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It took a few years, but COVID has claimed its biggest victim yet. In the era of livestreams and corporate events, it had nowhere to go. ReedPop and the ESA co
by thrillgore 3y ago
It took a few years, but COVID has claimed its biggest victim yet.
In the era of livestreams and corporate events, it had nowhere to go. ReedPop and the ESA could have tried numerous times to get consumer engagement up, by maybe offering demos of what was on the showfloor. But that never happened.
Hopefully smaller events like Gamescom, Paris Games Week, Siegecon, etc take time to look at where E3 failed, and aim to improve engagement with the consumer base. Of which to me, at least, feels a bit aimless due to the sorry state of games released in Generation 8.
- x3sphere 3y agoI think E3 was on its way out regardless. Nintendo dropped out of E3 years before COVID even happened. I attended a few years and it seemed like the bigger publishers such as Activision kept downsizing their presence at the event. COVID accelerated things for sure, but I imagine the end result would be the same.
- chmod775 3y ago> Hopefully smaller events like Gamescom, Paris Games Week, Siegecon Are these really smaller? At least two of those had attendance numbers dwarfing E3, and Gamescom usually has around twice the amount of exhibitors. Now from what I know, E3 used to be a more exclusive event limited to the press, making for a bigger news cycle. It was the place to show off your pre-rendered "gameplay" trailer and make announcements. Important? Yes. Probably. Big? Not really.