E3 is officially dead

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

It's a shame but it's been on life support the past few years.

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[Commander Clueless]

The King is dead.

Long live the Keigh-ng.

 

[John Price]

RIP

 

[Jussi]

It was over when they realized they could not get the Old Gods Of Asgard to perform at E3.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Hasn’t it been dead for 3 years?

 

[Seedtype]

Hasn’t it been dead for 3 years?

Yeah, but apparently they were still gonna try for next year, but it looks like they're giving up for good. Lack of industry interest.

Honestly, rest in peace famous trade show.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Sad day. I really looked forward to it every year, and Summer Gamesfest kind of sucks. I don’t like the Geoff Keighley seems to control everything now.

I get why it died, but it was always the most exciting week of the year for gaming news.

 

[nickp91]

Easy to say E3 was a huge part of me getting into games as a kid Getting up early and watching the reveals on G4 was like second Christmas

 

[PeteWorrell]

I liked E3 until i read about all the horror stories of the show runners being elitist pricks. They can now try gatekeeping from their couches.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

RIP

End of an era

 

[The Burdened]

The writing was on the wall when Nintendo stopped showing up to it 10 years ago. each year it lost more and more.

 

[93LEAFS]

Sad day. I really looked forward to it every year, and Summer Gamesfest kind of sucks. I don’t like the Geoff Keighley seems to control everything now.

I get why it died, but it was always the most exciting week of the year for gaming news.

I don't think Geoff Keighley controls everything now. It's more the platform holders realized paying for a booth at E3 wasn't worth it to them anymore. It started its death spiral when Sony decided they could do their own shows and get the same amount of eyes on their trailers as before. EA did their own thing for years. Nintendo stopped showing up. The other major thing is, with the growth of the internet, print media like GamePro and other competing magazines stopped going out in full force to do breakdowns of e3 as they themselves were dying and all died before e3 fell apart.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

It was a lot of fun but in the era of digital events the writing was always on the wall.

 

[robertmac43]

It served its purpose when we needed it too. Time for the next chapter for this gaming space.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

As a kid I always dreamed of going to E3. Such an amazing event for gamers around the world.

Unfortunately, it just doesn't have the same power it used to have in the age of instant information.

 

[syz]

I feel like this is the 5th time it's died.