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backflip10019
Member
E3 ruined.
The Last One
Member
The press.
People who work in the industry + press
Industry professionals/press.
MadLaughter
Member
I expect most media outlets to be against this. The sense I get is that it's stressful enough to cover the show effectively WITHOUT hordes of randos crowding up the joint.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Should they allot tickets per day? It always seems like a madhouse with just journalists.
Sectorseven
Member
All that swag is easily worth $250!
Garrett Hawke
Member
Cons are very rarely "worth the money" on face value. It's more about the experience, having it as a trip, going with people you like etc.
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Rösti
Unconfirmed Member
In my opinion, I think this change will cause some great problems when it comes to security and media might experience issues covering the show floor due to increase in audience. Likely some policies will have to be changed.
Yes, I agree with this.
sixteen-bit
Member
We TGS now
Yeah, but that wasn't priced to consumers.
It'll an interesting tactic, don't know what this means for Industry attendees. Do they do it like GamesCon or Tokyo Game Show and have dedicated Press days now?
backflip10019
Member
Rösti;229944960 said:
It's terrible for everyone who works in the business: developers, press, PR/marketing people. It's turning E3 into another PAX.
PushTheButtonMax
Banned
15,000? It's gonna be crowded.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
lol $250 to stand in line for 8 hours while getting a chance to play maybe 5 games.
Forearm Star
Member
What a time to be alive.
E3 was basically dying. It shrunk so much year over year in the past three years. The press doesn't even have a whole lot to do on the show-floor, they get most of their stuff done in appointments anyway. Industry people were getting tired of it as well, most of the meetings I had last time I went were in restaurants outside.
First day is already packed enough so this will be interesting.
PAX is $160, and tickets are the least of your costs with flights/hotels etc.
I'm surprised they didn't do public days like TGS.
When I went, all I got was a Persona shirt in exchange for dancing like a doofus. Oh and a Skylanders toy.
Would do it for sure, if it didn't also mean buying a pricey plane ticket for me.
If it goes on through the years though, I'll probably attend at some point. It's much less alluring if it's genuinely open to the public, and E3 seems less relevant these days anyway. But it's the kind of thing I'd want to do, just to say I've done it. The kind of thing that teenage me would want me to do.
If it goes on through the years though, I'll probably attend at some point. It's much less alluring if it's genuinely open to the public, and E3 seems less relevant these days anyway. But it's the kind of thing I'd want to do, just to say I've done it. The kind of thing that teenage me would want me to do.
Blak_Status
Member
So far there's a lot of Negative Nancy's and Debbie Downer's in this thread. Who's actually excited and plans on attending?
AlexFlame116
Member
It's $150 for people buying the Early bird tickets which go on sale on February 13.
I really really want to go! It's been my dream for a while. But they picked the worst time to sell them for me.
I really really want to go! It's been my dream for a while. But they picked the worst time to sell them for me.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
As someone who went in the past in a half-work half-fan capacity.. I wouldn't spend that kind of change to go.
The floor is a shit environment to play games, the closed door stuff is where most of anything is really shown, and the waits to see certain things are horrendous.
It's not as cool as it sounds.. and you get more info online than at the show as it is.
The floor is a shit environment to play games, the closed door stuff is where most of anything is really shown, and the waits to see certain things are horrendous.
It's not as cool as it sounds.. and you get more info online than at the show as it is.
Damn Silly
Member
Seems neat, but as someone who doesn't live there, I'd much rather all companies did something along the lines of making the playable demos/sections that are there available online at the same time too.
FinaruDensetsu
Member
I'm definitely gonna try to get a ticket. I've dreamt of going since I was a kid.
Milly Osworth
Member
Makes sense. Just have day 1 for press only, then release the hounds.
Kacho
Member
In the age of instant information E3 has been feeling unnecessary for a while now. I think Nintendo was smart to switch to Directs over big elaborate stage shows for their announcements. Between publishers pulling out and this news I wonder if we're seeing the beginning of the end for E3. Can't imagine the press want to deal with this madness.
MHWilliams
Member
This is pretty much going to be the take for most industry folks. It's already hard to get around the E3 showfloor without an additional 15,000 people.
But we'll see how it goes.
Likely, the stuff that was on the showfloor will be moved offsite, as has become increasingly common in the past two to three years.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
Also, it was never that hard to score a pass if you really wanted one to begin with.. admittedly it's been years since I went.. but it wasn't all journalists... the majority, overwhelming is just normal rando's there for the show that scored a pass by some method of being industry related... remember it's not all press.
I have been to e3 twice, the first time was the year the 360 was release, and the 2nd time was a few years later. The first time was amazing and any gamer should try to go. But I don't know about paying, I think a major part of going to e3 was the fact that I never should have been able to go. We made up a fake gaming company the first time.
Today everything there is online so alot of the mistery of E3 is gone. Considering most of what you play there is demos of games that will be released in a couple months.
Today everything there is online so alot of the mistery of E3 is gone. Considering most of what you play there is demos of games that will be released in a couple months.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
E3 will smell of unwashed ass for the first time ever.
Dark Cloud
Member
Omg media is going to be pissed off! It's hard enough getting around and getting in lines to play games...now add 15,000 more people there will make that place unbearable.
Imagine wanting to play BotW last year at E3 with 15,000 more people. It was bad already....
Imagine wanting to play BotW last year at E3 with 15,000 more people. It was bad already....
Laieon
Member
Definitely big news.
I managed to go twice through college, had a blast. Some of the best memories ever. Waited 3 hours in line to try the 3DS and 2 hours to try the Wii U.
Definitely enjoyed it more the first time though, I think E3 is something every gamer should experience at least once.
Can't imagine how long the lines will be though.
I managed to go twice through college, had a blast. Some of the best memories ever. Waited 3 hours in line to try the 3DS and 2 hours to try the Wii U.
Definitely enjoyed it more the first time though, I think E3 is something every gamer should experience at least once.
Can't imagine how long the lines will be though.
SirUltimos
Member
On one hand, it's cool that more people will get to experience it.
On the other hand, E3 is already super crowded so this is just gonna make things that much worse. Every year I've gone I've been lucky enough to have appointments to see most of what I wanted to see so it didn't affect me too much, but for regular industry folks who do have to wait in line the wait is going to be that much worse.
On the other hand, E3 is already super crowded so this is just gonna make things that much worse. Every year I've gone I've been lucky enough to have appointments to see most of what I wanted to see so it didn't affect me too much, but for regular industry folks who do have to wait in line the wait is going to be that much worse.
called it.