Sony's E3 conference takes place June 6 at 5PM PDT, an event that will surely focus on their new handheld NGP. Although I'm sure it won't be called NGP for long, as many rumors are suggesting it will be renamed the PS VITA. Sony will likely gloss over the recent hacking of PSN, instead choosing to focus on Move support in future core gamer oriented titles like Metal Gear Solid: Rising, Ninja Gaiden 3, as well as big first party titles like Uncharted 3 and Resistance 3. There have also been rumblings of a new entry in the God of War and Syphon Filter series, both of which I would expect to see sometime in 2012.
We will hopefully get some concrete information on the NGP's pricing. I am hoping Sony learned from their past pricing mistakes and launch the system at a reasonable price. I think $300-$350 would be a sweet spot for the system, without selling the system for too much of a loss. Speaking of prices, I also expect to see another price drop for the PS3, as well as Move, to make it more attractive to casual users in light of the Xbox 360's recent success in that demographic. The Xperia Play and the expansion of the Playstation brand onto tablets and other mobile devices may also be a focus of the event, but I question how much they will talk about those devices given that they might take attention away from their own dedicated gaming devices.
We will hopefully get some concrete information on the NGP's pricing. I am hoping Sony learned from their past pricing mistakes and launch the system at a reasonable price. I think $300-$350 would be a sweet spot for the system, without selling the system for too much of a loss. Speaking of prices, I also expect to see another price drop for the PS3, as well as Move, to make it more attractive to casual users in light of the Xbox 360's recent success in that demographic. The Xperia Play and the expansion of the Playstation brand onto tablets and other mobile devices may also be a focus of the event, but I question how much they will talk about those devices given that they might take attention away from their own dedicated gaming devices.