Ive watched 2 days of E3 tv coverage so far and its been a lame year. Based on the FFXIV screens, i think it would have been one of the - if not the biggest game at the show. Unless your into Sonic racing games...or dance games...
should have shown the trailer...
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06-06-2012, 06:43 AMWebstershould have shown the trailer...
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06-06-2012, 06:44 AMBabydoll
Don't forget FPS! :( E3 was so unfortunate this year ; ;
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06-06-2012, 06:46 AMFear
I bet SE is regretting pulling now now tbh, I watched all of them and they sucked, some good looking FPS games but besides that was dance and crap.
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06-06-2012, 06:48 AMTechnyze
Shoulda woulda coulda. Ionno about best though that Dead space 3 trailer was pretty epic!
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06-06-2012, 06:48 AMMrKupo
Hindsight is very 20/20 here. The screenshots are getting a lot of attention either way. The hype is now rising, and I am now very excited.
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06-06-2012, 06:49 AMSephrickYou must've missed Watch Dogs and The Last of Us.Quote:
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06-06-2012, 06:55 AMWebsterWatch Dogs looked awesome...a little too awesome. I dont think it will be on this generation of consoles. Just a guess tho.Quote:
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06-06-2012, 07:23 AMSniperRifle
The 2.0 screenshots revealed Dalamund crashing. The Dalamund crashing screenshot is probably from the trailer. They didn't want to release spoiler footage. Showing Dalamund to the players before they got to experience ingame would be unfair.
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06-06-2012, 07:24 AMSpy
idk...the screenshots are enough for me.
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06-06-2012, 07:28 AMKeres
A trailer could've worked out well for them, but eh...I'm not about to look a gift horse in the mouth. The screenshots are great as-is.
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06-06-2012, 07:29 AMCenewulfimma let you finish but....dude..i love your signature LOLQuote:
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06-06-2012, 07:29 AMKyraYeah "The last of us" looks really really good, and PS3 only yay!Quote:
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06-06-2012, 07:29 AMKereslol fanboysQuote:
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06-06-2012, 07:30 AMAmherst
Gotta agree, SE is probably regretting that decision now. There were a few cool things about E3 this year (Watch Dogs) but man, the big three...Sony wasn't much and the other two were abysmal. A trailer for 2.0 could have built up a ton of hype.
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06-06-2012, 08:06 AMKaizlu
A trailer for 2.0 would've been the best thing in Sony's press conference.
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06-06-2012, 08:08 AMLurexThe hype is definitely rising, imo. Can't wait til the 2.0 site arrives.Quote:
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06-06-2012, 08:10 AMZumi
I think they were saving up for next year and the eventual PS4, Next Xbox games. Notice how everything announced either comes out in holiday 2012 or March next year.
SE really isn't going to get any press coverage at this year's E3 for FFXIV except by fan sites specifically going in to talk to them about it. Seems like SE isn't ready to begin promoting FFXIV 2.0. Since its not even on the show floor at their booth. -
06-06-2012, 08:13 AMviion
OP you really dont know the audience, XIV would have done awful and had a bad image, press dont forget nore are press really interested in this kind of game.
Dance games and FPS might not be your think, but they sell Tens of MILLION so they show it. -
06-06-2012, 08:14 AMLurexWhere is the faith?Quote:
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06-06-2012, 08:14 AMTheVedisespecialy dance central(biggest game on kinect) and just dance(the biggest dance game on everything but kinect)Quote:
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06-06-2012, 08:15 AMLux_RaynaI don't think they are, and honestly it would have garnered *too* much hype. You don't want your game to get overhyped, because that can be every bit as damaging as not getting enough hype. Just look at D3, its being thrashed by gamers right now because it got overhyped. Every game has bad launches, and every game will have mistakes. An overhyped fanbase will be much much much less forgiving of those than a moderate fanbase. I still say it was a good move on SE's part.Quote:
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06-06-2012, 08:19 AMAmherst
Nobody's really questioning if those things sell. It's more of a matter of knowing those things will sell regardless. Let's be honest here, how many people watching E3 are the kinds of gamers that would immediately run out and buy Dance Central? Maybe at one point, yeah, for a social thing, but I doubt the presentation would really affect that choice in any manner at all.
A lot of people thought E3 this year was lacking. Lacking in games, lacking in surprises, and more specifically lacking in things that actually appeal to their interest instead of a mass market that seems largely irrelevant to showings at a convention like that. Showing 2.0 in some form could have generated a ton of hype for the game, especially among the potential future PS3 players who may not be fully aware of the launch 1.0 had. Since there was so little else, it really had a chance to shine.
But, oh well. I doubt any of us predicted it'd go like it this year. Live and learn.
Diablo 3 was anticipated and hyped for ten years. It was bound to happen. 2.0 launches in...what, three months for PC? Still not a lot of knowledge about the game aside from a very bad initial reputation. I think they could've used it.Quote:
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I'm not really trying to argue against your point about overhyping something, but those two situations don't really seem similar at all. -
06-06-2012, 08:34 AMLux_RaynaWell they're not similar, I was just noting that the danger is still there. Do you watch basketball by chance? In the course of about mmmm 2 weeks the Spurs went from being invincible and the best team in basketball to "falling apart" and "coming to the end of their era". In 2 weeks. You'd be shocked at how fast the switch could flip. Now who knows mayyyybe I'm blowing it out of proportion a bit. But if we're talking about an E3 starved for anything newsworthy, then they catch a wtftrailer that was supposed to be a sideshow...mainstream media/gaming press coverage will blow it up for lack of anything else to blow up. The media is reallyyyyyy good at overhyping shit in very small amounts of time. Just imagine the media pressure *after* E3 if they had that trailer up. They'd be pressed for new info by every major gaming outlet up until 2.0 release. And given that they are under enough pressure already, getting the media involved in a massive hypefest that wasn't supposed to happen just sounds like trouble.Quote:
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I could be blowing it up abit, but I figure not showing the trailer will harm them less than showing the trailer and having it blow up before its ready to blow up ya know? -
06-06-2012, 08:36 AMAkira_TenshiPC, Xbox 360, PS3, confirmed.Quote:
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06-06-2012, 09:53 AMUmJammerSully
I think the screenshots are amazing, but there is something that bothers me that I haven't seen anyone else mention yet from the 28th Letter from the Producer:
Then why did you come to E3 with just trickles of information? Seems to be exactly what they said they wouldn't do.Quote:
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06-06-2012, 11:12 AMCthulhuI was kind of wondering the same thing. The only thing I can come up with is that Yoshida had have something to talk about in the booked invterviews. This was just something they mailed out to the media they were doing interviews with. Maybe to give the outlets a basis to form questions for the interviews. I'm not sure we the players were the target of these screens though I'm sure they knew we would <3 them.Quote:
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06-06-2012, 11:20 AMAlexNiculaie
Just a bit ago, they let a bunch of gaming site members into a private showing of in game play. I imagine many were reviewers who previously wrote off XIV and are getting a first hand look at the new stuff to see just how much it has changed. We know of at least one who is going to do a write up tonight covering the preview.