APZonerunner
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Gamescom gets almost no press coverage in the US, it's not a press event, so it's useless for getting the word out to non-hardcore gamers. It's similar to if they used PAX to show it all off, it's like exactly what Square said they are trying to avoid, not getting the word out to new customers.
Look at it this way: Blizzard and Valve both attend GamesCom with a massive booth and both get a lot of traction there. GamesCom is probably better for PC/MMO stuff, to be honest.
If the news is a big enough splash then of course people will cover it; Sony announced PS3 price-drops at GamesCom. EA announced things like FIFA Street. Bioware unveiled the release date of The Old Republic at Eurogamer Expo and that got coverage everywhere. If the announcement is good or big enough, they will come anyway. This criticism is really moot.
The question I have is if SE have the faith in this product, even rebuilt, to give it the heavy push to make publications want to cover it. The fact it's pretty much absent from E3 in any real way and the fact it is now in the same quarter as Tomb Raider dents my faith in them really getting behind it; Version 2.0 may end up being an exercise of pride/brand solidarity more than turning the game into the profits machine XI was.