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E3 Digital Event Reportedly A Mess And “Probably” Cancelled
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ESA had been bungling E3 for years. This was a long time coming. Developers have been dropping out and running independent events for years. Driving around L.A. Convention Center during E3 became a mess as companies moved events to Nokia Center, the nearby hotels and anywhere else nearby.
ID: ht2ofp6ID: ht3dp5dE3 is gaming Christmas and I hate to see it fall a part but I don’t blame developers for running their own shows if the ESA is struggling to organize.
ID: ht3lhu6Keep in mind though that just because E3 may be fizzling out, summer will still likely remain the time of year where a lot of developers unveil their upcoming games. It just makes the most sense to do so.
ID: ht3at7eI mean, Sony have missed the last 3-4 E3's and have been doing State of Plays. Nintendo usually do Nintendo Directs a few times a year. Microsoft attend E3 but let's face it, they could easily do a Microsoft Direct state of play or something.
Frankly, E3 last year was shit and wasn't even worth watching. So not the worst thing if it's pulled this year.
I still have nightmares about that stupid ass Zoom call that contributed nothing. Who doesn't bring game footage to a game exhibition event?
ID: ht3fifxI’m still convinced that zoom call was a last minute idea as something else gaming related fell through.
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I think it's safe to say that E3 is on it's last legs. Man I'll miss the hype announcements and the cringe compilations.
ID: ht2ojzeIt is wild how quickly it deteriorated. It used to be such an impressive event and crumbled so fast even before companies start pulling out.
ID: ht39d8sSony stopped participating before 2020 and other developers had scaled back a ton
ID: ht3gtlyI wouldn’t say it was all that quick. E3 felt like it was declining for a few years before everyone started dropping out. I can’t even recall what the last like truly great E3 was at this point because it feels like it was probably 5-10 years ago.
ID: ht2qjmuI don't like everyone doing their own separate events. I get it's just how it is now with the Internet and everything but I'll miss having everyone come together for a solid week of announcements and watching the stage presentations, even if many of them were cringe. Now it's just a bunch of glorified YouTube videos.
ID: ht33pvtI'll miss things like being able to hear audio of the crowd losing their minds in the background of the God of War reveal
ID: ht385gqIt’s really a bummer to see this conference just fizzle out. Used to be so exciting. Sony, MS, Nintendo all duke it out at this conference with special announcements etc. at least we still have CES. But most of the big companies now just hold their own press conferences which I guess makes sense too since they get all the attention instead of competing for it.
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I wonder if this will be one of the final blows to E3. With Sony and Nintendo confidently doing their own thing, it’s hard to believe other companies won’t just follow suit or we see a significant scaled down hands on experience for games, etc.
ID: ht358faNintendo would still be physically at E3 though. They always had a large booth at the event which is what these industry pundits are talking about. They have a direct independently but so does most other companies. Microsoft is at the Microsoft theater for example but their booth is at E3.
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I still remember the 2018 Sony presentation. We got TLOU2, Spiderman, Ghost of Tsushima, and death stranding all in one show.
ID: ht303dl2016 was sick asf too
ID: ht37vawAnd 2015
ID: ht31sb02016 was a masterpiece. The live orchestra was incredible.
ID: ht34xstFunnily enough that was the show people criticized Playstation the most and subsequently flowed with them no longer attending E3. People complained they had nothing new to announce and just had updates on previously announced games. Hindsight though, that show had nothing but Goty contenders.
ID: ht3ca63Was that the one where they had to pause it after 10 minutes for almost half an hour to move everyone into the actual conference stage room?
ID: ht2zce3The last good E3 show.
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I get it. It makes sense. But I'm still a little sad. E3 used to be the hypest shit when I was younger. Sure there were goofy moments, but it was also really exciting and there was always the sense that you could be surprised at any given reveal. A few days of conferences and news that would tell you the shape of gaming for a year or two down the line.
Hard to argue the Nintendo Direct method isn't a more efficient use of time, money, and manpower, but it will never meet the feeling of getting together with a friend or two and watching six big conferences over a three day period.
ID: ht434bpI feel you man. I remember watching some of the E3s with siblings and friends and it’s sort of silly when you think about it but we formed so many great memories. Especially the ones before all of the big platforms streamed on YouTube, so you had to go looking for a livestream link (or some live-blog).
Would’ve been cool to attend one maybe during the peak that was the late 1990s.
It’ll never go back to what it was but I guess that’s what makes it even more special.
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E3 used to be THE gaming news event. I remember the Twilight Princess reveal, the Smash Bros. Brawl drop, Final Fantasy XV, Halo.
What a shame.
