BIG! BREAKING! NEWS!: E3 is Over
Next-Gen has broken the news that E3 is cancelled for next year and the forseeable future (story: http://next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3538&Itemid=2 ).
What this means is that there will likely be no huge PR event for the video game industry. E3 was spawned off of CES. I doubt that any event is large enough as they are to replace the function that E3 had. At best, TGS is the closest event we have now, but that is mostly based around the Japanese market, rather then E3's worldwide focus. The Penny Arcade Expo is a growing event, but is very open, and has more emphasis on the gamer community as a whole.
So now we won't have major news congegrated into one event, but possibly spread out a little. Then again, with Microsoft's "soft" unveiling of the 360 last year and Nintendo's "Wii" announcement both being ahead of E3, there's already a movement away from a focus on E3.
The main problem is simply the fans. E3 was a time where one can nerd-gasm for many days long. Now, no more nerd-gasms.
What this means is that there will likely be no huge PR event for the video game industry. E3 was spawned off of CES. I doubt that any event is large enough as they are to replace the function that E3 had. At best, TGS is the closest event we have now, but that is mostly based around the Japanese market, rather then E3's worldwide focus. The Penny Arcade Expo is a growing event, but is very open, and has more emphasis on the gamer community as a whole.
So now we won't have major news congegrated into one event, but possibly spread out a little. Then again, with Microsoft's "soft" unveiling of the 360 last year and Nintendo's "Wii" announcement both being ahead of E3, there's already a movement away from a focus on E3.
The main problem is simply the fans. E3 was a time where one can nerd-gasm for many days long. Now, no more nerd-gasms.
posted by SeanM at 4:40 PM
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