Sony's dropped a new teaser for this week's State of Play, which is set to air on Thursday — but don't get too excited. Said teaser doesn't hint at specific games or anything — it's purely a social media reminder.
It does feature a potentially interesting detail, however. A logo in the top left of the video confirms that this State of Play will be part of Summer Game Fest.
Geoff Keighley's gaming bonanza can be a bit weird to understand sometimes. The event does have its own showcase — Summer Game Fest Live — which is like a more traditional press conference, filled with announcements and trailers. But Summer Game Fest itself is spread across...well, the summer, and encompasses various streams and publisher-backed, online events. This upcoming State of Play is a part of that.
So does this knowledge actually change anything? Not really, but you could argue that being part of Summer Game Fest raises expectations for Sony's show. It also suggests that Sony won't play much of a role in the aforementioned Summer Game Fest Live, but that might be jumping the gun.
[source twitter.com]
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No. Expectations remain at zero.
That only lowers my expectations even further lol
Probably a late move by Geoff after Sony’s announcement to bring some alignment. Not a bad move, but probably unrelated until now.
It's going to be PSVR2 games and updates from third parties like they said.... Then we get furious fans afterwards asking where last of us part 9 was
Expectations still set to 5
Nah, this doesn't change my expectations.
This is going to be nothing. Probably a good one for VR enthusiasts but the rest of us will be waiting until September to see if they do another true showcase.
I feel like what they announce in the state of play will have more in depth previews and gameplay during the games fest I guess.
I could see them maybe having a few more "Check this out and come back to Kick off Live for more!" sort of announcements after this.
No matter expectation levels, idiots will still be disappointed.
PlayStation can never do right with these shows. Just check back here after the showcase for the proof.
If you have low expectations then you won’t be disappointed. People need to keep that in mind for these State of Plays. I’d guess smaller games getting new trailers and release dates like Stray. Now for the Games showcase, likely in September, that’s when to get HYPED! Although I’m kind of concerned we haven’t had a GOW:R focused State of Play as by this time last year Horizon FB premiered before the end of May.
I mean, ultimately, it's just a logo.
Well I expect to see some games that's all. Whether I like anything I see is another question.
My expectations are still in check.
I don't care what anyone says I miss the days of E3. State Of Play could be really good but then again it might not, I hope I am wrong & announce some games or show off gameplay.
While I will watch this SOP, I'm more excited for the main course that we'll probably get in July-August.
Never really understood the hype around Summer game fest, it still feels like all publishers and developers are doing their own thing. It feels all too disconnected, and too widespread over a too long period.
Surprise me with some upcoming kids games for PS4 / PS5.
I had a feeling that Sony would save 1st party stuff for Summer Game Fest (the June 9th event), this makes me more sure it'll be the case.
I think we should approach it from a slightly different angle. So everybody and their dog has a showcase these days, but instead of it being all haphazard and messy, being a part of a "movement" like this gives it the perception of being a bit more organised. So basically nothing changes apart from the perception.
Plus it makes Sony like like they play well with others again.
They’ve shown their hand for the state of play - with be psvr2 focused.
I reckon summer games fest they could announce a certain acquisition along side the new final fantasy game…
I love vr ,however seeing any vr game on a flat tv screen is pointless in my opinion, you can get the idea sure, but fidelity and a sense of actually being there is missing,so er yeah...meh.
Seems like Geoff is just getting lazy and piggybacking off other companies events
I don't understand why being part of Summer Game Fest would change anything from when we didn't know it was part of it. So what? Why would that change my expectations of what's to be announced?
Recently Sony has gotten better at trying to manage expectations, yet people still seem to try to pump the hype for everything and then rage that they didn't hear what they wanted. Expect PSVR2 titles to be teased, and some indy trailers for non-VR games, but don't expect any first party ANYTHING (unless it's PSVR2) and don't expect any dates/prices for anything PSVR2.
If there is a big shock reveal (don't bet on it), it will be the release date of PSVR2 itself (I almost said release date and price, but Sony probably won't announce both at the same time, they like to drag things out).
The State of Play will be cool for VR, but the interesting show will be the Summer Game Fest livestream for sure!
This does not change my expectations at all, moving along.
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