A historic E3 has come to a close and it was our honor to be able to share the experience with some of our fans. A small subset of our PlayStation MVPs, a group of PlayStation enthusiasts recognized on our official community forums, were invited to attend the show, our press conference and a few special demos of some upcoming titles.
PlayStation MVPs are fans that live and breathe PlayStation, while also providing critical feedback on our products. Although we can’t divulge all the criteria, PlayStation MVPs tend to have high Trophy counts, are active members of the community and are knowledgeable about all things gaming related. Think you’d be a good fit in our MVP program? Feel free to apply.
While at the show, our MVPs were free to explore at will, but the community team also set up a few sessions with publishers and developers such as Konami, Activision, Sony Santa Monica and Naughty Dog. Often meeting up with producers, the MVPs played Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2, Hohokum, The Last of Us, Skylanders Swap Force and Diablo III on PlayStation 3. The MVPs were also treated with a demo of Bungie’s highly anticipated Destiny. To close the show, our MVPs played Johann Sebastian Joust with the creator of the title at the IndieCade booth.
One of our MVPs, Ray McClean, aka WrekGar, had this to say:
The MVPs take the Konami booth by storm to try out Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2.
Senior Vice President of Marketing Guy Longworth, Senior Director of PlayStation Digital Platforms Jack Buser and Director of Marketing for PlayStation Digital Platforms Brandon Stander attend a meet and greet session with PlayStation MVPs.
Greatness awaits our PlayStation MVPs
The PlayStation MVPs meet up with Community Manger Paul Sullivan before the PlayStation E3 press conference.
MVPs lined up to meet voice actors Troy Baker and Nolan North.
MVPs were treated with a demo of Destiny.
MVPs compete in a Johann Sebastian Joust tournament on the last day of the show.
Sooo jealous… I never got to do anything like that while I was an MVP. :(
Pretty sure I am just as much (or more) of a PlayStation fan as the MVP’s are.
I can’t show it as easily because I’m not able to devote all 24 hours each day of the week making posts on the PlayStation Community Forums.
I’ll try and apply again, but it is a futile effort on my part as far as I can tell.
For sure going to look into this when I have some free time on the weekend.
I’m glad there was Guns of the Helghast representation at this year’s E3! Hope to go someday!
;^) E3 was a blast! Meeting all of those people in the legendary place where the magic happens was a real treat for me. I look forward to participating again next year, if I can swing it.
Applied, shame about the 250-character limit in answers, I had to edit my answers down quite a bit! I guess it is a good way to see how effective/concise an applicant is able to be though. Been a Playstation gamer from the very beginning, would love an opportunity to make a bigger impact and work with Sony to keep improving things!
Looks like all enjoyed every second.
I got around half way through TLoU before the 4.45 update. 320GB model slim. No problemo. Finished TLoU, great game!
I have not updated my super slim Jim 500GB yet.
Are all models at risk?
We had such a great time! Looking forward to seeing what becomes of the feedback we gave throughout the event.
Hey Kristine – whatever happened to the Playstation GAP program. I was stoked when I got chosen to be a part of it and till today I treasure my GAP t-shirt.
Shouldn’t GAP members automatically become MVP’s!? :P
THAT KID GOT TO MEAT NOLAN NORTH AND TROY BAKER AT THE SAME TIME!!!!!! I am officially jealous. What am I doing with my life, paying for bills, eating food, sleeping… Why haven’t I been on my Playstation more!! Among my friends I have the highest trophy count and rank of 22, but that pales in comparison to the lumpsome I’ve witnessed over time’s passing. But I would have loved an opportunity to meet two of the coolest current VAs of modern gaming. Nolan’s performance as David was scary by the way. He really freaking sold that crap.
Since I see several comments about him, the guy in the picture with Nolan North and Troy Baker is actually YouTube user tripleWRECK: http://www.youtube.com/user/tripleWRECK He uploads everything Naughty Dog. Plus some additional content. Not trying to advertise for him but he’s a cool guy, check him out if you want.
@50 I had thought about becoming a Playstation MVP after being an Xbox Ambassador for over a year. I left that program, but can request to be re-added anytime.
Xbox Ambassadors get an icon on their forum profile, and access to a private forum. You don’t have be Gold to apply, but its preferable.
I stopped being an Xbox Ambassador when I lost interest in answering Xbox questions and so on. Answering Playstation questions isn’t that much different.
Atm I’m online somewhere doing tech support every day. Doesn’t matter what it is though since I enjoy doing it.
What’s A MVP A Employee @ SONY?
@62 A volunteer.
I wish I could go to E3… :c
I too wish that I could join you guys at E3 this year, you guys seemed like you had an One awesome experience and fun one at that. Getting out to LA is a Challenge Quest in of itself. but as they always say…there’s always next year.