PSX Skips 2018, As Sony Confirms No PlayStation Experience This Year

I think, based on what they've said here, it was a good decision to not have the show this year. It's kind of worrying to hear that there's really not that much to look forward to in the near future, but oh well. At least they're being honest.

Where's the FFVII remake?

People wept over that shit, now they weep because it probably won't be available until PS6 drops...

I think its mainly due to next gen in all honesty, they wanna keep everything underwraps for a good while.

That event would have been our last plausible chance to see a reveal for Mortal Kombat 11.

So basically we'll have an entire 2018 gone by without single news or (official) info about MK11. Amazing (and disappointing). I suppose that since the past two years (especially this year) the market has seen a very sudden surge in fighting games, and NOT revealing anything about MK11 this year could probably be a positive after all (there's just WAY too many fighting games to care about right now).

See you in 2019 then, MK11.

Cant wait to get a PS5 and see that 4k 60 fps, in 2021. Oh wait, I do that on PC NOW! The ps5 better play every PS game ever, or no sale here.

So nothing new to show. After a disappointing e3 and now this it's just a tad concerning of sony's future lineup.

Ok. Because so many people are so misinformed. There is no PS5 coming next year. Sony has already said it won’t come out until at least 2021. Stop spreading your guesses around.

thats ok there are still lots of good games coming out from sony. I hope for bloodborne 2 next e3.

“Not gonna happen.”

Damn, and this was the year I was gonna go.

No bullshit. No hype.
Good choice.

Welp. If you don’t got it, you don’t got it. Kinda sucks but at least they aren’t forcing the issue.

Got no new games to show they reasle 16 exclusives this year for ps4 half of them are ps vr. I knew won’t do one this year and PS5 be out xmas 2019. Plus dreams meant come out this year so Sony and mm are liars. What wrong Sony don’t want hurt sales of indie games for dreams or something.

PS5 November 2019

Sony issuing a lower than expected PS4 sales forecast for financial year 2018. This puzzled a lot of people because there was no obvious sign why and when sales would begin to flag. Rumor, ever increasing likelihood of leaks and an official invitation "to see the future" would have the desired effect.

Financial chart omitting 2019. Wall Street Journal conjecturing--with good reason--this might be negative spend in view of PS5. "The next step, to crouch down so that we can jump higher." Sony openly remarking that PS4 is entering the final phase of its life cycle. Don't say they didn't warn you.

Sony unwilling to increase production of PS4 Pro to meet demand. They know PS5 is around the corner and don't want the former to entirely cannibalize the latter.

PS1 and PS2 were superseded after 6 years. PS3 only went 7 because of market downturn.

Phil Spencer pre-emptively talking about next-generation Xbox hardware. Why do that. Why undermine the console you launched only 7 months prior for no good reason whatsoever? Spencer knows something large this way comes. A further intent to raise Xbox's profile during this phase (e.g. the unexpected return of X018).

Sony have been acting conservatively for 18 months. E3 2017 was anti climatic, PSX 2017 lacked punch, and E3 2018 focused on known knowns. Sony are loading their guns.

No desire to match Xbox One price drop. What would be the point when (1) people are prepared to meet a higher asking price (2) Sony can use the extra revenue to help subsidize PS5.

There is no markedly new technology from AMD in 2020 that neither Sony or Microsoft with careful forethought cannot get from AMD in 2019. Therefore 2019 would be the perfect time to strike from a hardware point of view. If Microsoft delay, they would not be able to manufacture a significantly faster system one year after the competition without subsidizing the console to such an absurd and costly degree it would not be worth the investment. Sony can also obtain deeper component discount by being the only console manufacturer to guarantee their clients sales in excess of 100 million units.

I'm disappointed that they didn't include The Last of US 2, Ghost of Tsushima and Death Stranding in the quote regarding their 2019 exclusives. Have we really got to wait until at least 2020 for those games, I wonder?

I’ve been a student level subscriber at SemiAccurate since 2012, I knew about PS4 Pro before PS4 launched and as of last February I found out that PS5 is launching in 2019, but the SemiAccurate article wasn’t out until April. Sony is switching to 3 year hardware refresh cycles as that’s their best strategy going forward, and gives their user base 2 options they can upgrade every 3 years or every 6 years. PS5 will be announced next year and launch later in November. PS4 28nm November 2013, PS4 Pro 16nm November 2016 and PS5 7nm November 2019

https://semiaccurate.com/2013/10/18/sony-takes-radically-different-approach-ps4-lifecycle/

https://semiaccurate.com/2018/04/03/semiacccurate-gets-playstation-5next-details/

Ran out of greatness I guess...

PS5 2019 confirmed.

Disappointing. I was hoping Sony could keep the momentum going.

If it was gonna end up like last year, im fine with it. Let the stuff cook a little longer, then give us more good news when its time.

Holding stuff back for a PS5 reveal perhaps?

I guess he's trying to escape the PSN name change answer he gave last year

Good move we pretty much know what's going to be coming in 2019 anyway.