I see Gamescom as a huge opportunity for MS to have a redo of sorts with the gaming public. They seem to have a lot of positive momentum building with some of the news of the last couple weeks and in particular the announcement of the Kinect sensor not being a requirement for the XBOX ONE to function. I also think that it being a EU show is a great time for MS to appeal to the international audiences. I have no idea what to expect as far as gaming announcements, but if MS can get games like Forza 5, RYSE, FIFA 14, DR3 and others in gamers hands and let them play with real, working XBOX ONES, the chances of public opinion changing for the better are very high in my opinion.
Sony. They atleast have the confidence to livestream their show. All Sony has to do at this point is announce more games, they've beat MS in every other category so far.
Sony will confirm an earlier launch and in more countries. Tis my guess they'll retain the momentum they've had since Feb. MS might do another 180 backtrack or some shit. Not as far as dropping the price before launch though.
Sony by default. I think gamers at large are fine with MS but the type that posts on message boards made their decision long ago that nothing MS does counts as a positive, making it impossible for MS to gain any traction with them.
Sony still have 15 year one first party games to announce whereas MS blew their load at E3 in an effort to repair the damage of the initial reveal. The only question is if Sony use Gamescom as an opportunity to bury MS completely or keep most of their games back to sustain interest over the first year of the consoles life. Either way it's an easy win for Sony, MS have at most 1 or 2 new titles they could show and then nothing but third party until 2015. Sony can show 4-5 new titles and still have plenty of rounds left to fire at TGS and the VGAs.
Microsoft only has a few new games to show. That is why they are not streaming it. Instead they are gonnaq let people play the games and post them online. So Sony will have a bigger show. But Microsoft as of now has a better line-up. Sony has more work to do as far as games go..... icrosoft is just cleaning up the mess from E3.
Let's be honest there will be no lines for killzone, knack, octodad, maybe be some for drive club thats it every will be there to play Titan fall, Ryse, Forza, killer instinct, and fifa at the EA and X1 booths you are about to witness a change of the guard.
Microsoft shot off every canon they had at E3 it seems. If it wasn't for the bad press and backlash around the DRM features, they would've had a slam dunk this launch. But that backfired and now it seems like they've used up all of their big announcements, they're pretty much skipping Gamescom with no live streaming because they have nothing special to show (except Black Tusk Studios' IP which could be big).
Sony on the other hand already confirmed they 20 games out by next year with 5 already announced. They need to announce more of these games here ("Super Stardust" successor is pretty much confirmed). If they can announce Media Molecule's new IP, LittleBigPlanet 3, maybe Guerrilla Games' new IP, etc. as well as Gaikai streaming, then they'd snatch up everyone's attention. Sony's most likely saving some other announcements for TGS with Naughty Dog and Santa Monica for VGAwards/later date.
Sony. They've got it "easier." They're launching at a better price and with more positive hype. Plus, they're live streaming. They'll also inevitably have "more" to show, given their strong studios no doubt working on software that'll be ready to show soon.
Microsoft on the other hand will have a lot more to prove after the blunders and 180s. The good thing is, it seems more gamers are now interested in the product compared to the near non-existent interest that was there before. They've got the pockets to line-up their famed timed exclusives and DLC, we'll just see how much Europe prefers that strategy to Sony's. But I wouldn't count them out.
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