Incline E3 is dead

[Wirdschowerdn]

It's dead for good.

Good job, Geoff, good job, Covid.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Booth girls were the only reason nerds even went to that event. They removed those turns out nobody wants to show up anymore.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Booth girls were the only reason nerds even went to that event. They removed those turns out nobody wants to show up anymore.

The event existed for networking and business meetings. Nobody cares about fat smelly nerds.

 

[POOPERSCOOPER]

It's kind of sad it's dead for good now. Growing up waiting for E3 to see what was being announced or shown was a cool. I always wanted to go to one growing up.

 

[Viata]

There was no reason to E3 exist when Tokyo Game Show was far superior.

 

[Viata]

Booth girls were the only reason nerds even went to that event. They removed those turns out nobody wants to show up anymore.

The event existed for networking and business meetings. Nobody cares about fat smelly nerds.

Obviously. Up to 2017, E3 was an industry-only event. It was too late to change anything and accept your average nerd there.

 

[Gilius Thunderhead]

Now the real question is, why do we still have games journalism?

 

[Hammer Of The Heretics]

For the most part we don't. The stuff you're thinking of isn't journalism.

 

[biggs]

Big publishers dump out so much filth now there is no need for E3 or any events presented by Kojima's boyfriend, Geoff Keighley.

 

[Infinitron]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2023/12/12/e3-permanently-canceled/

E3, once gaming’s biggest expo, is officially dead​

The collapse ends years of attempts to revive the event that once dominated the industry​

The Electronic Entertainment Expo, which was once the gaming industry’s biggest convention and media platform, is officially dead.

“After more than two decades of hosting an event that has served as a central showcase for the U.S. and global video game industry,” the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has decided to bring E3 to a close, said Stanley Pierre-Louis, president and CEO of the nonprofit trade association that represents the games industry’s interests in the United States.

A mix of new competitors, partner withdrawals, changing audience habits and pandemic-era disruptions led to E3’s collapse, ending years of attempts to resuscitate the event, which began in 1995.

“We know the entire industry, players and creators alike have a lot of passion for E3. We share that passion,” Pierre-Louis said. “We know it’s difficult to say goodbye to such a beloved event, but it’s the right thing to do given the new opportunities our industry has to reach fans and partners.”

Those new opportunities include online video news conferences that feed information directly to audiences — without the costs associated with attending a trade show, including booth fees, travel expenses and strict deadlines for presentations. In 2011, Nintendo paved the way by creating the “Direct” format, a video news conference announcing new games and products.

In 2018, Sony PlayStation’s decision to leave the event started a domino effect of other vendors and companies pulling their attendance. Just over a year later, former E3 collaborator and journalist Geoff Keighley announced that he quit helping the ESA with the show, and since then has successfully engineered his own, separate events for showcases such as Summer Game Fest. He has also built up the showcase format in the annual Game Awards, including the one that took place Thursday.

Recent E3 shows, including the final in-person event, in 2019, allowed attendance by the general public as an effort to increase buzz. The pandemic further exacerbated E3’s woes, as quarantines forced several game publishers to adopt the online news conference format, to varying degrees of success.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Pierre-Louis seemed well aware of the circumstances that hurt attendance.

“There were fans who were invited to attend in the later years, but it really was about a marketing and business model for the industry and being able to provide the world with information about new products,” he said. “Companies now have access to consumers and to business relations through a variety of means, including their own individual showcases.”

Before E3, video games were showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but the industry was pushed to the sidelines. The ESA created E3 as a trade show for retailers to meet with game publishers and creators.

“At that time, as an industry, we understood the power games have,” Pierre-Louis said, “but a lot of others didn’t appreciate the important role that our industry plays in the innovation sector, in creating serious expressions of art and contributions to economic growth.”

It grew to a massive multimedia headline-creating event. Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft showcased the Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles, respectively, during an electrifying 2005 show.

Sometimes the show introduced the public to gaming’s biggest personalities, making household names of developers and company executives. In 2000, game creator Hideo Kojima debuted a jaw-dropping presentation for “Metal Gear Solid 2” that paralleled blockbuster filmmaking. His talent for showmanship contributed to his mythology as an enigmatic artist.

In 2004, a new Nintendo of America executive named Reggie Fils-Aimé stormed the show’s stage and brought charisma and fire to historically business-formal presentations.

The effort to replace E3 is ongoing. The Game Awards ceremony has captured much of E3’s cultural power, but it has been criticized for its focus on ads and marketing, which hampers recognition of the industry’s work.

