Sony’s First, Second & Third Party Alliances Will Ensure A Thrilling E3 2009 Showcase - “Twiggy” The PushSquare OpinionatorTo be honest, I expect much of the same this year. No doubt Kojima and Konami will have a multiplatform game to announce: Microsoft will do a Square-Enix all over again. The rest of us will know - hey, that’s a Playstation 3 game too. I’m gonna buy that on my PS3. Microsoft are good at making multi-platform games “appear” exclusive - perhaps it’s because they barely have any internal teams; they have to.Article hereBut what of PS3? I expect Team Ico to make an appearance at the end. I think that will be Sony’s God Of War III this year. A teaser for the fanboys. Something to discuss. What else? Well, I think we’ll see all of Sony’s currently announced Playstation 3 exclusives: God Of War III, Uncharted 2, Heavy Rain and MAG. In fact I expect some footage for all of them - bam! bam! bam! It’s the sheer content of Sony’s studio’s that may make for less of an emphasis, but will overwhelm the detractors. How can you argue with AAA exclusive one after another.
The most important thing for me though will be Gran Turismo 5. If Sony can get that game out worldwide in time for holidays, there’s no telling the success that game could have for the Playstation brand as a whole. I mean, you could be talking infinite numbers. Especially if Sony do their marketing right, get the game out just in time for Christmas and bundled with a cheaper PS3 system. Europe will be on their knees.
First-party will win E3 for Sony yet again. While Microsoft sell me all the third-party Playstation 3 games, I’ll let Sony sell me the real exclusives. It’s going to be one hell of a ride.
All MS has are multiplat games...