Recap: PlayStation at E3 2015

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Recap: PlayStation at E3 2015
Justin Massongill Content Communications Manager, Sony Interactive Entertainment
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Whew, we made it! Another E3 in the books, and what a show it was. Our press conference started us off with a bang (and some of you were lucky enough to watch it on the big screen): The Last Guardian re-emerged on PS4 with a 2016 launch date, Shenmue III was officially announced (and nearly instantly funded on Kickstarter), and the long-awaited Final Fantasy VII Remake was finally revealed. And let’s not forget Guerrilla’s beautiful Horizon Zero Dawn, a slate of new games for Project Morpheus, a face-melting new demo for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, a new Media Player app on PS4, Destiny: The Taken King’s grand debut, and Call of Duty’s new home on PlayStation with Black Ops III.

Of course, there’s been far more news than that… You know what? Let’s just list every PlayStation.Blog post from the past week!

All This Week’s PlayStation.Blog Posts
  1. E3 2015: The Best Trailers
  2. Media Player Coming to PS4 Tonight
  3. That’s a Wrap: PlayStation’s E3 2015 Press Conferece
  4. PlayStation E3 2015 Livestreams: LiveCast, Press Conference
  5. Best of E3 Sale: Titles From Shows Past and Game-Inspired Movies
  6. Announcing Horizon Zero Dawn
  7. PlayStation LiveCast: 45 E3 Game Segments You Missed
  8. Call of Duty: Black Ops III PS4 Multiplayer Beta Details
  9. Transformers: Devastation Details Revealed
  10. Firewatch Coming to PS4
  11. Fumito Ueda on The Last Guardian’s Grand E3 Reveal
  12. Hitman Coming to PS4 12/8, Exclusive Console Beta Access
  13. Destiny: The Taken King Exclusive Content Revealed
  14. Introducing Destiny: The Taken King
  15. Introducing the Film Noir Stealth Adventure Calvino Noir on PS4
  16. Kerbal Space Program Preparing to Launch on PS4
  17. E3 2015: Uncharted 4 Vehicle Chase Gameplay
  18. The Last Guardian Coming to PS4 in 2016
  19. The Tomorrow Children Hits PS4 in Autumn 2015
  20. Yu Suzuki Begins Crowdfunding Shenmue III on PS4
  21. Dragon Quest Heroes Comes to PS4 on October 13th
  22. Star Wars Battlefront: Survival on Tatooine
  23. E3 2015: The Fans Have Spoken
  24. Godling: A God-like VR Experience Coming to Project Morpheus
  25. Eitr, Mother Russia Bleeds, and More Coming to PlayStation
  26. PlayStation Vue Expanding, Hits LA and SF Today
  27. Introducing Battlezone for Project Morpheus
  28. Introducing Unravel, Coming to PS4
  29. Dreams for PS4, Announced at E3
  30. Announcing Headmaster for PS4’s Project Morpheus VR Headset
  31. SUPERHYPERCUBE Coming Exclusively to Project Morpheus
  32. Six Reasons to Step into the Arena of RIGS Mechanized Combat on PS4
  33. Harmonix Music VR Coming to Project Morpheus
  34. New Tearaway Unfolded Trailer and Companion App Details
  35. Introducing Assassin’s Creed Syndicate: The Dreadful Crimes
  36. Mirror’s Edge Catalyst Hits PS4 on February 23rd Next Year
  37. Cammy and Birdie Join the Street Fighter V Roster, Out Spring 2016
  38. Call of Duty: Black Ops III Campaign Walkthrough
  39. A Look into Wayward Sky on Project Morpheus

I’d be remiss if I didn’t call your attention to our massive, all-week E3 LiveCast. Sid, Ryan, Anthony, Meredith and I hosted tons of developers on our annual live show, where we talked to them about what they’re working on, what we can expect from them, and in some cases even playing their games live on stage! Catch up on all our live segments with these handy playlists:

PlayStation LiveCast: E3 2015

Day 1

Watch Here

The Last Guardian
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Uncharted 4
Destiny: The Taken King
…and more

Day 2

Watch Here

Deux Ex: Mankind Divided
Transformers Devastation
Salt and Sanctuary
I Am Bread
…and more

Day 3

Watch Here

Ratchet & Clank
Rocket League
Mirror’s Edge Catalyst
Volume
…and more

There are dozens of new trailers now live on our YouTube channel, so if you’re looking for a more visual way to catch up on everything out of E3 that’s a good place to start. It’s little surprise that the most-viewed video of the week was the official reveal trailer for The Last Guardian on PS4 — let’s re-live that one now:

The Last Guardian – E3 2015 Trailer | PS4

A few more personal highlights:

So, that’s E3 2015. It was a wild ride, but we made it — together. What did you think?

