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Geoff Keighley is skipping E3
- Thread starter Tregard
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I'll wait for the threadmark when the reason gets cleared.
I haven't seen anyone come up with a good guess or speculation except for the data security concerns. What does he know that we don't?
1/3rd of the big 3 drops out of E3, 3/4ths of the site now has no interest in E3!
I watched Geoff do youtube's coverage a few times but don't remember if he was even on it last time. I've got no idea what the coliseum thing he did was, only read it in this thread, I guess it was in place of hosting YouTube coverage.
Short of hosting for YouTube or one of the others like Sony/MS/EA etc I don't think him ducking out matters much, more so these ton of reasons.
I do like Geoff, have watched him since the early days of gametrailers and doing a Sony gig would be good.
Short of hosting for YouTube or one of the others like Sony/MS/EA etc I don't think him ducking out matters much, more so these ton of reasons.
I do like Geoff, have watched him since the early days of gametrailers and doing a Sony gig would be good.
no idea. Have they registered?
Technically they can 'choose' not to attend and just have the conference next door right?
I've always considered the idea pretty silly. E3 is an opportunity for advertisers to advertise. Gamers aren't getting any gifts. If anything, the gift is gamers giving their heightened attention to the industry. Thinking of advertising as a gift is high consumerism.
As long as Microsoft,Nintendo,and 3rd parties stay then E3 will stay. Even the more casual gamers hear the news about E3 so it still has a lot of reach.
I'm not entirely sure how Geoff benefits from not attending E3, so for now I can only assume Geoff wants to make a new event to replace E3.
I'm not entirely sure how Geoff benefits from not attending E3, so for now I can only assume Geoff wants to make a new event to replace E3.
I think this will be the norm in the very near future. Publishers/devs will ride others hype and excitement while the skillet is hot and it'll be a natural thing to do. It should be much less stressful on the dev teams as well; no set e3 vertical slice deadlines should be a blessing. Announce when you're ready, announce when it's still hot if you're ready.
Probably some alt-right YouTube gamers being invited as celebrity guests
I'm not saying drop the e3 demos digitally, I'm saying put out more demos aside the direct style events. Reveal games closer to release. Its where we're headed.
Didn't Jeff do that himself not too long ago. Boogie and others.
Don't know what is the drama. Don't care about geof being there or not, as long as games are there, shame about losing Sony though.
I think our enthusiast-thirst for video game hype will keep E3 alive for a bit. The very vocal and visible protests of the ESA that Geoff/Sony are doing clearly amplify the voice within the industry about the state of the event but most enthusiasts fans are not in the industry. The absence of Sony/Geoff* also provides opportunities for other voices to be heard. Any large/high profile guests that might have booked with Geoff will book with other outlets. Activision/Ubisoft/WB will want to show off CoD/AC/Batman just as much as if Geoff was there. Sony keeping the PS5 from E3 kill keep a lot of the media attention on the other hardware makers. Enthusiasts will still tune in with ravenous hype for the magical announcement unicorn that they'll either celebrate the existence of when it's announced or complain about not seeing at the show if it's not.
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Wanting it to die is going a bit far, but at this point I wouldn't exactly say E3 is good for gaming. It's a lot of un-necessary competition for the limelight, when game development prices are only rising higher and higher. Social media & streaming services allow for a year-long approach to delivering news and announcements - it means fewer games get ignored. Games like Wattam and Untitled Goose Game get to share the spotlight in State of Play and Nintendo Directs without being a footnote within a week of major reveals.
The only people in the industry E3 really benefits at this point are journalists living within the United States, since it's just a plane ride away to see every major studio within the space of a week.
What are you even talking about?
Everyone talking about how E3 is cancelled, all I know is...as long as Giant Bomb still does their E3 shit every year I'm still excited for it, it's half the reason I watch E3 stuff anymore.
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And he got shit for that.
But imagine having someone like PewDiePie or Notch there. Shit, burn it all down.
Sometimes I don't speak right, but yet I know what I'm talking about!
That's what gamers care about, the games but all the hype is what gaming is about
I would certainly like to know more on what Geoff is talking about.
To be fair most people only watch the game awards for reveals or the game coverage. That's also what has most people excited about e3. So in that respect they do compete and I'm sure Geoff would rather have big announcements on the game awards rather than at e3.
There's a new press release from the ESA about E3 2020, where they go into a few details
Curious what about this turned Geoff off
Curious what about this turned Geoff off
Yeah coverage through Giant Bomb is really the only way how I consume anything from e3 and it's been that way for a long time.
I can't wait to see how cringey this conference gets. I hope it's like Konami 2010 all the way through.
