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Honestly, I've been liking this summer-long E3 thing.
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Besides the PS5 showcase I didn't know anything was happening. I must be missing a ton of info.
As someone who writes news and features, no. E3 week is manic sure but we can plan easily for that, and have more time to schedule interviews and previews. With the current system there's an absolute onslaught of announcements. Take GC this weekend. There's what 90 games getting shown? Add the ones from the PS5 reveal and then EA Play later this week that's a lot of games. Usually with conferences we can do round ups but that becomes unmanageable in this scenario purely down to time. That's not to mention all the press releases hitting my inbox about other games that aren't being showcased.
Where before stories and announcements had a bit of time to breathe now content is coming in so fast that stories get pushed off the front page within hours. It also gives us less time to sort out interviews and other interesting features because we're so busy trying to keep track of all these different events and announcements.
Where before stories and announcements had a bit of time to breathe now content is coming in so fast that stories get pushed off the front page within hours. It also gives us less time to sort out interviews and other interesting features because we're so busy trying to keep track of all these different events and announcements.
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another proof how messy it all is, there where 4 events that I completely missed out on. I used to always check the resetera E3 schedule posted and I knew exactly what to kind of expect in terms of events, now.. I just missed PC gaming show, Future games show, and 2 days of Guerrilla collective.
It has been pretty underwhelming so far except for Sony. There's nothing in the IGN and Indie showcases to get me hyped. I forgot all about the Guerrilla Collective Yesterday, and I'm sure I didn't miss anything. I'm sure MS presentation will feel like E3, but it's too far away. We need E3 back so we can have our gaming super bowl week back full hypes and excitement. This is not it, E3 please come back.
I've been enjoying it for sure but it's nowhere near as good as regular E3. Having a massive blast of tons of news over one week is crazy and it's a crime that we've missed the craziness of a console launch E3. Everyone's done a good job of making it work though. Extraordinary times and all that!
Excited for whenever the next E3 is though. I know some love to hate it but it's the best.
Excited for whenever the next E3 is though. I know some love to hate it but it's the best.
I'd like it if Sony's event wasn't the only exciting one. Nintendo not having anything so far hurts too.
Check the pinned schedule thread
June 23rd, New Game Plus Expo
Do they really expect people to tune in all the time? I really can't see people being excited to watch some streams 10 weeks long. I would really like to see all the views after those 10 weeks, cause i guess, most views will have Sony/Microsoft and everything else is gonna be underwhelming.
everything being within a predetermined couple of days is such a convenience.
normally id watch absolutely everything every publisher had to share, but this year im not even gonna bother with anything other than sony and ms stuff
normally id watch absolutely everything every publisher had to share, but this year im not even gonna bother with anything other than sony and ms stuff
Bookmarking this thread for the next time someone says that E3 is pointless and publishers should just do direct-to-fan digital events instead of a big trade show event.
Feels like the vast majority of the posts in here are in favour of E3 rather than whatever we've had this Summer?
Feels like the vast majority of the posts in here are in favour of E3 rather than whatever we've had this Summer?
Summer 2020 Video Game Events Mega Thread
This thread is a WIP, and new events, information, and summaries will be posted as more information is known. Please bear with us as we flesh out this thread :). Any information or help is greatly appreciated as we work to present you with a comprehensive list of all important gaming...
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It's still there though. You can still at the click of a button see what is happening daily and what to expect.
I can see a certain appeal.
- For one, as already mentioned, it is really nice for us Europeans to be able to watch it all at a reasonable time
- The video shows are tailored for entertainment and with condensed information
- I think many smaller games become more visible as part of these condensed video shows. Scattered over a longer period it could really give some titles more time to shine as opposed to E3 where I don't even get to see all the games because there is just too many trailers that I will never watch.
I agree, having it all in one week makes it easier to know when stuff is happening, but I think in the future this whole Summer Games thing could also be improved so that it's easier to see what's going on.
