Sony Has Delayed This Week's PS5 Games Event

I posted this on push square but this is a funny one. Sony is not an American company and to pull out here, while the Hong Kong protests last year were ignored by the industry just seems a little hypocritical. Not demeaning the protests in America but this seems like cherry picking to suit Sony

@pip_muzz I agree, it's hypocritical. They probably need more time. Nicer to say "We will show you games later because we support those victims over there" than saying "We will show you games later this year because, sorry, we're not ready".

EDIT: What KelticDevil says, they want all American eyes on them.

@pip_muzz

It does feel like cherry picking. But, it’s Sony. What do you expect? Lol.

And I do live in the U.S. It is a crazy time here right now. However, Sony is pushing this “event” huge (it’s probably their E3), so I am not surprised they delayed it because they want as many eyes on their stuff as possible since they have shown....nothing.....so far.

@KelticDevil Yep, likely the video is ready but they want to be in the spotlight over there. USA is a big market.

To me, this looks like a laughably bad attempt at enabling them to pat themselves on the back for being so "wonderfully" socially engaged... (shakes head)

Smh at these comments already

It's the right thing to do..

I think Sony would have been safe to go ahead with the show. I can't see how people could tie their showcase with protests but I understand why they didn't want to take the chance. I also can't see them getting too much of a backlash for postponing. My guess is they'll wait a week or so and announce it for closer to the end of June. Any later and they'll be in direct competition with Microsoft's.

@zane547 I agree and I don't think that it's wrong to make this decision but that post... Since when does Sony care so much about people to the point where they push their business aside...? The font, colour scheme, logo... It's all stylised as PS marketing.

I do wonder about other events now...

This is just to gain some good publicity tbh
I fully believe their show is fully ready to go, heck they even have tv advertising for it aswell

The point is.....

They want to get, whatever the hell they are doing, in front of the most eyes as possible. It’s Sony. They have shown NOTHING, so far.

The fact that they delayed this “show” kind of gives away that this is their “E3 presentation”. I actually agree with what they are doing, to be honest.

There is a lot going on here, in the U.S., (I can’t even go to work right now), so it benefits them to wait a bit. It also helps Microsoft, however.

It’ll cut down on Sony’s “hype time”. You know they were about to unveil one 1st party exclusive & several 3rd party ones they paid $ for. 🙄 Like I said, it’s Sony.

And all the Ponies will soak it up like it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread. Because it’s what they do. Even though it’s embarrassing.

And that’s all the news outlets & websites will report on. This way, Microsoft can come back sooner with their shows & counteract Sony. So let Sony delay & sit.

@KelticDevil Yeah, I don't get this. Sony can have the worst reveal and launch in gaming history and still tie/beat the xbox. We know this for a fact because that's what happened with the PS3. It may have became a good console, but the launch was just awful.

The PS fanbase is just so loyal it doesn't matter how or when the reveal happens. And off the back of the super strong PS4 performance, I don't think the brand has anything to worry about.

@LocalPenguin I had a quick browse through and I'm actually disgusted by the comments. Oddly enough, I always associated the racist rednecks with xbox, turns out they all have playstations. I spend so much time defending gamers as a whole, and then you see a thread like that and understand why so many view gaming as a haven for toxic masculinity, sexism, and racism.

@Richnj

Exactly. Sony could reveal a toaster at their big “event” & Push Square & all the Ponies would claim it’s the next best console we have ever seen. I don’t get it either. It’s just how they think.

They are tied to a plastic box & act like it’s 1992. Meanwhile, Microsoft is changing how we play & can access our game library.

To each their own, I guess.

As a gamer I was just looking forward to seeing what the PS5 would offer in contrast to Xbox. I love games. And this was still something that would have been cool. Sony is a Japanese company. EA pulling out of things as an American founded company is totally understandable. BLM is not something to ignore, but for a foreign company to delay a global announcement over a singular national issue is a big deal. As a British citizen, I felt very sorry for how Hong Kong has had to put up with a lot of nonsense. I am not happy how companies are so eager to "step back and reflect" when it comes to Americans, however when it comes to Hong Kongese they can basically deal with it all by themselves.....not happy with Sony

@Richnj I don't know if comments were deleted but if not what comments here are you disgusted by? Perhaps that there's some people who are a bit skeptical about Sony's true motivation to delay an event? I'm genuinely confused but I just got here.

@sixrings PushSquare side.

@pip_muzz Sony Interactive side hasn’t really been solely Japanese for a while. It definitely is skewed West these days. Jim Ryan, the president, is an American. Soo...

Companies don't really care. This has been happening for a long time and they've never said anything before.
I mean, I guess I can't be too upset with them. After all, many gaming companies have been trying to be more inclusive the last couple of years. But really, at the end of the day, companies aren't people. They're not capable of empathy, and only take a stand in solidarity in passing.

Like I have said.....anyone that knows me here knows I don’t like Sony for a variety of reasons.

But this is what they needed to do. Yes, if they word it in a way where they sound concerned about Americans.....obviously that is b.s. And Sony is a company full of b.s., as we all know.

But this may be their E3, so I totally agree with them delaying their “show”. Like I have said......They have shown squat so far, so this was probably big for them. And they won’t get as many eyes right now with people protesting here in the U.S.

