Sony will not be at E3 2019 for the first time!!!

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Ganoncrotch said:

twintail said:

Well, not really.

Depends entirely on what the alternative is to this from Sony. As much as them not being at E3 will suck, whatever they decide to do may be just as good.

Well think about it like this, if Sony aren't there at all, then every AAA 3rd party game is actually going to look like an X1 exclusive, I'd wager that a drinking game for the MS show which involved even drinking a sip of water each time the word Exclusive is uttered would have you drowned at your PC.

Like I said in my article comment on this, before the holiday season is a very poor time to even hint that you're changing the playing field... when you are dominating the game as it stands, it would be like a team going 10:0 up and then announcing plans to sub out their Goalie.... for something different... like a can of Pepsi max in a dressing gown. Sony have said a few times this Generation that they were even shocked at the success the PS4 had... if they have stumbled onto a winning formula they shouldn't do a damn thing that could upset that, especially given they're not certain what caused it as they might not be able to repeat that again with the PS5, there was a lot of factors involved in making the PS4 the dominant selling beast what it is right now, and honestly Sony can't control or replicate those again, unless Sony force MS to rehire Don Mattick and send him out on stage to reveal another new system and then suggest that if people don't like it they can stick to playing the X360 again.

Also ... consider those people who've not bought a PS4 by now, surely they have to be the most casual / thrifty of gamer that after 5 years on the market now is the time they think to jump in, it's people like that in my opinion that could well tighten their purse strings yet again when the news of Sony stopping a 24 year tradition of going to E3 hits.

Absolute rubbish :)

Ms will definitely hover up lots of games to show at E3, but they wont be *Exclusive* that's totally different to showing them off at E3. Also Sony have like 6 major titles that have been announced and coming out, MS has what 2 or 3, they've been beaten every year, the gap in console sales is so big... missing an E3 and MS having a big E3 is going to have little effect on this generation... It's done MS is well beaten this gen.

Sony just has to drop the price to an official $199 at E3 and they win E3 without even being there.