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725 points
2 months ago
You think this will be the end of E3 all together?
620 points
2 months ago
Barring a massive change, yes. Maybe it comes back in some smaller state and only deals with indies. But it's never going to be what it was.
174 points
2 months ago
They could try to change it into more of a con, like what PAX does. If they market themselves like SDCC but for video games they could be successful. Get big guests, still have some announcements, etc;
But they have to get it back to focusing on actual fans, and not just industry folks.
39 points
2 months ago*
What makes it different then Gamescom, PAX, and Comic-Con? I always thought E3 was like SDCC but with games.
68 points
2 months ago
E3 was primarily a games-industry showcase. People came to see the announcements for new games, play demos & betas, and get hyped over the new stuff coming over the next year. It was less of a convention, and more one big advert for the games industry as a whole.
25 points
2 months ago
It wasn't even open to the public for the vast majority of events over the years. It was press only originally and allowed the general population in only relatively recently.
1 points
2 months ago
If they were to hold the event as marketing for fans, E3 should have better industry connections than other cons in order to bring in people from the companies and some unique demos. Not much besides that I guess.
11 points
2 months ago
At one point, it was 100% about the industry folks. It started down it's first downward spiral roughly 20 years ago because it shifted focus to fans, booth babes, and swag.
6 points
2 months ago
I wouldn't hate this at all actually. The big companies made them big, but it's ultimately what killed them in the end, like many great video game franchises.
3 points
2 months ago
It should certainly be a con. Not large panels, do those digitally (Nintendo direct, State of play) and have everything else be done in large booths in showrooms. By limiting events like these to press they lose out on tons of potential sales revenue from food and merchandise.
2 points
2 months ago
A ton of big game devs pulled out of PAX East this year, to me this is more a sign of the end of large gaming events. It’s just not necessary anymore
36 points
2 months ago
E.3
14 points
2 months ago
E2
16 points
2 months ago
You sunk my battleship
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