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[AGRacing]

The DIRECT thing needs to go. Yesterday.

The flat delivery of the line “and we’re so excited for you to get your hands on game x when it launches on October 2” has become a joke and totally uninspiring of any excitement whatsoever.

I’m sorry… is it not “cool” to be enthusiastic about anything anymore? These are GAMES. Remember the build ups? The hype teases? The actual effort in marketing? We may as well bring AI straight into marketing now because the last 6 or so years has felt like we’ve had it there already. The answer isn't more generic-ass trailers. No amount of repetitive orchestral bass drops can fix this issue.

Bring back live audiences, surprises and hype that matches the grand vision of your game… no more flat “hey we hope you like it.”

I miss E3 2015.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Need to get Balmer in there to school these youngsters on how to hype the crowd

 

[Fake]

Not every Nintendo Direct suck.

But Playstation Direct sucks 100% of the time.

 

[March Climber]

Quoting myself from the other thread:

I'm sorry man, but you made a mistake and misread the title of the event:

This event above is more like this event:

The type of event you're looking for is one of the 3 below:

 

[lughnasadh123]

We need booth babes/bros.

Not sure what for, but damnit we need 'em.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Blame the people who killed E3!! I miss the big showcases. But I believe the problem now is the “I want it now!” generation of gamers.

 

[AGRacing]

Need to get Balmer in there to school these youngsters on how to hype the crowd

I would give anything to see a half second shot of hiphopgamer waving a wrestling belt in the air reacting to the announcement of an Arkham game right now. Thats not a joke.

 

[German Hops]

 

[Jigsaah]

Once Jim goes home Sony will get back to the pomp and circumstance.

I like the premise of the show. Beginning of the year, give folks an idea of what to look forward to...but the execution...it's like we're still in the worst of the pandemic.

I also miss E3.

 

[March Climber]

Blame the people who killed E3!!

Uh sir... E3 killed E3.

 

[AGRacing]

Quoting myself from the other thread:

All of those suck.

 

[Robb]

I don’t mind them but I do agree it was more fun when publishers had to adjust their reveals to us/the press than the other way around.

Feels like there’s barely any pressure on Nintendo/Sony/MS these days. They can just push out a showcase when they feel like.

At least with E3 you knew there was a set date and the pressure was on, everyone was forced to bring their big guns.

 

[March Climber]

All of those suck.

Three of those are live events. If they're not enticing to you, then that means maybe Xbox's content is simply not enticing to you.

 

[Loomy]

"Show us games!"

Shows games

"No, not like that! With feelings!"

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

To you. You dont speak for me, I thought it was great.

 

[Jesb]

It’s so pathetic now. I miss all those hands on gameplay sessions of the editors getting to play the game and other E3 attendees. The conferences, everything about those shows were way better than this tripe.

 

[AGRacing]

"Show us games!"

Shows games

"No, not like that! With feelings!"

I didnt ask for a slideshow of previous gen ps2 sales. Theyve done it correctly before many times.

 

[Power Pro]

They're too afraid of the potential on stage fuck up, and now they have a way to completely control the message and how it's presented....it sucks for those of us who like some excitement, and spontaneity, but these companies love having control of every little thing.

 

[LastBattle]

I thought the Xbox direct was great. Personally I feel more invested about upcoming games when I hear the passion and excitement from the developers. Rather than a 2min trailer with zero context or explanation of what you can expect. Keep ‘Em coming I say

 

[LakeOf9]

I think Nintendo Directs are cool, and a few State of Plays have been good too. The Xbox ones are such a different format from the rapid fire nature of the other two that even if I don't really like that as much, it doesn't say anything about my thoughts on the general Direct format.

 

[NanaMiku]

I think Nintendo has perfected the formula of Direct. They rarely dragged on. Even if some episodes are boring, it's probably because you don't like the games that are being showcased.

State of Play is still kinda dragging on.

 

[kiphalfton]

To you. You dont speak for me, I thought it was great.

No shit. That's how blanket statements or opinions work bro.

 

[Robb]

It’s so pathetic now. I miss all those hands on gameplay sessions of the editors getting to play the game and other E3 attendees. The conferences, everything about those shows were way better than this tripe.

Yeah there was definitely a lot of value in getting to see a live playable demo being played by a third party.

“here’s the developer playing a portion of the game where they’ve cut the footage perfectly to a avoid any mistakes and to make it look as perfect as possible”, doesn’t really do much for me.. That’s just another, longer, trailer.

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

No shit. That's how blanket statements or opinions work bro.

So you thought other people would give a shit about your narcissistic opinion? Pathetic.

 

[Nvzman]

The DIRECT thing needs to go. Yesterday.

The flat delivery of the line “and we’re so excited for you to get your hands on game x when it launches on October 2” has become a joke and totally uninspiring of any excitement whatsoever.

I’m sorry… is it not “cool” to be enthusiastic about anything anymore? These are GAMES. Remember the build ups? The hype teases? The actual effort in marketing? We may as well bring AI straight into marketing now because the last 6 or so years has felt like we’ve had it there already. The answer isn't more generic-ass trailers. No amount of repetitive orchestral bass drops can fix this issue.

