The latest rumours suggest Sony will have its first preview showcase within the next few weeks and a major E3 one in the summer.
It’s still early February and yet already both Microsoft and Nintendo have had preview showcases, in the form of the Xbox Developer_Direct and this week’s Nintendo Direct. So far, though, there’s been no sign of Sony having another State of Play, even though the release of the PlayStation VR2 is imminent.
There were so few State of Plays in 2023 it’s easy to imagine that Sony has just given up on doing them, but according to one insider there is a ‘low-key’ one that’s due ‘in a month or so, maybe sooner.’
An exact date hasn’t been leaked but the same source claims that while there won’t be many new announcements in the spring State of Play, Sony is planning a more exciting one for ‘E3-time’ – which implies June.
The PlayStation VR2 launches on February 22, less than two weeks from now, so you really would think that Sony would have a State of Play before that, and yet nothing official has been confirmed.
Many of Sony’s recent announcements have come via short blog posts but whether they’re going to make more effort for their big new hardware release is unclear.
The source is insider Jeff Grubb, who’s been mostly accurate in the past but is perhaps wise not to predict a specific date, as these are often changed at the last minute anyway.
As to what he means by ‘low-key’ it’s hard to say. The obvious assumption is that it means no major new games will be announced, except perhaps for the PlayStation VR2.
Currently the only games Sony has announced are Spider-Man 2, which is due this autumn, and Wolverine, which is not expected until at least next year.
There is also The Last Of Us multiplayer game, and several other promised live service titles, but Naughty Dog has missed so many opportunities to properly reveal the game it’s impossible to say when it might be due – especially as those plans may have changed in the light of the TV show’s success.
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