NoblesseOblige
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In the grand scheme everything is pointless.
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Is E3 becoming pointless?
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schwabdizzle
Banned
I just browse youtube for trailers now. I can't stomach a whole press conference.
During Christmas you actually get things. E3 is also a time where few games actually come out. It's a fall preview. It's like getting a preorder catalog.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
For consumers it's pretty pointless. For the industry at large it still has value because it gets everyone in one place to detail what's coming up for the upcoming year.
LordRaptor
Member
ftfy
Stuff ALWAYS leak before almost any show, just like the SF5 leak before PSX and the BB leak before 2014 E3 and countless others, you can't help it.
Still there are always plenty of surprises left so I don't see your point, unless you can write down every possible new game that will be announced and revealed and have at least 95% accuracy I think we should keep E3.
Still there are always plenty of surprises left so I don't see your point, unless you can write down every possible new game that will be announced and revealed and have at least 95% accuracy I think we should keep E3.
John Kowalski
Banned
It's becoming increasingly volatile and unnecessary.
Englebert3rd
Unconfirmed Member
Not really, I need my PR cringe fix!
CrimsonSquall
Member
I wonder how many mods rolled their eyes in unison after seeing this thread. This shit happens every year, there is plenty to get excited about at the conferences. Please be excited
Calm Mind
Member
How can hype if exist if everything is revealed?
John Kowalski
Banned
In the sense that companies are participating in less ritualistic ways, you can no longer have hard expectations about who will be where and in what capacity, even the big folks.
Corpsepyre
Banned
Never. E3 will always remain relevant, for me atleast. It's my Christmas, Eid and every other holiday wrapped into one.
LowParry
Member
Do you know if everything's been revealed?
giancarlo123x
Banned
Not at all, I live for this shit!
TatteredHat
Member
Nothing can be trusted to make it into the actual release, so yes it is pointless.
Still entertaining though.
Still entertaining though.
KinofChaos
Banned
Not all the big announcements have come before hand, we get people saying this every year. If there was no point to e3 it would not garner so much attention and focus
Yup, I was the one who created it last year ; )
I was blown away by Sony conf even If I still think E3 is dying.
Oh right,I see what you mean in that sense. To me that only seems to be Nintendo generally,pretty much everyone else shows up,but that could change over time
PhantomZhu
Banned
This
How do you think popular opinion went from 360 to PS4. One good showing was all that was needed. E3 is still important.
It's becoming pointless.
Why spend loads on marketing, demos, booths, etc only to share the spotlight with tons of other games.
I don't think E3 offers the visibilty it once used to. In this day in age we have social media and word of mouth gets around quick.
The Battlefield 1 reveal on Youtube has over 37 million views. Would it really have been better if EA saved the reveal for E3?
Nintendo has the right idea with their directs. In fact, the major publishers should just do their thing in their own time and space.
Why spend loads on marketing, demos, booths, etc only to share the spotlight with tons of other games.
I don't think E3 offers the visibilty it once used to. In this day in age we have social media and word of mouth gets around quick.
The Battlefield 1 reveal on Youtube has over 37 million views. Would it really have been better if EA saved the reveal for E3?
Nintendo has the right idea with their directs. In fact, the major publishers should just do their thing in their own time and space.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Didn't we get a bunch of trailers the week before E3 last year as well?
MegaSackman
Member
sixteen-bit
Member
it's less relevant now than in years past due to so many other trade shows, fan events, and directs.
MarkMclovin
Member
I'm always in for the cringe and massive disappointments, the tears, the frustration, the WTF's, the 100 posts every 10 seconds during some of the megatons being dropped. And best of all, the gifs.
It's all good fun.
It's all good fun.
leesmapman
Member
The point of E3 is NeoGAF GIFs
LambdaTeos
Member
For me, yes, it is irrelevant, because i live in a foreign country
Everything they show means nothing since it's just trailers and announcements for games and consoles that will take 1 - 2 years to be released.. sometimes 3 years or more
The hype is there, but that's it, it vanishes as soon as the event is over
I do understand why it is such a big deal for those who attend the event (gamers), bur for someone who can only watch it on YouTube after work hours... meh.. nothing special.
