| Otakumegane said: So they pretty much have no JP games. (No Capcom's game doesn't count it looks more western than Japanese) My god SE trolled hard. |
I've mentioned this in other threads, but the kind of Japanese companies that support Sony consoles just aren't going to be front and centre at a conference like this. The Japanese big guns that support Sony were there - Capcom & Squeenix, although it's a shame Square were a complete bust. Konami were missing, but they hardly ever have anything to show other than Metal Gear anyway. Bamco don't really have a big property that would appeal to both east & west to show these days anymore; with Ridge Racer & Tekken both fading into irrelevance.
The other companies, which I'm sure are/will be developing for PS4, just aren't the type to show off tech demos and make people go "WHOA" at their titles. Nippon Ichi; Nihon Falcom; Idea Factory; Compile Heart; Tecmo Koei etc. etc. I'm sure they'll all be there with support. But at a unveiling like this, they probably wouldn't have much presence.
OT: No. At first I was a little underwhelmed, but the more I thought about it, the more I believe this was a very good way to deliver a conference. Admitting mistakes made in the past. Games front & centre. Developers, developers, developers *continues chant*.
There's a whole 10 months or so to reveal the system and reveal a hell of a lot more games. E3; Gamescom & TGS make are all still coming, and Sony nearly always has a big presence at all of them. People are just expecting too much, too soon. For what this conference was (telling us about the aims of the console), I think it definitely succeeded.
