I think E3 was already kind of an hollowed out husk in the years before, for instance Sony already skipped and did their own thing in 2019: https://gamerant.com

I think E3 was already kind of an hollowed out husk in the years before, for instance Sony already skipped and did their own thing in 2019: https://gamerant.com/sony-skip-e3-2019-why/ https://gamerant.com/sony-skip-e3-2019-why/ This article also reads like the writing was already on the wall: https://www.indiewire.com/2020/06/e3-uncertain-future-gaming-event-analysis-1234569962/ https://www.indiewire.com/2020/06/e3-uncertain-future-gaming... Covid at most accelerated its death by a year or two.