E3 2016 - Official Topic - Please keep all discussions here.

Since E3 is a week away, i'm starting this topic with the hopes to keep everything organized. If you want to post info, pictures, videos and have discussions about any E3 related announcement, please do it here.
Let's all help keeping the forums clean.

To start, a small "tribute" to Ubisoft:

 

Sony is shitting out trailers well in advance

 

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I expect Sony to win, even if they'll just be showing movies.

 

E3 2016 or E3 2017?

 

I just want to see the wacky things.

 

Both until they have a PS3 2.0
Oh wait... That was the Vita.

 

The PSTV

I don't care about E3 now, Persona 5 is our Valentine's day Gift. I don't care about anything else short of Soul Calibur 6 or a Tekken 7 console release date.

 

If it had netflix I absolutely believe it would have sold better
The Vita has a netflix app, and you can download it on a PSTV, but you cant use it on a PSTV.
I hate netflix but come on, how do you miss this at all Sony?

I expect it to go something like this this year (even if this was last year and the year before).
No NX announcement will make Nintendo take a hit for sure. PS4 and Xbox One hardware upgrades are all I'm interested in hearing about, and even then I don't care too much. I'm just ready for more disappointment.

 

Xbox Head Phil Spencer Seems To Favor Gameplay Demos Over Cinematic Trailers for E3
“We want to… show what it feels like to play the game.”

A big problem with this industry is misrepresentation- I mean that in the sense that when a new video game is announced, and even afterwards, as it is being marketed, we often don’t even know what it will look or play like. This is because of the industry’s penchant for bullshit cinematic trailers and CG cutscenes over actual gameplay footage when it comes to marketing.

A lot of companies, however, have begun to push back against this trend in recent years- Nintendo, of course, always prefer to show off gameplay footage over cinematics. In recent years, they have been joined in this by Activision with Call of Duty, Bethesda, and now, apparently, Microsoft.

Speaking on Twitter, Xbox head Phil Spencer discussed the issue, assuring fans that Microsoft’s E3 showing this year would focus more on gameplay footage than cinematic trailers. “[We] had a specific focus on making sure games showed what it looks like to play the game, feel good about where we landed this year,” Spencer said.

Personally, I think that’s great- I’d rather not be excited for a game accurately presented, than get excited for one that turns out to be completely different when I do get it. That’s called misleading advertising, and in most industries and places around the world, it is illegal.

In other news:
62% of games from E3 2015 press conferences still unreleased
Sony is the worst performer, with only one game released from its E3 2015 press conference in that calendar year – a small indie from Devolver Digital called Ronin.

Sony and Microsoft did not release a single one of their newly announced titles from the last E3 in the 12-months since the event.

Nintendo also released 83% of those games before Christmas 2015, which is the quickest turnaround by far.

 

So Sony announced the new PlayStation.........SORT OF it's just the standard PS4 with a 4k Upscaler built in. Not the Neo everyone said was coming but the PS4k everyone assumed.

 

Last updated: June 10, 2016 12:24 pm
Sony PS4 upgrade to include UltraHD and richer graphics
Tim Bradshaw in San Francisco

Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation 4 20th anniversary edition video game console is displayed at Sony's showroom in Tokyo on December 4, 2014. The PS4 special edition model will be limited to 12,300 units worldwide with a price of 499 USD.
Sony is developing an upgraded version of its PlayStation 4 gaming console that will offer ultra-high definition 4K resolution and richer graphics, according to the unit’s chief executive, as the company strives to maintain its lead over rivals Microsoft and Nintendo.
The plan marks the first time that Sony has improved the processing power of a PlayStation midway through the usual console cycle, as it looks to keep up with the more rapid pace of product launches in the smartphone and PC sectors.

