The Brazil Game Show is a smaller event in the global gaming calendar than the likes of Gamescom or E3, but it's still South America's largest video game expo. Sony has historically taken part in the October show, exhibiting its games in the region as it does at many other events. However, this year, perhaps unsurprisingly, will be different.
Sony has announced it won't be taking part in this year's Brazil Game Show. The news comes from PlayStation's official Twitter account for the country:
Roughly translated, it reads: "After a long evaluation, Sony Interactive Entertainment decided not to participate in the Brasil Game Show in 2020. We can't wait to be able to interact with our fans in Brazil and announce exciting activities until the end of the year."
The reasoning behind this decision hasn't been made clear, but it's fair to say the coronavirus situation will be the primary factor. In October, when this show is due to go ahead, Sony will be gearing up for the launch of PS5. The company is adamant the next-gen console will be launching as planned in Holiday 2020. Let's hope it can stick to the plan amid all the disruption -- even if it means missing out on events like this.
[source twitter.com, via vg247.com]
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All public events took a heavy hit with this pandemic. It's unreal.
That said, there's nothing stopping the companies from making digital live streaming events however, and getting the point across. It's not going to be the same thing, but it is something.
What boggles my mind is why there haven't been similar lockdowns back with the H1N1 epidemic? I've googled over and over again, and CDC estimates that in 2009 there have been 150 - 575 thousands of people dying that year. And yet there haven't been lockdowns in almost all western and eastern countries.
So either they estimate that the death toll is going to be much higher with the Coronavirus (which only recently hit 165 thousands dead), or there is something else going on.
@Nickolaidas In the absence of lockdowns and the other preventative measures we would be at well over 1 million deaths globally by the end of this year with coronavirus.
@Nickolaidas Around 12,500 people died of H1N1 in the US between April 2009 and April 2010. Deaths from COVID-19 in the US are currently well over 40,000. In just three months, and if it weren't for the social distancing measures in place, that number would've kept rising exponentially. I'm not trying to write H1N1 off as something trivial, but it doesn't come close to the current coronavirus.
@Octane Then Corona probably has a far more greater infection ratio than H1N1 had.
Add to the fact that Corona is mostly lethal to the elderly, while H1N1 seemed to have a 'preference' for younger people.
@Nickolaidas I don't know the details about H1N1 infection rate, but the current coronavirus does have a high infection rate compared to most other viruses. So that's correct.
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