Last one today folks! It’s been conference marathon for me over here in Los Angeles, but this is that last one. It might be the biggest. To be fair to Microsoft, Sony has a tough act to follow. A lot of new games, plenty of intriguing exclusives… what can we expect from Sony? Stay tuned to find out!
I’m hoping Sony plays up on its ‘man of the people’ act. The whole ‘we’re about games things’. I also hope it shows off some of the indie games coming to PSN. It’s a real strength and proper point of difference for Sony now, and they’d do well to give it some shine.
Also, some exclusives? I’m very keen to see what some of Sony’s internal studios have been working on. Get… hype perchance?
10.45: Oh, and I almost forgot. I want to see what the console looks like! And the price!
10.48: I really don’t know what to expect from this show. I have a feeling it might be a little… flat. Sony showed off a lot in the console’s debut, so they don’t have all the barnburners under the hat.
10.52: You know what — I could really do with another 20 minutes demo about cars. How about you? ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzz…
10.55: The Last Guardian comes on screen. How do you react? WHAT DO YOU DO?
11.00: So I don’t really feel like Destiny is going set my eyeballs spinning. I don’t know if it’s as innovative as they think it is. Struggling to really think what Sony has in store… I’m really hoping they play on the Indie games angle. I’d love to see a series of really innovative games get to shine on the big stage. But I would say that wouldn’t I. HIPSTER.
11.03: They should make a game called Drive Pub, where you try to convince your idiotic drunk friend that he shouldn’t drive.
Actually no-one should make that game. SHUT UP MARK.
11.06: Man, in hindsight it did feel weird that MGS5 was on the Microsoft stage. It’s one of those games isn’t it? Can’t imagine playing it with a 360 controller. Imagine playing Gears on the PS4.
MAYBE THAT’S THE SURPRISE.
Babble babble babble.
11.10: Bloody hell, how long do they want! Let’s get going. I don’t have all day! (I have all day).
11.13: Some serious padding going on in this show right now. The Last of Us, right guys? AM I RIGHT?
11.15: What if Sony just spent the whole two hours talking about the PS Vita? WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
11.16: One minute more! Almost there!
11.17: AND HERE WE GO!
11.19: DANCING. LOUD NOISES. COLOURS. ARGH.
11.20: How about GTA V only on PS4? (and previous gen consoles?) That could happen. (I’m just making stuff up now)
11.21: Oh Jack you old smoothie. I wish you were my Dad. Or my cool Uncle. Yeah… my cool uncle. I’d like that. Uncle Jack.
11.23: Sure Jack, I’ll humour you. Let’s talk PS3/PS Vita. What’s kicking, Uncle Jack? What’s kicking. What’s going on my man?
11.24: Mhhmmm. Yep. Yep. That’s interesting. Tell me more. Yep. [Nods head]
11.25: Flower for VITA? I’m in bro.
11.26: I’m sure it is Jack, I’m sure they all look great [continues nodding head]
11.27: Guys! The Last Of Us is good! Don’t forget everyone! Yours, Uncle Jack.
11.28: Oh, it’s that rain game. I always thought that looked good. I’m from Scotland. Rain is mah shit.
11.30: A rather action packed showing of Beyond. Cool, I suppose. ALSO IT HAS THE GREEN GOBLIN IN IT.
11.32: This driving music is sexy.
11.35: Was never really sold on Arkham Origins, but this looks rad. Very cool trailer.
Also: the joker is really shit at jokes
11.38: OKAY! LET’S GO!
11.40: First impressions? Looks like the Xbox One!
11.42: I guess its Sony’s turn to pitch for your living room.
11.47: Sony is doing a good job of keeping this boring stuff not… boring. Very snappy presentation.
11.48: It’s that dastardly troll Yoshida!
11.49: Alright… getting into dick swinging territory here. Too much fat. Get on with it.
11.53: Well, I’m a bit lukewarm on The Order. We’re shooting at things again. Again. That said, seems quite stylish.
11.57: Second Son seems pretty snappy — cute dialogue, great motion capture. Seems nicely written. Actually genuinely believable performances. I thought it looked great.
12.00: OH SHIT IT’S THE OLD EMOTIONAL GUY. HE BRINGS TEARS TO MINE EYES!
12.02: Ha! This is great. Nice little twist. Loved it. Really loved it.
