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E3 2020 Cancelled
- rvz 7y ago> We look forward to bringing you E3 2021 as a reimagined event that brings fans, media, and the industry together in a showcase that celebrates the global video game industry. Looks like the entire tech and game industries have put the future on hold for a year and a half. Meanwhile, I suspect that Hollywood directors are scripting a COVID-19 film for box office success...
- egfx 7y agoYet the Smurf festival in Lombardy lives on https://twitter.com/chamILYAn/status/1237397658773286913?s=20 https://twitter.com/chamILYAn/status/1237397658773286913?s=2... As for the movie I think Contagion 2
- gere 7y agoFake news with really bad taste given the current situation in Lombardy.
- kick 7y ago...why not just link the YouTube video? I don't get what the twitter link adds.
- gpderetta 7y agoFYI the festival was in France.
- monkeynotes 7y agoSmurf festival in Landerneau, France. Not Lombardy.
- Dirlewanger 7y agoI honestly think that this will be the death blow for E3 as a whole. It's been on the decline for many years, with multiple publishers having already pulled out in recent years. Simple truth is that it's outgrown what it used to be: a convention for tradespeople.
- shados 7y agoAs long as animal crossing still come out on time, we can give up on the real world and just permanently live in the digital one.
- vsareto 7y agoIf I were a streamer, I'd be extremely excited about the potential to get more viewers from people stuck at home.
- DoofusOfDeath 7y agoAs long as ISPs don't get caught with an unplanned capacity crunch.
- djsumdog 7y agoIt'd be like Snow Crash and Ready Player One in real life.
- arminiusreturns 7y agoHave you seen the Doom Eternal and Animal Crossing memes? They crack me up. Same release day, so the Doom community started saying they just wanted Animal Crossing as a half-joke, and it escalated from there. https://www.polygon.com/2020/2/24/21150803/animal-crossing-isabelle-doomguy-doom-eternal-new-horizons https://www.polygon.com/2020/2/24/21150803/animal-crossing-i...
- westmeal 7y agoI love it. Especially the video with Isabelle walking into gamestop and buying doom eternal while the doomguy buys animal crossing.
- smaili 7y agoWith rumors of Sony and Microsoft's consoles coming out at the end of this year, does anyone know if this event would have any impact on that? I'd imagine being able to leverage this sort of event for generating buzz and interest helps with their sales to some extent so I'd be very curious to see if they decide to delay their release.
- Trasmatta 7y agoSony was already skipping E3 anyway.
- grecy 7y agoNikon delayed their D6 DSLR, and I imagine it will get difficult to even produce things like that at the volume they'd need for a launch.
- dtech 7y agoMany publishers were already doing their own thing around E3, both in time and location. Sony was not even participating in E3 2020. It is far far less important than it used to be for the industry E3 2019 might have well been the last one.
- jayd16 7y agoI doubt an e3 cancellation would cause a delay but the virus has made sourcing hardware a lot harder. If they do keep dates they'll see shortages.
- JonathonW 7y agoUnlikely-- E3 (like the other big trade shows in general) has been getting progressively less relevant industry-wide each year, in favor of more direct-to-consumer messaging (like Nintendo's Nintendo Direct presentations). Sony even announced they weren't participating back in January, before all this COVID-19 mess.
- georgeecollins 7y agoThis is true. Big companies were the first to pull out of GDC as well. I think the big players feel they have to spend a lot to keep up and they don't get a lot out of it. I believe the smaller companies are the ones that tend to benefit from the big conferences, because it gives them a chance to talk to people all over the world who might not otherwise be available. Speaking for myself, these cancellations are understandable, but a big problem for my work.
- w-m 7y agoThe NAB show 2020 (April 18 - 22, Las Vegas) is still holding out, "The Show is On. Stay Informed.": https://nabshow.com/2020/attend/onsite-services/coronavirus-update-and-resources/ https://nabshow.com/2020/attend/onsite-services/coronavirus-... I wonder how many more days until they cancel as well. We have booked a stand and are planning to show a demo. Flights and hotels are booked. It feels slightly weird working on the demo, with the very high chance of it not happening after all.
- allovernow 7y agoHonestly at this point the socially responsible thing to do is not to attend, regardless of whether they cancel or not. You are not just putting yourself at risk by attending. We all must take steps to combat the spread. But I don't envy your position, I know these are tough calls to make.
