Japanese giant made it on to the podium alongside Xbox in second and Nintendo first.
It surely has to be chalked up as a pretty major success for the company, who announced all the way back in November that it wouldn't be joining the party at this year's show. Without assumedly having enough new content to put on a worthy press conference, the hardware manufacturer skipped E3 this time around, but that didn't stop nearly every third-party title from coming to PS4 anyway.
Marvel's Avengers was revealed alongside exclusive PS4 content, both of Bethesda's new IPs will come to the PlayStation family of consoles, while Cyberpunk 2077 was dated for an April release on PS4. Sony didn't have to be there in order for high-profile games to announce a version coming to its console, something we think turned out to be a great idea in the end.
Were you chatting about Sony throughout E3 2019? Predict whether it'll be back next year in the comments below.
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But I was told Sony won E3 without even turning up!
Wait what? Third - with Microsoft and Nintendo 1st and 2nd.... people talk about the three main consoles... no news here... people talk about those three more than publishers that is obvious.
People were talking about Sony all through e3 about them not being there.
Just because people talk about Microsoft doesn’t mean they “won”....
Hate all this popularity contest nonsense. I own all three consoles and e3 was a let down. Nintendo only one that showed anything half decent
@Acquiescence third most popular publisher and the most popular game is a ps4 exclusive. Thats a win.
1. Most mentioned console in Press.
2. Top 2 Mentioned games, that also became the most Pre-Order Games during and After E3 (Cyberpunk and FFVII)
They came out like bandits. Again, if everyone else is mentioning you - just give them the room. People talking about SE, and buying FFV7 (and a PS4 to play it on) is a WIN anyway.
Others console maker spend money for e3, sony use that money for days of play discount, I prefer the later
@Acquiescence Well, the most mentioned console in e3 is still ps4
So which is it? This article claims Nintendo was most talked. Over at Nintendo life they claim Microsoft was most talked. And the comment with the chart here says PS4 which is basically just PlayStation at this point was the most talked. Which is it lol?
@Judal27 Different sources and measuring.
1.NL is using the E3 ICO data (so did I) and covers "All media coverage"
https://icopartners.com/2019/06/e3-2019-media-coverage/
2. PushSquare is sourcing an article only based on "Twitter ranking"
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/keanu-reeves-nintendo-topped-e3-twitter-reactions-1218953
To be honest the entire E3 2019 showcase was pretty dull in my opinion. Glad to get Animal crossing next year though. Sony definitely won it for me this year. 😁😁😁
I am sure that things like this can be twisted for the benefit of whichever platform you have an affinity to. The reality is that every game that isn't exclusive (or already available on other platforms like the Witcher 3 for example) will also be coming to Playstation.
Any game that maybe coming to Xbox first can still be 'claimed' by Playstation sites because they will (eventually) release on this platform. I am using Xbox here because they gave a press briefing this year whilst Sony did not. It would be like MS claiming Hellblade and Nier for example in previous years too.
Obviously there was quite a presence for Sony with games like FFFvii and Shenmue 3 that were at E3 and certainly coming to Playstation with no mention of other platforms (yet - if they are timed). If this is 'just' counting exclusives and 'new' releases to just that platform, it wouldn't be a stretch to see Nintendo in first - whether that counts Witcher 3 too because its not necessary to count the fact its been available for years on other systems.
It also wouldn't be a surprise if Microsoft/Xbox comes in second as they were at E3 and quite a few of the 60 games they showed are 'exclusive' to MS so its not unreasonable for them to come in second. With a few games shown by Square Enix that are 'exclusive' to PS4, then of course they could be 3rd if the majority/all PC games discussed/shown are also coming to consoles. Then it just leaves mobile/tablet games and whether they are exclusive or also coming to other Platforms.
All this states is that Sony came 3rd beating PC and Mobile gaming but coming 'last' (3rd) out of the 'consoles'. With Sony getting some 'content' in Marvels Avengers, the base game is still coming to PC and Xbox - same with the new IP's Bethesda announced (at least I thought they were) and certainly Cyberpunk 2077 will also be on PC and Xbox.
'Published' to me means that the publishing rights, the ones who will be printing and distributing the games. Sony aren't publishing Marvels Avengers, Square Enix are and Star Wars is Published by EA, Cyberpunk 2077 isn't published by MS, that's Bandai Namco (or Warner Bros in the US) so I am not 100% sure of what this article is trying to say...
To be fair, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are the three main publishers in the gaming industry anyways.
@Acquiescence
Playstation 4 the win but Xbox won two....xbox two won...xbox too?
@WanderingBullet
Where’s your whatchit thingy from? That looks really cool.
Not entirely you can take much from this. It doesn't say if it was positive or negative stories. That's neither a good or bad thing- it's just a thing for the time being.
If Playstation is still big news at E3 without attending due to third party releases why would they go back? I'd imagine Sony having its own PS5 launch event at a different time would have more impact. Why share the pie when you could have the whole pie to yourself?
@Lyonjak thing is people still want 1st Party Sony stuff because thier content is quality (for the most part) Like we’d love some release windows or in Ghosts of Tsushima’s case more information on it cus iirc we don’t have too much info...
@Derpie1 I agree but why do that at e3? Info on exclusives like tsushima will be big news whenever and wherever it happens.
@Fandabidozi Avatar? It's from City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes.
@Lyonjak Cus E3 feels like that time where everyone or most in the gaming industry get together & show stuff off! Kinda like how The Game Awards is...
Least in ways. You can say this is naive thinking... but it’s more rn unless next E3 LITERALLY every corporation just does State Of Plays esque stuff... still feels like this thing where things are at the very least announced... I do hope more gameplay is shown w E3 stuff...
Thats because companies can sell way more games with sony because they wiped the floor with the competition this gen lol
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