The Weekend Debate: Gamescom Cometh

I want loads more info for PS Vita its a simple as that PS3 stuff is good too mind

I think E3 and Gamescom are vital to the gaming industry, not only to publicise games but to make the gaming developers more known in the gaming scene. It is a great way to unveil new products and to “give back” to the gamers, letting them try games still under development and whatnot

I really liked how E3 was covered on the Playstation blog, the live interviews were a really nice touch to the event for the guys and gals who can’t make it to the event (lucky sod James ). The live stream this year is amazing and I hope it all goes to plan (fingers crossed).

To top this off, have fun Bring me back some swag and get some more Starhawk footage

Anything Uncharted 3 related , post it.

i think they are so important in the gaming world, also its great to have live stream on home for thoose who dont have a pc (like me)

thank you james for live streaming it, i realxt apricheate it because otherwise i cant wach it, once again thanks mait

Love em.
I’m now an avid follower, but I used to be on the other side (though not E3 or gamescom and in the ancient days of the Fuji symbol), and know how hard it is to keep a smile for 3-4 days in a row, and answer the same question a 1000 times, or tell them they know probably more then you do, but they’re a much needed focal point of information, something to look forward to.

With this 24 hour news society it is great to know that a few times a year, you’ll hear some major surprises and know what the general direction of the industry will be.

Thinking of the Blog, it is a great way to provide a focal point for the news conference (where before you had to try to find a working web stream), and (with enough preparation) can provide valuable answers and follow-up information to recently disclosed news.

And listen to the people that care about the games

(shame I won’t be at the Gamescom this year, but having at least the conference in Home or on the phone.. great.)

i really want to hear some very big news on big games on the blog and maybe live strems so we can watch stuff and i think the biggest stuff that should be on the blog during e3 or gamescom is if a game from an old series is made or u make a game that everyone is looking forward for. like at e3 i was shocked and surprised to find out about a new sly cooper game

I love big industry events like E3 and GamesCom . I usually completely clean my schedule for the few days of E3 and GamesCom so i can sit and watch a live stream (been horrendous quality mobile phone ones in previous years for GamesCom, so glad to have a proper one this year) and discuss all the news. Following a press conference thread on NeoGAF is one of the funniest, most confusing things, you could ever imagine.

As for how you should be covering them, i think you do a good job of it already, with the live stream, blog posts during the conference, and interviews/gameplay afterwards. I particularly enjoyed the post-conference interviews streamed on the blogs with reader questions (at E3), will there be something like that for GamesCom?

For many people the only way they can experience such events as E3 and Gamescom is via the interwebs, so it’s great that the PlayStation Blog covers them with Live Streaming. I especially liked how the US Blog covered E3 this year with the presenters, special guests and chats before and after the press conference, as well as the interviews and focus on games during the event itself. Maybe the EU Blog can team up the ex-FirstPlay team to provide this kind of content for Europe.

Events like E3, GamesCom are excellent as they unite the gaming community. It is always fun to play demos and hear news! Playstation Blog should make live stream of Sony’s on their blog. After it finishes, upload all the games trailers to the PS Store so people could download them and watch them.

 ligtningrod1

i got info for you: its delayed till 2012

 TalllPaul

agreed! E3 on home got me so hyped up!

CEK111

hell yeah! cant wait to create my own charector! it gona be my main online game!

ryannumber3gamer

live stream in playstation home

almighty-slayer

i feel the same way! but E3 beats gamescom in my mind.

Livestreaming and textblogs, background of event, behind the scenes etc.

Also, since I downloaded PS3 firmware 3.7, iPlayer, 4oD, itv player have vanished. Where have they gone? I’d like them back! I’ve tried all the usual fixes of turning it on and off, and logging into PSN etc.

Help?

Its great for users to get a glimpse of each new game coming their way before their release date. We all love to hear what everyone related in games wants to say. Thats why it’s needed to have a separate post for each topic (e.g. New game/console etc.) especially more popular games. (we want to hear all about Uncharted! And enough of COD, had enough of that overated modern warfare!)
So give us all the information and live stream, we cant hear too much about it!:)

I have the feeling there are going to be a lot less comments now that there is no price. But that aside, here’s my opinion:

“How do you feel about industry events such as E3 and gamescom and how do you think we should be covering them on PlayStation.Blog?”
I love these events! It’s a great way to show your game to a massive audience. Although it can be really difficult for small games/studios. With all the ‘violence’ of the big AAA games and studios they can easily be overshadowed. I always follow live stream on these events on foot. Sometimes even in the middle of the night, like the SONY E3 presser.

