14 DAY TRIAL // Sony was all about variety during this year’s E3 2014 event, focusing on titles both created by internal studios and on ones delivered by third parties in order to show the wide array of gaming experiences delivered by the PlayStation 3, while also offering solid support to the older PS3 and the Vita handheld.
The company did not have one game that was promoted above all others and it did a great job of pushing the idea that Destiny, the coming science fiction shooter from developer Bungie, is a title that’s best enjoyed on its own hardware.
The company used an open layout for its massive booth, which basically meant that gamers were able to see the game in action, something that they could not do at the E3 location of Activision, and a solid crowd was gathered there all through the day.
Little Big Planet 3 and DriveClub also had extensive demo areas and allowed interested fans to get some hands-on with the two PlayStation 4 exclusive titles and a large array of other home consoles was used to show how smaller titles, from Helldivers to Hohokum, could run on the Sony-made hardware.
The Order: 1886, which was recently delayed, also seems like one of the titles that will become more important as 2015 rolls around.
The variety theme for E3 2014 was also visible in the interviews that the company was running with several game makers, which focused more on the titles themselves than on the hardware on which they played.
The PlayStation Now service, which is designed to stream video game content to the PlayStation 4, was another highlight, although the demo was set up to take place in the best possible conditions and should not be taken as a sign of how the beta version will perform when it is available to the public.
Sony currently has the advantage when it comes to sales for next-gen consoles and that means that the company can be a little conservative, wanting to offer titles for all tastes without trying to secure too many exclusives.
E3 2014 Highlight: Destiny – the shooter from Bungie is not a PlayStation 4 exclusive, but the company is delivering some unique content for it and Sony clearly believes that it can offer the kind of experience that will help counterbalance the influence of another major shooter franchise, Call of Duty, which brings exclusive content to the Xbox One in the fall.