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[Thirty7ven]

Good riddance

 

[Calling 911 Melts Beams]

i knew it was only a matter of time until the twitter cancel culture mob came for my boy E3. i wonder who it diddled

 

[PhaseJump]

Geoff Keighly is quickly amassing power and is soon to be known as the Supreme Leader of Video Game Announcements

Give him a criminal record and deport him back to Canada before it's too late.

 

[Hugare]

This is so sad.

And it wont come back. It doesnt make sense anymore.

Sony can announce a new game on their State of Play and it will generate just as much buzz as being announced at E3

If not more, since they can announce when they want, gathering all the attention for themselves

Same with Microsoft, Nintendo ...

But man, the spectacle, the memes, the hype. Everything being announced during that period.

I'll miss it so much

Summer Fest is so fucking shit in comparison

The best part of the last year's event was Elden Ring trailer, and it was the last thing presented there.

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

Another year of terrible live events incoming.

Can't wait.

 

[Draugoth]

Give him a criminal record and deport him back to Canada before it's too late.

I wanted to have 10% of his power

 

[mortal]

All good things come to an end.

That being said, there hasn't been a consistently good E3 in years imo, so it's not exactly something that I'll be lamenting.

 

[Kacho]

Just a reminder that the Take 2 stream last year was a Zoom call with HR staff talking about diversity or some shit. So, it's not all bad.

 

[Serouj2000]

April fools? Why cancel an online only event.

Because last year's Electronic Entertainment Experience was last year's Electronic Entertainment Experience (it was bad)

 

[kingfey]

What the hell has been going on with E3, first Sony leaves, then there's a data leak, then they wanted to bring a lot more influencers and celebrities and now is fully canceled. What a mess.

Covid19, and Gamers desire for more gaming news.

People are crying to MS, to give them updates of their plans. They can't do it, because they are part of e3.

Its a loss situation for E3.

 

[kingfey]

Just a reminder that the 2K stream last year was a Zoom call with HR staff talking about diversity or some shit. So, it's not all bad.

Isn't that nice? The company shows, the support diversity, by showing a pr video, while covering harassment incidents in their company.

/s.

 

[fermcr]

Pity... I liked E3. Unfortunately, no live event compares to E3.
Hope they return stronger in future years.

 

[Belthazar]

Expected. And 2022 was supposed to be the big comeback too, so... I don't think it'll happen next year either

 

[Danjin44]

At this point I honestly don't care, instead of pressuring devs make something to show on E3, I rather see them show thier games when it's good and ready to show like Monolith Soft did with Xenoblade 3.

 

[mckmas8808]

What the hell has been going on with E3, first Sony leaves, then there's a data leak, then they wanted to bring a lot more influencers and celebrities and now is fully canceled. What a mess.

I hate to say it, but Sony saw this coming years in advance. I was always on the other side mad at them for not showing up, but they clearly saw the writing on the walls.

 

[Roman Empire]

Not that E3 has been anything stellar the past few iterations. Less one shit show to watch.

 

[Valonquar]

E3 died a long time ago.

 

[pqueue]

God.

This means Geoff Keighley is going to subject us to another one of his boring, poorly executed drivel-fests.

 

[R6Rider]

E3 is dead. Bring on E4.

 

[pqueue]

geoff is a bitch

that is an insult to bitches.

 

[kyliethicc]

Rito Pope won

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Welp, that's one less major event for the industry. I bet Geoff and gaming "journalists" are celebrating, they've wanted this ever since the info leaks years ago.

Remember everyone, big gaming events like E3 are redundant and dead...unless they're The Game Awards (Geoff), Summer Games Fest (Geoff), Gamescon, TGS, PAX, and CES.

See, those are okay. But E3 isn't, because accidental leaks. Imagine if gamers treated PSN the way "journalists" have treated E3, amirite?

Spoiler

 

[KaiserBecks]

Thats what happens when every publisher wants a week of news to themselves

Then how come we're overall not getting anything close to what we had when there was e3? This is just lame and anybody who cheers for this doesn't realize that the only ones who gain anything is companies saving money.

 

[Batiman]

This sucks ass. I'm not sure why people are saying "good". What else was even close to E3 as an alternative?

 

[Captain Toad]

E3 was done when Sony decided it was done. They were carrying it for several years, excluding that final year where they went off the rails.

 

[Alan Wake]

E3 hasn't been what it once was for quite some time now anyway. I miss the good'ol days.

