Sony’s been extremely quiet lately. They didn’t hold a PlayStation Experience event this year. They’ve announced they are not going to be at E3 next year. Last night, at The Game Awards, Microsoft and Nintendo both made new announcements, but Sony didn’t. What’s going on? Why are they so quiet?

While there is an argument to be made that the catch-22 situation they find themselves in right now is a problem of their own making, that’s not of any comfort to their fans, who are probably eagerly waiting for the company to make some new announcements and share some information.

In response to one such fan, who lamented the lack of any major Sony news last night on Twitter, PlayStation’s America boss Shawn Layden said simply, “see you next year”, which seems to indicate that they are lining up some announcements and events that will quell fans.

Of course, that’s pretty obvious—if they weren’t doing that, we’d be seeing a year plus of blackout from Sony, and I don’t think they would do that. But still, for many fans, I suppose this confirmation is good to have nonetheless.

https://twitter.com/shawnlayden/status/1071065843692331010?s=21

It wasn’t too long ago that Sony announced they wouldn’t be holding a PSX event this year, like they have been doing for a few years running now. Soon after, Greg Miller of Kinda Funny Games confirmed that Kinda Funny would instead be holding their own event, one that would look to fill the void and, unlike PSX, wouldn’t be exclusive to just PlayStation.

Miller has now confirmed via Twitter that the Kinda Funny Games Showcase will be held on the morning after The Game Awards, similar to the time slot PSX usually fills, on December 8, 2018, at 10:00 AM PST (1:00 PM EST). Miller also stated that the event will be attended by nearly 50 developers who “have something exciting to say.”

So far, several developers of indie titles, such as Wraith Games and Turbolance Games, have confirmed that they’ll be part of the showcase, and games such as Aftercharge, Anew: The Distant Light, and Long Gone Days have also been confirmed to be part of the showcase.

Saturday, December 8th at 10 am PT on https://t.co/tYCVQTyye0, the #KFGShowcase will give a stage to nearly 50 games that have something exciting to say.

I just emailed the developers the next steps.

I still can't believe this is happening; thank you for caring.

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— Greg Miller (@GameOverGreggy) October 30, 2018

Sony recently made the huge announcement that they wouldn’t be holding their annual event, PlayStation Experience, this year, stating that they didn’t feel they had enough to announce at this stage to warrant an entire stage event being held. The announcement, to be fair, made sense, since most of Sony’s biggest upcoming games for the foreseeable future – if not all of them – have already been announced.

However, there has been some speculation that the reason Sony decided not to hold a PSX this year is because they’re gearing up for the launch of PS5. It’s not hard to see why people think so, either- it’s no secret that the PS4 is in the final two or three years of its life cycle. However, according to industry analyst Michael Pachter, that’s most likely not the case.

We recently had the chance to speak with Pachter about a number of things, and also asked him about his thoughts on the PSX announcement. According to Pachter, this is most likely a cost saving move, and nothing more. “I am sure it is just a cost saving move,” he told GamingBolt. “They probably decided the expense wasn’t worth the benefits they got. No, I don’t think it’s related to PS5 launch.”

While Sony has decided to skip on having an event this year, November will see Microsoft bringing back X0, while other avenues also seem to be opening up for some interesting announcements. Stay tuned to GamingBolt for more info.