Sony skipping Gamescom in favour of Paris Games Week

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DerNebel said:

JEMC said:

Let's see:

E3_ June 16-18

Gamescom_ August 5-9 (about 50 days later)

Tokyo Game Show_ Spetember 17-20 (about 40 days later)

Paris Games Week_ October 28-Nov 1 (again, about 40 days later)

 

So Sony is skipping GamesCom because it's too close to E3, but then decides to go to Paris because it is not coo close to TGS...

Yup, makes total sense.

Eh, TGS is entirely different in what audience it appeals to and in what games will be there, hardly any TGS games will be at E3/Gamescom and vice versa and if western games appear at TGS they are often just the E3 trailers dubbed. If you want to question something, then I'd suggest how close PSX should be to Paris Games Week, that really doesn't make that much sense.

Well, I don't follow Sony as much as I did a few years back so I don't know when will take place that PSX event.

But the point is that each Show is aimed at different territories: E3 for USA, TGS for Japan and GamesCom has been the de facto show for Europe for years. Skippiong it because Sony can't show something new is a poor excuse. Extended trailers paired with the fact that more european press media will have access to their game demos is more than enough to give them the repercussion they want.