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Sony Interactive Entertainment will not participate in E3 2019 or a press conference at the "largest gaming fair in the world" – for the first time in nearly 25 years. The internal PlayStation Experience 2018 has already been canceled.
The company wants to use other means to involve the community, says the release in Game Informer. Excerpt from the statement: "PlayStation fans are the world for us – we want to innovate, think differently, and experiment with new ways to excite players, so we decided not to participate in E3 in 2019. We are exploring new and known ways to support our community in 2019 and look forward to sharing our projects with them. "
Compared to Polygon, Jennifer Clark (Senior Vice President of Communications at Sony) said the planned events for E3 2019 (such as EA Play from Electronic Arts) were not planned.
In addition, Jason Schreier of Kotaku added: "After discussions with industry developers, I expect the PlayStation 5 2020 to be launched – and the publisher [Sony] Schreier also believes that Death Stranding, The Last of Us 2 and Ghost of Tsushima are expected to come out in the second half of 2019 or later. "
At Reddit, the rumor has been corrected: a "Leaker", who was talking yesterday about plans for Sony E3, said the PlayStation 5 should be included in a less important event in the middle of 2019. The big announcement will be then made on the PlayStation Experience 2019. The plans could still change, that means. The person also writes that the PlayStation 5 is "a beast" and will be released in a year to a year and a half. Anthem is already tested on PS5 devkits. By the way, it is estimated that Anthem will be postponed because the game is a big "bazaar".
According to a press release from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), organizer of E3, several companies have already decided to participate in the E3 2019, including Microsoft, Nintendo, Activision, Capes, Epic Games, Konami , Square Enix, Take -Two Interactive, Ubisoft and Warner Bros. Interactive. Sony will leave a big hole in the exhibition halls, where the publisher has always had a considerable presence.
Sources: Gematsu, Kotaku, Game Informer, ESA and Polygon
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