Digital E3 is officially cancelled
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Hopefully Keighley pulls out so someone competent takes over then. His game awards are unwatchable as is but his summer games thingy is an active reason for me missing releases. Spreading them over more than a few days don't work
I do like Keighley too but his formats are just too much. Ads everywhere and very little substantial info
I do like Keighley too but his formats are just too much. Ads everywhere and very little substantial info
Well that sucks!
E3 week was one of the best times of the year, now it's all split up and everyone has their own thing, at their own time.
E3 week was one of the best times of the year, now it's all split up and everyone has their own thing, at their own time.
Who cares.
Let each company host a direct-like stream to announce its lineup. A much better format imo.
Those big events are a waste of everyone's time and money
Let each company host a direct-like stream to announce its lineup. A much better format imo.
Those big events are a waste of everyone's time and money
That's the main thing that most people don't seem to understand, (most) developers and publishers didn't like the old format.
I like Geoff, he seems a genuinely good guy so this could be in worse hands, definitely.
E3 replaced the Summer CES in Chicago
Keighley replaced E3 with Summer Games Fest
I'll replace Summer Games Fest for myself by watching trailers of new game reveals only on the YT channels of devs/pubs.
Edit: Hours of E3 1995
Keighley replaced E3 with Summer Games Fest
I'll replace Summer Games Fest for myself by watching trailers of new game reveals only on the YT channels of devs/pubs.
Edit: Hours of E3 1995
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Back in the day E3 was basically like Christmas for me. Haven't felt that way in a long time - either because everything has moved to one-off digital events or announcements, or because I'm getting old
E3 felt like christmas to me, no matter how much people justify not needing it i'll miss the classic E3's. Having all that big gaming news in a week felt amazing, you'd be chewing it off for months and by the time you're done gamescom is around the corner.
This current fragmented approach with publishers is so underwhelming because they space out their big announcements having underwhelming ones to take place.
This current fragmented approach with publishers is so underwhelming because they space out their big announcements having underwhelming ones to take place.
The current approach certainly sucks. Multiple micro events that may or may not happen, it just translates to regular news during the summer.
There's no sense of "holy shit can't wait until i see them bombs dropped in the following three days" That's sadly gone. But hey, at least i got to experience it while it lasted.
There's no sense of "holy shit can't wait until i see them bombs dropped in the following three days" That's sadly gone. But hey, at least i got to experience it while it lasted.
I spend like 10 hours a day on ResetEra dot com and had never heard of Summer Games Fest until this thread. Not excited that E3 is dead and whatever Keighley's thing is replaced it.
The ESA sucks and I understand why publishers would want to move away from E3, but this is still a shame. The actual even was great, and in general I enjoyed E3 a lot more than any event by Keighley so I have my doubts summer games fest will be a good replacement.
Hopefully he can prove me wrong.
Hopefully he can prove me wrong.
"Less than a month" is still too long, if it means three or four weeks. Gotta either get it down to a fortnight, or schedule at Euro friendly times, but I can't do a month of late nights; I'll just skip stuff and catch the news on twitter in the morning.
I mean, as long as that SGF thing-y is not an absolute mess like its always been I dont see the issue!
but lord... please fix The Game Awards because last years was almost unwatchable, super underwhelming AND super messy when Keighley dragged Activision but still showcased a fucking Quantic Dreams game lmao
but lord... please fix The Game Awards because last years was almost unwatchable, super underwhelming AND super messy when Keighley dragged Activision but still showcased a fucking Quantic Dreams game lmao
I'm actually sorry for people who think this is a good thing.
E3 hasn't been the besr in the past few years but it was hardly terrible. And no matter how competent Keighley is, SGF was nowhere close to E3. It was a website which aggregated events, it was never as interesting as E3 even in its worst years.
E3 was great because it was a single week, not drip-feeding and having countless events. If SGF solves that, great. I doubt it though.
It was absolutely brilliant and one of the greatest highlight of my summers.
It's a tragedy that it's gone.
E3 hasn't been the besr in the past few years but it was hardly terrible. And no matter how competent Keighley is, SGF was nowhere close to E3. It was a website which aggregated events, it was never as interesting as E3 even in its worst years.
E3 was great because it was a single week, not drip-feeding and having countless events. If SGF solves that, great. I doubt it though.
It was absolutely brilliant and one of the greatest highlight of my summers.
It's a tragedy that it's gone.
Kyle Bosman, the dark prince of gamescom opening night live
Just heard about this, and thought it was only a matter of time, especially after Sony stopped attending E3 years ago, and after the big E3 data leak. Can't say I was looking forward to the rebranding plans either, as they were planning to devolve E3 into a fan festival where gamers can meet "influencers" and such. It had cringe written all over it. RIP E3.
Wasn't E3 also very difficult for devs because they'd have to divert their staff and dedicate time they could be using to build their games to put together demos and presentations instead?
I feel like I recall more than a handful of devs commenting on what a stessful time the months leading up to E3 were for them. Extra crunch and all. Yeah, I guess it's bad for our hype, but I'm not going to lament the loss of anything that makes life worse for the people who make our entertainment.
This broke my heart. Although I found E3 last year to certainly be weird (The social media section for passing around business cards was nearly empty and the appt scheduling portion of the app was clunky), I found it to be a cool way to hold the event. It wasn't nearly as fun as being there, but it was fun nonetheless.
I did find it funny however that it was cancelled the same day I sent in my media request forms and credentials.
I did find it funny however that it was cancelled the same day I sent in my media request forms and credentials.
I always loved going to E3. Lots of handshaking and networking. Last year's digital event was a bit sloppy as far as how difficult it was to navigate the app. Media wasn't given nearly enough time to become familiar with it and it honestly wasn't easy to use (especially when trying to get appointments, not many companies used the in-house scheduler that was in the app), but the idea of what it could be was there and I was really looking forward to seeing how the ESA improved the app this year.