Today the Summer Game Fest officially begins with the first event linked to the summer of video game announcements, with the hope that it will go better than the State of Play.
To leave the State of Play wasn’t just the games presented, but also the fact that it opened the summer of video games, the one made up of announcements and proposals from publishers and producers. Now, if we compare the tenor of the presentation with that of some PlayStation conferences from the old E3s the situation appears merciless: a few first parties and titles that would have been suitable for a secondary event, the end of the broadcast forgotten for a few minutes, and various other problems that we are not going to summarize here.
The point, however, is precisely that this was PlayStation’s summer show, the one that should theoretically provide the impetus for the Christmas period and that should be full of fireworks to motivate people to rush to the shops. We don’t even want to call it ugly, for goodness sake, because there was something interesting there, but subdued yes. We are halfway through the generation and it was reasonable to expect something more sparklingunless we want to admit the problems of the current industry and also admit the decline of the traditional market, around which the majority of investments no longer revolve. Here, how State of Play crisis was perfect, in fact.
Hopes for the near future
Today the events related to the Summer Game Fest begin, actually or ideally, and the smell of disappointment is already very strong. I’m not saying there will be a lack of announcements, because that won’t be the case, but given the current state of the sector the idea is that there will be fewer than you think. Keighley has already said that the opening event of his event will consist mainly of material related to already announced games.
Not a bad thing, given that there are several very interesting ones that we haven’t seen anything about yet (think of Slitterhead or Dragon Age: The Veilguard), but starting already with hands ahead in this way raises some concerns, honestly. The only hope seems to be Xbox once again, the platform that currently announces the most games, publishes the most and sells the least. Which would deserve a discussion on the real value of first party exclusives, but let’s overlook this in this circumstance.
The hope, however, is that it will be another great summer for video games. What would you like to see during the various events?
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