ID: ht2idv2Yeah, the Twilight Princess reveal with the Conan the Barbarian music will forever be one of the greatest E3 moments
ID: ht2j3ynThat was my introduction to E3, don't think I've ever been so excited for a game cuz of how hype that reveal was. I still remember having dreams about it.
ID: ht2t5wzNintendo really gave us the whole E3 range of emotions, with Twilight Princess and Wii Music.
ID: ht2mhwtI remember the good old days of being super excited for that week when I was younger. My friends and I would plop down with some pizza and just leave the TV on G4 all day. I still think one of my favorite moments was when Sony had the Sweet Tooth truck come out on stage (2010 maybe?). Really gonna miss all the cringe and weird stuff too like Jamie Kennedy and Mr. Caffeine.
Probably for the best though, with how much things have changed, it makes more sense for companies to do online stuff like Nintendo Direct or State of Play
ID: ht2njjrThe PS4 reveal was insane. Sony had been chasing that E3 2013 high for so long they gave up in 2018 and started doing their own shows. They and Nintendo opened the floodgates.
ID: ht43lsoPlus, the memes. Reggie's "my body is ready", Kaz's "Riiiidge Racer!", or Tsunoda's "well bam! There it is!" while his Xbox avatar hung its head in shame.
ID: ht33ny4I still remember the “show of dreams” when FFVII Remake and Shenmue 3 were both announced and everyone lost their shit. Obviously the end products ended up being of very different quality for those two, but I’ll always remember everyone collectively losing their minds that day, both on the floor of the show and online.
ID: ht2tm76The God of War (2018) opera reveal was absolutely amazing and one of the best openings to a Sony event ever made IMO.
ID: ht2yc54I agree! I loved how theatrical Sony got with their 2016 press conference. I remember being so disappointed in 2018 when they had toned it down to the point that their big music performance was just one guy in a hoodie playing banjo in a church.
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I kinda saw that coming when Geoff Keighley announced that he'd no longer take part in the E3 Events.
Sony is most likely returning to "playstation experience" , Nintendo has the "nintendo directs" and Microsoft will surely do their own stuff soon too.
On top of that we have the "Summer Game Fest" now and "Gamescom" is two months later than E3.
E3 has kinda become irrevelant at this point....
So many great memories though
ID: ht3zo7sWhy did Geoff drop out?
ID: ht45vy6Bit counterproductive contributing to his direct competition.
ID: ht50a2kApparently he has a different vision than people that were running E3 and went off to do his own thing which is now Summer Game Fest. I don't know any details or the specific reasoning behind it but now he is kind of competing E3.
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I was lucky enough to attend one E3 and it's was glorious. It was the 2nd ever E3 in 1996, and I witnessed the unveiling of the N64. I crowded around one of the many demo machines and watched (and eventually got to play) Mario 64. Nothing could ever top that, so I never bothered going back.
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I wonder how much of this Geoff Keighley saw coming ahead of time. Obviously the game awards isnt a one to one replacement for E3, but it takes a specific carve out of the E3 spectacle.
ID: ht2k54hPlus there's his summer games fest thing too where Elden Ring was re-revealed. Mayne this year it could be even bigger?
ID: ht2sccxLike last week he announced SGF 2022 on the same day it was announced that E3 2022 wasn’t happening lol
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E3 is not the same anymore after Konami E3, it was an amazing train wreck of fun lol.
You can't make this stuff up. Universe and stars were aligned for this event for every single one of them to screw up, become awkward, cringe and unintentionally funny.
Konami E3 Masterpiece
ID: ht2otbwYou mean Konami's 2010 event? Or whatever year that one weird guy was like "One million troooooooooops....woooow"
ID: ht2p9ybIf you press the same buton like XXX YYY XXX YYY again, you will be sucked!
_ and that Silent Hill Stare Guy LOOOOOL
ID: ht352teCan't watch the video rn but is this the year where those luchadores were slapping the shit out of each other? And then when the presenter told them to "save it for the ring" they grabbed him by the collar and pushed him backstage.
I still don't know how real that was... dude looked like he was about to shit himself once they turned on him lmao
ID: ht2uadnThank you for reminding me that video exists
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E3 is a thing of the past. Between TGA, Nintendo Direct and Sony’s State of Play events- with two of the three major console companies doing their own shit, E3 is not at all the news source it once was. I imagine when Xbox jumps ship it’ll be over for them.
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Man, if you know your shit is fucked 6 months before it happens it must be pretty fucked.
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E3 has been shit ever since Sony stopped attending. The best thing about E3 was seeing Microsoft and Sony go up against each other.
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Agreed, the decentralization of the event is super annoying. I was a regular attendee ~15 years ago during its golden age. The last few E3 events haven’t felt worth attending at all and I live 10 minutes from DTLA.