Rumor: PlayStation Showcase to be Held Before Summer Game Fest - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 April 2023 / 1,986 Views
Journalist Jeff Grubb has claimed Sony Interactive Entertainment will hold a PlayStation Showcase sometime before Summer Game Fest and the other confirmed showcases for June.
Summer Game Fest will take place on June 8, the Xbox Games Showcase and Starfield Direct is set for June 11, and Ubisoft Forward will take place on June 12.
This should be treated as a rumor until an official announcement is made by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
E3 is dead, and I killed it. And now I'm going to honor it by holding it up Weekend At BerniE3's-style alongside Jeff Grubb's #summergamemess
— Grubb (@JeffGrubb) March 31, 2023
Thank you to all of the Jeff Grubb's Summer Game Mess partners for participating whether you want to or not.
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOO pic.twitter.com/qewAmVOVkZ
This follows E3 2023 officially being cancelled as the major game console makers and several major gaming publishers confirmed they would be skipping E3 this year.
"This was a difficult decision because of all the effort we and our partners put toward making this event happen, but we had to do what’s right for the industry and what’s right for E3," said Kyle Marsden-Kish, the Global VP of Gaming of ReedPop, at the time.
"We appreciate and understand that interested companies wouldn’t have playable demos ready and that resourcing challenges made being at E3 this summer an obstacle they couldn’t overcome. For those who did commit to E3 2023, we’re sorry we can’t put on the showcase you deserve and that you’ve come to expect from ReedPop’s event experiences."
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
