Geoff Keighley is skipping E3
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What even is this? This is making it sound like games press and companies only show their games off once a year.
Come on now.
It is, which is probably why e3 is still even a thing. Still, if your game is good enough and you maybe even cover costs those journalists will happily come. Those costs could obviously be troublesome for smaller pubs and indies though. You also still have stuff such as PAX.
im sure he'll still watch the show. hes not announcing that he's personally not watching E3. He is announcing that he is not Participating in E3 in cooperation with the ESA (which the MS conference isn't a part of anyway, technically) by producing/hosting the Colosseum.
Big blow, but this frees up Geoff to finally appear on the Easy Allies Podcast during E3.
GET ON IT BOSMAN.
GET ON IT BOSMAN.
A proper holiday, perhaps ... 🏝
Thought E3 last year was the most forgettable one in a long time so, whilst it is a shame to see this decline happening rather quickly, at least there are other events spread out throughout the year.
I was alive when E3 died out. I will remember and treasure this moment.
My favorite time of E3 was when gaming magazines were the way I kept up with gaming news. Seeing all those new games, and constantly reading about them, month after month was exciting. Then came MGS2 trailer, and Bouncer showing off PS2. The videos were amazing, even though I had 56k internet speed (modem, slow internet speed for the kids out there. Yes 56k and there were some below 56k).
My favorite time of E3 was when gaming magazines were the way I kept up with gaming news. Seeing all those new games, and constantly reading about them, month after month was exciting. Then came MGS2 trailer, and Bouncer showing off PS2. The videos were amazing, even though I had 56k internet speed (modem, slow internet speed for the kids out there. Yes 56k and there were some below 56k).
when were you when e3 die?
i was sat home drinking brain fluid when Geoff Keighley ring
'e3 is kill'
'no'
and you?????????????????
i was sat home drinking brain fluid when Geoff Keighley ring
'e3 is kill'
'no'
and you?????????????????
Love booking off work and staying up for E3, but I think Geoff's show is the reason for that.
I don't think I can deal with all Instagram people doing live videos every 20 minutes to see stuff, so I guess I'll use my holiday time for something else.
I don't think I can deal with all Instagram people doing live videos every 20 minutes to see stuff, so I guess I'll use my holiday time for something else.
First thought is that he's made a decision to boost his own show. Which is perfectly fine.
They'll just replace him with someone, lots of young upcoming gaming journalist get the chance to shine. So not all bad.
But please no twitch/insta twats please.
They'll just replace him with someone, lots of young upcoming gaming journalist get the chance to shine. So not all bad.
But please no twitch/insta twats please.
I remember when digital distribution was just starting to get big and i started thinking this will be nice because we will be able to play e3 demos at the same time as the show, I wonder why this never happened
Only rinky-dink minnows like Take Two, Activision, Square Enix, Bethesda, Capcom, Epic etc. are bothering with E3. It's clearly doomed.
Of course they don't so you're advocating for hundreds if not thousands of "destiny like" events? I don't see how anyone can argue having one less central event is good for journalist.
Exactly. I mean. Some of that stuff is cool. But it's just a sliver of what's there. Everyone mostly is in line waiting to play games or buying things.. visiting friends. Talking to devs. It's a great time. All this dying talk about E3. 66K or so last year were there. Let's see the numbers after this year before saying anything is dying. Biggest game show in the USA.
I always liked the Geoff-Peter Molyneux interviews during E3, no Molyneux, no Reggie, no Playstation. It's a shame it's not as fun to watch anymore. I honestly prefer the condensed week of press conferences over companies spreading their announcements out.
My buddy left his computer on overnight to download the MGS2 trailer (as a Real Media file!). We watched it dozens of times.
Because a lot of times the demos are not ready for mass distribution and/or not running on the machines themselves.
The market leader is skipping E3 for the 2nd year in a row. Multiple other publishers are also not going as far as i know.
Now some of the biggest gaming journalists are not going.
Yeah...it's weird how suddenly E3 isn't good /s
Restera is not a hive mind. Every piece of gaming-related news doesn't have to be placed in the context of some sort of childish console war.
Exactly. Don't underestimate how damaging that doxxing actually was to the E3 brand.
There are other game conventions that are almost as big, if not bigger than E3. I am saying that E3 is not the end-all-be-all of gaming shows.
It's also not really established if releasing a public demo helps or hurts a game. Plenty of examples of both being the case.
Bummer, Keighley's done some good stuff in there.
Didn't EA start skipping E3 way before Sony did and opted for EA Play instead? I'm pretty sure this was in 2016 already. I think they were the first big publisher to do this and test the waters. (besides those who didn't participate to begin with)
Obviously fuck ESA. They deserve everything coming their way.
That said, I have to admit that I'm gonna miss how big and important E3 was. It really felt like video games Christmas. Once a year, you knew all your favorite studios were gonna show up and do something there and it was nice to at least have that.
That said, I have to admit that I'm gonna miss how big and important E3 was. It really felt like video games Christmas. Once a year, you knew all your favorite studios were gonna show up and do something there and it was nice to at least have that.
Yeah....that's rather bad. Damn.
Ah well, nothing is stopping the big companies from holding their own events around the time of E3, it's just not E3 itself though.
I can see why some people might like it, must still be a bit weird for MS that the guy who will turn up for the opening of a bag of crisps isn't sure about their conference.
It sucks that E3 is dying, as I loved attending or watching the conferences.
But the blame of all this fall on the ESA; they refused to change with the times, and now that they're doing it, they're moving in a direction most didn't want.
But the blame of all this fall on the ESA; they refused to change with the times, and now that they're doing it, they're moving in a direction most didn't want.
he was never going to be at their conference. What exactly do people think Geoff is announcing here? I'm starting to wonder what some of you even think E3 is.
I belive that E3 will backtrack on their current path within the next couple years and get people back.
Because you're reading too much into what i'm saying.
Geoff lives and breathes this stuff, even if it's just sitting in the audience being seen there for all the cool shit about to be shown, i'm purely talking about the spectacle.
That's a really stupid statement.
Seeing new games is like Christmas, celebrating gaming is like Christmas, sharing the hype of brand new announcements is like Christmas.