E3 2019 was a weirdly subdued, empty affair, especially with Sony going AWOL, which is certainly a significant change.And people keep saying E3 is fading away without really providing any reason. The viewership was higher than ever in 2018.
E3 was always about game reveals for the majority of people,aka the consumers. It still provides that, so nothing's changed.
How do you know they don't? A company could easily hold a reveal til the winter specifically knowing they have that show to use to unveil it. He's basically competition for E3 now.This would make sense if TGA & E3 were on at the same time or poached reveals from one and other... but they don't.
He will be at other game shows, not just TGA.Guy who runs his own Awards Show with game reveals doesn't want to cover gaming show with game reveals anymore. It's as simple as that IMO. This is all about him saying "I got mine." and the Sony withdrawal provides cover.
I hope Geoff explains the reasoning for his decision more clearly in the future. I look at him as an honest person. It's like Santa Clause saying "Hey, I'm not delivering presents for Christmas this year. Why? Many reasons."
Need to know more.
There's a chance he's becoming permanent at Gamescom early August then
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 trying to be vague about it -- a lot of factors played into it, hard to reduce it down to a soundbyte. I also want to respect and support the developers who will be at E3 this year, so it's a difficult situation. It ultimately wasn't the right fit for me this year; I have a different view of how the show should evolve. That said, it's hard to balance tradition with change....fixing E3 isn't an easy overnight solution.
As a few have noted we are already hard at work on the gamescom: Opening Night Live show for August and really excited about it.
I"m not trying to be vague about it -- a lot of factors played into it, hard to reduce it down to a soundbyte. I also want to respect and support the developers who will be at E3 this year, so it's a difficult situation. It ultimately wasn't the right fit for me this year; I have a different view of how the show should evolve. That said, it's hard to balance tradition with change....fixing E3 isn't an easy overnight solution.
As a few have noted we are already hard at work on the gamescom: Opening Night Live show for August and really excited about it.
Well good luck on you and your team's next project.There's no real "benefit" for me skipping E3 -- if anything it's a financial hit for our company and a lot of our staff that work on the show. This was a hard decision but I hope it will be the right one in the long term for the industry.
What are you talking about? Plenty of people complained that Nintendo didn't do a conference. Also, Nintendo still has a presence at E3.nintendo isnt attending in years but people only started to complain once sony dropped out