Sunday, June 08, 2014

E3 is Coming

E3 2013 was one of the most memorable ones in recent history. Two platform holders fighting for mindshare, one failing miserably with several missteps (Microsoft) and the other just steadying their ship and staying on their current course with 100 dollars advantage to boot.

12 months later, Microsoft reversed nearly all of its 'perceived anti-consumer policies', dis-Kinected the pricing issue and introduced a 'friendlier' indie program. Sony on the other hand, carried on with their momentum and opened up a 3 million units advantage in consoles sold to date. Things are not all fine and dandy on Sony's camp however, delays of marque titles such as Drive Club and The Order 1886, development dramas at Naughty Dog and Sony Santa Monica meant that E3 2014 is of particular important for Sony to refocus their energy and rebuild the positive aura surrounding the PS4.

So, what can SONY do to win the hearts and minds of gamers at E3 2014?
How about live streaming their conference to cinemas all around United States for FREE?
I find this interesting. Compared to Nintendo who decided to shy away from the nerve-wrecking 1-2 hours of E3 press conference, Sony has decided to double-down and do a country-wide cinema livestream. I tell myself, this can go either way, horribly wrong or wonderfully awesome.

Sony gotta be sure to have something very interesting to say to be doing this sort of thing...especially on this scale.

All will be revealed very soon...looking forward to it.

1 comment:

Shuo said...

I guess it has all been revealed now so what are your thoughts?