Pierre-Louis said E3’s closure means the business of video games “has blossomed in different ways.”

“Any one of these major companies can create an individual showcase … [and] also partner with other industry events to showcase the breadth of games,” he said. “That’s exciting for our industry, and it means it’s an opportunity for them to explore how to engage new audiences in different ways.”

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

Now the real question is, why do we still have games journalism?

games... *journalism*? we've never had such thing.

 

[deuxhero]

The previous press releases months ago made it sound like they were only set on dropping the location and were trying to play around with a show someplace cheaper. Nothing of value has been lost, though I am kinda surprised to see an official confirmation of death instead of just quietly not mentioning it.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Why was this ever called E3? I guess I could look it up. So… an E4 now?

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Why was this ever called E3? I guess I could look it up. So… an E4 now?

Electronic Entertainment Expo. Basically, a place you could to to see advertisement. It only holds value for executives, no reason to do it when social media is a thing.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Well, did they try to make it fun like a Comicon with celebs, dressing up, shows, gachas, etc etc etc? Party atmosphere?

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Well, did they try to make it fun like a Comicon with celebs, dressing up, shows, gachas, etc etc etc? Party atmosphere?

I think so? I never followed it that much. The presence and absence of booth babes was always a talking point but I'm indifferent to them. Unlike comics, there's no real community to games. Comicon hasn't been about comics for a long while.

 

[deuxhero]

Why was this ever called E3? I guess I could look it up. So… an E4 now?

Electronic Entertainment Expo. Basically, a place you could to to see advertisement. It only holds value for executives, no reason to do it when social media is a thing.

For the past several years though it has effectively been E2: There's been no entertainment, and it ranks as high as a private.

 

[Jonathan "Zee Nekomimi]

There was no reason to E3 exist when Tokyo Game Show was far superior.

and Gamescom in germany.

 

[El Presidente]

I liked the name. Eethree.

 

[Tyranicon]

Massive incline. The future looks just a bit brighter.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

I dunno. Seems like everything is in this “safe” digital online only fucktard world. Everyone in a box, with Maxie the fox, sucking cocks playing Roblox on their Xbox recorded on TicTocs.

Fuck physical media, fuck paper products like magazines, manuals, etc, everything made in motherfucking CHINA.

Meh…. Even exercise is this fucking online biking, running, exercise pelican peloton bullshit like the Black Mirror series on netflix predicted years back. Fucking cybertron shit. I mean, I live in the woods in a fucking tent covered in debris with wooden supports inside and I still use a fucking iphone. It’s ridiculous. Maybe I need to go even more primitive and ditch the phone and everything… disappear in the deep deep deep beyond deep wilderness……

Maybe I’ll find a rat no one cares about that I can kill….

…. maybe

 

[markec]

What made old E3 interesting were interesting games, fun activities, booth babes, cosplay, it was a bit rough but it felt like a event for nerds made by nerds. At that time celebrities were the developers and people wanted to see and hear what likes of Carmack and Romero had to say. And seeing those nerdy developers taking photos with booth babes made all the nerds think "Maybe when one day I become a famous developer I too might touch attractive woman in a skimpy outfit!".

Today nobody cares about developers since developers keep showing they dont care about the fans. Not only by not making games that fans want but the modern developers show nothing but contempt for old fans, the type of fans that still have attention span to watch a event like this. Nobody really cares about new games since its mostly remasters (downgrades), sequels number 15, woke shit or mobile games. It feels like a event organized by a committee that doest know anything about games, doesnt care about fans and, like modern developers, only cares about attracting as wide as possible audience but instead making a product that nobody cares about.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

"Maybe when one day I become a famous developer I too might touch attractive woman in a skimpy outfit!".

Nothing is stopping ya from doing that anyway except maybe sexual harassment charges or the boyfriend if any. Touch away and grope those tits on women wearing skimpy outfits parading around like some juicy lust muffin.

 

[purupuru]

Is there still exciting new stuff in the gaming industry? I stopped following game conventions (not just E3, also TGS and others) years ago because new games feel like more of the same with marginally better graphics, maybe some of them are good and then I will play them when they come out but there is no real reason to get excited beforehand. When HL:Alyx came out some thought VR gaming will finally take off and be the next big thing, but now it is still going kinda ... slow? So what IS the next big thing? Local AI deployment?

 

[Infinitron]

What absurd mismanagement. E3 was a strong brand name, it didn't have to die. It's certainly catchier than "Summer Game Fest". It feels like the entire show was being run by Geoff Keighley, so when he left to do his own thing everything just collapsed overnight.