I remember writing "DO NOT TOUCH COMPUTER" on a piece of printer paper and throwing it onto the crt monitor during my first time following an E3.
School was at the end of the year, no homework, must've spent hours waiting for those 15-30 second Quicktime videos of Halo 2 and Metroid Prime to load up on IGN.
Except Ubisoft they gonna attend lol the only one so far. Lets be real it kinda suck to most people that liked attending and meet new people and try the games etc. 2023 they should be able to let everyone try the games via a demo on the store. Give us a week to be able to play the demos, no lines to wait in it would be nice.
“We approach our involvement in any event on a case-by-case basis and are always considering various ways to engage with our fans. Since this year’s E3 show didn’t fit into our plans, we have made the decision to not participate. However, we have been and continue to be a strong supporter of the ESA and E3.”
So, last year it was not fitting in theyr plans....Be fair to be on E3 is very exspensive, "millios of dollars). So the big 3 have theyr own shows like Nintendo Direct, Sony's Sony's State of Play and MS has the same format. When that is not a sign on the wall i dont know what to tell you.
New company took over. Hopefully the can restore it. MS bought the convention center across the street so they'll being doing their showcase there. I heard it's expensive to lease the space so maybe the new company can negotiate better pricing. Nintendo has done much in the past few years anyway, so....
But they charged a lot to be there and with the constant complaints of games being announced too early , the cost of admission and of course the ease of making your own show on the internet this event was doomed .
At this rate, it's easier to say who will participate, because the list of companies skipping the event is pretty big
Really miss the peak days of E3. The hype building up to it, watching the live events and all the side bits.
As a gamer growing up, it was pure entertainment magic
E3 is about done. Pandemic showed companies that they could do stuff on their own without paying tons of money to ESA
So for console makers the E3 is official dead.....
Let's see what MS reveals lol.