Alright everyone, as Day 1 of E3 comes to a close I've reviewed and recapped every single conference that has been held today, including Microsoft, EA, and Ubisoft's! However, we still have one of the biggest conferences of E3 left, Sony's! It is unknown what is in store for us in this conference, so find out what Sony revealed in the recap and review of the conference below!
Sony started off the conference with a mashup of everything Playstation, it's past, present, and its future, followed by Jack Trenton coming out on stage and announcing what's next for the Vita, including the Telltale Game's Walking Dead Series' 1st season coming to the Vita along with an all new episode, 400 Days.
After a brief speech about the future of the Vita (noticeably missing was the highly rumored Vita price cut) the conference turned back towards the PS3 and its upcoming first party title The Last of Us with an all new trailer. The show kept up the quick pace by showing 2 teaser trailers for the upcoming games The Puppeteer and Rain.
Immediately after that Beyond Two Souls got a new trailer showing Jodie Holmes training in a military base (amidst other things) but as quickly as that began it was over with a new trailer for Gran Turismo 6 (why they're rushing through all these trailer when they have two hours at their disposal I have no idea), which features rich, realistic landscapes and an immersive, customizable experience.
The PS3 trailers kept on coming with a new Batman: Arkham Origins trailer, and while this does feature pre-rendered cgi footage, it does also give us some live gameplay and hints at how the new Batman installment will play, and from what we've been shown it will only expand and build on the solid Arkham series' formula. The trailer was also coupled with new, extra downloadable content coming only to Playstation including new stages and skins.
From there, Sony moved on to (arguably) the most important part of the conference, the actual reveal of the PS4 hardware. Featuring a sleek design, the PS4 has found a totally new, beautiful look, especially when compared to the boring, 1980 VCR reminiscent Xbox One.
From there the conference moved on to the non gaming side of the PS4, and delivered news about upgrades to its streaming service Music Unlimited and new programs in development by Sony Pictures that are coming exclusively to Playstation systems. It also announced that Redbox Instant and Flixster will be coming to Playstation systems, along with select Pay per View events, however, Sony did reiterate that at its heart, PS4 is a gaming console (unlike the Xbox One, BURN!!), and that its main goal is to bring new gaming experiences to households everywhere.
After that we received a new, all gameplay trailer from a new IP from Sony Santa Monica titled The Order, followed by new Killzone: Shadow Fall, Driveclub, Infamous: Second Son, and Knack (all of which were initially revealed at the PS4 event) gameplay. The gameplay shown from these titles all featured rich, immersive experiences that take advantage of the power of the next generation consoles.
From there Sony praised itself on its relations with indie developers, and how these developers continue to reshape gaming as a whole, followed by the reveal of the indie game Transistor, which looks like well, definitely an indie game, with a lot of potential. However, it is unknown what exactly this game holds. From there Sony revealed new details of what the PS4's future holds in regard to indie games, and from what was revealed it seems as if the Playstation will continue to be the premier platform for indie games. The developers realized this too, as every indie game shown will be found exclusively on the PS4.
After Square Enix was introduced through a video message they revealed Final Fantasy's (a cult favorite of Final Fantasy XV, along with Kingdom Hearts 3.
After those quick trailers, Assassin's Creed IV received its first live gameplay demo (which featured an incredible amount of technical difficulties including the game just stopping at multiple times), which really just offered the same experience as AC3 with a pirate theme to it. This only furthers the feeling among gamers that Assassin's Creed could just be turning into the extremely un-innovative series that is Call of Duty.
After an incredible 5 minutes of new Watch_Dogs gameplay, Sony announced that an hour of extra gameplay and a new skin for the main character of Watchdogs would be coming exclusively to Playstation.
And then, Sony won the conference. Announced to a massive amount of cheering from the audience, Sony announced that the PS4 will support used games without any restrictions. After the unrelenting cheering of the audience died down, Sony also announced that the PS4 does not require any type of online authentication, once again blasting Microsoft's entire plan for the One. And then once again to a large amount of applause, Sony announced that PS Plus will continue to expand its services, and that any existing Plus accounts will carry over to the PS4, and that immediately at launch PS Plus subscribers will gain free access to Driveclub (PS Plus addition) whether or not this version will have any differences from the retail version is unknown.
The ball kept rolling from there with the first gameplay from Destiny, the new Bungee Studios title that the PS4 is relying heavily on (even if it isn't a PS4 exclusive). The gameplay featured beautiful and immersive landscapes and, a ton of weapons, abilities, and features at your disposal!
Sony then announced that Gaikai will be providing the Vita, PS3, and PS4 will be providing gamers with great PS3 titles in early 2014, and whether or not already owned titles will have to be rebought is unknown. And then once and for all Sony destroyed Microsoft with an incredible launch price point of $399!
So while it was unclear whether or not Sony was going to be able to triumph Microsoft in the beginning of their conference, at the end they destroyed Microsoft piece by piece, by having the winning angle regarding used games, always online policies, and its price point.
So after that dominating conference, day one of E3 is officially over! Make sure to stick with me tomorrow as I'll be recapping the large amount of titles Nintendo is expected to unveil tomorrow.
-Colby
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