No More E3

[Crash]

http://next-gen.biz/index.php?option...=3538&Itemid=2

Senior industry sources have revealed to Next-Gen.Biz that the E3 industry event, in its present form, has been cancelled for next year and the foreseeable future.

[KillerGremlin]

Oh sh*t, looks like Nintendo is screwed, haha.

[DarkMaster]

As untrue as it probably is, I fricken hate E3 and would dance to its impdending doom.

GameSpot spoke with informed game industry sources late Friday and Saturday and learned that the show would radically shrink in size and move from its usual Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC) venue to a smaller location.

Sources said that rather than fill the 540,000 square feet of the cavernous LACC, the show will take place at a location that would support exhibitors in meeting room space only, with companies showing their wares to a select group of attendees numbering in the hundreds rather than thousands.

Oh happy day!

[Stonecutter]

Originally Posted by DarkMaster

As untrue as it probably is, I fricken hate E3 and would dance to its impdending doom.




Oh happy day!

I don't really care one way or the other, but why do you hate it so much?

[DarkMaster]

Originally Posted by Stonecutter

I don't really care one way or the other, but why do you hate it so much?

The problem with E3 is that it's a total cluster-f*ck of information, with developers trying frantically to cram every single presentable detail of all their current and upcoming projects into one wholesome showing. It is total chaos, and while I used to relish the constant entourage of new screenshots, movies, and impressions that would surafce during that one eventful week, nowadays I find the massive wave of media to be very overwhelming.

In particular, now that I've actually gone to E3, a number of new problems with the trade show have presented themselves to me. For starters, the show is an absolute ****ing madhouse, rife with bullsh*t. You are immediately captivated by all the glitz and glamour and amazing booths, but none of it even matters worth a damn because A) if you're there as a memeber of the press (which you should be) you have NO TIME to do ANYTHING but work, and B) there are so many games to choose from and so many god damn people to get in your way and create 2 hour lines to play them that you don't even bother doing so.

E3 needs a total downsize. From what I can gather they're going to move the show to a smaller convention center, lighten up the booths (ie. a few games to play, not hundreds), and place more emphasis on the industry side of things (meaning they'll actually enforce the press-only access that it should have, and thin out the video game fans that are just there to play games). Also, this could make way for more individual events, where developers host their own gaming shows throughout the year, spreading out the massive pile of information that we usually get at E3.

[Jonbo298]

I liked E3..though it felt too cramped when I was there in 2005. Maybe the smaller event will do better.

[Teuthida]

I never got a chance to go.

But I did enjoy watching the live press conferences online and love the plethora of info.

I wonder if this means Nintendo might bring back Spaceworld.

[KillerGremlin]

It's cause they got rid of the booth babes.

[Dyne]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

It's cause they got rid of the booth babes.

That's what I'm thinking too. What a foreshadow.

Anyways, now we can all WAIT TILL SPACEWORLD! Hahaha. Good times.

[Jonbo298]

Gaming press should sooo pressure Nintendo into revitalizing Spaceworld now that E3 is being downsized

[GameMaster]

Food for Thought: Where would you like to see E3 relocate to? Maybe a different place each time as is done with the Olympics?

[Dyne]

Originally Posted by GameMaster

Food for Thought: Where would you like to see E3 relocate to? Maybe a different place each time as is done with the Olympics?

Well two things are going to happen with PAX.

1. Nintendo and others are going to put more resources in it
2. A ****load more people are going to show up now.

Poor PAX. I'll still go to it, though.

[DarkMaster]

I wouldn't mind seeing E3 back in Salt Lake City where it originally began.


Or better yet; E3 in Saskatchewan. I can dig it.

[Neo]

No....reason.....to live.

[Dyne]

Originally Posted by DarkMaster

Or better yet; E3 in Saskatchewan. I can dig it.

Hell no, I'm sure more than half the sweaty nerds would die from heat stroke.