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Do You Think Sony Could Still Be At E3, But On Someone Else's Stage?

Do you think it's possible for Sony to be at someone else's E3 event?

  • Yes, I think it's possible

    Votes: 69 15.7%

  • No, I don't think it's possible

    Votes: 371 84.3%
  • Total voters
    440
vivftp

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Thought it might be fun to discuss the possibility, what if Sony is still going to have a presence at E3 2019 and it will be on someone else's stage? There're a couple of options that immediately spring to mind, the first being AMD. Sony could have Shawn Layden or Mark Cerny come out to speak at AMD's event much in the same way Phil Spencer did at their CES event. Another option that's less likely, but would be far more hilarious would be if Sony had a person like Shawn Layden come out to speak at Microsoft's event. A week ago the possibility of showing up at the Microsoft event would have been pure fantasy, but now Sony and Microsoft have a partnership regarding cloud technology so that possibility has taken one small step forward towards the realm of possibility.

Beyond those 2 press conferences there's always the chance for Sony to show up at another event like Square Enix if it turns out the FF7 Remake has some sort of PlayStation exclusivity (be it timed or permanent), or maybe at another event where Sony has marketing deals for certain games.

So yeah, do you think it's possible that Sony could still have a presence at someone else's conference this E3?
 
Iwao

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They said they won't be there, and I think they meant it.

I also don't see what that would achieve.

Jorden1506 said:
No they won't as they don't have anything to announce yet.
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State of Play has proven that they do have things they could use as E3 announcements but it probably wouldn't be satisfactory as a whole, and some things aren't appropriate to even tease yet, such as PS5 games in development.
 
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TheMoon

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Why would they.

Like, they don't care about their internet fans having something to hold on to in terms of being able to say "see, they were at E3 after all!"

Most of the games there will be announced for their platform(s) anyway and that'll be that.
 

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If they're not at E3 it's because they don't have anything to show there. Going into another presser goes against the idea.
 
KarmaCow

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I can somewhat see the appeal of someone like Kamiya appear at a MS press conference because he's presenting a game but why would anyone give a shit about some Sony guy showing up at another press conference? I thought we were passed this executive worship when Kevin Butler appeared at a Sony conference.
 

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Not a full on conference but after that MS announcement, I could see them popping up and being like, yo MS, sup? So more like a segment of partnership.
 

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vivftp said:
A week ago the possibility of showing up at the Microsoft event would have been pure fantasy, but now Sony and Microsoft have a partnership regarding cloud technology so that possibility has taken one small step forward towards the realm of possibility.
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Yeah, like how Microsoft showed up on Sony's Conference when they adopted Blu-Ray or how Apple announces their iPhones on Samsung events.

These partnerships are made all the time. Stop pretending big corporations are big buds when something like this happens, please.
 

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Fonst said:
Not a full on conference but after that MS announcement, I could see them popping up and being like, yo MS, sup? So more like a segment of partnership.
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who will find that interesting? partnerships between companies happen all the time, as long as it's not about a sony game or a sony hardware there's no reason for them to pop up anywhere at e3.
 
Neil98

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Maybe we get a State of Play close to E3, but Sony isn't going to be at E3, that's 100% accurate, don't expect them to appear in some random conference.
 

Fonst

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who will find that interesting? partnerships between companies happen all the time, as long as it's not about a sony game or a sony hardware there's no reason for them to pop up anywhere at e3.
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People have done a ton of stuff that was uninteresting on E3 stages.
 

mclem

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Would it count if there's a rep there to talk about EA Access on PS4? That's not quite the territory of big reveals, but they'd be there
 
Remo Williams

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It's always possible, but it's extremely unlikely. If they thought they had something important to communicate, they would have their own event.
 
Triggerhappytel

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No, they're not there this year. They're saving all of their marketing for a massive blowout leading up to the PS5 next year.
 
modiz

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I think they will have some announcements during e3 rather than an actual conference or stream to keep themselves in the discussions.
 
MattAces

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Sony will most likely appear in PC Gaming Show sponsored by Epic.
Since Detroit is already coming to EGS, I fully expect Bloodborne, Death Stranding and God of War to be announced for EGS.
 
Nightengale

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By virtue of PS4 having platform (timed or otherwise) exclusive 3rd-party games like Babylon's Fall or FF7R show at a show? Yeah.

Anything else though? Nah.
 

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vivftp said:
.... but would be far more hilarious would be if Sony had a person like Shawn Layden come out to speak at Microsoft's event. A week ago the possibility of showing up at the Microsoft event would have been pure fantasy, but now Sony and Microsoft have a partnership regarding cloud technology so that possibility has taken one small step forward towards the realm of possibility.
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Fonst said:
Not a full on conference but after that MS announcement, I could see them popping up and being like, yo MS, sup? So more like a segment of partnership.
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Ant_17 said:
Had that idea as well. They show up on the Xbox stage.
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GamerForever said:
I think Sony will be on MS stage this year, talking about their joint partnership
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Some people are still making more out of this deal even though it got explained multiple times. Two big corporations sharing tech.
That's about it. It doesn't mean PS and Xbox are sharing games, visiting each others gaming conferences. It's Sony using MS cloud and AI tech instead of Amazon's cloud and Microsoft using Sony's cutting-edge image sensor tech. Both are improving their own stuff.... for their own suff.
Karonoth said:
Yeah, like how Microsoft showed up on Sony's Conference when they adopted Blu-Ray or how Apple announces their iPhones on Samsung events.

These partnerships are made all the time. Stop pretending big corporations are big buds when something like this happens, please.
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I know right
 
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