- behringer 7y agoAs an organizer of a very small event coming up in mid April, I'm terrified of the flu ransacking our group and killing some of our members many of whom are straight up sick and elderly. We're giving guidance to stay home if they're at risk, but I know if we have the show they'll be there. If we cancel the show it'll be devastating in other ways, and our group is overall conservative and fiercely advocates personal responsibility. Needless to say, if we cancel it will possibly implode the group or cause similar clubs to take over a 30 year tradition. What do I do?
- kyleee 7y agoThe responsible thing to do is cancel, even though I know you're feeling damned if you do.
- jfkebwjsbx 7y agoI suggest waiting a few days if you can and then cancel. News will be way worse than now, which allows you to excuse yourself better.
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- fourmyle 7y agoIf I don't get Elden Ring news soon I am going to go hollow.
- DoofusOfDeath 7y agoI only know of hollofication from Bleach. Does the idea crop up elsewhere, e.g. in Elden Ring?
- faheywf 7y agoIt's a mechanic through all of the Dark Souls games, where when you die you go "hollow" until you restore your humanity
- brootstrap 7y agoDont go hollow skeleton! Yeah it's an idea from dark souls, another fromsoft game that you hopefully have heard of and spent 100s of hours playing.
- DoofusOfDeath 7y agoThanks for the tip about Dark Souls! Heard of it but never tried it out. I'll take a look.
- fourmyle 7y agoYou will either hate it or you will think whichever SoulsBourne game you play first is the pinnacle of gaming and you will play all of them and they will consume you and other games will cease to be fun. It is the curse.
- tus88 7y agoWhy don't they just do it over YouTube?
- dennisnedry 7y agoGood idea, but that would mean the game journalists wouldn't have anything to do.
- tus88 7y agoBecause they can't do interviews or ask questions? YT does have superchat which might be harnessed for that.
- swyx 7y agoor in Fortnite, why not :)
- swebs 7y agoNintendo has been doing that for years.
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- pwython 7y agoFun anecdote: I flew from FL to CA in 2000 for E3 when it was a press-only event. That was the first and last time I've had to have a doctor come to my hotel room (on Day 2 of the show) to give me a shot in the ass for some sort of strep/flu. I forget what it was, or what the shot was, but 18-year-old me sprung back into action the next day... and probably passed whatever I had to every hand I shook.
- pozdnyshev 7y agooh no! soyface
- muterad_murilax 7y agoWhat about WWDC?
- harrier 7y agoI don't see any news about it yet but a cancellation seems likely considering the mass gathering ban in Santa Clara. https://9to5mac.com/2020/03/10/wwdc-cancellation/ https://9to5mac.com/2020/03/10/wwdc-cancellation/
- muterad_murilax 7y ago"Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2020 kicks off in June with an all-new online format" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22568601 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22568601
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- kenhwang 7y agoAw. The best part of E3 was always the decor all the studios do to their booth. Hard to replicate that experience since it's very similar to visiting an art museum. I wonder if the studios will just release the playable demos to the press now. The worst part of E3 was always waiting hours in line for a 5-minute demo experience. If they can digitally release the games, it'd be so much better.
- rtkwe 7y agoE3 was never really setup or supposed to be a show for the public press rarely had to wait that long and mostly took appointments to see demos.
- krzyk 7y agoAll the recent headlines read like from "Plague Inc.", I have never thought I would live in such times.
- Shivetya 7y agoWell it is pretty much Zombie Apocalypse replete with all the reasons why movies, shows, games, and novels, always have the world become overrun. Yet people ridicule them for it and here we are, containment does not work in societies with such freedom of travel and no recollection of past events. Throw in now in many countries the level of self entitlement is so high that it truly is hard to quarantine people voluntarily. Yes you still have those who respect the law and others but we have far too many who either put themselves above both or just act maliciously. Let us all hope it is an over reaction
- colechristensen 7y agoIf it works, it will look like an overreaction. If it doesn't work, there will be cries about how not enough was done. Like in IT/DevOps/etc. when you're doing your job very well, your job looks unnecessary.
- SkyBelow 7y ago>The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to be credible. (Mark Twain, I think, but there are enough fake quotes even on major sites so I'm never sure.) Every day I find new reasons to appreciate the quote.