The Electronic Entertainment Expo, more commonly known as E3, has been struggling lately to remain significant in the gaming industry. Ever since E3 stopped accepting public attendees and became more of an invite-only show, it's lost a lot of its luster. That, and no more booth babes either. The whole gaming nirvana feeling from the show has faded substantially. Now, five major studios have opted out of displaying at this year's E3, two studios have dropped out of the association all together.
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I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
not being open ended anymore,what were they thinking....what happened to the American way of doing things on a completely different scale....pity....but i foresee,we foresee a change....it is coming.
E3 used to be important back in the ps1 and early p2 age of gaming.
But now most of the major companies have their own events to show off their games. Sony gamer's day. Microsoft's X day, Squaresoft's yearly party. Konami gamer day, Koei gamers day. Just to name a few.
So a lot of companies do see E3 as being relevant the way they used to.
bring back the booth babes....
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Ahh brings a tear to my eye. I remember back in my earlier days of gaming when I would wait months for my E3 issue of PSM to arrive in the mail. That was a time when there were just a rediculous amount of games to look forward to. Metal Gear, Xenogears, Gex, Brave Fencer Musashi, TOMBA!, Resident Evil, etc. Definitely the golden years of the expo and the playstation. But, it is good to see some other shows popping up on the radar so there are more shows per year to look forward to.