Sony. What can I say? Nick put it this way: “Hate the company…kinda like the console.” And that’s pretty much how I feel after their press conference. I don’t want to want a $600.00 console, but I might want a PS3.
Many of the games shown during the conference will not be coming out any time soon; certainly not a knock against the company, more like a show of future force. Unfortunately, I can’t tell how far off that future is. On one hand Metal Gear Solid 4 will be arriving soon (exclusive?). On the other hand a lot of the titles I’m really interested in–Final Fantasy XIII, LittleBigPlanet, White Knight, Home(game?)–seem to be ages away.
Did the Sony press conference this year around convince that I’m going to buy a PS3 before the end of the year? No. But is that what their goal should really be at E3? Kind of.
Nintendo and Microsoft could talk about title that aren’t coming out for a while because they both have a decent foothold in the current console market. Sony, surprisingly, doesn’t have that same luxury. Sony needs to sell they’re system now. Not later. Hopefully TGS will remedy this.
That’s not to say they’re conference wasn’t strong. Plenty of games were shown–Uncharted: Drakes Fortune, Heavenly Sword(no jump button?) and Ratchet and Clank Future–all with the potential to sell some units for Sony. Just not as many units as I feel they need.
Oh yeah, and they talked about the PSP and played some Motorstorm. Whoopee.
Sony Press Conference 7/10
