TGS 2006 Unseen: PS3 Launch, Sony HQ, Insider Access & More

Here's my recovered tape material from Tokyo Game Show 2006 including various showfloow caper and behind-the-scenes access, never before published in full. Celebrating its 10th year, TGS 2006 was the event where Sony had to deliver at all costs, and Microsoft had to push harder. A cooler-than-usual Tokyo climate was a fitting backdrop to a display of confidence from both, despite PS3's turbulent PR journey to the event and Xbox 360's poor performance in the Japanese market. Their ongoing battle was far from decided. TGS 2006 offered promise and excitement about the stuff gamers would be buying in a new console generation. Ever-improving game experiences seemed likely as gaming entered its most highest stakes - and most expensive - era to date.

Intro and outro music in this video is from the awesome Virtua Fighter 3 Arranged OST (2021), as featured in Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown's / Virtua Fighter eSports's Yakuza Series Collaboration Pack DLC, and in the newly announced Virtua Fighter 3tb Online (2023 in Japan).