Sony – our competitors “are losing the plot” with gamers

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Didn't read past the first page so forgive me if someone already mentioned this. However more and more I think that actually MS and Nintendo have it right about E3. And sony are starting to get there with their wonderbook nonsense and early announcements.

The attitude that E3 is for the 'hardcore' gamer seems kinda pointless. We read gaming websites. If a new God of War or Halo is announced then we know about it nigh on immediately. As evidenced by the fact so many of us were underwhelmed at them showing previously announced games.

So really to us things being announced at E3 doesn't matter. We all knew The Last of Us, GoW:A etc were coming regardless.

However there are a lot of press who write for websites, magazines etc not aimed at the hardcore gamer that do go to E3 and it is a time when they write about video games. Their audience probably does care about Wii Fit more than Halo. And they probably do need a little reminder that already announced games like GoW: A are coming.

So really I don't see why E3 shouldn't just be for highlighting some previously announced big things and more casual aimed things.

Why make a big announcement about a hardcore game at E3 when it will have some attention lost in all the buzz when you could just as well announce it in a month or so time and most hardcore gamers would hear about it in a few days anyway.