12.04: I was hoping they would do this: make a big deal of Indie stuff. Hope it gets a pretty extended slot.
12.06: Transistor is interesting, but Bastion didn’t really get me in the way it got others.
12.07: Oh, self publishing. Great news!
12.08: This is great: shows a massive depth of support, gives a lot of cool games space to shine. Love it.
12.12: Okay — calling it early. Sony is going to show The Last Guardian. I’m calling it right now!
12.16: I am a bit confused by these Final Fantasy trailers to be honest. What game is what now?
12.18: Oh cool — Kingdom Hearts III. That’s a proper surprise. Never saw that coming. I couldn’t care less! But it’s a cool surprise!
12.19: PIRATES DON’T WEAR HOODIES!
12.22: This little stealth section is pretty cool. Sort of allays some of my fears…
12.23: Seamlessly from free running to combat, to sailing. That was goddamn slick. Until the end LOL. But yeah, really loved that.
12.28: Okay dokey. Watch Dogs now!
12.32: This game continues to wow me. Production values are through the roof. Real high level of cool. This is serious shit bro.
Oh okay, using a tablet? That would be pretty cool.
12.38: Argh, my internets! ARGH. Sorry guys/girls. My internet is buggering me.
12.46: Bloody hell I missed the no DRM thing when my internet went kaput didn’t I? ARGH!
12.48: Playing catch up it seems like Sony is just destroying right now.
12.50: Whoa, this looks better than I expected… Destiny looks crisp. Has that Halo feel.
12.53: I’m really liking these enemies. I’m liking everything about this so far. The scale of these environments are amazing.
Okay so it’s Bungie Borderlands. Hmmm. I sorta hope not.
Really nice sense of detail. These environment feel lived in, designed, and real. I think I like the look of this game.
13.04: Sorry for radio silence. Internet is busy killing itself. But $399 US. Wow. Difficult clawback for Microsoft.
And that’s all she wrote! Stay tuned to the site for the rest of the afternoon. We’ve got a lot of stuff coming! Thanks for sticking with me through a long and crazy day!
SONY IS POISED TO TAKE THE CROWN
I EXPECT ALL THE BOMBS TO DROP
KABLOOM!
Lets just hope they don’t misfire and bomb themselves….
and somehow they will still lose money
I find it funny how everyone cared about Sony not showing the console, does no one remember E3 2011, when Nintendo announced the Wii U? They didn’t show the console either.
And still no one really cares for the WiiU. BAU
And they’ve showed it
And its ugly
Hopefully we see The Last GuardiahahahaahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I’m dreaming aren’t I?
I think if they actually did I would literally cry.
Is the stream supposed to be blank atm?
Afraid not.
No good on work computer then, perfect stream going on phone luckily.
hoping for a lower price than xbox one so their price drops 🙂
Cummon Sony, justify my girlwood
PleasenoDRMpleasenoDRMpleasenoDRM
We are watching you, pirate.
Jebus neogaf come back! *sob*
Time to find out if console gaming is dead to me or not.
Ultimately all I want is be able to collect and keep games as physical products so I can continue to play them long after the console’s generation cycle has been and gone (as I have for every console I’ve owned form the Sega Master System onwards).
It would also help to see no restrictions on used sales/game lending, region free gaming and a confirmation of not needing to connect to Sony’s servers to play a game.
Come on Sony, amaze me. This will determine whether I buy a PS4 or just sink the money in to building a new PC for the next-gen.
Need subtitles! No speakers at work 🙁
Has it started? All I’m getting is the GT panel prattling on about stuff.
Yeah, hurry up and stop wasting my internet.
ummm. . . when is this conference supposed to start?
Does Mark actually tell us what is going on, or is it just a series of unfunny updates every few minutes?
I dont have access to streams etc, so this was the only way I could think of to find out what was going on
Try using Sony’s Twitter feed. They should give updates there pretty frequently I would think.
https://twitter.com/PlayStation
As soon as I clicked that,
“Kingdom Hearts III is coming to PS4 – 14s”
Omg omg omg omg omg omg.
It hasn’t started yet, when it does actually start he’ll be updating. Cool ya jets.
Cheers! Thanks guy
He could have simply said “they are running late” instead of all the other comments – and I note he just wrote that…
maybe this is the conference. 3 nobodies prattling on about nothing in particular
MGS5 in league with Microsoft is just… weird…
Psyched to see what Naughty Dog is working on.
