Sony.
The Hugo Reaction begins hereSony have been making all the right noises building up to E3, but there's still time for their weak spot to be attacked for massive damage.
Conference was at
2am UK time. In recent years Sony have held the longest briefings, often around the 2 hour mark, and they stuck to that method once more.
Streams, now likely contain archived videos of the conferencePlaystation (also provides information on other sites providing streams, including how to view via PS3)
GamespotDigital SpyGametrailersOfficial Playstation MagazineMore can be found at all the usual sites (IGN et cetera)
Conference Timeline of Events- Displaying classic form, Sony are over ten minutes late in starting the conference.
- Followed by the classic Sony montage.
- Jack Tretton onstage, first focuses on Vita and PS3. Confirms Vita releases of God Of War HD Collection, upcoming Final Fantasy remasters, and new Walking Dead (the good one) amongst other upcoming titles. Trailers for Last Of Us, Puppeteer, Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, GT6, Arkham Origins and a special GTAV bundle coming later this year.
- Console revealed! Looks alright, but really similar to the Xbox One (but angular!)
- TV, Films and Music! No.
- Yoshida (he's lovely) to talk PS4. Confirms at least twenty titles in development due for release within the first year, with twelve being new IP's. New IP from Ready At Dawn shown (The Order 1886), new footage of Killzone: Shadow Fall, DriveClub, inFamous Second Son and Knack. Appears to be gameplay footage interspersed with cutscenes, but no onstage demos.
- Quantic Dream tech demo excerpt. Is not gooseberry fool. Honestly worth watching, apparently titled The Dark Sorcerer.
- Indie montage. Confirmation that self-publishing will be on PS4, multiple games shown (seriously, eight were shown) . Oddworld Inhabitants!
- Square-Enix content. Thankfully it's the stuff people actually care about, Versus XIII (now XV) and Kingdom Hearts III. Plus a reminder about the Realm Reborn version of FFXIV, which will be both PS3 and PS4.
- Actual gameplay of Assassins Creed IV, putting to rest the idea that it's a 30-hour CG cutscene. Ran like gooseberry fool though.
- More Watch Dogs. Quickly reaching the point of over-saturation. At least it's still gameplay footage.
- Sports.
Was mercifully short. As was Elder Scrolls Online. Good job Sony.
- Avalanche's Mad Max game. CG trailer, no gameplay shown. In Avalanche we trust.
- Tretton delivers the MEGATON. No online connection required. Used games supported. PS Plus carries over to PS4 which will, at launch, feature Drive Club PS Plus Edition. Plus a new title each month with Plus. Downside is that apparently online play will require Plus (so no longer free), but personally I don't have a problem with that if the IGC maintains a high level of quality.
It's almost too beautiful a moment to put into mere words.- Gameplay debut of Destiny. Looks great visually, appears to play well enough, but hardly setting the conference alight. However, genuine gameplay that isn't a hugely pre-scripted event is to be applauded.
- Gaikai talk. Disappointingly, no mention of PS1/PS2 games, only a service launching in 2014 that will allow streaming of PS3 games. No mention of whether a price will be required for the service (it is likely) and has only been confirmed as heading to the US initially.
- £349 launch price. Move along folks, show's over, Sony done won it.