Bring back live audiences, surprises and hype that matches the grand vision of your game… no more flat “hey we hope you like it.”

I miss E3 2015.

The only company that does it well are Nintendo, you can really tell they are excited unlike the bland AF Xbox and PlayStation ones.

 

[kiphalfton]

So you thought other people would give a shit about your narcissistic opinion? Pathetic.

I'm not the OP. Just educating you on "opinion". It's subjective.

 

[StereoVsn]

Yep, I am with OP. These “Directs” are sterile. There is no interaction with audience, no media to take a look at the games.

E3 had that excitement, so many different companies mixed in, cacophony of sounds and visuals, interesting commentary and more.

While the company running E3 certain made a lot of mistakes, Nintendo and Sony departing is what really killed the show, besides COVID of course.

 

[ReBurn]

 

[Sacred]

Why don't threads like this just get removed. Honestly, no one cares about your opinion and you don'tspeak for everyone, it's about the games.

 

[Gaiff]

Need to get Balmer in there to school these youngsters on how to hype the crowd

Yep. We need coked out execs back on stage. These sober rookies ain't cutting it.

 

[ungalo]

I don't understand why people debates about formats. At most you can say there are too much of these shows and announcements are too scattered so we're losing our time.

The real problem is the lack of exciting announcements. We're hearing about games for years in leaks that end up being pretty random once uncovered 90% of the time.

The format of the Xbox Dev Direct is alright, don't worry they'll ditch it eventually just as they did with the previous ones, that's how Microsoft does thing, always on the short term.

I don't have a problem with regular Direct, whether it's Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft. Only fanboys will say one is doing it way better than the others when it's actually the same shit. It's just about if content sucks or not.

 

[Sakura]

Nintendo's were pretty good, at least when Iwata did them.

 

[Hohenheim]

The DIRECT thing needs to go. Yesterday.

The flat delivery of the line “and we’re so excited for you to get your hands on game x when it launches on October 2” has become a joke and totally uninspiring of any excitement whatsoever.

I’m sorry… is it not “cool” to be enthusiastic about anything anymore? These are GAMES. Remember the build ups? The hype teases? The actual effort in marketing? We may as well bring AI straight into marketing now because the last 6 or so years has felt like we’ve had it there already. The answer isn't more generic-ass trailers. No amount of repetitive orchestral bass drops can fix this issue.

Bring back live audiences, surprises and hype that matches the grand vision of your game… no more flat “hey we hope you like it.”

I miss E3 2015.

No, please.
Clean presentations, no shouting fuckers, pyro or strippers.
I just want a clean and to the point presentation of games, not all that surrounding bs. Suprises? Yes, sure!
Stuff like the Hi-Fi Rush / Metroid Prime Remastered shadow drops are awesome.
But yeah, directs are brilliant.
I don't need to see sweaty fanboys cheering and screaming to get hyped for games.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Nintendo Direct - hype
State of Play - trash
Xbox Direct - trash

 

[Meicyn]

This is what OP wants.

 

[RedC]

 

[Hohenheim]

This is what OP wants.

Jesus Christ, what a shitshow. Freakin circus.
No, gimme a "boring and generic" direct any day of the week.

 

[danklord]

Now this is a take I can get on board with. It's time to summon E3 back from it's grave.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Most of them suck, including Nintendo.

 

[Torrent of Pork]

So you want a cringe-fueled live show with technical fuck-ups, and assholes in the crowd acting like they're part of the show?

I'd much rather have games, games, games, games...........

 

[Reallink]

They really do. Even the old earnings and sales data bits from old E3's were more engaging than these fake ass after school special presentations they do on these directs.

 

[Meicyn]

Jesus Christ, what a shitshow. Freakin circus.
No, gimme a "boring and generic" direct any day of the week.

Remember this shit?

Was so funny reading how Itagaki saw everyone in these cult-like clothes at the 2010 E3 Xbox press event, went “nope” and left.

 

[Magic Carpet]

It's a pretty big step up from CGI trailers.
Whats worse than CGI trailer? Kickstarter?

 

[AGRacing]

Jesus Christ, what a shitshow. Freakin circus.
No, gimme a "boring and generic" direct any day of the week.

We had bad ones. But the BEST direct format shows cannot hold a candle to the best E3s.

When you take some risks sometimes they fail or fall flat. Sometimes they create incredible moments.

 

[Meicyn]

When you take some risks sometimes they fail or fall flat. Sometimes they create incredible moments.

You’re not wrong. That was an incredible moment in gaming history.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Fuck E3. Get with the times.

 

[Danjin44]

For me I dont care where or how they announced the game, I will get hyped as always if its about the game I'm in to.

 

[EverydayBeast]

People get news in real time, E3 felt very silly.

 

[Sojiro]

Can't share in this opinion, I much prefer the multiple directs that are littered through the year than the one get together with awkward presentations and CEOs wasting time talking out their ass before rolling game trailers. I appreciate what E3 has given us over the last couple of decades, but it was a dated model that just didn't make sense anymore.

 

[ShadowLag]

Garbage in, garbage out. Consume next product.