Sony PlayStation’s epic fail at E3 video game conference

IT IS the nightmare developers hope to avoid at the massive E3 video game conference, but unfortunately PlayStation was caught out.

IT IS the nightmare developers hope to avoid at the massive E3 video game conference, but unfortunately PlayStation was caught out.

Sony Computer Entertainment president and chief executive officer Shawn Layden opened the press conference with an introduction that informed the audience they were about to see some of PlayStation’s landmark releases.

“I believe we’re experiencing a historical evolution in gaming,” he said.

And this would be the case for a number of releases including Star Wars, No Man’s Sky, Horizon: Zero Dawn and the remake of Final Fantasy VII.

However, when it came time to end Sony’s showcase things went terribly wrong.

The team said it had one more game to show and it required no introduction.

A short video soon revealed it was Uncharted 4 and the crowd was a buzz.

Well, at least it was until the cut scene ended and the real-time game demo failed to work.

On the big screen, in front of a packed arena, the demonstrator stood there fiddling with two controllers trying to get the game to respond.

Unfortunately, he had no luck and stood on stage embarrassed looking for an answer as to why the controllers were not working.

The crowd became agitated and Sony was beginning to panic.

With a cool head, the operator restarted the console in a hope it would work.

This meant the fans were forced to endure the video once more and when the time came to showcase the game-play, thankfully, it worked and Sony breathed a sigh of relief.

The crowd erupted in applause and didn’t seem to be phased by the hiccup because the game-play was every bit as captivating as they hoped.

You have to feel bad for PlayStation, because technology is a fickle thing and it seemed to endure an unfortunate series of events.

Regardless, the showcase was impressive and Sony has promised some big news in the coming days.

A moment from the preview of the new game Uncharted 4.

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