This guy probably didn't even know what Gamescom was until he heard there was gonna be live streamed events in august.

It was the best gaming event in a while, much better than the shitty boring E3 this year.

It was an awesome event, with so many new and exciting titles presented. Several of them looked so great and interesting (Tomorrow Children, Wild, Ethan Carter etc...) that my attitude on indie games is quickly changing. Add to those all the first party and AAA games, I doubt I've ever seen a better collection of games presented at once.

firstly the price cuts, Vita is what it is Sony know outside of Japan its pointless to bring it up, the ps3 is still selling decently ill expect a price drop when the ps4 gets one or at TGS, 

now to tomb raider its a freaking Time Exclusive, on top of that who the hell would get Tomb Raider over Uncharted 4 all MS did was garrantee that the PS4 will get some kind of definitive edition at a later date Phil Spencer himself said its a timed exclusive and he didnt know the plans that Square had to bring it to other consoles after thier deal is over.  Square was super smart to do this they get the cash from MS now, put it on thier system and when the hubbub over Uncharted 4 is over they can release it on the PS4 at full price instead of it sitting on shelves till its at a discount price.  MS is the dumb one here wasting cash on a game and not getting full exvlusivity, its also coming to 360.  we still havent seen a bunch of sonys studios and the games they are working on,  Media Molecule, Sony Bend, and Guerila games are all working on games that have yet to have anything known about them.  Sony does this they start off slow with games and are loaded on the back end.  For me Gamescon was good even as a sony fan, got more info on Bloodborne, Teraway which was freaking great on the vita, firmware 2.0 features shareplay even if its only 60 mins,  i didnt expect sony to come out with new AAA titles yet, they still have a few to come out this year and early next year,  this year you have Driveclub, LBP3 next year you have The Order and Bloodborne early and UC4 late. i suspect we will either see new stuff at TGS but im suspecting at E3 we will see some games that are new.

Look around you, what, from the 80s, is still the same, are the houses, fasions, music, cars, trends and attitudes?

Nope, so why would gaming be.

It's a show about games, there's actually a secret hidden in the name, let me decypher it for you.

Gamescom

Thus, what better to do at such an event then focus on games - console pricedrops are about consoles, not games.

I found the metal gear solid box segment to be funny, apologies if your sense of humor differs.

Square enix did not create Tomb Raider, they have no reason to pander to PlayStation solely on the grounds of previous games they didn't have a hand in making, they were handed a bunch of money and all they had to do in return was not release the other versions for a set period of time, they took it, end of story.

This is a business after all, these companies don't exist on the sole purpose of putting a smile on peoples face, they exist to make money, if the chance of making a bunch before even releasing a game comes up, they'll take it. 0 it isn't betrayal, it's just business.

Then move on and find something else to do with your spare time, japanese gaming and the asian games market is shrinking and becoming less and less important, that trend isnt going to change just because you want it to, so pack up and move on with your life if you don't like it, sure sounds better than wasting time getting a second gaming community to unanimously dislike you.

wait .. this looks like an "art project" to you?

I didn't know Lara Croft was a PlayStation icon considering the first game also released on the Saturn and DOS

Well, you have to take into consideration how much it sold on each platform.

She certainly used to be, Lara Croft's character had been used in playstation advertising for years and each game in the tomb raider franchise has sold more on sony platforms than any other.

I enjoy "art" games every once in a while but, yeah, it's too much by now.
But I hope by "gaming" you don't mean the typical shooter or story driven cinematic game - we shouldn't talk about the good old times when you want games like that.

What is happening to gaming, you ask? Well, it is evolving into a medium with more than just meaningless content as it was in the past. But there is still a long way to go for the industry. The video game industry matures just like a human being. Maybe you got stucked in the past, in the 80s? I don't know, but you should think about that...to talk about such gorgeous games like Rime, Tearaway Unfolded, WiLD etc. in the way you do is ludicrous. Of course, everyone has the right to have their own taste and opinion on games, but objectivity must be maintained too.

The showings at gamescom, especially at Sony's conference were great in my opinion. Actually surprised by the high number of new game announcements. An interesting and diverse game lineup.