That could be the case lol... If not revealed via Mark Cerny speaking about it and then Hermen Hulst showing it to us like Andrew House did with the PS4 Pro back in September 2016.
Jeff Grubb: A State of Play is scheduled for September
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E3s and PlayStation Showcases are going extinct because there's only 5 - 8 needle moving games released in any given year. The publishers are finally learning that extended previews (think: Starfield Direct) are more effective than diluting your message with 35 games, 32 of which nobody cares about.
I still think the E3 days of PS4 marketing sold just fine and the hype was much better than now for the fanbase.
There new strategy isnt better in any way apart putting less pressure on developers
Industry really changed by ~2018, which was really the end of the PS4 generation. Now it's just GAAS megatons boueyed by one or two big AAA single player games each year.
The play is now making those 3 - 4 titles look as premium as possible. That's a relatively new development.
You can even see that sentiment online. All the comments to the modern showcases are "It was all crap except for X and Y games".
What are we mad about here?
Expecting mostly promotion for the holiday season. Maybe a new game for December or teasing winter 25 and the pro release date announcement.
Still kinda think Marathon will be launching with the Pro so not ruling out a surprise or two.
Expecting mostly promotion for the holiday season. Maybe a new game for December or teasing winter 25 and the pro release date announcement.
Still kinda think Marathon will be launching with the Pro so not ruling out a surprise or two.
Exploiting current Sony leadership ineptitude for sure.
People here are getting mad that they’re not being advertised too enough. That’s the weird part about all of this.
I’d rather wait to see what its announced as at leat before getting agitated.
If they are like “a new state of play featuring a look out our first party studios along with partners” i dont care what they call it
If they are like “a new state of play featuring a look out our first party studios along with partners” i dont care what they call it
Oh that's no good. Need you agitated now so you'll click on stuff. Need everyone agitated all the time because our advertisers want numbers go up.
Apply for a job Bryan!! Kick their asses over there
They may have around 25 first party games (including 2nd) under development. Around half of them already announced. Most of the other ones over 2/3 years away from their release, so won't announce them or at least show them. A couple of the ones that could be announced in the next year or so are GaaS.
To make a showcase would dissapoint you, like the previous one, because what they could show there wouldn't be enough for you. For them is better to call it State of Play to reduce the expectations, which improves the opinion that later the people gets from the event and what it's shown there.
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Emergency State Of Play showcasing Concord 
Emergency State Of Play showcasing Concord
I expect Sony to air an apology video like this starring Herman Hulst
I disagree.
- Death Stranding 2
- Marvel's Venom
- Marvel's Wolverine
- Ghost of Tsushima 2
- Horizon MMORPG
- Media Molecule's next game
- Cory Barlog's new game
- Bend Studio's next game
- Housemarque's next game
- Bluepoint's next game
- Marathon (even though I would cancel it if I was Sony and tell them to get working on Destiny 3 for PlayStation 6 but that's just me)
- Several third party games
- A few Indie games.
Nothing wrong with announcing games early. They revealed Wolverine in September 2021. It's at least 2+ years away. During PS4 at E3 2016, they announced Death Stranding which released 3 1/2 years later and Days Gone which released just under three years later. So to me, they should have plenty of games ready to be shown. I don't mind waiting a few years for them to release. Just announce/reveal them already.
could be the case. hoping they come through this time around, there has been some good SoPs
Well yeah don't be surprised if that's the case... I wonder which exclusives Sony has prepared for 2025 besides Death Stranding 2 so far... And that game could even get delayed until 2026... Anyway 2025 should still have a lot of amazing games to look forward to!So Wolverine is expecting a 2026 release? I was thinking 2025
