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Tradeshows for videogames is kindof an outdated concept now with every game company having easy access to live streaming and social media. I grew up with E3 an
by web3-is-a-scam 4y ago
Tradeshows for videogames is kindof an outdated concept now with every game company having easy access to live streaming and social media. I grew up with E3 and I'm a little sad to see it go, but that's just the world changing and becoming more efficient.
- silisili 4y agoAgreed and disagreed. Trade shows, E3 in particular, was where studios gave you a taste, a preview, an announcement, got you excited. All in one place. I'd often read all the happenings next day for things to keep on my radar. Sure, studios can just announce and stream themselves whenever, but for some market of people who hopefully isn't just me, I don't have time or will to follow every studio or read gaming news with any cadence, so I won't know what's coming. But maybe that's just me getting old.
- web3-is-a-scam 4y ago> Trade shows, E3 in particular, was where studios gave you a taste, a preview, an announcement, got you excited All of this has moved to The Game Awards now, probably because companies don't necessarily need to actually pay to attend. PAX is also still a thing. > But maybe that's just me getting old. Probably - all of the eyeballs are on twitter/youtube/facebook now and they can pay to shove themselves into your feed. Companies get more bank for their buck spending their millions of advertising budget on those platforms rather than spending that money on a day or two at a tradeshow.