Nintendo And Sony’s Streams Are The Perfect Lead In To The Tokyo Game Show

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I thought about delaying this article for an hour out of respect for the queen, then I remembered she oversaw a colonialist monarchy in a family full of racists, homophobes, and misogynists, all while using my taxpayer money to spare her paedophile son from facing any consequences. For those reasons and more, I’m going ahead as planned, and reminding you that while the West is pretty much done with reveal season until The Game Awards (with apologies to EGX), Japanese studios and publishers have their eyes on the Tokyo Game Show.

Today’s State of Play and Nintendo Direct streams aren’t the only events we’ve had recently either. Ubisoft held its own Forward showcase this past weekend, clashing with Disney’s D23 event (which admittedly is mostly movies, but still had some games). We also had the Night City Wire to update us on Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty expansion and surprise new update. Unlike Nintendo and Sony, that trio don’t usually bet hard on the Asian markets, so it’s interesting that Disney only took Dreamlight Valley to Gamescom, Ubisoft had a minor presence with Skull & Bones and smaller offerings, while CDPR sat it out entirely.

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E3 is back for realsies next year with a fully-fledged event, and while people are comparing these last few days to E3 season, that label comes with the implication that physical events are on their way out, replaced by direct digital marketing. Sony and Nintendo’s double header is being raised up as further proof of that, but a little bit of global thinking shows it to be the opposite. These are not events in the wake of Gamescom. They’re in the lead up to the Tokyo Games Show.

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