While Sony has opted out of E3 2019, the two tech giants have confirmed their appearance and shared their excitement over the upcoming event.
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.
This is probably gonna bring a lot of skepticism and bad press toward Sony. Whatever their reason to skip E3 I hope it is a really good one to make up for this.
Figured that these articles would start pouring in. Here's another topic that is going to be warn out and annoying like those crossplay and censorship crap articles. I guess when you can't write legit, write what gets the hits.
Well, good luck to them. As for Sony, I was disappointed but not surprised. Because before this happened, I expected Sony would cancel their PSX and their E3 2019. Shawn Layden did said that he didn’t want people take their expectations way too high. But he did said that PlayStation will be more transparent with their community further more in the future. I don’t think Sony going to do like Nintendo Direct. They will take different approach from what I can see. Still, PS4 still have Days Gone, The Last of Us Part 2, Ghost Of Tsushima and Death Stranding.
Edit : I did read that Sony won’t have their own event around E3. I would believe Sony will take different approach somewhere else.
Sony doesnt really have anything new to show in terms of 1st party and probably just want to keep quiet until unveiling the ps5...but damn does it suck they wont be there.
I just hope they dont quit on traditional presentations and such. This years e3 and last years psx were such doodies...
Do it like how they did on their best presentation. Sure I like the game after game after game thing but I also liked it when devs came out to talk about their games and showcased demos too.
They won't be so excited if Sony launches the PS5 and totally undercuts them :P