Aside from World of FF, has there been any Vita news this week?

Obligatory late-in-the-thread-and-too-lazy-to-look-up-the-details question: When exactly is the PC conference tonight, and where will we be able to stream it?

There was a Vita shown in that montage during the Sony presser that we could barely see on the screen because the director chose that moment to show the crowd.

8PM EST. IGN will have it. I bet it'll be on youtube.com/E3 somewhere too.

Thanks! I hear we should expect "surprises".

HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED-ISH!

Whose hosting it? Valve?

Valve really doesn't like that number 3 do they?

So you're mad because the thread title has Microsoft in it, and the thread is funny because you loved Sony's conference and other's were luke warm on it. Le sigh. Not sure why you always complain about this forum compared to others.

I don't think Valve is involved in the conference at all. Don't they always do their own thing?

No clue

PC Gamer, with a bunch of companies involved.

http://www.pcgamingshow.com/

In regards to the COD news, people are more surprised with, "Really? Sony?"

Advanced Warfare's sales are down 30% compared to Ghosts at this point in time and nearly 40% compared to Black Ops II. If anything, all signs point to Black Ops III's sales continuing the decline especially since it has more competition in Q4 2015 with the likes of other highly anticipated FPS releases such as Halo 5: Guardians (one week before), Fallout 4 (one week after), and Star Wars: Battlefront (two weeks after). If anything, Activision should've dropped any exclusivity deals as its probably hurt DLC and Season Pass purchases more than helped it. I'm a huge COD fan, but I've been waiting for Fallout 4 and Battlefront for years.

There will be a few who jump ship to PS4, but the competitive gamers will still stay on Xbox for two reasons:

1. Microsoft is a sponsor of MLG where Xbox consoles will be used.
2. There is nothing on the PS4 that will now compare to the Elite controller.

Sony's exclusivity in the COD franchise is a shitty investment which isn't a surprised based upon their shitty E3 turnout. This is the year COD exclusivity should've ended, not changed hands.

Correct. They'll just show up whenever and wherever to announce something. For example: Steam Machines were shown off initially during CES and games are announced on a complete whim such as last week's DOTA 2 Reborn.

Let's break it down!

True Exclusives

1. The Last Guardian
2. Horizon: Zero Dawn
3. Dreams
4. Uncharted 4
5. Rigs (Morpheus)

On PC/Other Consoles

1. Hitman (with PS4 beta access; more missions)
2. Street Fighter V (console exclusive)
3. No Man's Sky (timed PS4 exclusive)
4. Destiny: The Taken King (more exclusive gear/maps)
5. Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (exclusive missions)
6. Shenmue III (console exclusive)
7. Final Fantasy VII (PS4 first)
8. Final Fantasy Worlds (PS4/Vita first)
9. Firewatch (PS4 first)
10. Disney Infinity 3.0 (Boba Fett first on PS)
11. Star Wars: Battlefront
12. Call of Duty: Black Ops III (some exclusive stuff)

I'm missing some indie and maybe Morpheus stuff, though.

Thanks Adam. I think the person making that comment was a bit biased (I know, I know), but I think Horizon and Uncharted ARE most definitely enough; everything else is icing on the cake.

Hopefully Sony didn't pony up too much money for the CoD DLC. MS bailed on that sinking ship and Sony could use the money elsewhere, like to buy back Silent Hills

...plus Microsoft has its own games on the schedule for this Fall, while Sony is sitting out the holidays (and the rest of 2015 in general) for the second year in a row. They have to pay for exclusives because they have nothing else to market.

That's being a little harsh, I know. Until Dawn is pretty much tailor-made for me, and I'm probably up for the Uncharted collection and maaaaaybe the Tearaway redux (although I can't imagine it living up to the Vita version). Sony has some amazing and very unique games on the horizon; I just wish one of them would be released, eventually.

It may still be huge, but not as huge as it used to be - it's sales have been dropping a little bit with each game since MW3.

obligatory "fixed that for you."

Batman rampaging murder cop exclusive DLC.

I tend to agree with this. With all the talk of the dearth of true next gen titles and the online bitching as to the amount of HD remakes and the like, it's really surprising that the buzz about backwards compatibility is so positive.

It would have won for this if it was for full 100% BC with all 360 games....instead it will work just like the 360 and be limited to mostly first party titles. So, really not that excited about it. Gives me no reason to get rid of my 360 console.

Not sure how I missed this one, but holy hell... this looks good.

I both agree and disagree. CoD has been tarnished by the past 2 games. Most of the hardcore players thought Ghosts had laggy gameplay and shitty boring maps, and that Advanced Warfare felt like a completely different game (f@#$ exo-suits). The last two developed by Treyarch were the last 2 really good CoD games. So Treyarch could crap the bed and totally break the franchise or it could return it to its former glory. Something that I think is telling is the fact that other shooters are not running away from CoDs release date. In the past most other shooters would give themselves a buffer from that second Tuesday in November. Now, The other publishers are not flinching from CoD at all.

And listen to the crowd reaction - FF7 remake was the high point of Sony's conference.
Bethesda trumped the whole thing with their presentation the night before - Doom and Fallout 4 - The crowd's reaction to those was great.

Until Dawn does look good. I wish they'd show it. It's a game you can play this year on a PS4!

chess is correct

no interest in BC ... if I had any interest I would have kept my PS3 (PS2 moving to PS3, etc) ... onward and upward

if I want to revisit a title (almost never), remastered collections will almost always fill that need