Sony dropped a significant announcement about its presence at subsequent 12 months’s E3.
Sony has revealed as we speak that it received’t be at E3 2019. What this implies in observe is that we received’t be getting the standard press convention in June.
Sony additionally mentioned it received’t be having the standard presence on the present flooring itself, which means attendees received’t be lining as much as play its games within the normal manner.
“As the industry evolves, Sony Interactive Entertainment continues to look for inventive opportunities to engage the community,” the company told Game Informer in a statement. “PlayStation followers imply the world to us and we at all times need to innovate, suppose otherwise and experiment with new methods to please avid gamers.
“As a end result, we have now determined to not take part in E3 in 2019. We are exploring new and acquainted methods to have interaction our group in 2019 and might’t wait to share our plans with you.”
The agency’s VP of communications, Jennifer Clark, additionally confirmed to the positioning it could maintain a press convention across the occasion.
Sony is hardly the primary main writer to ditch E3 ultimately. It began with EA, which introduced in 2016 that it’ll be internet hosting its personal occasion – EA Play – in Los Angeles. The occasion often kicks off a day or two earlier than E3, and continues to run parallel to the present.
As a end result, EA games are solely playable on the E3 present flooring after they’re obtainable by means of a platform holder’s kiosk, resembling FIFA being playable at Nintendo’s.
Microsoft has additionally slowly been lowering its presence on the present. This 12 months’s Xbox E3 convention was held at Microsoft’s personal theatre throughout the road from the LA Convention Center, although Microsoft did maintain a presence at the show floor with its Mixer stage.
With the push in direction of making E3 extra of a public present – or no less than a hybrid like TGS, and the present’s waning relevance in games media, it’s not utterly shocking to see Sony make this transfer. The firm has no downside cancelling occasions when it feels there’s nothing to indicate, as evident by the lack of a PSX event this 12 months.
It’s attainable the platform holder is taking a 12 months off in preparation for the launch of the following PlayStation, which is reportedly due in 2020.
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