Yeah, they dropped the ball with the presentation. Of course it'll be fine if they up their marketing effort from here on out but when GDC got cancelled Sony should've changed the presentation of PS5. After all, it was the first public reveal besides the logo and it was not a good reveal in terms of growing consumer interest. As I've said before, Jim Ryan and John Kodera seem like those typical tone deaf suits that don't really know how to listen to and engage with consumers. But hopefully they'll be able to let professionals do their job.
Remember those predictions from when we still thought PS5 would be revealed in February? Some of it reads like fanfiction but the general idea would still be far better than the "GDC presentation" and I think Sony would be wise to do something along these lines before the PS5 launch (below is stolen from an FB gaming group and updated with a few details that we know of now).
PlayStation Meeting
February 20, 2020
Presenters: Shuhei Yoshida, Mark Cerny, Hermen Hulst, Yumi Yang, Angie Smets, Siobhan Reddy, etc.
PlayStation 5 is presented
Specs: 10.2 teraflops, 5.5 GB/S SSD, 3D Audio, Raytracing, etc.
Console design: details on how cooling is improved
Controller design: details on how battery time is improved
PS Network: details on how download speed is improved
Launch: Holiday 2020
Further announcements
Super-fast SSD: details on how games will benefit
Support for non-proprietary external SSDs: details on products available at launch
Backwards compatibility: PS5 will have full backwards compatibility with PS4 games
Support for VR: all VR games can also be played with the original PSVR
VR game announcements for PS5
Insomniac Games - Stormland
Valve - Half-Life: Alyx
Respawn Entertainment - Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond
Ready at Dawn - Lone Echo II
Skydance Interactive - The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
Studio acquisitions and game announcements
Bluepoint Games - Shadow of the Colossus is announced as a March PS Plus title
Kojima Productions - Silent Hills is announced for PS5
Remedy - Alan Wake 2 is announced for PS5 and Control is announced as a PS Now title
Guerrilla Games - SOCOM is announced for PS5
Cloud Imperium Games - Star Citizen is announced for PS5
Further game announcements for PS5 will be revealed around E3
As PS5 supports all PS4 games, upcoming PS4 games are shown
Updates on upcoming PS4/PS5 games (not enough time for all of these)
Activision - Call of Duty: Warzone is announced
Bandai Namco - Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot DLC
Bethesda - Doom Eternal
Capcom - Resident Evil 3 Demo is announced
CD Projekt Red - Cyberpunk 2077
Crytek - Hunt: Showdown
EA - Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville free with 1 month EA Access trial
FromSoftware - Elden Ring gameplay
Koei Tecmo - Nioh 2
PlatinumGames - Babylon's Fall, Wonderful 101, Bayonetta, and Vanquish
Riot Games - League of Legends: Wild Rift
Sega - Persona 5 Royal and Yakuza Collection. Sonic Forces is announced as a March PS Plus title
Ubisoft - Rainbow Six Quarantine and Gods & Monsters
Warner Games - Mortal Kombat 11 DLC
Square Enix - Avengers. Final Fantasy VII Demo available after the show
Indie reel - Temtem, Spelunky 2, Ion Fury, Disco Elysium, Little Nightmares 2, Super Meat Boy Forever, Blair Witch, Amnesia Rebirth, Insurgency Sandstorm, Vampire: TMB2, Sky: Children of the Light
Sony Interactive Entertainment - Predator: Hunting Grounds trial weekend
SIE Japan - Patapon Remastered
Polyphony Digital - Gran Turismo Sport update
SIE San Diego - MLB The Show 20
Media Molecule - Dreams will support mouse+keyboard and will be free across PS4, PS5, and PC with a business model similar to Unreal Engine
Sucker Punch - Ghost of Tsushima Story Trailer
Naughty Dog - The Last of Us 2 gameplay
