As much as this sucks for the event, Sony doesn't need to attend E3. This is a launch year for new hardware, all eyes will be on them anyway

Btw, EA also decided to skip having a conference last year. And I believe that was the first time they didn't have one in the past 10+ years or something?
So it'll be interesting to see if they're doing it this year.

I don't know, but I heard Easy Allies were annoyed at having to go between different venues back and forth. Especially in that heat. And they had trouble getting in at times, or making it over there in time, iirc.

What makes this more interesting is that Sony is part of ESA. 
They're essentially skipping their own event, that they are invested in.

Hmm not a fan of the move, I wonder what they are really hiding here, maybe they are trying to push there competitors to reveal info at the show while they remain quiet and are not forced by the E3 dead line?
It was good seeing all of them pushing the industry forward at E3. Oh well, E3 will go on.

I'm very happy that they decide to not participate. E3 doesn't need them right now at all. I'm sick of Sony announces of new games , that will come at the end of the generation. They can reveal the new hardware somewhere else.

I don’t see why you wouldn’t go. Why wouldn’t you want another chance to show off the product you’re hoping to sell, even if you’re going to host your own thing. Isn’t showing it off more better than showing it off less? What harm could possibly come from attending E3?

Why get lost in a storm of E3 news when you can have all eyes on you during your own conference in Feb/March/April?

Either way we know Sony is not waiting til June to reveal the PS5 so they might as well have a full blowout in Q1 as opposed to curating content specifically for E3 and holding back on the reveal. Third Party wise PS5 games will be st E3 and all other events, so I dont see any major loss for them.

I shorted the quote just to address this stuff.i think the rest of what you said does make some sense, from what I read.

As for the games they showed, in 2018 it was Sekiro, Fallout 76, captain spirit, metro exodus, KH3, division 2, Session, Tomb Raider, DMC5, Jump Force, Dying Light 2, Just Cause 4, Cyberpunk.

This also included all those acquisition news and first mention of the new Xbox.

MS always shows off a lot of 3rd party software. Sony not being there is not going to change anything unless the publishers have no where else to show off the game. 

If the timing is right, and if they believe the exposure will still be there, publishers can still easily go with whatever Sony choose to do.

As long as they keep themselves in the news cycle they'll be fine tbqh. No conferences last year and a lot of media attention from a non gaming event shows they don't have to be there. 

Besides, we don't know what their alternative plans are yet. 

E3 is like Christmas, love to hang out with the Easy allies and fans. Sony skipping again is a shame.

Yeah I don't think it was discussed much here indeed.

People here don't seem to have the full picture to make their point over the subject, sadly, E3 has been going through a lot, and losing Sony is certainly a major blow to them.

I'm not very happy with Sony's State of Play personally, so I hope they do hold a conference of their own mid year (might be August) because PSX looked great but the timing to match the PlayStation anniversary is pretty bad to make announcement (right after Black Friday has just happened).

I like those kind of events, so I don't want them to stop, so if E3 is not going to be the "one an all" event anymore, I want some replacement.

It doesn't need to have the same date every year, they can hold it when they think it would be best for that year so they are not bound to fixed schedules, but they should still do something.

No E3 and no PSX last year was really sad, to be honest.