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E3 is dead

Armenius

Armenius

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After the three big publishers announced they were not going to participate in the expo last year and it being subsequently canceled, this single message now appears on the E3 website:

https://e3expo.com/E3.html

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The writing has been on the wall since at least 2019. It's good that the ESA is no longer in denial.
 
I thought it officially died a few years ago...Geoff Keighley's bi-annual shows are the new gaming showcase events
 
Not sad. Really hated getting excited about a game only to have it reduced to a wish version of itself at release compared to what was shown at E3.
 
vegeta535 said:
And nothing of value has been lost.
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Something was lost, but it was lost long before now. I always dreamed of going to the E3 when I was a kid, but then the internet came and made in person fairs irrelevant. Then they cancelled booth girls and that made in person fairs pointless :D
 
M76 said:
Something was lost, but it was lost long before now. I always dreamed of going to the E3 when I was a kid, but then the internet came and made in person fairs irrelevant. Then they cancelled booth girls and that made in person fairs pointless :D
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For something like E3, I agree with you. You're talking about a digital product which is presented on a screen. Other than the hype of the crowd or that you can be mere feet from the developer(s), there isn't a reason to be physically present. Arguably you have a better screen experience at home, since you can't control your distance at a show.

However, depending on how things go for me, I may actually try to go to Osaka 2025. There is way more physical things to see and at experience at that type of a show. Not to mention Osaka itself.
 
I mean I figured it was dead after 2020. The only thing I really got out of it was looking for the next cool game coming out. Then realizing it was another 3 years out....
 
They never understood the rule, "i" before "e" except after "3". And they double downed on it.
 
I wouldn't call E3 perfect, but it was the one time of the year where most developers and publishers came together to show the latest and greatest. Yeah some of the stuff shown never actually happened in the end result at release ...but thats not any different today. Still memorable reveals, trailers, etc for the 15 years or so i watched it.

Now we have the gaming companies and developers doing there own shows when they feel like it and only doing them to bolster there brand. While the show has gone downhill in its later years as companies starting pulling out....its still was a show for us (to an extent). Now we have nothing.....until a company decides to do a 10 minute to 60 minute YouTube showcase.

I view this as a lose to the gaming community and just shows how greedy companies have become to bolster there brand amd not come together for one week to show what they have for us. Literally just one week ..not a hard ask. Not connected, but tired of gaming exclusives, which store a game will release on and for how long, etc. Anywho, that's my two cents which im sure im the 1% and everyone here will dissect and tell me how im wrong.
 
JavaLava said:
I wouldn't call E3 perfect, but it was the one time of the year where most developers and publishers came together to show the latest and greatest. Yeah some of the stuff shown never actually happened in the end result at release ...but thats not any different today. Still memorable reveals, trailers, etc for the 15 years or so i watched it.

Now we have the gaming companies and developers doing there own shows when they feel like it and only doing them to bolster there brand. While the show has gone downhill in its later years as companies starting pulling out....its still was a show for us (to an extent). Now we have nothing.....until a company decides to do a 10 minute to 60 minute YouTube showcase.

I view this as a lose to the gaming community and just shows how greedy companies have become to bolster there brand amd not come together for one week to show what they have for us. Literally just one week ..not a hard ask. Not connected, but tired of gaming exclusives, which store a game will release on and for how long, etc. Anywho, that's my two cents which im sure im the 1% and everyone here will dissect and tell me how im wrong.
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I do think in a way you're right that there could be something else instead.

Would it be as valuable to developers if instead of a 'tradeshow' E3 became a 100% virtual event? They could have presenters from each company with the videos and essentially do an "Apple like" event, either live or pre-recorded. Stream the whole thing, and then after the fact produce keynotes for each game/company.

In 2023 (well really now 2024), I think that would be way more valuable. It would limit the cost to produce down to a single stage or perhaps 2 stages if they wanted to stream live and alternate between the two for seamless transitions. While one stage is streaming they're re-staging the other. It would lower costs for the devs as they no long would need booths or large amounts of personnel. The rental space for it would be way lower. They could rent wherever is theoretically the cheapest, so long as there is good net access and airport access. Still likely LA as that is where a majority of devs are.

If they wanted it to be even cheaper, just rent a single stage and pre-record everything a week before or whatever and then simply stream it on the day. Then the devs can do "retakes" and have perfect presentations theoretically, which they would probably like, rather than the pressure to perform like it currently has.

The only differences I suppose being that there would be no way to interact with demos or show off any tech to people that want to mess around with things. Though arguably that doesn't exist now that E3 as a whole is dead. And the other difference is there would be no crowd interaction. Famously with "You guys have cellphones right?" and "You're breath taking!" amongst others. While even though that seems frivolous, it does help hype and also at least gives devs some level of instant feedback to how people feel about what is being shown.
 
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so anyways...
i wish amd would bring back their tech tour, and ruby!
 
E3 has been dead a long time. All this is is dismembering the zombie which was yet lurching about.
 
Yeah I thought this was long gone, far easier, cheaper to do online events that don’t get washed out by other things within mins/hours/days.
 
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