In the middle third of the PS5 reveal event came a long run of obviously smaller games. I was watching the PS5 reveal in party chat with 4/5 other friends and after just a few games this section killed the hype of the conference for like everyone. People started taking toilet breaks, getting snacks and just talking about life, clearly not engaged with what was on display during this time.
Looking at reactions of this event and other conferences it's almost an inevitability that this indie section will pop up, drag on and people will zone out. The E3 2016 Sony conference is held up as their best conference of this gen, and I can't help but feel that a large reason for that is there was no "long indie section" to hurt the pacing. The Xbox reveal event was railed on as a complete disappointment, and guess what it was full of? Yep, smaller games.
I don't mean any disrespect to indie developers by this, but it should be understandable that the mass market that watches these big console conferences would much rather see a run of AAA games than have it interrupted by these smaller games for more dedicated players?
I expect a lot of "but I care about indie games!" responses from a dedicated forum like this, but again, isn't this a thing for the hardcore and not something the public at large are interested in? Hell, even on this forum threads and reactions for AAA games are a hundred times bigger than indie games.
Perhaps it would be better for the conferences' reception if most of these indie games had their own separate showcases? This way they won't be overshadowed by big games, and the dedicated base that buys them would still go out of their way to watch such a showcase. Expectations would be set appropriately and no one would be falling asleep.
Looking at reactions of this event and other conferences it's almost an inevitability that this indie section will pop up, drag on and people will zone out. The E3 2016 Sony conference is held up as their best conference of this gen, and I can't help but feel that a large reason for that is there was no "long indie section" to hurt the pacing. The Xbox reveal event was railed on as a complete disappointment, and guess what it was full of? Yep, smaller games.
I don't mean any disrespect to indie developers by this, but it should be understandable that the mass market that watches these big console conferences would much rather see a run of AAA games than have it interrupted by these smaller games for more dedicated players?
I expect a lot of "but I care about indie games!" responses from a dedicated forum like this, but again, isn't this a thing for the hardcore and not something the public at large are interested in? Hell, even on this forum threads and reactions for AAA games are a hundred times bigger than indie games.
Perhaps it would be better for the conferences' reception if most of these indie games had their own separate showcases? This way they won't be overshadowed by big games, and the dedicated base that buys them would still go out of their way to watch such a showcase. Expectations would be set appropriately and no one would be falling asleep.
