--- title: "Playstation – State of Play – a Nintendo Direct like presentation" url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/general/playstation-state-of-play-a-nintendo-direct-like-presentation/" description: "A few months ago, it was confirmed by Sony that Playstation would not be attending E3 in 2019 as it was considered “irrelevant”." author: "Patrick Dankers" published at: "2019-03-23 16:44:18" image: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/playstation-state-of-play-a-nintendo-direct-like-presentation.jpeg" markdown url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/general/playstation-state-of-play-a-nintendo-direct-like-presentation.md" --- Playstation - State of Play - a Nintendo Direct like presentation | General News | NintendoReporters [![Playstation – State of Play – a Nintendo Direct like presentation](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/playstation-state-of-play-a-nintendo-direct-like-presentation.jpeg "Playstation – State of Play – a Nintendo Direct like presentation")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/playstation-state-of-play-a-nintendo-direct-like-presentation.jpeg)A few months ago, it was confirmed by Sony that Playstation would not be attending E3 in 2019 as it was considered “irrelevant”. A quote which led many fans to wonder if they would be holding a private event. It seems that their own event has been revealed which is seems to be a Nintendo Direct like style of presentation. ## [](#playstation-state-of-play)Playstation – State of Play > Announcing State of Play: Tune in to our first episode Monday, March 25 at 2pm Pacific for new PS4 and PS VR software updates and announcements [pic.twitter.com/tyOHLkgEpV](https://t.co/tyOHLkgEpV) > > — PlayStation (@PlayStation) [March 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1109062509762433024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Their live stream will be focused on announcing new games a long with other software updates which is very similar to what Nintendo do with their Direct presentations! Well we can say that fans around the world are taking somewhat of an offence to this blatant copy technique, like for instance; > [pic.twitter.com/xdlidiCmfj](https://t.co/xdlidiCmfj) > > — Sain (@Sainpai24) [March 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/Sainpai24/status/1109090447278911489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/Zy7fH3viSh](https://t.co/Zy7fH3viSh) > > — Lequen (@Loquen2002) [March 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/Loquen2002/status/1109075046386057217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) How do you feel about this development in the Playstation camp? [](#) [ ](#) > Generated for use by AI and Large Language Models (LLMs). > Generated: 2026-08-16 21:04:05 > Maintained by: NintendoReporters > Source: https://www.nintendoreporters.com/ > Contact: webmaster@nintendoreporters.com