 

[Umbasaborne]

Then how come we're overall not getting anything close to what we had when there was e3? This is just lame and anybody who cheers for this doesn't realize that the only ones who gain anything is companies saving money.

I agree, it fucking blows. I lived for old e3, it was my favorite time of year, i want it back so bad

 

[Fox Mulder]

Now we are stuck with Geoff and his trash ass shows full of ads, good job people of the internets.

Geoff's dumb show will benefit from E3 dying. Lots of companies will still want a singular event for press to talk about, while MS, Sony, and Nintendo or the giant publishers can do their own streams.

 

[zcaa0g]

Go back to E3 being about PC games and PC gaming peripherals as it was in the 90s. That was the real E3.

 

[Batiman]

E3 was done when Sony decided it was done. They were carrying it for several years, excluding that final year where they went off the rails.

And their events have never been the same since they left. I'm more of an Xbox guy but Sony killed it at E3. They've never had the same hype since they left

 

[Captain Toad]

And their events have never been the same since they left. I'm more of an Xbox guy but Sony killed it at E3. They've never had the same hype since they left

Yup. And Nintendo was already not doing E3 stage shows. Xbox was simply not enough to hold up the entire conference.

 

[PrimetimeKnight]

 

[jshackles]

The last few E3 shows have been pretty lame, so I can't say that I'm upset by this.

 

[0neAnd0nly]

Yay, people should be thrilled that a game exclusive major conference that has had historical waves in modern gaming should be cancelled for... REASONS?!

Seriously, I don't understand anybody being happy about this move. It was always a mega exciting time, and it hasn't been the same without it.

The only people happy are the corporations who can now cheap out on announcements and conferences.

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

Man I miss scheduling a week off work and staying up to watch the conference's.

This sucks.

 

[spons]

The dorito pope getting ready for that summer games fest banger!

I don't even blame him. Dude takes his opportunities like a champ.

 

[PJX]

Woke clowns crying about booth babes was the start of E3 dying.

 

[Leyasu]

Yeah not good news. I love E3. Geoff about to occupy the vacuum

 

[Plantoid]

Yay, people should be thrilled that a game exclusive major conference that has had historical waves in modern gaming should be cancelled for... REASONS?!

Seriously, I don't understand anybody being happy about this move. It was always a mega exciting time, and it hasn't been the same without it.

The only people happy are the corporations who can now cheap out on announcements and conferences.

Mostly Sony fans, because Sony left E3 a while ago

OT: that fucking sucks, E3 with nerds on stage was gold!!

I don't like Geoff, but having something is better than nothing, and sometimes the cringe is worth it

 

[Bartski]

This sucks ass. I'm not sure why people are saying "good". What else was even close to E3 as an alternative?

Why do you need an alternative? From the moment Sony left the party to it becoming a covid online panel series crammed together rather than an expo it's completely pointless because anything that can be done under the E3 umbrella in this format can be done much better independently. In a time every participant sees fit and is ready for, rather than putting together an utterly forced shitshow like many of those we've seen last year.

I used to love E3, watched every single conference live online ever since that became possible, after following all kinds of coverage since mid 90s. It's long dead man, it's time to move on.

 

[AJUMP23]

I like the concentration of News around E3. Summers Games fest....just needs to a be one week and it will be great.


I wonder if this is what Grubb was going on about.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

This is a bit disappointing, even though it has clearly not been so good the last few years, I always looked forward to grabbing a beer and watching a bunch of game trailers. Shame really.

 

[BadBurger]

Damn. I really enjoy E3 - even the mediocre ones.

 

[MadPanda]

Now I'll have to suffer to that ego and his mess, namely Geoff. It's really sad. I understand people have issues with E3, but it's much better than all this mess we have right now.

 

[Borowski_1]

Ít's a shame

the best thing about E3 is that it's like Christmas: you know that wonderful time of the year will be waiting for you

you knew when to expect the news, the trailers, the announcements. Now we have no fucking clue of when Sony/MS/Nintendo are going to do an event

 

[Diddy X]

Instead we get that lame Summer Videogame Festival

 

[AV]

Who gives a shit? Everyone will still do their own live streams around the same time anyway. All you lose out on is the cringe and some suit on stage talking about how great their business is.

 

[Tams]

 

[RiccochetJ]

Aww, I will miss the Jeff Gerstmann and Phil Spencer interviews. Actually I will miss the Giant Bomb evening shows in general. Those were fun.

 

[Silvawuff]

When I read the topic title I was thinking: is it cancelled, cancelled, or cancelled?