LuckyTrouble said:
Sony only has two major shows: E3 and PSX. Since they started doing PSX, they don't do much at Gamescom anymore. It makes sense since Gamescom is so soon after E3 that it's unlikely that two months is going to make the difference in whether or not a big new game is ready to announce. TGS is for Japan. Outside of Japan, we may still tune in, but it's a show made for and directed at the Japanese gaming population. Announcements there are almost entirely from Japanese studios, and Sony doesn't tend to show too much truly new. Much like E3 is to Japan, TGS is something we can look at with interest, but with no guarantee we will be interested in anything shown or that it will find its way to us at all. PSX is Sony's replacement for other conferences. It's a good midway between E3 events and makes it so Sony doesn't have to blow mid to big releases at any other time of the year on a generic press release. This is still more west-centric, but may have a bit more of interest to even Japan. They would only hold back an announcement for PSX if it truly just was not in a ready enough state to replace anything in the E3 reel. The problem is that since everyone knows PSX is coming, we get this notion, even if impossible to justify, that things ready for E3 this year were held back for six months until PSX. E3 was smartly organized to cover what to expect going into 2018, and PSX will help establish the base for what we can expect in the latter half of 2018 and forward. |
I agree with what you say about each conference and what purpose they serve, and i think having TGS and E3 is fine but PSX is what screws the whole deal, just take for example last PSX which had the reveal of both Uncharted Lost Legacies and TLOU 2, if PSX wasnt a thing and it was only E3 and TGS then this year we would have had both of those anouncements today, making this E3 from Sony actualy really great.
