Do you miss E3
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Old E3 was good. Having one week of compact announcements, sneak peeks and interviews.
You knew that Playstation, Xbox and Nintendo had their shows during this week. And then in between shows were all the extended previews and interviews with studio people, plus the showfloor tours.
Always watched the old Gametrailers site when it was E3 week.
Now it's all just a jumbled mess where we don't know if or when a showcase will drop.
You knew that Playstation, Xbox and Nintendo had their shows during this week. And then in between shows were all the extended previews and interviews with studio people, plus the showfloor tours.
Always watched the old Gametrailers site when it was E3 week.
Now it's all just a jumbled mess where we don't know if or when a showcase will drop.
Of course. It was super hype to have all the major companies line up their big announcements, and to have a fun week of nonstop trailers and updates, along with the occasional surprise shadow drop of a game or demo.
Who can forget E3 2015, and all the hype surrounding FF7 Remake, Last Guardian, Shenmue 3, Nier, Dark Souls 3 etc?
Who can forget E3 2015, and all the hype surrounding FF7 Remake, Last Guardian, Shenmue 3, Nier, Dark Souls 3 etc?
I think E3 itself stopped being special as soon as it became a consumer event.
I miss Summer CES in Chicago. I went to those.
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Yeah I miss it.
Sure we still have SGF, TGS, and Gamescom, but E3 was the blockbuster week event.
Sure we still have SGF, TGS, and Gamescom, but E3 was the blockbuster week event.
Nah, it was a huge waste of cash.
Publishers can just announce their games via "directs" and they'll reach a much broader audience for much less money.
Publishers can just announce their games via "directs" and they'll reach a much broader audience for much less money.
no not really. sure there was the hype of having a gaming event where everything was dumped in basically 3 days. that spectacle was fun. i'm also content with the way they do it now. honestly the only thing i miss is the giant bomb at nite streams where everybody who's anybody was there.
I miss it. I'm not following lower tier publisher directs like I did press shows during E3 week, and I'm not watching shows at all for the platform I didn't invest in this generation.
I also miss when I used to gather up predictions from my friends, tallying up the spreadsheet throughout the shows, and doling out awards like it was a contest. I made a lot of fun out of it.
I also miss when I used to gather up predictions from my friends, tallying up the spreadsheet throughout the shows, and doling out awards like it was a contest. I made a lot of fun out of it.
It was very useful as a consolidated place to see all of the gaming stuff. It was a fun event to even watch at home.
Not really. Kinda gotta used to not having it. Plus I prefer have the multiple smaller shows throughout the year.
It was just waaaaaay more exciting and convenient for us customers/gaming fans.
We got everything we wanted in just one week, and the old E3 conference's kind of formula was sooo much better than Geoff's unwatchable trash events format we get today, and those boring, unpersonal digital direct style shows that get sprinkled during all summer.
Things just got worse.
We got everything we wanted in just one week, and the old E3 conference's kind of formula was sooo much better than Geoff's unwatchable trash events format we get today, and those boring, unpersonal digital direct style shows that get sprinkled during all summer.
Things just got worse.
Absolutely. Those press conferences were glorious. I loved going there in person despite the huge lines.
I do miss E3, but I think it's more the fact everything happened at the one time. This spaced out, sporadic, approach can be annoying.
I appreciate it's difficult to get platform holders/publishers to agree to a one week window now, but it would be great if it happened again.
I appreciate it's difficult to get platform holders/publishers to agree to a one week window now, but it would be great if it happened again.
E3 was amazing. Christmas in the summer! Got to attend in 2011. Much better experience at home imo.
Yes. The old ones at least. The last few felt so overly corporate that I'm glad it has been laid to rest.
Fuuuuuck yes. Hopefully we are getting back to something resembling it but it is taking some time.
Not really.
Those who got the most out of e3 were the people who were there, taking meetings and appointments and determining the next steps of the industry behind the scenes.