As for companies, I can see a decrease in participants, but it's mostly because every company is finding new ways to let the customer know about new developments (nintendo direct, or major nelson's blog, d23, for example) and projects in a less messy way.
EDIT. forgot to include that everything leaks these days, the excitement is gone, so it's kinda pointless to sit and watch a conference with 40% - 50% or even more leaked... people somehow love to not be excited about things
Everything they show means nothing since it's just trailers and announcements for games and consoles that will take 1 - 2 years to be released.. sometimes 3 years or more
The hype is there, but that's it, it vanishes as soon as the event is over
I do understand why it is such a big deal for those who attend the event (gamers), bur for someone who can only watch it on YouTube after work hours... meh.. nothing special.
As for companies, I can see a decrease in participants, but it's mostly because every company is finding new ways to let the customer know about new developments (nintendo direct, or major nelson's blog, d23, for example) and projects in a less messy way.
EDIT. forgot to include that everything leaks these days, the excitement is gone, so it's kinda pointless to sit and watch a conference with 40% - 50% or even more leaked... people somehow love to not be excited about things
Tons of things leak, before the week there are new trailers and announcements coming out, people have just done their own stream reveals like Battlefield 1 recently, Persona 5 etc.
But its fun watching the conferences, chatting online about the cool megatons, disappointments and the cringes. I just wish more stuff stayed secret so we can be totally surprised more often.
But its fun watching the conferences, chatting online about the cool megatons, disappointments and the cringes. I just wish more stuff stayed secret so we can be totally surprised more often.
DontBeThatGuy
Member
E3 is fun.
The big pre-E3 conferences are still very much relevant.
However E3 itself (the booths and show floor) i find are less and less important as the years go on.
I find it hard to believe the cost of attending and showcasing on the show floor translates to a significant increase in sales. Now if the event (or even just the demos) were somewhat open to the public... different story.
However E3 itself (the booths and show floor) i find are less and less important as the years go on.
I find it hard to believe the cost of attending and showcasing on the show floor translates to a significant increase in sales. Now if the event (or even just the demos) were somewhat open to the public... different story.
Good question. I really hope this isn't a sign that E3 will be eliminated. It's an expensive venture for everyone on the publishing side, especially for the largest ones, and with Nintendo barely even having any presence here, I fear that they may bail, and other companies will start following suit.
Remember when this happened back in 2007? Technically the even known as "E3" was still around, but E3 as we all knew it was no more. Of course, it turned out to be such a huge mistake that everyone went back to the old format by the next year and continued to so until today.
I seriously pray they don't try to repeat that.
Remember when this happened back in 2007? Technically the even known as "E3" was still around, but E3 as we all knew it was no more. Of course, it turned out to be such a huge mistake that everyone went back to the old format by the next year and continued to so until today.
I seriously pray they don't try to repeat that.
TrynUrLuck
Member
PEGGLE 2!!!.......Nuff said. But seriously it's not pointless. Most gamers aren't on gaming websites looking for reveals year round. Thats what e3, tgs, etc. are all for.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
LOL...that's not how it worked last year. Way, way too many CGI trailers at the main show.
So many cynical voices in here. I still really enjoy E3 and talking about the reveals. I mean after last year's hype fest with gametrailers, how can you deny that it has worth? People loved the shit out of that video and of other YouTube reactions. This criticism against E3 is just a different version of "why even meet people in real life when you can talk to them online much more efficiently?" scenarios. Efficiency isn't really the point.
Spieler Eins
Member
I didn't know social media was turned off during E3. I also didn't know social media killed the appeal of an industry gathering and celebration once a year. Did they also cancel comic-con because movie trailers are on Youtube?
Yet Nintendo's products are dead in the water, their mindshare is almost completely gone even among their once strongest audiences. Great marketing decision from their side, indeed. The market leader Sony having a hall full of journalists cheering for them and chanting, when the entire industry is watching once a year is obviously pointless. Yeah.
(Sorry to tell you... but it's actually Nintendo becoming pointless. /shamylayahan_twist.jpg )