RIP. Went to 3 E3 conferences back to back at the end of their golden years. Boy was it a glorious spectacle that I’m thankful I got to experience.
Hopefully something as good as E3 comes about in the future as it’s sad to see the gaming community have one less thing to be exited for.
*excited sorry to be that guy but I spesifically hate it when people say exited instead of excited it just sounds so wrong. Have a nice day
specifically*
Sorry i’m bad at spelling
Absolutely no problem, this is just a very spesific nitpick of mine
*specific. Sorry but spesific instead of specific is specially annoying for me
*especially
Good riddance. The Game Awards next please.
I think there’s absolutely a space for an industry achievement/recognition award like the Oscar, Tony, etc. The Game Awards just seems like the most cynical attempt at forcing one into the video game space.
What I don’t get about all the criticism lobbied at The Game Awards is that other gaming award shows do exist, and have existed, but people don’t fucking watch them and then they criticize TGA for doing what other awards shows didn’t: get millions to actually watch it.
Like what? The BAFTA?
I kind of miss seeing the pot shots they all took at each other at E3 tbh
It’s a shame. The GamesCom in Europe seems to be doing quite well so it’s not really a matter of “conferences are dead”.
I know conferences are no longer a place for big announcements. There’s no more need to gather all the press in one place, they can just do it online now, at a dedicated time when they’re not competing with other announcements in the industry. But as a visitor I really enjoyed going to GamesCom. Never been to the US so the E3 is not a thing for me but I’m sure this will have knock-on effects globally.
I can’t speak for Gamescom, but PAX East has been shrinking, too. Exhibitors don’t want to show up. They’ve been doing that thing you did in high school to pad your essays by increasing the margins on the side to make it look you wrote more than you did. Except instead of an essay, it’s a show floor.
Member the “Booth Babes?”
Good riddance. E3 offered nothing over just watching trailers on YT except for the multiple hours of advertisements and marketing pushed throughout the convention.
The industry only exists in its current form because of hype and fomo.
I mean tbh at the height of the show the press conferences were awesome. The shows didn’t have ads (unless you count the games themselves being ads which like, fair I guess). Idk I loved tuning into the shows and seeing announcement after announcement. Sonys 2016 show was a particular highlight. Having a live orchestra to do all the music even during the trailers was a really cool performance imo. It was more than just trailers
Sad. We will just end up with geoff keighley’s shitty events now.
Gamescom is still doing well though.
Yeah. Ive seen this same article posted every year since Sony premiered Ghost of Tsushima across the road from the LACC. Before that, they said it was dead when they banned booth babes. It also hasnt existed for the last 3 years.
We are very well aware it’s dead.
Well yeah but the esa was still trying to keep it running. This is the final announcement that they aren’t even trying anymore. It’s done done this time
I had some fun going in 2018 with friends, but it definitely felt like a theme park with lines everywhere for demos. Maybe there’s room for something to take its place focused on those demos or community events, rather than announcements that most visitors couldn’t attend anyway.