Consumers get every piece if e3 they were allowed though directs and the keilieghs. It's argue that the steam indie events, wholesome games fest and summer games fest are more important for a consumer than e3 ever was.
Those who got the most out of e3 were the people who were there, taking meetings and appointments and determining the next steps of the industry behind the scenes.
Consumers get every piece if e3 they were allowed though directs and the keilieghs. It's argue that the steam indie events, wholesome games fest and summer games fest are more important for a consumer than e3 ever was.
Yes, and no.
I liked older E3. The one where not every single project had a trailer, and they were all plastered online for everyone to see. I like mystery, and if I had to say I miss anything it's mystery. Gaming has ZERO mystery these days. I know we could avoid trailers, and all that - but like we used to have games that would get like one mysterious screenshot, or trailer with almost zero information and we'd know next to nothing about it.
The only two games that have fit that bill for me lately are Dragon Quest III remake, and Dragon Quest XII. I am excited to see how they end up (ironically Dragon Quest XI also had a pretty old school marketing strat when it was being made and came out.)
So I mostly just miss when publishers and devs held their cards closer to their chests. These days I feel like I already have a large forecast and expectation about what's going to come out and what I am actually going to play. There's no risk, and I'm generally able to parse what a game will be like without even really playing it... which is really weird.
I liked older E3. The one where not every single project had a trailer, and they were all plastered online for everyone to see. I like mystery, and if I had to say I miss anything it's mystery. Gaming has ZERO mystery these days. I know we could avoid trailers, and all that - but like we used to have games that would get like one mysterious screenshot, or trailer with almost zero information and we'd know next to nothing about it.
The only two games that have fit that bill for me lately are Dragon Quest III remake, and Dragon Quest XII. I am excited to see how they end up (ironically Dragon Quest XI also had a pretty old school marketing strat when it was being made and came out.)
So I mostly just miss when publishers and devs held their cards closer to their chests. These days I feel like I already have a large forecast and expectation about what's going to come out and what I am actually going to play. There's no risk, and I'm generally able to parse what a game will be like without even really playing it... which is really weird.
As a consumer and enthusiast? Absolutely.
Genuinely made gaming special, the sarcastic remarks, the hype trains, the laugh out loud memes, the special announcements, getting the snacks in and settling down to watch a conference followed by another.
I could careless about the real life event but gaming lost a lil something special without it.
Genuinely made gaming special, the sarcastic remarks, the hype trains, the laugh out loud memes, the special announcements, getting the snacks in and settling down to watch a conference followed by another.
I could careless about the real life event but gaming lost a lil something special without it.
I feel like many years later once the dust settled on 'The E3 of dreams' and all of those games actually came out, it sounded a lot better on paper.Absolutely. Best time of the year.
The memes and Sony's conference were always so much fun
I liked the concept of it, yes. I mostly liked how it was all basically done in one week.
Now post-E3, there's too much hype over scraps. And it's spread too far from May to August.
Now post-E3, there's too much hype over scraps. And it's spread too far from May to August.
Before being in the industry, ABSOLUTELY!
Getting games that were held together with shoe strings and bubblegum ready for e3 demos was a nightmare. Doing that over the course of 16 years, it can stay dead.
F that noise.
Getting games that were held together with shoe strings and bubblegum ready for e3 demos was a nightmare. Doing that over the course of 16 years, it can stay dead.
F that noise.
First E3 I attended was in 1996. Kinda blew my mind. I'd go on to work at it on/off up through 2015, and I think I only went one more time after that and that last one was pretty sad in terms of how small/empty some of the halls felt. Peak was late-90s to mid-00s for me, although there were certainly *moments* later that will forever be burned in my brain, like Nintendo's BOTW showing. Never seen anything like that before/since!
I remember driving to/from the LACC twice in one day and dealing with the parking there to watch the MGS2 trailer so many times. 100% worth it. LOL
I remember driving to/from the LACC twice in one day and dealing with the parking there to watch the MGS2 trailer so many times. 100% worth it. LOL
