Hmmm...I actually kind of liked Sony's press conference overall, tbh. Which is, you know, something rare for me to say. I'm usually more interested in smaller, independently-developed games and maybe one first-party release on a secondary level or something, but I like where Sony appears to be going in general right now.
With the new trailer, The Last of Us: Part II went from being a game that I was highly interested in to being I'd say honestly the most anticipated release ever for my part. I was drawn in from the second the trailer began and couldn't stop wanting to see more! Don't want to be dramatic, but I think TLOU2 is going to be a very emotional game for me.
I was also pleasantly surprised by the Death Stranding trailer! I mean definitely to a lesser degree (an order of magnitude really) than TLOU2, but still, where last year's Death Stranding trailer just seemed like utter nonsense, now it looks like there is actually some kind of coherent vision to it, though I can't yet adequately make out what it is obviously. It has some really weird quirks (the portable fetus / baby in a jar, is it?...weirded me out a little in particular; kinda took me out of the moment briefly), but I'm sensing that there's a heartfelt point to it all now. Or most of it at least. I really liked the ambience and the just general isolation type of feel to most of the trailer and the ghost mystery surrounding apparently the protagonist's deceased wife. (Maybe I'm interpreting the trailer wrong, but that's what it seemed like was going on to me.) I'm interested now, where I wasn't before!
I also liked the trailers for Control and Deracine as well (especially the latter), though a little less than what I saw of TLOU2 and Death Stranding.
I thought the way that they did the press conference -- the format -- was weeeiiirrdd, but, like with Nintendo's 2013-14 E3 events, weird isn't necessarily bad, IMO. It seemed like an intimate and heartfelt presentation! I liked it! 
I definitely liked it better than what I saw of Microsoft's, which seemed very corporate, traditional, buttoned-down, like 'we are the ESPN of video games!' anyway. It may be an unconventional opinion, but I liked that Sony decided to let their hair down a little. And they have the right focus for a games hardware + software company: games. Exclusive games. Not expensive future hardware (like Microsoft) or gimmicks (like Nintendo's Labo). First-party games. Many of which have not just fuuuuuuuuuun on offer, but actual stories too, it would very much appear.
QUALIFICATION: Have not seen Nintendo's show yet!
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