ManaByte
Member
GDC and the wellbeing of our teams & community
Today, we’ve made a difficult decision to withdraw from participating at Game Developers Conference
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Microsoft Pulls Out of GDC Over Coronavirus Concerns
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phil_t98
#SonyToo
at least they are offering an alternative by doing a digital only eventGDC and the wellbeing of our teams & community
Today, we’ve made a difficult decision to withdraw from participating at Game Developers Conferencedeveloper.microsoft.com
SleepDoctor
Banned
Digital only event??? Nice
Mista
Banned
McCheese
Member
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Well they are doing a video presentation released on their web site instead.
ResurrectedContrarian
Suffers with mild autism
As I said in the other coronavirus thread... really starting to feel nervous about my upcoming work flight to DC in about a month. It just doesn't feel like a great time to pack onto a plane with a ton of international traffic in the region.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
It is San Francisco.
Psykodad
Banned
Obviously.
It was just a drive-by comment.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
mS mUsT hAvE nOtHiNg tO sHoW aNd aRe sCaReD oF mS
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CatLady
Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
No. MS is still doing a digital event, what's Sony doing?
CatLady
Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
Psykodad
Banned
No idea, probably kill off any XSX hype once they actually start showing.
Musky_Cheese
Banned
Everyone is pulling out. Shame. Imagine if our fathers, and even their fathers pulled out. The world wouldn't be what it is today
Lionel Richie
Member
tHeY aRe DoInG a DiGiTaL eVeNt AnD sOnY iSn'T
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
wAy tO tAkE a rEcEnT mEmE pErSoNaL
SuperLupeRap
Banned
State of play every month? What's a 'digital event' going to show?
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Hostile_18
Banned
Wonder if Sony lent them the copy and paste template letter "How to get out of awkward social events".
Potato Chip PRO
Member
I say good for every company pulling out. At least for now.
alabtrosMyster
Banned
So Microsoft is the follower now?
Vawn
Banned
Now? They started 20 years ago.
Tygeezy
Member
Bro, I was actually in China from the 12th-the 31st and came back fine. You don't need to panic about going somewhere in the United States.
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CyberPanda
Banned
They are doing an online webcast from March 16-18
alabtrosMyster
Banned
Sony had those digital event back in the PS3 days (however they still attended the conferences)... Going to GDC is important anyway, you have to sell the devs to the prodct so they are enthusiastic to the prospect of working on it.Actually Nintendo did it first with Nintendo Direct! Nintendo still leading the way!
Something is really going on with this Corona thing now, people just know it can popup anywhere at any moment.
Codes 208
Member
...wait
gunslikewhoa
Member
Leading...once again.
ResurrectedContrarian
Suffers with mild autism
Well, my concern is based on the possibility of the virus picking up pace here in the US over the next month, which is within the realm of possibility--and if it happens I'd much prefer to avoid flying into any major hubs for a little while. But if things stay as they are, you're likely correct.
LuvOfThaGame
Banned
M$ obviously afraid of the 24Tf 98GB of RAM PS5. Microscared.
In light of this, we plan to move our presence to a digital-only event March 16-18th held on www.microsoft.com/gamestack. This event will feature the majority of our planned game developer sessions and experiences, which will be streamed live and available on demand.
Makes no difference... they're all lived streamed to me
Makes no difference... they're all lived streamed to me
Tygeezy
Member
Yeah, not only did I fly to china, but I packed on a plane to go to Beijing from Guangzhou and returned to Guangzhou on a packed flight, and was in places that were just packed with people. I was at way more risk than anybody here will be. The numbers are pretty low considering how densely populated China is. China did a good job locking down Wuhan though so the infection was mainly contained there in the mainland.
VectorVictor
Member
Yes, but it, too, will become a digital-only event, with:
- Track and field events being replaced by athletes with the NES Power Pad and a copy of Stadium Events
- Skateboarding events will now simply be a game of HORSE in Tony Hawk
- Baseball will just be simulated by MLB The Show, and medals handed out based off of 100 simulations
- Fencing events will just be the crappy swordfighting portions of various Sierra games
- Everything else will just be handled by a Commodore 64 and a copy of Summer Games by Epyx
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Hopefully they don't catch any Trojan Virus.
SimonGosejohann
Banned
thats actually pretty smart.
This should be in the title! something like: "pulls out of GDC but will have digital-only event instead!"
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
SimonGosejohann
Banned
no. they will have an online-only event with live stream etc.. Sony should do the same. why arent they?
Virex
Banned
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Ulysses 31
Member
M$ giving into harmful stereotypes confirmed.
Pallas
Member
Sucks but it’s expected, but at least they are giving us a digital only show as compensation. I hope Sony does the same, if it hasn’t already been announced.
12TF at Super RDNA 2 is equivalent to Goku SSJ2
Coronavirus is equivalent to fat Buu
Gonna need RDNA 3 if you want to tackle that monster.
12TF at Super RDNA 2 is equivalent to Goku SSJ2
Coronavirus is equivalent to fat Buu
Gonna need RDNA 3 if you want to tackle that monster.
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Gavon West
Spread's Cheeks for Intrusive Ads
She's right though. Sony isn't even offering an alternative. Sounds more like to me their in hiding. They didn't even hint at a digital presentation. Hopefully they decide to do something akin to MS.
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