As for the Playstation.Blog coverage I like the ‘new’ live streams. The live blog thing the blog did before just wasn’t cutting it because I would watch livestream on some other website like IGN or gamespot or whatever. I also like the Live interviews from last E3. Hopefully you guys will be doing that at gamescom aswell.
So for me it’s developer interviews and so on. Maybe even doing interviews with the big bosses of major corporations.

Anyway, have fun James, I hope to hear from you soon!

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pickled01

yeah COD is a bad game (hate welcome )

I would love to hear more details about the social aspects of the Vita, as well as Near (gifts and leaderboards and such). I would also like to hear an exact EU/US release date for the Vita, but I don’t expect that for Gamescom considering it won’t be released until early next year.

I’m very happy you guys are doing a live video stream. That’s the most important thing, and then having interviews with developers afterwards is really good.

Also looking forward to visit Gamescom for the first time this year.

 Pesico

its officialy delayed i cant wait for cross game chat !!!!!

very good, however for europe this always has been a empty shell.
Remember 2009 gamescom. Where is the videostore!!!!!!!!!

Sony conference live
Live footage from the Playstation boot, just like E3, but with more viewpoints

My thoughts on your question, James, is I think you should be very careful in not not blurring the line between editorial content and PR. Being who you are, you are obviously not a neutral source of information, and as long as you make it clear that the articles are PR pieces and not editorial content, I think you should be fine. Hard line to toe, though.

Part 1*

Events like E3 and gamescom are extremely important, they aren’t just events where you show off your game, it’s more of a sales pitch, they show us what we want and why we’d want it. I love how you’re basically spoilt with lots gameplay you’ve been hoping for months to see all in 1 day and announcing new hardware/firmware is something that is always welcome .

The way interviews were done was great, bit of gameplay, plenty of talk and questions off twitter. It would be better if we basically got to see a lot of gameplay during the interview, seeing two people talk and ask questions is interesting but gameplay is something we need more of (I’m not saying we don’t get a shedload though).

i love these event’s and would be my dream covering them like you guys do on the blog. Listerning to all the fans reaction at annoucements, watching the pleasent reactions to surprise annoucements and getting a glimpse into the future first hand.

I know we all like the games press events etc but i do think the UK has a very non visible gaming scence though. It would be nice to see more things in the UK like the PAX events in America and having things like console based MLG tourny’s in and around the UK. I think things like Gamescom,E3 and TGS do a great job promoting the industry on a global scale but i’d love to see developers and publisher do more on a local level too. I know SOny do a great job with the access events but they are few and far between and we really need more simular and different types of these events.

I’d love to see a UK games show make the world game show calendar considering the amount of talent and great things the UK contributes to the industry. I know we have things like games fest and Eurogamer but there more about promoting retail outlets themselves than the industry as a whole.

Part 2*

I couldn’t find Sony’s gamescom 2011 line-up (yet to be announced?) and would like to request a few things and questions.

Plenty of Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time gameplay + information and I have a few questions myself

Is the original voicing cast back for all the characters who are returning?

Is Carmelita Fox returning? If so will she have another new voice or one from the previous 3 games?

Will Bentley still be in a wheelchair or something similar to what we saw him in, in PlaySation Move Heroes?

How involved are Sucker Punch in Sly 4?

The environments got bigger in each game, will they be much bigger in Thieves in Time?

I think I should stop there, just incase it isn’t at gamescom and I’m sure you won’t be able to read out all of them if any at all. Final request, plenty of Vita info like official pricing, release date and new info on the top Vita games.

S-Cript

ehm…in the ps store…it said “video”

anyway we are getting CinemaNow verry soon!

 Sniper_at_w0rk

yeah im super hyped up!

Orusaka

ha i didnt understand any of that!

 Alex-1124

your fingers must be burning !!!! but then again, myne to. ha!

Big industry events are awesome! I really like when something new is presented for the first time.
Is just great to be able to seen the Sony press conference live. I also like when you guy invite the new games developer so they can respond to our questions about the new games live.

