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E3 Cancelled for Next Year and "Forseeable Future"?
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Systems_id
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Agreed. Like someone said, hopefully something more focused will take E3s place next year or whenever.Amir0x said:
CarlosX360
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Might as well shut up, because people like you piss me off. Everyone goes like "gaming is gay" or "gaming is for kids" but the way you're acting "whoopie ****ing do, you r a journalizt trying to find info on games, and attain fame! Bwahahaa."xsarien said:
Great. I agree with you that gamers try to get in by making sites, but you make it seem like sites such as Xbox Evolved, and GAF aren't legitment...
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
Amir0x said:
i hate to admit it, but it really is true...what the hell is happening to gaming right now?
Am I missing something? Why would small developers not be at a newly revamped E3? Yeah, less space overall, but companies won't need a lot of space anymore because now there won't be 50,000 non-press visitors to accomodate. Smaller, cheaper location + everyone from EA to Nintendo taking up less space + only a few hundred to a 1000 press members.. short lines, less clutter with more devs within eyesight and reach should mean that everything should fall into place better than it was at the old, bloated E3s.
Amir0x said:
"Yesss young skywalker...look into your heart...come to the dark side of gaming, become the JADED GAMER!!"
*John Williams trumpets play in background*
By the by I think this generation of gaming will be pretty cool. We are getting more and more diverse games (well, as long as you own all three consoles) and one doing something that will hopefully be really different. I also think handheld gaming is just hitting on all cylinders right now and getting better and better.
Christopher
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CarlosX360 said:
It's just videogames bro, no reason to get "pissed" by any means.
Systems_id said:
Well, the ESA isn't saying anything official until tomorrow. Maybe they will.
<sigh>
They're a pretty daft organization if they don't realize that the enthusiast-driven industry they're a part of is partially driven by E3. People talk about E3 all year. As has been said, IGN and Gamespot probably rely on E3 for a lot of their subscriptions. The spectacle disappears if E3 is truly gone. Say what you will about the fanboy wars, but E3 was the front in the battle, and goddamn it, it was entertaining.
And this is bad for the little guys all around. Smaller developers and publsihers, and smaller media outlets. To bring up the game journalism questions brought up the other day: This is the industry telling the little guys that it doesn't want you. It wants Ziffs and Imagines, that's it.
davepoobond said:
Come Feburary, after the system launch hype wears off. What do we have left to look forward too? I wish publishers all need to annouce their annoucments. Tell us where they're going to showcase their games.
Like BuddyC mentioned this is going to bring out so many false hype trains and letdowns.
CarlosX360
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Okay, yes. But this piece of news hurts start-ups. Xbox Evolved just started their own busines license this spring. That's why I'm pissed off, because this news slaps the faces of those new start-ups.Christopher said:
CarlosX360 said:
If you work for any of the "big" gaming press, I'd argue that E3 has never been about obtaining content. All of the content we (Play) obtained was before and after the show, unless it was from a company we previously had no contact with. E3 has always, for the people who don't need to get their foot in the door of the press contact of various companies, been about hobnobbing with the companies, checking out hardware and software you haven't had a chance to try out yet, and in general taking in the atmosphere. You go to E3 so that you can try out Sonic on the Wii, or say "Dead Rising is looking pretty cool," or get interviews with a developer in a back room.
If you're press that doesn't already have your foot in the door, and you go to E3 expecting to be able to do a lot of in-depth coverage, then that's your mistake. E3 should be about getting a glimpse of what is coming up, what looks cool, and convincing the companies to give you the time of day so that you can later then get builds from them in order to do real coverage.
By the by, I really think the end of E3 is a bit exagerrated. With oodles of smaller publishers and developers out there, I think the general concept of E3 will move on, though perhaps smaller in size and maybe even more restricted in admissions. But that's the way things have been moving lately, bigger companies have been throwing their own events later and holding off on what they'll show / announce at E3 for some time now.
The MODEL economy! Won't someone think of the models?White Man said:I don't think it will have any realistic effect on the LA economy. I'm sure the convention center is in so much demand that the vacancy will be filled rather quickly. LA is used for things other than E3, you know
And the cab drivers! If E3 is truly at an end, that's one lessened week of chaos for them!
CarlosX360
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If its never been about obtaining gaming content, then how come we have confrences every year, for the press to watch unfold, and report? Why do we go in and try out new games that we haven't even played last year, or never...? And most of all...how do we gamers get our attention by just writing? Be recognized by the media? Hah. Wrong, how about saying "E3 is all about beginnings" for those who have the desire to step afoot. Hmm? Oh right, because you treat this news as nothing other than "good riddance." GAF takes EVERYTHING litterly everything as jokes. When Wii was announced, everyone start complaining, but for GAF, they ridicule the name left and right. PS2's controller? They call it the rip-off of the generation. And then, what do we have here....David Jaffe comes and clears things up, and backs up Dennis, you start making it as a joke "moma's twit" and shit. What's next? "E3 sucks!"shidoshi said:
Although I've never been to an E3 proper, I will miss the GAF drinkathons.
I pretty much agree with White Man -- cancelling the marquee videogaming event can't be a good thing. There were daily stories about E3 on the local news during the expo this year -- admittedly, I am in Los Angeles, but there were also short blurbs on national print news as well. Heck, even the director of my business unit knew what E3 was, and he's not a gamer.
I pretty much agree with White Man -- cancelling the marquee videogaming event can't be a good thing. There were daily stories about E3 on the local news during the expo this year -- admittedly, I am in Los Angeles, but there were also short blurbs on national print news as well. Heck, even the director of my business unit knew what E3 was, and he's not a gamer.
CarlosX360
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Great, why don't we call his office a circus!? :lolxsarien said:
Lord Error
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Sorry.
This would be bad because E3 put all the 3 big companies in the ring and they had to somewhat fight for the show...Think whatever you want but E3 was a way to put some kind of pression on them and on the development of games.
Now, I guess that every company is going to do their own show, well like they just always did but increasing their importance...but this is not going to be the same.
Now, I guess that every company is going to do their own show, well like they just always did but increasing their importance...but this is not going to be the same.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
LuCkymoON said:
they all killed E3.
CarlosX360
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Good ****ing riddance of the old discussion! Might as well tell start up companies E3 is dead, and that they have to work twice as hard to get new content, new games to play, attend new events every ****ing month, or new exclusives?xsarien said:
Christopher
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davepoobond said:
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the.tutelary
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Sony's last conference single-handidly killed E3
NPR had at least 2 or 3 stories on E3 this year, too. The ESA cares about getting media exposure for the gaming industry, but the publishers don't care unless that exposure is specific to them.
They released like five demos, when the show floor had probably ten times as many playables...LuCkymoON said:
SantaC
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This is sad. I loved being on GAF during the E3 crazyness. It was the best time of the year! E3 was also the only time Nintendo really opended their doors with news and games. Now they can go back to a 12 month schedule and hardly reveal shit.
Nintendo Minute 567
Question: When will you guys show us more of Smash Bros Brawl and Mario Galaxy?
Kaplan: Wait till E3!
Nintendo Minute 567
Question: When will you guys show us more of Smash Bros Brawl and Mario Galaxy?
Kaplan: Wait till E3!
CarlosX360 said:
Did you xe360.com guys get a melodrama license by mistake?
By the way:
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache...//2940.html+xsarien&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=18
Love the shout out.
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