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I have to admit that this season of summer gaming felt like being back in the hayday of 2006 - 2015 E3.

The forum has been a buzz of activity. The amount of cringe and genuinely good conferences.

The amount of new and unexpected games.

I am rather optimistic that if this keeps up then June would be the E3 month. Instead of just have 3 days of gaming madness we have something like 2 weeks now.

I really think that Summer Games Fest had a lot to do with bringing the summer of gaming hype back.

 

[feynoob]

The only reason for that is the sub par showcase for the big 3 showcase.
Sony showcase= Gaas, Spiderman and movie trailers
Summer showcase gameplay, gaas, trailers
Xbox showcase= In-game trailers, starfield, and your daily dose of Phil Spencer and mat booty usual words.

 

[analog_future]

The only reason for that is the sub par showcase for the big 3 showcase.
Sony showcase= Gaas, Spiderman and movie trailers
Summer showcase gameplay, gaas, trailers
Xbox showcase= In-game trailers, starfield, and your daily dose of Phil Spencer and mat booty usual words.

The Xbox showcase was amazing and the general consensus both here and around the internet agree with that.

SGS was solid if not the most exciting.

Sony showcase sucked.

Ubisoft showcase had a bunch of exciting reveals.

Capcom showcase sucked.


Overall it was a really fun and exciting "E3" this year. Best it's been for a long time.

 

[EverydayBeast]

I’ll defend e3, it took out the guess work when conferences are. E3 had a reputation.

 

[Nankatsu]

For me it didn't. And Summer Game Fest is still a long way from getting E3 hype levels.

 

[feynoob]

The Xbox showcase was amazing and the general consensus both here and around the internet agree with that.

Only if you like in-game trailers.
Aside of starfield, everything was just trailer after trailer.
I like gameplay. Tell me how your game plays.

 

[NickFire]

I agree with OP. This has been a solid couple of weeks. Not quite old E3 because of the spacing, but still a lot of fun.

 

[feynoob]

I’ll defend e3, it took out the guess work when conferences are. E3 had a reputation.

10/10 todd based

 

[TGO]

If you mean E3 after all the conferences are finished then yeah.

 

[AJUMP23]

Proves we don’t need E3 or the ESA.

 

[SJRB]

If you mean E3 after all the conferences are finished then yeah.

E3 had days and days of livestreams from the show floor and game demos from IGN, Gamespot and I dunno who else. It was legit a week long event.

Day long Gamespot streams, crazy drunk Giantbomb streams at the end of the day.

I miss those days.

 

[StueyDuck]

I must of watched different E3s to most people back around 2006-2018, this seems to be a consensus around gaming overall , to me it was just more directs like the previous years.

 

[touchfuzzy]

Nah nothing has replaced E3 for me until Nintendo is on board.

 

[Bernoulli]

Not really, they felt just like every conference state of play or nintendo direct

the only one that felt like E3 was Ubisoft conference, with real Live presentations, short trailer followed by gameplay
mini music performance and some cringe momements
that's why ubisoft was the best

 

[TheInfamousKira]

As an event that's in it's infancy, and is also more of a united alliance of events so far, I'd say that there's a lot of room for improvement, but every indicator that some improvement is being MADE every year. E3 was a recognized name, and it had some power behind it, but I mean...one year out of the blue E3 didn't spawn from the Void into a fully fleshed out, anticipated and respected event.

Commenting on it is like commenting on a weather event or something. You can like it, hate it, but it's a process that's gonna have to run it's course if we ever want to have that E3 spot be filled to the point that people aren't missing it.

 

[Knightime_X]

Proves we don’t need E3 or the ESA.

I think you're missing the point of what E3 delivered.

This exact same feeling Max had I can relate to.
I miss it, dearly.

 

[German Hops]

Proves we don’t need E3

Are you sure about that?

 

[AJUMP23]

Are you sure about that?

We will never get that E3 again.

I think you're missing the point of what E3 delivered.

