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To announce this news somewhat counterproductive and get rid of it with a big head start, Sony has preferred to let Variety pbad the message rather than publish a statement, or worse, to refer to it on social networks. Officially, the absence of PlayStation at E3 responds to the need for a changing industry and a willingness to find new opportunities to interact with the community. "PlayStation fans are everything for us and we always want to innovate, think differently and experiment with new ways to delight the players. As a result, we have decided not to participate in E3 in 2019. We are exploring new ways to engage our community next year and look forward to sharing our plans.", a Sony spokeswoman told Game Informer, making it clear that there will be no press conference events during the E3.
In his article published on Kotaku, Jason Schreier takes the opportunity to keep us informed of the latest rumors from the development community and reaffirms more than ever that the launch of the PlayStation 5 is expected in 2020, which package Sony for E3 2019 seems to clearly attest. Because if titles like Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding and The Last of Us: Part II are still expected in 2019/2020, Sony seems to judge that this handful of latest PS4 headlines does not represent a nucleus of exclusives enough to invite the players at an event like E3. For some time now, the manufacturer is clearly trying to save time at his studios, as we had already understood with the absence of the PlayStation Experience that should have taken place in December. An understandable posture but not good for the one who has dominated this generation and whose package for next summer will not fail to be perceived as an admission of weakness.
If we had already seen a manufacturer do without a press conference (or equivalent) at E3, namely Nintendo in 2016, the decision of Sony to totally ignore the event is a first that could make noise . By not setting up any PlayStation booth at the Los Angeles Convention Center, the manufacturer not only loses the battle of communication, it also risks undermining the visibility of certain partner games, those of big publishers as well as those of modest studios. freelancers, who can usually rely on the consolers to make them talk, whether on site during the show, in articles published on the PlayStation Blog or with the trailers posted on YouTube channels.
Microsoft, Nintendo, Activision, Bethesda, Capcom, Epic Games, Konami, Square Enix, Take-Two, Ubisoft and Warner have already confirmed their presence at E3 2019, which will take place from June 11 to 13 in Los Angeles , rebadures the ESA, organizer of the event. For the past two years, Electronic Arts has preferred to present its games separately as part of its own EA PLAY event. Last year, Microsoft relocated its Xbox stand to the Microsoft Theater, not far from the heart of the event, but we still do not know what it will be in 2019. It must be said that the absence of a mastodon like Sony will free up space. And allow us to sleep a little earlier than usual during the famous night of lectures, it's always won.
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