Fortnite debacle sours PlayStation’s victory lap at E3

As I enjoyed some braised chicken and a Golden Road brown ale at the PlayStation media briefing after party prior to the Electronic Entertainment Expo on Monday night, I realized I was in the middle of Sony’s victory lap. PlayStation boss Shawn Layden was walking among the crowd to meet-and-greet media influencers, and he never stopped smiling as he moved between the faux Spider-Man-themed New York City as a powerful projector beamed PlayStation trailers onto a nearby hotel building.

The messaging of that event was clear: Sony’s PlayStation brand is the video game market leader, and it is confident that games like Spider-Man, Ghosts of Tsushima, Death Stranding, and The Last of Us: Part II will keep us on top.