
...but no one told the Games Industry.
E3, the world's biggest videogame convention held yearly in Los Angeles, was officially 'terminated' back in July 2006. Why? The big three - Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo - got fed up of spending millions of dollars to get their heads kicked in by the assembled specialist press, internet forums and fan sites. So the question is: with the 'new' E3 only two weeks away, why has no one learnt their lesson?

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
Well in the business good PR and bad PR are the same they put company's names in our thoughts... Its kinda like lovem or hatem you know who they are...
For a while I believe E3 is dead but look at recent info: Sony preparing a big Killzone event for E3 and the E3 lineup lists are as big and crowded with games as ever.
I feel that I've been saying that since I first decided to get an account on N4G. This is a Great Year, With Great Games. To each is own, and everyone should be pleased with their system(s) of choice.