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Eddie-Griffin
Banned
Didn't IGN sources say that for the last two times Xbox was at E3?
Need second confirmation source.
Need second confirmation source.
bentanchorbolt
Banned
lmao then what is the fucking point?
Astral Dog
Member
E3 is a 
Ghost of Caelid
Banned
Another segregated summer of game announcements where every week insiders are predicting events instead or a concise, unified week of gaming news. Yippie.
Syphon Filter
Member
Sweet
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Syphon Filter
Member
games
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
Only the video game industry has this much disdain for their fans. This is the one fucking event we have in the year and they continue to skip it year after year. Amazing.
They do show up at CES to jerk off tech journalists and car nerds, but one event for fans of gaming? Nah, give those users some trashy 20 minute state of plays and directs.
They do show up at CES to jerk off tech journalists and car nerds, but one event for fans of gaming? Nah, give those users some trashy 20 minute state of plays and directs.
bentanchorbolt
Banned
Eh. With Sony, MS, and Nintendo not showing up, and plenty of other devs doing their own shows, E3 seems kind of pointless at this point.
Abriael_GN
RSI Employee of the Year
Mind you, Xbox not having a booth at E3 does not mean that they won't actually be there.
They're likely gonna have their usual showcase and their "Booth" at the Microsoft Theater which is literally in front of the LA convention center, as they have already done. So, at least for Xbox, this is likely misleading.
They're likely gonna have their usual showcase and their "Booth" at the Microsoft Theater which is literally in front of the LA convention center, as they have already done. So, at least for Xbox, this is likely misleading.
ZoukGalaxy
Member
What ?
MS and Nintendo will still have their ‘E3’ type showcases. This news is just saying they won’t participate in the physical expo.
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Guess MS were tired of people asking for their games so they decided to skip E3.
No more "wait for E3" meme again though.
You really should learn to read articles for yourself
https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-confirms-it-will-return-to-la-for-annual-summer-showcase
They will have their usual long showcase. Just not a part of the E3 revival
01011001
Banned
yeah, Microsoft is basically part of E3 without paying the E3 guys any money...
just have a both directly next to it, basically having the same effect and maybe even a more visible and bigger presence as well, all while spending less money as well compared to paying into E3
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bentanchorbolt
Banned
pretty sure he was joking
AtomicStarving
Member
Welp
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
Love E3 week. No fan of the directs, game awards, whatever else.
KingXtreme81
Member
F all 3 of them, then.
fermcr
Member
Hope this isn't true. I like E3 shows and wish all the biggest gaming companies and developers participate.
The spectacle and hype starting weeks before E3 is great, with rumors, predictions, previews, noise, etc.
Not a fan of the direct showcases Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft are doing nowadays. Those showcases are equivalent to eating food without salt... bland.
The spectacle and hype starting weeks before E3 is great, with rumors, predictions, previews, noise, etc.
Not a fan of the direct showcases Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft are doing nowadays. Those showcases are equivalent to eating food without salt... bland.
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DeltaPolarBear
Member
E3 is a dinosaur. There was a time when you need to reveal what you have to offer to journalists in order to get the news out, to then get people to know about your product.
Why pay for a booth, when you can just live stream your product in a manner that you control? Journalists could always report in ways that aren't favorable.
Conventions these days exist for fans to hang out with each other and show off costumes. Marketing is better done elsewhere. Unless you have actual demos for people to play, why bother with renting a space? Nintendo for an exception has the Breath of the Wild demo that was very successful.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
oh trendy:
#liminal spaces
#liminal spaces
Iced Arcade
Member
This year is going to be quiet all around with MS trying to convince regulators they have no games and need COD to compete and Sony trying to say they don't have much and need COD to survive.
Not going to see any event from MS or Sony full of 1st party boasting and bragging until the deal is done.
Not going to see any event from MS or Sony full of 1st party boasting and bragging until the deal is done.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
While Ybarra was with Xbox he always told me E3 would cost Xbox around 30 million so better off spending that money other ways
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fart town usa
Gold Member
That's what I was thinking. No massive stage show but booths set up somewhere.
I honestly forget that E3 is still around, I thought it officially stopped a few years ago.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
It's probably an expense they aren't willing to make and/or they have their own plans on what works for them.
ZoukGalaxy
Member
I feel sadness seeing this knowing the context of this scene from the TV serieWelp
kiphalfton
Member
Just transport me back 20 years, for multiple reasons.
LordOcidax
Member
So DIRECTS from the big 3s then… I don't see how this affect the general audience, this only affects traditional gaming journalism....
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Man it sucks ass that as I gain the ability and means to attend an event like E3 it just up and dies.
bitbydeath
Member
Called it last year when it was announced they would start doing their own shows.
E3 costs too much.
E3 costs too much.
kiphalfton
Member
Because people hate everything.
E3 was definitely something I wanted to go to, but that's never going to happen.
LordOcidax
Member
I don’t think that has changed…