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Monday, June 10, 2013

E3: Sony Press Conference: Releases, Hype, and Details

  • Exclusive PlayStation 4 releases:
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    • Over 40 titles in development, 20 of which to release in the first year
      • 12 of those 20 are new IP
    • The Order
      • Exclusive to PS4
      • Looks beautiful
      • Seems to be a steam punk inspired game
      • Shooter
    • Killzone: Shadow Fall
      • Sci-fi shooter
      • Launch
    • Drive Club
      • Driving game
      • Launch
    • Infamous: Second Son
      • Photo realistic
      • Looks to have some inique gameplay elements
      • Second quarter 2017
    • Knack
      • Nothing inspiring
      • Launch
    • The Dark Sorcerer
      • Game play footage to demonstrate the emotional availability of the PS4
      • Very pretty and great facial expressions
      • A game I would definitely play
      • Demo tomorrow at 1 PM
    • The Witness
      • First to the PS4
    • Transistor
      • PS4 first
      • From the creators of Bastion
      • Highly stylized platformer
      • Coming in 2014
    • Indie developers will be able to self-publish their own content; games include:
      • Don’t Starve
      • Mercenary Kings
      • Octodad
      • Secret Ponchos
      • Galak-Z
      • Outlast
      • Odd World Inhabitants
      • Galaxy
      • All making exclusive console debut on PS4
    • Diablo 3 will have PlayStation inspired items exclusive to the PlayStation
    • Final Fantasy 15
      • Photo realistic graphics
      • Subtitled
    • Kingdom Hearts 3
      • 3D
      • Looks good
    • Final Fantasy 14
      • Coming exclusively to PS 3 & 4
    • Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag
      • World premiere demo
      • It doesn’t look any better than the Xbox One
      • Game looks fun
      • Demo is filled with environment, lots of sneaking and action
    • Watchdogs
      • Nothing new from the Xbox One press conference
      • Play the way you want
      • Different demo than this morning’s conference
      • Looks good
      • Reminds me of a modern day cross between Thief and Assassin’s Creed
      • Additional hour of gameplay exclusive to PS4
    • NBA2K14
    • Elder Scrolls Online
      • Spring 2014
      • Exclusive beta
      • Also coming to the Xbox One
    • Mad Max
      • Road warrior survival kit exclusive to PlayStation
    • 140 games in development, 100 available in first year
      • 40 exclusive titles
    • Destiny
      • World game play premiere
      • Beautiful looking
      • Reminds me of an MMO trying to be a multiplayer shooter
      • Instant access to multiplayer, aka public events
      • You can see the influence on Halo on the game
      • Exclusive partnership with publishers
  • PlayStation 4 Pricing, versions, used games, and miscellaneous:
    • Unveiled the PS4 hardware
      • It is very thin
    • Capitalizing on the whole of the Sony Entertainment family
      • Music, video, movies, etc.
      • New programming exclusive to the PlayStation Network geared to gamers
      • Music and movie unlimited available on day one for PSN, Android and Apple devices
    • It is trying to be an entertainment console like the Xbox One
    • No usage restrictions
    • Discs based
      • Don’t need to be connected online to play or to authenticate
    • Background downloading
    • Cross game voice chat
    • Ustream live streaming
    • PS Plus membership carries over from PS3 and Vita
      • New title every month for free
    • $399 price point, available this holiday season in US and UK
  • PlayStation 3 releases:
    • The last of Us
      • Releases this Friday
      • Looks amazing, a lot of positive buzz about the game
    • Puppeteer
      • Looks fun
    • Rain
      • Looks creepy
    • Beyond
      • Looks good
      • Spy, shooter type game with a female lead
    • Gran Turismo 6
      • Looks mediocre in comparison to next gen driving games announced today
    • Batman
      • Fall 2013
      • Looks phenomenal
      • Black Mask is the baddie
      • Exclusive content to PS3
    • Grand Theft Auto 5
      • Exclusive PS3 bundle available September 2013
  • PS Vita announcements:
    • Just beginning its life cycle
    • More than 125 dedicated games
    • Nearly 60% of all purchases are digital
    • The Walking Dead is coming to Vita
    • PS4 is designed at the system level to use the Vita – the ultimate companion device

 

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