Regards

May fire up Home for it.I love/hate these things.I love announcements,proper game footage and stuff like that.

But I hate the people at these events The blog stuff here is fine,a few other sites are ok,but it’s the big gaming sites that get on my nerves.They sit trying to be funny,ask really stupid questions and just come across as people who are scared of upsetting publishers.At times you can see devs sitting there thinking “WTH am I doing with these clowns” It’s because of this i’ve only checked out one review this gen,and that was when I imported the HK version of demons souls

PS3 price cut please id like to upgrade to a slim.
News on the PS 3DTV for EU would be nice.

LOTS of info on Vita please, including dates and UK price, also launch lineup.

List of new firware features we can expect for ps3 over the next 12 months, Cross Chat?, the social stuff from Vita on PS3?, new Chrome based web browser?

Here is one thing I’m expecting, TO NOT SEE EVERYTHING REVEALED BEFORE THE SHOW!!!! lol!!! Leave everything for the show, even if a reveal only gets a couple of minutes, leave the content for the show!!

I hope to see Sony turn everything around after the PSN hack. I want to see them step up their game with cross game chat, lower PSN prices, more classic PSone content, more original games, and for First Party studios to realise this round of games has been a LITTLE underwhelming. The hype for Resistance 3, Uncharted 3 and other titles this year has been a bit dull. Time to step it up BIG TIME!! And stop using dubstep! lol!

vonhammer

but that dosnt mean you hate gamescom

vonhammer

i personly think E3 is better/bigger but gamescom still great!

1 – Stream press conference, then host the full conference once its over for download or to watch

2 – Have a “Like / Dislike” option present in the player whilst announcements are made to get fan reaction. (something similar to what they used in party elections and the Iraq trials)

3 – Short pre-show and interview with speaker afterwards

4 – Return of kevin Butler, or short skit video with him

5 – PSVita – does it support multiple accounts like PS3, or just 1 like PSP?
- New games announced, interviews with devs and gameplay vids
- Release date and price break downs for worldwide
- Import issues, will we be able to import a PSV from Japan and play online, cross regions, language support, etc.
- Also if we can import make sure we can switch the Circle and X buttons for “Accept” and “Back” as the Japanese ones are reveresed
- 3G and subscription fees breakdown for UK and other regions
- PSPlus, how will it work with PDV and will be getting more games/content for that aswell, or in place of PSP content which i presume willl begin to dry up.

6 – professional hardware quick looks, if new hardware is announced, and/or any revisions to old ones.

Thats all i can think of, hopefully it gives you ideas, and you ask some of those questions for me. Thanks.

 zabbyh

oh yaaaaa i forgot about kevin !!! i hope hes at gamescom!

if you wanna download it try out

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or

http://www.ps3youtube.com

 zabbyh

sony is already loosing money on the ps vita, no price cut.

also its delayed in us/eu untill early 20212

 zabbyh

i read somewhere that sony will be working on ps3 and ps vita ecwaly

(something they didnt do with psp)

uncharted is a bad game

as always send me ur hate filled messages

shedboy90

its your oppinion mait

E3 is like Christmas sometimes – you look forward to it all year and sometimes you get a nice surprise. Gamescom isn’t usually as exciting as E3 but Sony have been announcing some stuff at Gamescom (like the PS3 Slim reveal was cool). With so much news all at the one time it can be hard to keep up with it all if you don’t have good blogs to report and talk about it all, so good coverage is important.

So I like that the PSBlog usually does features on some of the smaller games, sometimes from Indie developers, to get them noticed a bit better. So more of that please!

When it comes to coverage of these events in general, I think choice is the key. I think it’s great that this year I can watch the Sony Gamescom conference in Home, or on my phone from the PS App, or streaming in Facebook etc. It’s also nice to be able to come on the blog and be able to read the live text coverage too, just in case the stream cuts out!

So i would like to see maybe a new Single player video of mw3

DARK-LEGEND_GR

you dont know what a good game is. (no affence)

 GothPunk

so true….

E3=XMAS

gamescom=new years

if you know what i mean

CANT WAIT FOR GAMESCOM !!!!!!

@davie 222
i was just going to tell him he shouldn’t have said anything about mw3 cuz he would get messages like u sent him

shedboy90

yep, cod is so hated but at the same time so loved….

time for BATTLEFIELD 3 to turn into cod (due to the pre-orders)