FleshEatingZipper writes: "So you run a gaming web site. You have a decent following and good traffic and while you’re not an internet celebrity, you are willing to travel halfway across the country (or further) on your own time and dollar to cover the latest and greatest games for your readers. But even after building a network of contacts, you’ll simply be shut out by the biggest companies, even lied to. Coverage of the expo’s biggest events are ruled by an exclusive few, an inner circle – the IGNs, the GameTrailers and the Giant Bombs – and everyone else is shut out entirely. Unless you’re in the business of covering indie titles by small developers, gaming journalism boils down to being in an established circle of friends – the touted 300-400 full-time gaming journalists that this industry can support – having a lot of financial backing to kick your way in or being a major news outlet like ABC or Fox News. If you’re not any of those, you’re iced out of coverage at the highest tiers. Let me explain how getting your gaming site into E3 works."
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.
It sucks being low on the totem pole.
While it is true the big guys get special treatment, we had EA, Microsoft, Activision, Bethesda, Konami, Disney, Sega, Sony, and a few others extend us invites to their events and well as proivides us booth tours. If you build a good reputation the invites will come.
But they are dead on. Not just at E3 others shows as well. I remember one company who promised and interview and full review. So we did site, radio, magazine and other coverage. Only after they got coverage did they say oh we cannot do that the person at the booth at no right to offer that. So I cut them off from all reviews and promotion. A year later they asked to meet with me at PAX. I sent an intern.
I had started a Orginization/Union of sites for film reviews years ago. Big and small present a united front, share resources and such. Those who took part did well but sadly many took the resources, would not share and oddly enough, are all gone now. I would be up for doing this though for games.
Do we need that many more gaming journalists? I mean, I get everything I need to out of either Giantbomb or IGN. I never really go wanting for much else, honestly.
Xbones reveal was Bulls#!t know that much having to edit in clapping for its conference , desperation is a stinky cologne