Unless there was a closed doors event or something... But doubt it, tons of people saying that it was meh
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Sony PlayStation: First Party Studios |OT4| Because we're skipping 3
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Unless there was a closed doors event or something... But doubt it, tons of people saying that it was meh
Previous events had some new gameplay trailer descriptions like the Red Dead 2 trailer.
Plus, people are starving for new info.. last event with new info TGS and VGAs
Wait a minute did the last Destination Playstation have gameplay for RDR2?
Someone said that at a retailer event last year saw red dead 2 and described the footage
Benji already said it was a meh event showing stuff already seen and not bringing anything new to the table.
Nothing special that's it
ArenaNet is laying off 143 (!) people and they are in Bellevue, so I guess that's a lot of opportunities for Sucker Punch and for the other studios in the same area (such as Bungie).
Probably their big new game that's supposed to give them a huge spike
But then again Benji said the event wasn't that exciting so probably not
Ah ok so it was GME a Gamestop specific conference. Lol at the headline
"Gamestop employees claim new Red Dead Redemption 2 demo put them to sleep"
Well i expected rayspace announcement aka the final fantasy killer
Just updated my PlayStation App and it mentioned personal discounts. Is this something new or have I just never noticed this being a thing?
It's new and it is mentioned in the changelog on the Play Store.
I know it's obvious that they're working on stuff but seeing the words "what comes next" just makes me so giddy!
Imo they need 4 years for the sequel. HZD2 in February 2021 confirmed ;)
So what is the event for exactly? For retailers to just stand idly by and talk to Sony reps about marketing?
To work out business deals primarily between not just Sony but some 3rd parties as well
Oh ok, so third parties are also present there. Thank you for responding Benji.
PlayStation holding conference in Beijing on March 7th to promote China Hero Project games, release dates expected:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/pl...-project-games-release-dates-expected.102615/
https://www.resetera.com/threads/pl...-project-games-release-dates-expected.102615/
I thought Sony was being quiet this year but already we've had:
- Statement about a PlayStation leadership shuffle
- Interviews and interesting tidbits from Shawn and Shuhei
- Dreams Creator Early Access release window + plans
- Days Gone new trailers and big upcoming preview event
- Destination PlayStation with showings of their games for retailers
- Beijing "China Hero Project" Conference in March
- General newsworthiness of God of War winning awards
Seems like they still have a lot to talk about and show.
I worked in a different industry, but to give context on how retailer-partner events work.
It's not that you go there to show trailers/share release dates/etc and you're done.
Sure, you share those things.
But you also create the platform where you talk about product's audience, planned marketing initiatives surrounding those products, the point-of-sale materials that retailers would be supported with for certain games, what aspect of the game could be 'retailer-exclusive' for cross-promotion. You share details about the product's planned marketing roadmap so that retailers themselves can figure out what the publisher is planning to do to support a game and plan their own allocation and resources to support the game's launch in their own way.
And then lastly, and arguably the more important aspects of these kind of events... is there to build a sense of partnership/friendship/loyalty between the different partners. These events are held in fancy hotels with luxurious events and activities to make your partners feel appreciated, happy. Get them drunk, fed on good food, have the time of their lives. It might seem trivial or meaningless, but these kind of 'soft-touches' matter a lot in any industry where you rely on partners to distribute your products to the widest global audience.
That makes a hell of a lot of sense. For consumer events like E3 or PSX, you need to hype up gamers with new content, so the publisher will sell them the latest projects they have in development and when to expect them. Consumer events are focused on information about the games themselves and other things that matter to people willing to buy your products.
For events like Destination PlayStation, you need to hype up retailers. Why should vendors participate in the distribution process and what should be informed to fans looking to buy those games? What are the pre-order benefits, special editions, merchandising, exclusive bonuses, etc.? When they expect to stock these games is another issue to inform stores like Target. However when no release date has been decided, a generic quarterly estimate is given during the fiscal year ( or until early 2020 in this case).
Any leaks would probably pertain to sudden surprises the company plans on revealing soon like a new Call of Duty is always revealed in the spring, before E3, so distributors would want to be aware of such a big release in advance. Perhaps a new initiative is planned that involves retailers and so on. E3 is also important for retailers, though not as significantly as before thanks to this digital age. However, for new game announcements, it's important to realize Destination PlayStation might not be the place to discuss such products unless they are on the verge of being revealed to the public.
What, because they haven't released a game since 2012, supposedly had several projects cancelled and are now working on a game magnitudes larger than anything they've ever worked on? 👀
That's simply incredible and funny, so great to see THE president of WWS doing things like that
For me that title goes to The Last Guardian. Is such a special game. Trico is the best NPC ever.
I know someone who lives there. Is it a press-only event or fans can go too?
Press/youtubers
Embargo lift March 6th 8pm GMT for previews and new ingame footage (probably B-roll)
Thread dedicated here
I just finished Detroit and I must say I felt the same way. That game was shockingly good!
I think I like TLG better as a game too, but when I weight ''best new IP'' it goes beyond as just best new game. Taking the values and foundations of the property and projecting of what could be done to develop such property are equally important IMO
Judging them that way, HZD easily takes that spot for me
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