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  • GrafUlrich88
    June 20, 2015 at 5:13 pm PDT

    Hey Justin,

    Awesome E3!

    I look forward to No Mans Sky and The Tomorrows Children this Fall.

    Please bring more “Avatar” Pictures to the PS4.

    Cheers!!!

    Rob aka Graf

    P.S. Please add Meridith to the PS Blog and other PS Stuff. She is cool!

  • barbob75
    June 20, 2015 at 5:38 pm PDT

    Great E3, so many cool games coming, its really going to be fun over the next year.

  • paulogy
    June 20, 2015 at 6:29 pm PDT

    What an excellent E3! What a wild week! What incredible coverage :-)

    “You know what? Let’s just list every PlayStation.Blog post from the past week!”… and I commented on nearly all of them :-D.*

    (*Well, I tried to, but with so much news there’s just so much to keep up with! I did top more than 1/3rd of these 39 posts, though ;-)

  • ccanfield1
    June 20, 2015 at 6:53 pm PDT

    I love all the coverage of E3 you guys put out. For a regular old gamer like me, who can’t attend E3 in person, it is the only way I at least get a taste of all the excitement. Thank you so much for bringing the Playstation E3 Experience to Tucson, AZ this year. It was a neat way to help fans feel a part of the press conference. I look forward to going again next year and still hold out hope that someday I may be able to attend in person. Until then, keep up the good work.

    • Justin Massongill
      June 21, 2015 at 12:07 pm PDT

      Thanks very much for the kind words! I’m glad you were able to make it to the E3 Experience. ^_^

  • HobanKnight
    June 20, 2015 at 6:53 pm PDT

    While I’m totally blown away by all the new content that was shown and teased, it occurs to me that yet another e3 has gone by and nary a word about the Vita.

    I am definitely a Sony fanboy. Ive owned every system since I got a PSX when I was really young. I love sitting in front of the TV and playing amazing AAA games with awesome stories and such.

    You know what I love even more? Doing that on the go. I own dang near every physical Vita game available in the US and relish the chance to pick up new ones. I really feel like you guys are starting to alienate a large part of the fantasy when you have literally no interest in supporting the Vita.

    Please, do something about that. All in all, it was a wonderful e3 but you dropped the ball on the Vita.

  • GGCAN
    June 20, 2015 at 11:20 pm PDT

    Absolutely loved the show.

    Watched it on my PS4 via Live Events as I had this past week off and was able see the whole week’s worth.

    Heard a lot of people upset, but in my own opinion, was the best or at least one of the best I’ve seen in quite a while.

    Hopefully more will be coming for the Vita as it’s a great little handheld, but I see so many other things you’re developing as well that I really am exited to try.

    One thing though, please try to keep supporting these new products….I saw the move looks promising and may be used with Morpheus, so at least I’ll be able to use my Move controllers more as well.

    Any ways, great show and keep up the great work !

    • Justin Massongill
      June 21, 2015 at 12:09 pm PDT

      Thanks for watching! I got a chance to try a few new Morpheus demos — VR is crazy (in a good way).

  • Orpheus_Aeons
    June 20, 2015 at 11:43 pm PDT

    It’s so sad.
    You’re doing all these PR stuff, like “The best E3 ever!” “Super awesome! Project Morpheus! Woo-hoo!” and all that…and even your F-boys are celebrating your pathetic Conference…just FOR 3 GAMES!

    A 17-Yrs old Remake…an almost mythological game (that looks waaay outdated by today’s standards)…and a Kickstarter game, based on a niche “franchise”. That’s all you’ve got this year. And again: even your F-boys are noticing that.

