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kitler53 on 06 May 2015
sales2099 said:
kitler53 said:
not sure what to make of this i suppose. the note about this falling on the same day as halo 5 is pretty relevant,.. obviously sony wants to steal their thunder and a price cut announcement would be good for that.

in the broader picture i like the move. having a conference in June and then another in August is pretty close to each other. much like games themselves,.. i like having announcements peppered throughout the year instead of all at once.

imagine this scenario,.. as a rule E3 announces games landing in the following Q4 and Q1 while this paris thing announces games landing in Q2 and Q3. no more waiting years for releases!! every announcement is 3 to 9 months away which is, imo, the perfect amount of pre-release self hyping time.

Between the ever stinging dig at MS from E3 2013, and the slight corporate PR potshots they have taken, they really know how to hold a grudge.....

Like, they can't even let MS have their day in the sun with Halo 5. tsk tsk


i don't even know why you are bringing up E3 2013 into this,.. 

 

...why should any company let any other company "have their day".  if sony can announce something that grabs the headlines that day then it minimizes the (free) exposure halo would get.  minimizing a comptetitors advantages is good business.



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Namiirei on 06 May 2015

I'm Fr, so i'm happy about this.
Even if i won't go to Paris, because i hate this city.

They don't do the E3 + gamescom because they're too close to each other this year, it's better this way i guess.



Turkish on 06 May 2015
JEMC said:

Let's see:

E3_ June 16-18

Gamescom_ August 5-9 (about 50 days later)

Tokyo Game Show_ Spetember 17-20 (about 40 days later)

Paris Games Week_ October 28-Nov 1 (again, about 40 days later)

 

So Sony is skipping GamesCom because it's too close to E3, but then decides to go to Paris because it is not coo close to TGS...

Yup, makes total sense.


TGS is a non factor, it's only for Japanese games. GC has American games, and vice versa with E3 having Euro games.  With only 1.5 months between E3-GC this year that doesn't leave much room for furth reveals of games announced at E3. While this year there will be nearly 5 months between them.



sales2099 on 07 May 2015
kitler53 said:
sales2099 said:
kitler53 said:
not sure what to make of this i suppose. the note about this falling on the same day as halo 5 is pretty relevant,.. obviously sony wants to steal their thunder and a price cut announcement would be good for that.

in the broader picture i like the move. having a conference in June and then another in August is pretty close to each other. much like games themselves,.. i like having announcements peppered throughout the year instead of all at once.

imagine this scenario,.. as a rule E3 announces games landing in the following Q4 and Q1 while this paris thing announces games landing in Q2 and Q3. no more waiting years for releases!! every announcement is 3 to 9 months away which is, imo, the perfect amount of pre-release self hyping time.

Between the ever stinging dig at MS from E3 2013, and the slight corporate PR potshots they have taken, they really know how to hold a grudge.....

Like, they can't even let MS have their day in the sun with Halo 5. tsk tsk


i don't even know why you are bringing up E3 2013 into this,.. 

...why should any company let any other company "have their day".  if sony can announce something that grabs the headlines that day then it minimizes the (free) exposure halo would get.  minimizing a comptetitors advantages is good business.

I can bring up E3 2013 if I feel like it. Lot of mud-slinging on Sonys part this gen so far. Announcing something on halo 5 day is being sore winner...not like this race is gonna be close or anything lol. Sony literally just has to manufacture these things and it sells itself.

Bold is more reminisent of good ol American business tactics. Had the shoe been on the other foot, MS would most surely be criticized for this (they were back in the early 7th gen when PS3 was at its worst). But with Sony its chill.



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

LordLichtenstein on 07 May 2015
sales2099 said:

I can bring up E3 2013 if I feel like it. Lot of mud-slinging on Sonys part this gen so far. Announcing something on halo 5 day is being sore winner...not like this race is gonna be close or anything lol. Sony literally just has to manufacture these things and it sells itself.

Bold is more reminisent of good ol American business tactics. Had the shoe been on the other foot, MS would most surely be criticized for this (they were back in the early 7th gen when PS3 was at its worst). But with Sony its chill.


You are salty. 


On topic:


Personally I don't see the problem. 101 business tactics, that is all.

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sales2099 on 07 May 2015
LordLichtenstein said:
sales2099 said:

I can bring up E3 2013 if I feel like it. Lot of mud-slinging on Sonys part this gen so far. Announcing something on halo 5 day is being sore winner...not like this race is gonna be close or anything lol. Sony literally just has to manufacture these things and it sells itself.

Bold is more reminisent of good ol American business tactics. Had the shoe been on the other foot, MS would most surely be criticized for this (they were back in the early 7th gen when PS3 was at its worst). But with Sony its chill.


You are salty. 


On topic:


Personally I don't see the problem. 101 business tactics, that is all.

I suppose. Just think its funny that the fans are now ok with Sony adopting aggressive American business tactics (basically everything fans hated MS on doing last gen). Teh irony.



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

LordLichtenstein on 07 May 2015
sales2099 said:
LordLichtenstein said:
sales2099 said:

I can bring up E3 2013 if I feel like it. Lot of mud-slinging on Sonys part this gen so far. Announcing something on halo 5 day is being sore winner...not like this race is gonna be close or anything lol. Sony literally just has to manufacture these things and it sells itself.

Bold is more reminisent of good ol American business tactics. Had the shoe been on the other foot, MS would most surely be criticized for this (they were back in the early 7th gen when PS3 was at its worst). But with Sony its chill.


You are salty. 


On topic:


Personally I don't see the problem. 101 business tactics, that is all.

I suppose. Just think its funny that the fans are now ok with Sony adopting aggressive American business tactics (basically everything fans hated MS on doing last gen). Teh irony.


It is funny how that works, right? :p 



sales2099 on 07 May 2015
LordLichtenstein said:
sales2099 said:
 

I suppose. Just think its funny that the fans are now ok with Sony adopting aggressive American business tactics (basically everything fans hated MS on doing last gen). Teh irony.


It is funny how that works, right? :p 

Hilarious...... ;) Fans b fans.

(k im done).



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

LordLichtenstein on 07 May 2015
sales2099 said:
LordLichtenstein said:
sales2099 said:
 

I suppose. Just think its funny that the fans are now ok with Sony adopting aggressive American business tactics (basically everything fans hated MS on doing last gen). Teh irony.


It is funny how that works, right? :p 

Hilarious...... ;) Fans b fans.

(k im done).


That is how it is :)



RenCutypoison on 07 May 2015

Damn.

I'm going with a press pass for the first time and sony isn't even going to be there ?!