Darn, E3 is probably never coming back, at least not in the form it used to be. Every major studio seems content on doing virtual conferences now and from what I hear, prepping an E3 demo was an incredibly draining and distracting task for game devs anyways.
I always loved watching E3 videos as a kid, shame that, now that I am older and can actually go to one, they’re all canceled.
i dont even want to go to one. i just want the preshows to come back. it just isnt the same. youre never gonna get sony mic dropping everyone again or a ridge racer or any of the microsoft highlights and flubs.
Lol, I still remember the E3 trailer for Killzone 2 that Sony tried to pass off as in-game footage. Good times.
Yeah having your own digital event is way cheaper than on stage. But I’m gonna miss all the pre/post show and interview random games.
The end of an era, I too wanted to go to one once I was older, but that’s not happening by the looks of it now
That’s like telling the office that the guy who just died is going to be missing his upcoming meetings.
When is it just going to be cancelled permanently?
E3 2026 gonna be 🔥🔥🔥
Good, I always hated these conferences because all the Youtubers that otherwise produced quality content had a week or two straight of those low effort conference videos about stuff that wouldn’t be released for another year or two.
Seems like it’s being overshadowed by the success of The Game Awards. Conventions exist because there is interest, if there is little interest, then the convention will no longer exist, simple. E3 has been stagnant and COVID wasn’t helpful for it at all.
Unfortunate. That was one of the big shows for the studios and publishers.
No lol those events weren’t actually cancelled. There will still be streams so how should we call those events? Personally going to stick with “Not E3” name like already this year. Fucking stupid corpa decisions. You want to quit the event? Then fucking quit for real, don’t organize any separate conference if you have issues with E3.
They may have issues with, you know, E3 and the ESA organising it, not the idea of having a rough period when people expect big announcements.
E3 is not some abstract concept of having a big game show in June. It was a specific event, that started as a trade show for the industry and investors and became entertainment/advertisement when the organizers realized there was a lot more money to be made that way.
Until publishers just all realized they didn’t need it to be heard anymore, and doing their thing was a lot easier and less expensive. Making your own conference is quitting E3.