Sony are still seating people. So many people wanting to see if Sony is going to smash microsoft.
Sink in the tears of the current console generation or sail! Impress me PS4!
Impressed with Trettons attitude. Seems less arrogant this time.
That’s been the case the past year or two. I think the PSN outage knocked the last of that out of them 😛
this fella is a truly exciting and inspiring public speaker.
Force feeding us Vita, go away, I wanna game in front of my 55 inch TV, not a 5 inch screen. What a tepid response to HD handheld remakes. Not as strong a start as MGS on the Xbone. You can do better Sony
Cue the wave of cynical comments + “my PC has been doing that for 4 years”.
O.o,
someone in sony’s PR graphics department is a fan of the game robocod, as it had quite prominant placing on that collage.
Sweet! A strong, non sexualised women protagonist. Sony: 1 – MS: 0
Yo Mark, I hear you wanted more cars? Here you go!
Adam West DLC. F yeah!
New Batman voice sounds pretty similar.
New Joker voice sounds like someone impersonating Mark Hamill.
I think it IS Hamill isnt it? Didn’t he say he was doing Origins?
Nope, it’s the guy who did Two Face’s voice in Arkham City. Hamill retired from the role and stuck to his word.
Nah not Hamill! 🙂
Finally some PS4 news lol
It’s a Sony XBone omg!
where’ve all the curves gone in the next gen?
it looks abit like the Xbone but looks kinda better
LMAO seriously that’s the PS4? No really, where’s the console.
Has Apple patented all the curves or something?
NIN!
HDDVD vs BD – all over again 🙂 great
At least if you own both consoles they’ll match each other.
It looks like an Xbone that someone sat on.
LOL I was thinking the same thing. At last, we can truly be confused when we go to put our games in our consoles!!!!
I like that guy’s theme music
MOAR games!
Boo pushing the TV angle as well
They’re talking ALL about TV but being very careful not to say the word TV.
Our last best hope…. The Steam Box!!
Hey Mark, can you lay off the alcohol when doing these liveblogs? You’re not funny at all. People come here for REAL live blogs.
shhhhh…what happens on the junket stays on the junket
I think I want to place an order for the order.
The order looks a L4D England.
Mark, can you give us some content please? I for one can’t see the video, but have no idea what is happening from your blog updates.
It does look better than i expected admittingly. Those prototypes that were shown on Kotaku before the controller was revealed were hideous. I want to see the controller and console together to look at the design comparisons now.
Yay! Oddworld!
was that a new Oddworld I spied
I think it’s a remake of the first Oddworld game.
Any game that uses the term ‘on the lam’ is a winner IMO.
So, they lamed out on FF Versus XIII and just turned it into XV? Slack SQUEENIX slack. It even LOOKED like a ps3 game.
On the upside, a new Kingdom Hearts game???
That just means that they have enough faith in it. The numbered FF games are still their flagship titles. Trust in Nomura 😉
Nah, no trust left, Versus has a production time almost rivalling Duke Nukem Forever. Not jumping on the hype bandwagon for this one.
Though the gameplay…
Does…
Look…
GODDAMMIT IT LOOKS FUN!!!!!
KINGODM EHARTS 3 so damn happy!!!!11
Guesses were right… Versus is XV and it’s being released on the PS4. Just a shame they didn’t announce it when they knew what it was being announced for and as
THE HYPE BOMBS HAVE BEEN RELEASED
YYEYEEEAEHAHAHAHAHAHHA
Any chance of star wars in kingdom hearts?
That would liven up the Gummi Ship sections.
Nice ‘live demo’ there.
As someone who was looking more forward to Assassin’s Creed than Watchdogs I find my opinions reversed. AC looks like more of the same ol game that’s come out every year. Watchdogs is looking better and better every time I see it. Can’t wait.
Timed exclusives for a beta is something people are supposed to be excited by now?
Hey, it’s better than a costume
this is a terrible live blog, I can’t watch the stream and all im getting is garbage coming out of Serrels’ mouth commenting on random crap which is unhelpful.
If I wanted meaningless tripe I would of been watching the twitter feed. though admittedly I would still get more content out of that with pics and some videos.
Max?
Use a tablet for what?? C’mon Serrels, what is happening?
Hacking in watch dogs
No DRM! Sony have saved christmas!
And there it is…the big eff you to Microsoft.
PS Plus required for online play!
