E3 2020 Loses Another Key Company

They never really fully recovered from the 2006 announcement.

Before that, companies went just because "everyone went". As such, even when companies had nothing to show, they would still go solely because the paradigm was that "everyone went".

During the 2007-2008 debacles, companies found that they could go to other conventions (PAX, TGS, GDC), host their own shows, or just not go at all with minimal changes to their exposure and sales figures due to the growing presence of the internet.

While I doubt that E3 is going away any time soon, it's relevance isn't what it used to be and probably never will be again.

someone yells " im gonna sneeze" and it will send people scrambling. Things arent going to get any better until

1) A proven drug can help people fight the virus once caught ( at least 6 months out)

2) vaccine for everyone at no cost ( 18 months out)

so lets not kid ourselves, its gonna be some time til things normalize and at the moment due to the failures of our govt, we cant even test people in a timely or numerous manner. The shit has hit the fan

E3 is going to turn into those demo discs that used to come with video game magazines in the 90's.

E3 forever baby! Why are ya'll bee atching over a celebration of our gaming passions, where we can all get together & be inspired by some of the new titles? There is no other feeling than the one you feel when you get something that you really want/like & are enthralled for and especially when your surrounded by like minded individuals.

E3 is a sort of choke point for revealing a lot of new trailers, demos and announcements all at once. it is just really convenient and yeah, that is cool to have, but we are getting those infos anyway via the youtubes of this world. so i'm not too worried about e3 slowly dying. i understand that for the attending companies a lot of preparation and money went into it, so of course at some point you have to ask yourself wether it's still worth it.

from a consumer pov, i live relatively close to Cologne, but i've never been to gamescom, cause it seems much more convenient to only watch what really interests you online and not spending hours standing in lines. i don't want to watch a trailer to a new pokemon or the annual call of duty.

on the plus side, some companies put a lot of effort into their presentations, which where fun to watch. but i don't watch full press conferences, i skip to the parts that interest me.

THE problem with E3 I believe is that we are pretty much DONE with the era of "physical". "Physical" games with a "physical" press and you MUST be there "physically". Not everybody can be in L.A. for E3 and MOST importantly not everyone COULD get in if they wanted to. On top of that people are ALWAYS skeptical of what they see that is presented given the HUGE amount of times people have been deceived in the past based on graphics, playability, multiplayer, etc. So even what you are shown cannot be given a "full face value" seal of approval. You CANNOT keep LYING to your fanbase (game companies you KNOW who you are) and expect them to come rushing every single time expecting them NOT to remember about what happened the time before. When a company has a reputation of not telling the truth MOST will not buy the game right away and are VERY unlikely to spend over a THOUSAND dollars on airfare, hotels, taxi fare, food, etc. Just to be disappointed when the final game or games come out. YouTubers are the only exception because most are given free airfare, hotels, taxi fare, etc. because they are considered to be "promotional" media which is pretty much the ONLY way most would ever go in the first place !!!

Regardless of how everyone feels about E3, but I think for the sake of public health this year's E3, Olympics, new Apple products, consoles and hardware releases should be either postponed or cancelled.

i love how they try and put a spin about Geoff and corona without implying anything lol. we all know geoff left because it's corrupt to ****, and steadily becoming something worse as anti youtuber butthurt ceos spin celebrity glamour BS no gamer cares about. e3 hasn't been worth watching for like 3 years now. shame...

For everyone saying E3 is dead, I bet you'll be tuning in come June - so yeah...

E3 is dead why are we still recieving news about this old forgotten dinosaur??....god I used to look forward to this more than anything else in the year, such a shame.

You know, I actually enjoyed E3 every year since 2011. Even though I'm older I still look forward towards it but I guess. I understand why some people are leaving it behind.

who needs E3 anyways?

we can still get all the latest news, trailers, and demo footage off the internet these days, so we can check out all the latest buzz surrounding more of the same games that will ship half broken with 40 gigabyte day 1 patches and DLC, complete with an arsenal of microtransactions, $50 vip memberships and season passes, deluxe super duper i'm special editions, with more of your remaining content locked behind a preorder 'bonus'. maybe if we're lucky they wont decide to start locking the online features behind a monthly subscription model, on top of xbox live and psn that we already pay for, in hopes of us gladly throwing money at our screeens for the privilege of being allowed to play the games we already paid full price and then some for

get hyped!

Companies should just do the Nintendo thing this year on Youtube - the ones that can.

They need to relaunch E3 for the digital world. Have playable demos for people at home watching and is apart of E3. They need to involve a lot more to people that can't physically be there. Do it through Steam if you have to, they have free weekends all the time so this can be done during the event. What better way to build hype by getting a chance to play the game early like those who attend the show floor. Look at Nvidia's new GeForce Now service, they could essentially have a streaming service if the devs are worried of players keeping/pirating the demos.

A lot needs to change if they want to become the Superbowl for the games industry again. Other than that, they will eventually be killed off, Corona or not. This has been dieing out over the past few years.

Without meaning to make light or lampoon the issue, it seems as though E3 is going to be killed off by the Corona virus.

The Age Of E3 Is Over