Andrew House, president and global chief executive of Sony Interactive Entertainment, told the Financial Times that the “high-end PS4” would be more expensive than the current $350 version. “It is intended to sit alongside and complement the standard PS4,” he said. “We will be selling both [versions] through the life cycle.”
The new console, which is codenamed “Neo”, will target hardcore gamers, he said, as well as consumers with a 4K television set looking for more high-resolution content.
As well as new hardware, Sony is also seeking to broaden the appeal of the PS4 through new services such as its PS Vue internet TV and a PS Music partnership with Spotify, the streaming company.

Reports of the new console emerged in March on gaming news site Kotaku after Sony began talking to developers about creating games that were compatible with the improved hardware. Anticipation intensified ahead of next week’s E3 gaming conference in Los Angeles, where Microsoft is also believed to be planning to launch an updated Xbox One console.
However, in a move that may disappoint some fans, Mr House said that Sony would not be unveiling its new console next week and refused to say when or at what price the unit would go on sale. “We want to ensure we have a full range of the best experiences on the new system that we can showcase in their entirety,” he said.
Nonetheless, he downplayed concerns that the move would cause interoperability problems between the old and new PS4 hardware.
“All games will support the standard PS4 and we anticipate all or a very large majority of games will also support the high-end PS4,” he said.
Both PS4 variants will also support its forthcoming virtual reality headset, which will go on sale later this year.

Developers should also see a “seamless” experience between the two versions, he said, requiring a “small but manageable” amount of extra work when creating a game for both. Mr House did not go as far as Xbox chief Phil Spencer in saying that consoles would become more like PCs, seeing regular improvements to their components rather than jumping between generations as they have for the last 30 years, he saw an opportunity to deliver “some additional benefits” to both consumers and developers within what is usually a five to six year lifespan. “The consumer is attuned to a different cadence of innovation in technology thanks in great part for the upgrades cadence on mobile phones or PCs,” Mr House said.
Despite a resurgence in PC gaming and the popularity of smartphone games such as Angry Birds and Candy Crush Saga, PlayStation 4 become Sony’s fastest-selling console yet, reaching cumulative sales of 40m last month — far ahead of its rivals. Analysts at IHS, a consultancy, estimate that Microsoft’s Xbox One had sold 21m units at the end of March, while sales of Nintendo’s Wii U have struggled.

Even as overall console sales growth in the US, the largest gaming market, slowed in May, according to market researcher NPD, PS4 continued to grow, boosted by the success of its new Uncharted 4 game, which is not available on other platforms.
As with the current PS4 and its forthcoming VR headset, the new console will be “standalone profitable at the time that we launch it”, Mr House said. In past generations, Sony subsidised the cost of the console in the hopes of turning a profit through software sales. The investment required to develop the new PS4 is already accounted for in Sony’s latest financial results, he added.

 

I stand by my statements that this new PS4 is just going to upscale games and offer video in HD with some kind of add on to the Graphics end. Like all the 360s after the Elite.

 

E3 2016 Fanfest- Phil Spencer:"Monday will be one of the most special events in Xbox history, comparable to Zero Hour 360 launch in terms of importance"

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10154089094041023

 

I have a feeling he's over hyping

 

Just noticed his shirt, it says "GAMERS PLAY ON THE BOX".
Also here's another quote from an insider "Tom Warren on Twitter: "24 hours until Microsoft's Xbox E3 event. I think it's gonna surprise a lot of people"
Maybe we'll be shell shocked like last year with the BC announcement.

 

EA Conference was shitty, they just did like Criterion that hadn't anything to show but a bunch of unfinished assets at e3 2014, this time they decided to put small things that appears to be finished but developers take most of the time it because it's obvious they don't have anything to show for real.

Also, financing SJW groups in a supposed educational partnership.

 

Well the XBONE Slim leaked. looks sexy I'll probably pick that up if the price is right.

http://www.vg247.com/2016/06/12/xbox-one-slim-image-leaked-ahead-of-xbox-e3-show/

 

This has my interest.



But what was wrong with Prey 2 that they had to scrap it?

 

Today was the day the XBOX died.