    The only difference is that while the brainwashed sheeps are yelling “Wow! Those 3 games have blown my mind!”…the rest of us are just trying to understand how 3 measly titles can make “The best E3 ever”.

    Oh, yeah…let’s not forget that dumb Timed-exclusive…and the Uncharted 3 Expansion in Full HD.

    If not for Horizon…I would’ve thought you were never there this year.

    3 games. That’s it. And you’re still trying to sell it as “the best”. Only if that’s “The Best Flop”.

    MS OWNED YOU this year. And you know it.
    The only ones blind enough to see an alternate reality where you actually “won” are your F-boys…but not even them are able to convincingly sell Sony’s E3.

    So sad… SMH

    • Justin Massongill
      June 21, 2015 at 12:11 pm PDT

      We had more than three games on stage, not sure which conference you were watching… Thanks for commenting though!

    • Orpheus_Aeons
      June 22, 2015 at 10:19 am PDT

      @Justin Massongill : I didn’t say that you had only 3 games on stage…what I said was that you only had 3 WINS (aka games that people actually want/celebrate). The other things you guys showed at stage were kinda crappy IMO.

      You just need to take a look at what your F-boys are saying: they’re not celebrating U4 nor Activision’s timed-exclusive deal. They’re not even saying “Wow, awesome Conference! Dreams FTW!”. They’re just happy for 3 GAMES. That’s your “win”.
      And those are your unreasonable followers, the same people that now are desperately trying to “justify” why you’re killing the Vita or why there’s no BC for the PS4 …what do you expect from the rest of us?

      Again: MS was the clear winner.

      I know it’s your job to do PR and “damage control”…but the best salesman in the World can’t sell a rotten tomato as “gourmet cuisine”.
      Facts are stronger than a company’s fiction…and the sooner you (and everyone else at SCEA) realize that, the better it’ll be for the company. Humility is sometimes the best selling strategy in the World.

      Thanks for replying though!
      (it’s not sarcasm…I disagree with you…but Thank You for taking the time to reply ;)

  • Hakumen__
    June 20, 2015 at 11:45 pm PDT

    39 videos and only one mentions the PS Vita, which is shared with the PS4 and is about 3 indie games.

    Words can’t begin to describe my disappointment at Sony’s indifference towards PS Vita owners…

  • Superstone
    June 21, 2015 at 2:22 am PDT

    Make ps2 classics playable on Vita and ps4

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    June 21, 2015 at 3:03 am PDT

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  • Fuhr31
    June 21, 2015 at 10:01 am PDT

    The Good;
    1) Horizon Zero Dawn
    2) PS4 media app

    The Bad
    1) Nothing about Vita
    2) No improvements to PS TV
    3) Too many sequels and remakes
    4) Exclusive deals that hurt gamers

    I would say that overall this year’s E3 was meh, and forgettable.

  • BadMexican77
    June 21, 2015 at 6:39 pm PDT

    Allow me to recap the sony E3….No BackWards Compatibility, A remake(third party),several sequels,one they are at crowd funding stage(which i want but sony should have funded it and brought it to ps4 seeing them hock crowd funding was embarrassing) and a blurry game about a boy and his dragon-dog,and third party games.two min about VR which did not look good,30 seconds on vita (the price cut rumor had me thinking of picking up a vita but after that E3 holding off). not to mention the poor job the speakers did…that was ugly.

  • DarthSmurfX
    June 22, 2015 at 8:12 am PDT

    I attended the Sun Prairie, WI E3 theater showing and they hadn’t received the lanyards, posters, stickers or anything for us. Is there any way for those of us that attended to get at least our codes? I really wanted that lanyard with No Man’s Sky on it, but I’d be content with just the code at this point.

  • CommandingTiger
    June 22, 2015 at 5:26 pm PDT

    You know what could top off E3 next year? A remake of Chrono Trigger for the PS Vita and PS4.

  • n_i_g_e_
    June 23, 2015 at 12:02 pm PDT

    I think the part where EA went and asked for Pele and then got him from FIFA was out of this world. Electronic Arts having Pele on stage for the FIFA Soccer game is most definitely going down in history.

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