Sony left Microsoft with an open goal by deciding to skip E3 2019, but after that bloated Xbox showing it’s pretty obvious why the Japanese giant decided to wash its hair. As expected, the team in green brought absolutely everything under its umbrella, but this was a press conference lacking in real surprises – or gameplay, for that matter. In fact, it would appear that Phil Spencer et al made a conscious effort to eschew real-time footage from the 60 or so titles on its stage, as despite there being an array of consoles under the spotlight, they never got touched. Not once.
Skewed and Reviewed kick off 2024 with a look at the need for in-person game conventions with the End of E3 and compares the cost-cutting methods of Hollywood who still value in-person events.
so, this article didnt tell me why we NEED to have in-person shows like e3, other than the authors nostalgia and remembrance of covering one of these shows.
but it also doesnt mention everyone outside of america who have never had the chance to see it in person either haha
we had to watch the darn livestream, if they had it available, at 3am in the morning haha with lags amd crashes (not all the time)
while i think these shows are great and all, i dont really "need" to have them. people are busy, im busy. id rather watch a livestream than to book a flight, a hotel etc.
but theres still pax and all of that.
I'd rather publishers send out closed betas to garner gamer concern and interest like how we had demos back in the day.
I don't miss E3 as much as I loved it at one point but that era is long gone.
Sad to see it go. It was a great event for gamers and developers all around the world getting together and celebrate gaming as a community.
The announcements of new games/hardware, hype, surprises and seeing live audience reactions, it's something only events like E3 are able to bring. It will be missed...
if its going to be anything like the game awards where celebrities that dont even play games are there and its just full of fluff and commercial crap than no we dont need in person shows. we just end up watching the trailer montages the next day anyway.
To be honest E3 was one of my favorite times of the years when I was younger. I couldn't wait for all the big conferences and new announcements. It was hype even if nothing good was announced we had cringe moments to laugh at.
Rest in peace, E3. It may be easy to understand why you wasted away, but you will be missed.
E3 pre-2005 will be missed, everything after than ain't even close or worthy of mention to be missed. Late 90's E3's were phenominal, especially the after parties.
Those that scoff and hand-wave it away are kids that were never there. Peak E3 was peak gaming.
It already IS missed.
Pour one out for E3; it's finally deader than the dodo.
Pretty much sums it up from the title in my opinion
People were really overhyping this show in advance. It was pretty much what I expected, okay but nothing more.
MS had a chance to impress everyone this E3 but they blew it big time they still haven't learn a damn thing, Multiplayer this and that, they sure love legos? wth?, also what in hell are your MS studios are doing ?, so what's left to see this E3?, Nintendo with his elderly Switch handheld? oh man, probably Sony see this coming that the competition was going to be so mediocre in this E3 so they thought why in hell would waste our Playstation time in this E3 for this generic competitors?, so screw them let them destroy themselves with their mediocrity.
Most interesting of the show imo, 12 Mins.
But I'm not a XBox owner.
After watching I feel like MS dropped the ball again. They just don’t get it this gen, here’s hoping they smarten up next gen.
This really was their golden opportunity to capitalize on Sony’s absence and they did nothing.