Trailers did the talking at Sony’s E3 event, too bad we’ve heard it all before

By Emma Boyle

No one said Sony would have it easy at E3 2017. On Sunday, Microsoft unveiled its powerful new 4K console, the Xbox One X, and Nintendo teased its fans with potential Super Mario Odyssey details well ahead of the show. Honestly it was going to be hard for the PS4 creator to go bigger and better than the rest.

But Sony’s biggest opposition on Monday night wasn’t Microsoft or Nintendo – Sony turned out to be its own worst enemy.

At E3 2016 it showed up with Spider-Man and God of War. In 2015 it had Final Fantasy VII Remake, Shenmue and The Last Guardian.

This year’s Sony showed up with one or two new, exciting titles. But most of what we saw on stage Monday night were the greatest hits from last year.

Raised expectations

So where did it fall apart this year? Perhaps the problem was Sony’s approach.

We’re used to huge, crowd-rousing and borderline boastful introductions from big company representatives at these events – often to talk up a new piece of hardware or a new feature to excite the fans. Instead, Sony kept the preamble to a minimum, going straight into the show with footage …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming