Fri, Apr 17, 2009 | 15:03 BST

SCEA: E3 2009 to be one of the biggest in the past 11 years

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SCEA hardware marketing boss John Koller is expecting this year’s E3 to be one of the most significant for the company in the last 11 years.

“It’s going to be a big E3,” Koller told VG247, talking at GDC.

“We’ve just started planning what the announcements will be, but I’ve been here for 11 years: this will be one of the larger E3s in terms of software and just discussions about where we’re going from a brand perspective and where each of the platforms is headed.”

It’s widely rumoured that PlayStation’s biggest brands are going to be megatonning Sony’s E3 press conference in June, and Koller did nothing to dampen expectation.

“I think some of the big announcements are going to come of the software side. We talked a bit at Destination PlayStation, and came out with about half of the PSP line-up, maybe even less, and the balance we’re going to be talking about in the months leading up to e3 and at E3,” he said.

“The same goes for PS3. There’s a really strong line-up of games that’s going to help drive a lot of business.”

Bring. It. On. E3 takes place in LA in the first week of June.

103 comments

#1

No_PUDding
17/04/09, 3:03 pm

A strong lineup like Killzone 2?

Or am I being unfair?

EDIT: You all know what constitutes an ultimate E3 for me.

#2

Psychotext
17/04/09, 3:05 pm

I wonder how many of the games they announced in previous years E3 will be out by then. ;)

We know what’s coming for Pud. ohgodihopesoortherewillbebloodinthestreets

#3

G1GAHURTZ
17/04/09, 3:07 pm

PS4.

#4

No_PUDding
17/04/09, 3:07 pm

Hey, if GT5 and Team ICO’s project are there… I don’t know how I will react.

@G1GA, I really think it’s possible the PS4 could be software. So who knows, eh!?

#5

Psychotext
17/04/09, 3:10 pm

Looking at the latest GT5 rumours I’d say that it’s a certainty for E3.

#6

Blerk
17/04/09, 3:11 pm

They say this every year. All of them. And then ultimately the whole thing turns out to be stuff we already knew or rubbish we don’t care about. :-D

#7

Johnny Cullen
17/04/09, 3:11 pm

“We’re pulling out of the console business.”

*cue N4G going into meltdown*

#8

Johnny Cullen
17/04/09, 3:12 pm

PT: Que? First I heard of GT5 rumors? TELL ME MOAR!

#9

Patrick Garratt
17/04/09, 3:13 pm

Pud – It’s going to happen. You will have the PS3 ICO dream.

#10

Johnny Cullen
17/04/09, 3:14 pm

Pat – XD :D

Tell us moar, what about Heavy Rain & GOWIII?

#11

Spiral
17/04/09, 3:15 pm

If it did I might just have to wet myself in anticipation. Hell, I might do it anyway, just for fun.

#12

SilentLoner
17/04/09, 3:15 pm

this place is really anti sony isn’t it?

Jeepers

#13

G1GAHURTZ
17/04/09, 3:16 pm

@ PUD:

PS Cloud FTW!

#14

Monk
17/04/09, 3:18 pm

we will see !! ..

which i think it`s Price Cut
the biggest thing may happen in E3
or PS3 slim -__-”

#16

Patrick Garratt
17/04/09, 3:21 pm

Cullen – I’d be very surprised if HR and GoWIII didn’t feature prominently. They have to, innit.

#17

theevilaires
17/04/09, 3:22 pm

SilentLoner said:this place is really anti sony isn’t it?

use to be worst when psycho and morriss were tag teaming every sony article. :P

#18

No_PUDding
17/04/09, 3:23 pm

Yeah but Team ICO’s project really doesn’t have to. It WAS supposed to be at TGS 08, so I just don’t trust anything now. GT5 will be good enough. Man I miss a proper fully featured GT game.

Anyway, everything else, I don’t care about. Well Uncharted 2 I do.

#19

G1GAHURTZ
17/04/09, 3:26 pm

Break apart motion sensing controller for the Blu-Ray-less download only PS3.5

#20

No_PUDding
17/04/09, 3:30 pm

You know…. Would not mind it. As long as it costs £50 on release.

#21

DaMan
17/04/09, 3:31 pm

these guys say that all the time indeed..

#22

No_PUDding
17/04/09, 3:36 pm

If I am honest it will be a failure for me, lacking those titles. But the reason I believe that Sony will ahve a hard time screwing it up, is becuase, they are doing more of a Microsoft this year. Which is awesome.

MAG, Infamous, Uncharted 2, Heavy Rain and God of War 3. We’ve seen very very little of all of them. They are announced but we’ve not seen much, outside of teasing.

Anyway, the point is, there’s not much way to screw up when you have tons still to show. But this is Sony, so there will be a giant enemy crab somewhere in there.

#23

Robo_1
17/04/09, 3:37 pm

Got to be a 100 dollar PS3 price cut, coupled with the unveiling of a new PSP. That’s the tag team that will score them a major hit this year. Reveal TRICO and confirm GoW3 for this year, and it’s a home run.

Maybe Tears of Blood will finally be unveiled, or has that been quietly canned. :(

#24

reask
17/04/09, 3:40 pm

100 Dollar price cut would be nice.

#25

theevilaires
17/04/09, 3:41 pm

I remember when sony use to rule E3 with an iron fist but the last couple of years have been lack luster. The only thing that could make Sony reclaim their past E3 glory is to bring back Ken and Phil. Phil was the man.

#26

Blerk
17/04/09, 3:41 pm

A Ueda game unveil and some more Heavy Rain would be nice.

What historical Sony properties are we still awaiting a next-gen update of? Syphon Filter? Jak and Daxter? Er….? Help me out here.

#27

Blerk
17/04/09, 3:41 pm

Bring back Ken? Are you a nutcase?

Oh wait, you are. Carry on! :-D

#28

theevilaires
17/04/09, 3:43 pm

they should do a ps3 and psp bundle for $399 or drop the ps3 to $299 and the psp to $149 (because we all know the psp2 is coming)

#29

theevilaires
17/04/09, 3:44 pm

Blerk you almost made me laugh… almost is the key word there. Why do people who don’t currently have any up to date sony hardware feel like they have an opinion in sony articles? Just wondering…. :P

#30

Psychotext
17/04/09, 3:47 pm

Ahh… it’s TEA. Any comments on the Halo Wars sales TEA? You’ve obviously had quite a lot to say on it in the past…

/licks lips

#31

Blerk
17/04/09, 3:49 pm

Whose lips?

#32

Robo_1
17/04/09, 3:50 pm

Rumours were going around of a Syphon Filter update in the works. That would be very nice, I’m a huge fan of the series, and the PSP games were top. Hasn’t a new Jak & Daxter game been announced, but for PS2.

They certainly don’t seem willing to drop PS2 quite yet, a new Motorstorm and Jak game does show continued interest in the platform.

#33

theevilaires
17/04/09, 3:50 pm

what did i say. you seem to be having an orgasm of some kind eh

#34

theevilaires
17/04/09, 3:51 pm

i told you he was gay

#35

No_PUDding
17/04/09, 3:53 pm

Blerk, going by Wikipedia. Ape Escape, The Getaway, Eyetoy, Twisted Metal, Sly Cooper, Detruction Derby, MediEvil and PaRappa The Rapper.

I’d love next gen sequels to all of them personally. Especially MediEvil and Ape Escape. Scratch that, I don’t want an Eyetoy sequel at all!

#36

Psychotext
17/04/09, 3:54 pm

I was just eagerly awaiting your response TEA. I figured we may have been in for a treat of a rant.

#37

G1GAHURTZ
17/04/09, 3:54 pm

#38

theevilaires
17/04/09, 3:55 pm

he must be busy digging up my past comments. Oh well good luck because i know what i already said and it wasn’t really anti M$ that much. Funny how you burst into a sony story only to confront me on the NPD sales of halo wars :P

#39

Psychotext
17/04/09, 3:56 pm

Burst into a Sony story? I was here first! \o/

Would it be worth digging up your comments btw? Anything good there? I can take a guess at what you might have said.

“lol xbox fag M$ halol kiddy rts KZ2 rules”

#40

No_PUDding
17/04/09, 3:58 pm

Psychotext, you can’t talk about post history. You know my subterfuge skills. And that’s not a nod for you to be more isane than you are TEA, I was just joking.

More to the point though, you are both less fanboys than me, because you both have all the HD consoles. So lets stop fighting and hug, shall we?

#41

Psychotext
17/04/09, 4:00 pm

No_PUD is TEA’s fanboy alter ego! It’s all so obvious now!

#42

theevilaires
17/04/09, 4:01 pm

With a large install base of the xbox 360 and the added hype behind the halo franchise name the game should have sold a lot more. Also M$ did a better job marketing Halo wars than Sony did with Killzone2. Even this site had a background covered in Halo wars for a good month. I never saw KZ2 ads on this site.

#43

Blerk
17/04/09, 4:02 pm

Next-gen Medievil and Sly Cooper would be good. You can pretty much keep the rest of that list, though.

#44

No_PUDding
17/04/09, 4:02 pm

With a large install base of the xbox 360 and the added hype behind the halo franchise name the game should have sold a lot more. Also M$ did a better job marketing Halo wars than Sony did with Killzone2. Even this site had a background covered in Halo wars for a good month. I never saw KZ2 ads on this site.

#45

G1GAHURTZ
17/04/09, 4:04 pm

Are you two twins?

#46

theevilaires
17/04/09, 4:04 pm

Just when i thought you had stopped sucking M$ dick you prove me wrong. You’re like a crack fiend, theres no helping you.

#47

No_PUDding
17/04/09, 4:04 pm

Oh shit busted!

@Blerk To be honest, Sony haven’t done many of their IP’s from previous generations outside of Siren, R&C and GT5P. Weird.

No PaRappa The Rapper love? And no Ape Escape love? Admittedly Destruction Derby and The Getaway can quietly leave the room.

#48

Psychotext
17/04/09, 4:05 pm

Was easier than I expected. Sorry all. :P

#49

Spiral
17/04/09, 4:06 pm

I loved the original Ape Escape but haven’t played one since. Somehow it just dropped off the radar.

#50

No_PUDding
17/04/09, 4:06 pm

There weren’t half as innovative last generation. They didn’t deserve to be on the radar.

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