This exact same feeling Max had I can relate to.
I miss it, dearly.

I’m not missing the point there is more palpable excitement around what E3 did. But we can get something similar with events around the summer of Doritos pope.

 

[Danjin44]

I think you're missing the point of what E3 delivered.

Let me ask you this, if Sony or any other publisher have nothing to show then how bing on E3 make any difference? Sony had boring show because they had nothing ready to show and that wouldn’t change if it was on E3.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Yeah, possible to some extent. Nothing will replace that feeling of meandering through the booths and then having some surprise dropped on you, like the Twilight Princess trailer on a huge screen visible from many booths away depending.

I loved E3 the times that I went, though that was years ago. It was always a hype time, so much packed into a short period and a lot to see. Not to mention sometimes you could get some neat and unique trinkets.

 

[Dr_Salt]

I would much rather have 3 days of complete madness than slow drip feed that doritoes pope uses to get his ad revenue and promote his brand.

 

[Knightime_X]

Let me ask you this, if Sony or any other publisher have nothing to show then how bing on E3 make any difference? Sony had boring show because they had nothing ready to show and that wouldn’t change if it was on E3.

Sony had 2 years and STILL nothing to show.
It's more exciting to show your deck of cards at an event instead of drip feeding year round.
Unless a release date or big event is imminent. Such as a demo, or beta test or the launch will happen before e3.

 

[Danjin44]

Sony had 2 years and STILL nothing to show.
It's more exciting to show your deck of cards at an event instead of drip feeding year round.
Unless a release date or big event is imminent. Such as a demo, or beta test or the launch will happen before e3.

And still will same story in E3, in fact they would choose not show up at E3 because they had nothing to show.

 

[Knightime_X]

And still will same story in E3, in fact they would choose not show up at E3 because they had nothing to show.

That's not E3's problem.
If you don't have anything, just don't go.
But for a company as big as Sony, it's embarrassing for them to not show up.
Majority of Sony's gaming is 3rd party anyways which doesn't help their case in the slightest.

 

[Danjin44]

That's not E3's problem.
If you don't have anything, just don't go.
But for a company as big as Sony, it's embarrassing for them to not show up.
Majority of Sony's gaming is 3rd party anyways.

That’s my point, E3 or summer showcase, if publisher have nothing to show then still going to be boring conference.

I watch these shows for the games, if there is a game they announced that I’m hype about then I’m happy, it doesn’t matter they show it on E3, TGS, Summer shows or whatever other showcases.

 

[Knightime_X]

That’s my point, E3 or summer showcase, if publisher have nothing to show then still going to be boring conference.

I watch these shows for the games, if there is a game they announced that I’m hype about then I’m happy, it doesn’t matter they show it on E3, TGS, Summer shows or whatever other showcases.

Doesn't mean we should condemn E3 because a company couldn't get their shit together.

 

[Danjin44]

Doesn't mean we should condemn E3 because a company couldn't get their shit together.

I'm not really condemning them, I just feel indifferent. At end of the day all I care about is the games not the show itself.

 

[Knightime_X]

I'm not really condemning them, I just feel indifferent. At end of the day all I care about is the games not the show itself.

I just miss the hype.
Even if no e3, just bring back the hype.

 

[Danjin44]

I just miss the hype.
Even if no e3, just bring back the hype.

But thats the thing, what makes me hype is the games. For example Metaphor: ReFantazio announcement was super hype for me but I would feel the same hype if was announced at E3 or TGS or whatever, it doesn't make any difference to me, because what I'm hype about was the game not the show.

 

[Matsuchezz]

No way, E3 Shows were pure excitement, the conferences were the icing on the cake, but pretty much watching videos of the show floor was pretty great. The interviews were great, and some pLive events if done well are second to none to any streaming event. I lived the events as a Nintendo fan when I was a teenager, then as PS fan, since I switched from N64 to PS2 and beyond. Nothing compares to that level of excitement, even the days leading to E3 you could feel the excitement.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Other than Sonys, I’d agree