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If Sony is done at E3, what will go down as their most famous (or infamous) moment at the show?
- Thread starter Empyrean Cocytus
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We didn't do mic drops in 1995, but the principle saw its foundation in that stuffy-looking conference hall.
the strange thing about the $599 moment everyone remembers is that there was a cheaper PS3 available! That was not the base price of the console. Shows what a mess up it was.
This is amazing. I'd love to see if there were any message boards at the time discussing this event.
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Aesthetic differences between systems was so lame, no HDD in 360 tard pack, but also a cheaper looking system to boot. Same with the 20GB PS3.
But in Europe we only got the 599 SKU.
I don't understanding people saying 2018 as the worst one. Did y'all not watch other Sony E3 presentations?
Do people have a problem with this because they felt it was boring or because it was a white man in a rice hat with a flute.
If the latter, just as an FYI, Cornelius Shinzen Boots (said white guy), is probably the most talented shakuhachi bamboo flutist in the entire world and is wearing period appropriate clothing to Ghost of Tsushima.
E3 2016 was the best gaming confernece I've ever seen. what a show. Before the show i remember thinking how wack of a year it was at E3 and hoping Sony could save it. Man did they ever. The venue, the orchestra, the games. it was nuts, man.
That gave them a launch advantage, ultimately their superior library of games got them the win. U don't sell 100+ mil consoles simply from what you said back in 2013.
Can't disagree there.
Impressive production values (I mean, they created a real version of the chapel in TLOU2 from the ground up), but yeah... certainly not one of my favorites. The live orchestra with Bear McCreary two years (?) before was much better.
I want to say some awesome game reveal, or something historic, but as it was their last one in 2018 with the weird venue changes mid-press conference, the banjo and flute guys, and the fact that their last year at E3 they showed four games, two of the bigger ones which haven't even come out yet as of Jan 2020.
That E3 2013 bit was incredible. Best crowd reaction that I can remember. It was significant as well, as we all thought our favorite hobby is about to get a lot worse.
Its got nothing to do with Tsushima. About five seconds before this guy they had people at a desk, waffling to kill time whilst the audience moved venues which took like 15 mins, before finally getting the greenlight and saying "Why keep people waiting? We have so more much to cover!"
Hard cut to a dude playing a flute for 5 minutes.
Whoa wait. I always thought the "get a second job" was just something the community said. Were those words actually said during a presentation?
"During a recent interview with Japanese economic website Toyo Keizai, ever-charming Ken Kutaragi had this to say about Sony's goal for the PS3: "for consumers to think to themselves 'I will work more hours to buy one'. We want people to feel that they want it, irrespective of anything else.""
The year of dreams
Ridge racer! Riiiiiidgr raaaacer/ giant enemy crabs/ 599 us dollars
The elephant in the room
God of war 2018's orchestral presentation
15 minutes of fucking wonderbook
Charts!
This is how you share games on ps4.
Final fantasy xv and kingdom hearts 3 in 2013
Ridge racer! Riiiiiidgr raaaacer/ giant enemy crabs/ 599 us dollars
The elephant in the room
God of war 2018's orchestral presentation
15 minutes of fucking wonderbook
Charts!
This is how you share games on ps4.
Final fantasy xv and kingdom hearts 3 in 2013
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That was the general moniker for that SKU at the time if i'm not mistaken (both PS3 and 360 cheapest SKUs had these). I forgot about the real one, but its Core apparently. Even store clerks went with those monikers.
It really was.
I think many of us knew it was coming, but it still hit like a damn sledgehammer. Seeing that old, worn face of Kratos for the first time... it was so damn good.
edit: originally a ridiculous number of 'damn's there. That's what I get for having a short conversation with someone in the middle of posting, lol
Worst 2006: 599 US Giant Enemy Crabs from Ancient Japan. Attack their weak point for massive Riiiiiiiiiidge Racer!
Best 2016: using a live orchestra - wow!
Best 2016: using a live orchestra - wow!
Famous: 2013, where the PS4 console details took a massive dump on Xbox.
- runner up 2015, where they went insane and dropped The Last Guardian, FF7 Remake, and Shenmue 3 on us. No E3 megaton will ever live up to that again.
Infamous: 2006, where the good will they'd built up from PS2 was ruined in one fell swoop with embarrassment after embarrassment for the PS3.
- runner up 2018, where they had great games to show and were leading the industry, but they got some art house garbage nonsense idea in their head about changing up their conference style, and really dropped the ball with the format for their show.
Of the major players at E3, they can lay claim to the highest highs, as well as a three way tie with Nintendo and MS for the lowest lows. Each company has really had some bad years at the show.
- runner up 2015, where they went insane and dropped The Last Guardian, FF7 Remake, and Shenmue 3 on us. No E3 megaton will ever live up to that again.
Infamous: 2006, where the good will they'd built up from PS2 was ruined in one fell swoop with embarrassment after embarrassment for the PS3.
- runner up 2018, where they had great games to show and were leading the industry, but they got some art house garbage nonsense idea in their head about changing up their conference style, and really dropped the ball with the format for their show.
Of the major players at E3, they can lay claim to the highest highs, as well as a three way tie with Nintendo and MS for the lowest lows. Each company has really had some bad years at the show.
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I'd agree with these with the exception of E3 2018. The format of the show may have been pants, but the games were excellent.
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