Yeah but at $5 a month and you get free games, still better value than xbone gold
Xbox now gets free games too, and I just paid $43 for a year.
Wow, No DRM! But no multiplayer without PS+
KINGDOM HEARTS 3. That just made my purchase of a PS4 cemented.
No DRM? It just keeps working the way it’s already working on PS3? SOLD! That is better news than I had dared hoped for.
Putting online play into the PS+ subscription is a bit nasty. I’m already a PS+ subscriber and wouldn’t have given that up anyway. Kind of sucks for people who just want to play online and don’t want the rest of the PS+ stuff. But having said that, if they keep the price the same then it’s probably the greatest bargain in gaming this side of Steam sales anyway.
Sneaky but I too will keep my ps+ going too.
As much as I don’t particularly like it, if that’s the price of no DRM, I’m willing to pay it.
Yeah – its the one blemish on an otherwise fantastic presentation. Personally, I thought plus was strong enough on its own to eventually convince must people to subscribe, but obviously Sony thought differently.
pricing yet?
No DRM = good
No Online check = good
PS+ for multiplayer = Meh, but for ~$5 a month with free games still better value than xbone gold
holy crap mad max ,
Pretty lame that they’re moving online multiplayer into PS+.
I know the subscription is value for money but I’d rather be able to play the games I buy fully without having to pay an extra subscription fee.
You pay to have the internet right?
Exactly, you don’t want to have to pay to use your internet TWICE.
Servers do cost money and if you want to keep the console price down (which they have to) it’s fair enough. Still sucky for us, but fair. Splitscreen for the win
I’m a little disappointed, but we got what, 6 years of free online play? That isn’t bad, and the free games lineup looks pretty reasonable on plus.
I don’t play online that much so I’ll just have to hope that any rare multiplayer games that I do want will come to PC as well.
Scripted play throughs are soo cheesy.
PS4 is winning
Im going to be the unpopular one.
Destiny seems to play like Halo, but just not called halo. Even that Titan armor looked like a spartan.
I think i will pass
AUD?
Undercut Xbone by 100 and no DRM… what the shit woodhouse
$399 head shot
Take that M$ . Double BLAM
I’m a little concerned they didn’t outright say online play would remain free…
Because it is not. Ps+ only
Well god damn that’s a huge negative. A ridiculously huge negative. I know PS+ is cheap, but it’s still shitty.
not true you dont have to have PS+ to access online, never ever was that stated. Noobs
That’s sort of my point. They didn’t say there was free online play. They did say you would have access to online media for free, while they said PS+ had online play. I’m reading between the lines here.
Is PS+ is still cheaper than MS Live Gold?
Similar from memory. I usually wait for a ps+ sale. $70ish for 15 months on sale.
They outright said free players will get single player and access to media programs, while paid players will get their immersive multiplayer.
SONY WINS WE’RE DONE GOOD E3 GUYS
so I’ll guess $499 for us Aussies? Have no sound so don’t know if he mentioned it
I’m assuming that price too.
Wow, dat pricing…
BOOM! HEADSHOT! Sony>Microsoft
Winner: PS4.
Sony just won everything. Everything!!
Put a fork in the XBone – it’s done.
They said available in US and UK this holiday season. No mention of Australia??
US and Europe. We may classify as Europe *crosses fingers*
Pretty sure we are under the euro banner
Oh ok here’s hoping. Thx guys
Hoping for maximum 499 Australian price so seems ps3 is day one sale here
Well Sony, you have my money.
A little irked about the whole “PS+ required for online play” as well, but if the IGC is as great value as it is for the PS3 and Vita at the moment, then it hopefully won’t be too big of a downside.
wasn’t planning on picking up a ps4 before this, am now seriously considering getting one. If they come out with an epic launch title (available at launch, not just launch window), and I might even buy one at launch.
Concerned about paying the PS+ just to have multiplayer. Though I pretty much never use PS3 as a multiplayer thing unless local (fighting/racing games and such) so I guess a bit of a moot point for me? As long as the price is reasonable/we get more perks than LIVE members I’m all good 🙂
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY
Does the PS4 have region locking?
No, it doesn’t = ) .
Can’t really complain about the price when you can just import a us one then
So Sony has turned into Nintendo now?!?!?! Weird strange games for small minority groups, with a big focus on kid games. Epic Fail Sony.
Has to be the ugliest console ever as well.