If people think they did this for any reason other than money they are kidding themselves. Like when they were "thinking of the children" with crossplay. You can also look at how games like overwatch have lgbtq characters for Western release but then censor that stuff in other regions. Companies try to maximize profits.
Smart move by Sony.

@sixrings They were getting deleted. There were ones denouncing the protests still up before I went to sleep, but I'm not going back to check.

@pip_muzz Honestly it's probably related to Japan's proximity to, and rocky relationship with China. China is right next door to Japan and already has a territorial dispute with Japan. If Japan did this - or if Japanese companies did this, it could provoke a lot of problems with China.

On the other hand, Sony and Japan are relatively safe with this choice. The riots and protests in the US are largely an internal issue and Japan and America have a fairly friendly relationship. Japan doesn't have the fear of poking the dangerous monster with this that they do with China and Hong Kong.

@zane547

There is a big difference between helping fund an indie game & paying for a big 3rd party AAA game. Sony will pay because they probably won’t have any exclusives otherwise.

And Tomb Raider was no “fiasco”. It was only a “fiasco” to Ponies because it was a Microsoft paid for 3rd party exclusive. But Sony does that crap all the time. And they do it way more than Microsoft (including paid for content in-game, too. Destiny.....🙄)

@zane547

When I say lack of first party exclusives, I just mean at launch. Except for maybe Horizon & a Gran Turismo game. But they’ll obviously have them later.

And Phil Spencer has said that he doesn’t want to invest in those big 3rd party exclusive deals anymore. We’ll see if he sticks to it.

I think that what Phil wants is to get more studios join Xbox Game Studios but he doesn't seem particularly interested in AAA timed third-party exclusives like Sony. Final Fantasy VII Remake is a one-year exclusive on PS4. It also seems that Microsoft is interested in something Japanese. I hope that they buy one of those good studios struggling on their own like Koei Tecmo.

It's going to be a great generation for Xbox with that hardware and all those new studios. The only thing that remains to be proved now is the quality of the Xbox Game Studios games but even for third-party games Series X will be worth getting and for me the preferred option because I'm not a big fan of The Last of Us (great story, rubbish gameplay, give me Resident Evil), Uncharted (same, give me Tomb Raider that has good gameplay), Horizon Zero Dawn (I prefer Assassin's Creed) or Gran Turismo (give me Forza). Actually, my favourite PS4 game is Wipeout Omega Collection.

@zane547 It's more surprising that I prefer the Tomb Raider games over Uncharted. Seriously, the script of the Tomb Raider games is bad but the gameplay, controls and camera are light years ahead of all Uncharted games.

@Grot I don't purely mean economics though. With regards to China and Japan, China has a very powerful military, is a vastly larger country, and has far more resources. I am not suggesting China would attack Japan, but they could certainly make things very hard for the small island nation.

And an attack isn't 100% out of the question either. There's a lot of lingering resentment in China over the actions of Japan during WW2. Unjustified resentment in my opinion because those responsible are all long dead and I firmly disagree with the idea of "inherited guilt", but it's there nonetheless.

And another factor is that, while Japan and the US are relatively friendly, recent political trends in the US beg the question of whether America would honor its defense pact with Japan. I live in Japan currently and there are a lot of people here that worry that the whole "America first" mentality means that America no longer has Japan's back in the potential case of aggression.

@Heavyarms55 interesting viewpoint. The whole America first mentality. I think what’s happening in America right now only reinforces that things need to be improved there, but didn’t think of how their allies might view that. Good point

@MasterEMFG I can say, small sample size, that people I've spoken to here in Japan have been very worried, more so now, than in the past. When I was first here in Japan, during the previous administration, there were mixed feelings about the American bases, but no concern of being abandoned. That wasn't even on the radar. But in more recent years that has been a very real concern.

Japan isn't defenseless - they do actually have a sizable defense force and budget. But from a size and resource standpoint they could not hope to match China. Without the alliance with America, Japan likely would have been forced into the Chinese sphere of influence a long time ago. And considering the trouble history between the nations, that would not likely be a cordial relationship.

Ironically although America and Japan were bitter enemies in the war - because of the way America invested in Japan's rebuilding, little to no residual hostility remains toward the US. Which is something I was honestly surprised to learn when I came here.

@Heavyarms55 I always admired that... the relationship between the US and Japan. I mean, what’s worse than nuking a country!?! And now seeing them be (at least superficially) such good friends is amazing.

A lot can be learned from that specific example and gives me hope that somehow America’s past transgressions against its current population can be remedied.

@MasterEMFG There's a lot that went into it. If you can get people to be entirely honest and set aside their nationalism for once, you'll find that both America and Japan committed unspeakable acts during that war - but when it ended, America learned from he mistakes of WW1, instead of leaving Germany and Japan in ruins it helped rebuild both Japan and Germany and in return those nations grew to be powerful and reliable friends and allies for a long time.

And it's very important to look at other examples of important post-war mercy. The Emperor of Japan expected America to kill him at the end of the war - as did many others, and indeed many Americans wanted him dead. But MacArthur knew that doing that would make peace volumes harder, that it would lead to years or decades of potential insurgency. By sparing him that opened the door to reconciliation and forgiveness.

Nothing was perfect about that war or how it ended but I think what we got was vastly better than most alternatives could have been.

It's a shame that so few people learned from history and many now call for a return to isolationist and nationalist policies... Those can only lead to future tragedy.