Hello and welcome to podcast on locked episode 426 or second show of the year, but this year has no chill and we have a ton coming up including that Sony is surprise not going to E3 this year but Microsoft is and also that Xbox won't have any series X exclusives for maybe the first year or so.

We also have a first look at master chiefs new do for the halo series by the we don't actually have to look we just have some descriptions of it but we're gonna do our best to kind of user imagination because nobody knows what master chief looks like.

And then we have that in plenty more on this episode of podcast unlocked.

Welcome friends I'm Marina Sanchez filling in for Ryan McCaffrey while he is out on a very exciting assignment that I'm sure he's going to talk about whenever he gets back.

But today I have a very great panel we're almost back to full staff we're getting there joining me is decimal Gary. Bam!

I'm a little bit hype up in this show yeah I mean like I said no chill to see we've got so much to talk about yeah Brandon making his 20 20 debut hi yeah hello I'm back and I'm tired I'm ready to go.

Yay and Mark Medina joining us again hi I'm back again yeah a Dejorno pizza also not going to E3 that.

Oh really yeah I didn't see it on the paper did that really have it yeah they did like hey guys we're also not going to E3.

Not in official capacity but every year a lot of Dejorno pizza is eating it E3.

Yeah a lot of pizza for sure so let's just jump into it Sony is not at E3 again I will go ahead and read their statement.

Honestly this is like a huge surprise because I did think that they were going to be back with the new console generation.

So here is what Sony had to say after thorough evaluation Sony entertainment has decided not to participate in E3 2020 we have a great respect for the ESA as an organization but we do not feel the vision of E3 2020 is the right venue for what we are focused on this year we will build upon our global event strategy in 2020 by participating in hundreds of consumer events across the globe our folk hundreds.

Wow our focus is on making sure fans feel part of the PlayStation family have access to play their favorite content we have a fantastic line of upcoming title for the PlayStation 4 and with the upcoming launch of PlayStation 5 we're truly looking forward to a year of celebration with our fans.

So it's kind of interesting that they specifically point to saying hey the ESAs thank you at the three is just now what we're feeling.

The interesting thing to like lead off with your statement with obviously I don't like where you three has been going how do you guys obviously I hate the whole like it's open to everybody now it's like that's games calm or like that is like the stand event experiences that box and Sony is already doing that is not what E3 was about and the ESA just doesn't care they became a consumer facing

the name is still a and Bourbon's freaking producer Bourbon's like what I do that was a thing I forgot to press it's all right and did it but yeah I don't love the direction that E3 has been going last few years and they just seem like they keep bragging about attendance numbers and I'm like that makes the experience worse for everyone well it's moving further from a trade show into a consumer show now right yeah we have so many consumer shows already that like know what they're doing like a packs event is such a fun thing yeah you don't have the same experience going to eat through like I have

heard from some people who have gone to E3 that they are just like this is really disappointing there's so many lines is not a lot for us to do and but that's what E3 is like it's not geared toward consumers like you're kind of seeing some boost like make that shift like oh well we want to be friendly to the people who are coming but like at what cost and it's it's a very strange change but I think it's still even stranger that again saying within your console generations just right around the corner that Sony wants to skip this and move their own events Sony also did not announce any dates or

any sort of indication when they're going to hold their own events congrats ESA you have pushed away some of the biggest people that's right traffic E3 Sony's out Microsoft they have a presence there they're still there Microsoft they're doing their

conference EA left years ago yeah yeah it's weird it makes me wonder if Sony is ever going to come back to E3 only because it's why what do they get by coming back on the road I'm not I'm not saying I want back I'm saying it's weird to think that like okay they didn't

come last year and everyone's like well it's because you know it's the end of the generation they don't want to spend millions and millions and millions of

dollars just to compete for news and and not have a lot to show but we thought for sure they'd be there this year their

consoles launching this year and yet no so it's like if if not this year then probably next year probably

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