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Do you think Sony is officially done with E3 forever?
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Yeah, this. With a console launch looming going along this year would seem to make a lot of sense, so if they're skipping it this year it's hard to see them returning any time soon unless situations change massively.
Yep, a 1 off could leave doubt, but two times in a row, while still attending most other cons is about as "we're done with it" as they can get I think.
Probably not, but if you want me to believe they never will, skipping e3 the year their new console launches is pretty convincing.
Yes. If they can't even show up for a new hardware reveal then it's clear they don't want to come back. Maybe if they changed the people at top in Sony they might.
I look forward to the "hundreds" of shows they will participate in. There need to be 2-3 shows each week from now on. Exciting times ahead.
Hopefully everyone will be done with E3 FOREVER.
EA is already doing its own shit
Sony for the 2nd year in a row
Everyone should follow and we don't need E3 to have big announcements AT ALL.
Even a random tweet or article will create enough buzz for your game.
EA is already doing its own shit
Sony for the 2nd year in a row
Everyone should follow and we don't need E3 to have big announcements AT ALL.
Even a random tweet or article will create enough buzz for your game.
I just fail to see the point of the Sony & MS conferences now. A good 70% of their shows end up being dedicated to multiplatform titles. Why spend all that stage time giving a floor to something that will appear on your competitors platform? Just no use for it any more.
Stick a video out like Nintendo and then run a treehouse where you can see their games getting played.
Stick a video out like Nintendo and then run a treehouse where you can see their games getting played.
Like what? Annual FIFA meetings? EA has nothing to show even when they are at E3.
They still make their own shit and they don't need E3.
Yes annual FIFA meeting, Madden meeting and such.
This.Remember that the conferences are not E3. They take place before E3. The show is the booths at the convention center, and Nintendo puts on massive booths. Their E3 Directs and Treehouse Live use E3 as a backbone and are immensely successful.
E3 2019 floorplan:
Sony "skipping E3" means that they won't be present on the show floor, not that they won't have a (press) conference at around the same time/place as E3 - which is what several publishers has been doing for some time now I think. Nintendo is the opposite actually, they participate in the show but don't have a E3 (press) conference.
Sony is not 'officially' done with E3 as far as we know but it's a long way off before we'll find out now. Either way, as long as we get a Nintendo Direct in June, everything else is a sideshow.
Unless something changes in the relationship between the ESA and Sony, yes, I believe so.
Skipping E3 in the year PS5 is launching is a huge slap on the face for the ESA.
Skipping E3 in the year PS5 is launching is a huge slap on the face for the ESA.
Yes, I think they're done.
E3 is a relic of a different time when the media was the primary focus, I don't think it'll be around for much longer.
E3 is a relic of a different time when the media was the primary focus, I don't think it'll be around for much longer.
Its over! They are gonna invest in something new, and just keep going from there. Why would they wanna go back?
I could see them going the Nintendo route and doing a State of Play the week of E3 going forward, in place of actually attending.
Yes, no, maybe, I don't know, can you repeat the question?
Companies and their policies change all the time - it's probably a question of "when" not "if". Given both companies exist long enough.
We don't hear enough about the reasons and the ESA.
Would seem as though Sony is done with E3 as we know it today if they won't attend in a PS5 launch year.
Sony have an opportunity to start their own show brand and news without paying a large sum. I can bet if Sony don't do so well then they will be back. E3 still generates a lot of viewers worldwide.
Would seem as though Sony is done with E3 as we know it today if they won't attend in a PS5 launch year.
Sony have an opportunity to start their own show brand and news without paying a large sum. I can bet if Sony don't do so well then they will be back. E3 still generates a lot of viewers worldwide.
Yeah. I much prefer Nintendo's presence because Treehouse is always fun to watch and I don't know how or why they would do that without an expo happening in the background.
Right, that's what I meant. "Done with E3" as in they won't be doing a conference, but they'll be at the show.Remember that the conferences are not E3. They take place before E3. The show is the booths at the convention center, and Nintendo puts on massive booths. Their E3 Directs and Treehouse Live use E3 as a backbone and are immensely successful.
E3 2019 floorplan: