PS5's Ginormous Tokyo Game Show Booth Will Make You Wish You Were in Japan

Lots to see and do

by Sammy Barker
Fri 27th Sep 2024

Sony’s presence at Tokyo Game Show is important because the platform holder’s generally been skipping conventions. It did appear at ChinaJoy in Shanghai earlier in the year, and now it’s at the Makuhari Messe, showing off games like Astro Bot, Monster Hunter Wilds, and Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater.

The booth is absolutely gigantic, and has all kinds of little flourishes: the 30th Anniversary hardware collection is on display, there are PS5 Pro demos for Gran Turismo 7, and you can even play a real-life Astro Bot gacha machine. All in all, it’s really great to see PlayStation starting to reappear at conventions around the world, and we hope this continues.

[source youtube.com, via blog.playstation.com]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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Mikey85SCFC
Fri 27th Sep 2024

Let’s hope it drums up some hype as it seems japan is lost to Nintendo

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Keyblade-Dan
Fri 27th Sep 2024

@Mikey856 Unless they start putting out more Japanese games and maybe offer a handheld of some kind that probably won't change

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nessisonett
Fri 27th Sep 2024

Ginormous Booth is my wrestling name.

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sanderson72
Fri 27th Sep 2024

It's that big to house all the unsold PS5s.

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Shepherd_Tallon
Fri 27th Sep 2024

I always wish I was in Japan 💖
But the booth is very impressive. Watching the video gave me old E3 in the late 90s/early 00s vibes.

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MidnightDragonDX
Fri 27th Sep 2024

It looks so cool! Wish I could go.

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hi_drnick
Fri 27th Sep 2024

Lived in Japan since 2001. Have never been to Tokyo Game Show. That was more defensible back when it was aimed solely at the press. But pretty stupid that I've never made it haha.

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Anti-Matter
Fri 27th Sep 2024

Eh, no.
Not interested with TGS.
Even i like Japan but the first place i want to visit is the arcade which have DDR machines.

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EfYI
Fri 27th Sep 2024

I have no idea if TGS is big in Japan. But it HAS to increase their exposure - fans, gamers, journalists, influencers and the like might get excited by Playstation's return to TGS or (re)discover the brand.

I am saying that the next count of sold hardware might be directly affected by this event or the coverage of it, or any derivative of such a spectacle of a show.

But this is someone from the outside looking in.

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Yasukejp
Fri 27th Sep 2024

I think you guys need some context.

I was at the Tokyo game show and in fact the Sony space was a miss.

Let me explain:
Half of the pace was for Monster Hunter
The other Half was was PS5 game , some already out.

Only 4 PS5 pro where playing....

The giant Astro machine was only for few select VIP.

In the other hand, sega was stronger than ever.
Konami is back from the dead.
And Capcom is monster hunter for the next 6 month.
Square Enix got juice thanks to DQ and so.

In the middle of this, Sony did not propose anything, except and overpriced PS5 pro, a PS5 that increase priced and so on.

So y lost touch with his Japan roots. That is the Japan we loved.

Sony is dead, long live Sony.
Maybe if Konami can be back, Sony can, but it will take few years if they take some good decision from now... I doubt it .

Anyway, that is the gist behind the giant Sony space