They still benefit a lot from it by gaining exposure to non Nintendo consumers who don't watch directs. If they skipped E3 2016, Zelda Botw probably wouldn't be half as successful and talked about as it was.
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The ESA releases official list of 10 publishers that will attend E3
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They still benefit a lot from it by gaining exposure to non Nintendo consumers who don't watch directs. If they skipped E3 2016, Zelda Botw probably wouldn't be half as successful and talked about as it was.
So Activision, Sony and EA won't be there? Sony will be missed but I can't imagine EA or Acti would announce anything other than yearly updates for the current gen.
That's true. I just think Directs now have enough mainstream coverage that they don't need to be at E3. That wasn't true in 2016.
On the same scale they would need some sort of show to support the tree house event they put up at E3. It would be a costly and logistic mess for them to bring a whole bunch of devs and publishers to their own event.
Why?
I mean they've done Treehouses independently of E3 multiple times. It's nothing new.
My highlights of E3 are, in no particular order:
- The Nintendo Direct/Treehouse
- The Xbox presentation
- The Sony presentation
- The PC Gaming Show
- The Ubisoft presentation
- The Jeff Gerstmann/Phil Spencer interview
So eh.. most of it is still intact. I like E3 as a big culmination of gaming news and celebration. I hope it stays relevant for a little while longer.
- The Nintendo Direct/Treehouse
- The Xbox presentation
- The Sony presentation
- The PC Gaming Show
- The Ubisoft presentation
- The Jeff Gerstmann/Phil Spencer interview
So eh.. most of it is still intact. I like E3 as a big culmination of gaming news and celebration. I hope it stays relevant for a little while longer.
Cool. Good on them. Cant believe theres companies that want anything to do with E3 after they announced their.. err.. new direction.
To be fair, EA left long time ago but yes, one of the main reasons for they to not comeback has the direction that they took.
Oh.. yeah, they've been at MS's conferences right? For the most part. (Anthem, Battlefield etc)
Sure but not on the same scale as the E3 Ones. Which really are the best ones..
Nintendo I feel has a great presence on many venues. E3 is one of them and I hope they keep doing many venues.
A lot of the higher ups of these companies are on the board of the ESA, so of course theyre gonna be there
I don't get it either. I love E3 and it's always tons of content for this forum.
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Does anyone think WB will have it's own conference? They have Batman, Rocksteady, Harry Potter, etc that they could show off.
Awesome. I don't know why some people want it to die so badly... still one of the things I look forward to every year. Not going to judge its new direction until I've at least seen how it goes, but here's hoping it's still good.
The former.
The one which was sponsored by Epic last year, but still had plenty of multistore reveals and games.
I hear ya! It is one of my favorite weeks of the year. I look forward to it all year long. I have never worked on E3 Tuesday in 15 years. Always made a point to have that day off. The build up is something special. There is no event that comes close to it.
Hope these publishers enjoy the "celebrities" and the "Streamers" and the "influencers" and all that other cringy things the ESA has planned. Half expecting Kid Rock and Fred Durst VIP meetups and pop up surprize concerts in the parking lot. If we're lucky, we could get to see "the Rock" Dwayne Johnson tell us how he has been playing games for years, how his favorite game is "Mario", he loves "Tetris" and why the "Assasins Creed" is "The Rock's" favorite videogame of all time. etc etc etc etc.
I wish they do WB Montreal, Rocksteady, Avalanche Software, Portkey Games(founded in 2017 to make console and mobile Harry Potter games), NeatherRealms, Travelers Tales and Monolith Productions. Am I missing one?
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That's almost everyone I care to hear from, Sony excepted. Digital Devolver will still be there, right?
An interesting note that I've half-considered making a thread about - the UK store SImplyGames has apparently seen multiple Bandai Namco games that are coming this year
Could have a major presence, if it's not just games we already have general dates for (One Piece Pirate Warriors, Fairy Tail etc.) Would be awesome if we get a Tales of Arise blow-out at E3.
Could have a major presence, if it's not just games we already have general dates for (One Piece Pirate Warriors, Fairy Tail etc.) Would be awesome if we get a Tales of Arise blow-out at E3.
Well...I know one thing is certain.. I dont think this years show.. or next is going to do anything to improve Ninty or Xbox's brand image. I know E3 has always been a marketer's wet dream, but this year their certainly going extra plastic, and it's an exceptionally bad look. Nintycan do without it.. and Xbox can do better than it.
I forgot about that partnership, they could have a 10/10 event giving 10-15 minutes to games releasing soon with the others getting a quick reveal trailer.
COD 2020 on @ THe PS5 showcase is going to be something else.
No wonder Keighley isn't waiting. He needs those youtube/streaming views and that list looks measley lol
No wonder Keighley isn't waiting. He needs those youtube/streaming views and that list looks measley lol
EA doesn't participate anything ESA related at E3 so they wouldn't be on this list.
EA has been technically absent from E3 for years. I say "technically" because they still do their own thing around the same time. Unless they've already said otherwise, I'm sure they'll still do their "EA Play" thing around E3 so you'll get some news from them too
really the only big publisher missing is Sony, and we've known that for two years now. It's really not a "sad" list. It's just sad that the ESA has to make this announcement. It comes across as "see, look, E3 isn't dying!"
Maybe. They don't like doing full reveals super far out typically. They also have other things to show like Ghostwire Tokyo and Deathloop.
Why are you putting everything in quotations and spelling it wrong. I'd be happy to see Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson up on stage at e3 talking about his favorite games. His favorite game is Mario, he loves Tetris, and his favorite game again is Assassins Creed? Seems like he has good taste in games.