| Runa216 said: More and more it's clear why Sony isn't interested in E3 anymore. They - like Nintendo - just sorta do their own thing now and it seems to be working out for them. (Yes I know Nintendo still is releasing an E3 showcase, but they shifted over to Nintendo Directs a while back and the E3 version is just...another Nintendo direct now) |
If we're talking about from the perspective of quality, Sony's new approach hasn't really increased the quality of their presentations whatsoever. It's "worked out for them" because it accomplishes the bare minimum - getting news out there. But it's not really an argument to be used against E3 from a quality perspective, because their own showings are quite often pretty bad (I remember one of them being decent, can't remember which one though).
Either way, I'd be careful to act like Sony is a visionary or even a trendsetter. Remember, this is the same company that opened one of their E3 showings in a cramped setting made specifically for one game, then had to take a good 13 minute break to get the crowd to transition to main auditorium after only one game was shown, then opened back up not with a game, but with a guy playing a flute. That was a decision Sony made. At the end of the day, it's up to the individual companies holding E3 conferences to make their conferences good. Microsoft and Square-Enix both had less interruptions on average here then you tend to get at E3, yet many still found these conferences disappointing. That's not an "E3" problem, that's a content problem from both companies.