Ultimately, however, I think we get back to that one week in June because when there is a phyiscal event happening again, of course everybody is going for that due to all the logistics and stuff.
- For one, as already mentioned, it is really nice for us Europeans to be able to watch it all at a reasonable time
- The video shows are tailored for entertainment and with condensed information
- I think many smaller games become more visible as part of these condensed video shows. Scattered over a longer period it could really give some titles more time to shine as opposed to E3 where I don't even get to see all the games because there is just too many trailers that I will never watch.
I agree, having it all in one week makes it easier to know when stuff is happening, but I think in the future this whole Summer Games thing could also be improved so that it's easier to see what's going on.
Ultimately, however, I think we get back to that one week in June because when there is a phyiscal event happening again, of course everybody is going for that due to all the logistics and stuff.
10 events spread out over a single week is far easier to track than 50 over 4 month.Summer 2020 Video Game Events Mega Thread
This thread is a WIP, and new events, information, and summaries will be posted as more information is known. Please bear with us as we flesh out this thread :). Any information or help is greatly appreciated as we work to present you with a comprehensive list of all important gaming...
It's still there though. You can still at the click of a button see what is happening daily and what to expect.
It cant be great for all parties involved. I've only watched PS5, Unreal Demo, and Inside Xbox. The only other event I knew happened (after the fact) was the PC Gamer show. Surely there were other events but they're falling through the cracks unless they're the biggest news.
It's easier to just focus on and watch everything for a week than to follow it all over several weeks.
It's easier to just focus on and watch everything for a week than to follow it all over several weeks.
Outside of the Sony showcase (which was noteworthy because of the PS5 unveil), I haven't been assed to watch or seek out anything. Whereas during E3 week, I've actively allocated time to just soak in all sorts of new unveils and trailers and panels and conferences and absorb it all. And even in the case of Sony, I think they actively did themselves a disservice going the livestream route with a 1080p showcase that failed to deliver the full impact of the graphical leap that should prod people into wanting to buy into a new ecosystem. They should have just rolled out all of the 4K footage that showed up after the fact.
With not even Nintendo bothering to do much, I'm finding it especially hard to get invested which more or less means I'm not at all enthused about either of the big console launches this fall and the game I'm most excited for is one that came out in Japan last year... 13 Sentinels.
Not sure how the absence of E3 is going to impact people's buying habits... I actually don't think they'll be impacted all that much on the software side of things because the same games are going to sell like always. The annual Call of Duty instalment. The sports games. The first-party Sony tentpoles. The 5-10 year old Rockstar games. And the big Nintendo franchises.
But I can't help but wonder if the adoption rate of the XBX and PS5 really lag because of this and the economy tanking and the potentially steep buy-in investment. I guess we'll see.
With not even Nintendo bothering to do much, I'm finding it especially hard to get invested which more or less means I'm not at all enthused about either of the big console launches this fall and the game I'm most excited for is one that came out in Japan last year... 13 Sentinels.
Not sure how the absence of E3 is going to impact people's buying habits... I actually don't think they'll be impacted all that much on the software side of things because the same games are going to sell like always. The annual Call of Duty instalment. The sports games. The first-party Sony tentpoles. The 5-10 year old Rockstar games. And the big Nintendo franchises.
But I can't help but wonder if the adoption rate of the XBX and PS5 really lag because of this and the economy tanking and the potentially steep buy-in investment. I guess we'll see.
I like knowing exactly when news is coming. I like sitting here and posting with you guys while waiting for the conferences too.
It sucks to just suddenly see the news dropped in a twitter post or youtube vid.
This is the first time I'm seeing that list in the OP and I'm not gonna remember all that lol. I feel completely out of the loop.
It sucks to just suddenly see the news dropped in a twitter post or youtube vid.
This is the first time I'm seeing that list in the OP and I'm not gonna remember all that lol. I feel completely out of the loop.
It's been awful. This summer is going to be the best advertisement for E3's relevancy and necessity that the ESA could have ever hoped for.
I miss the concentrated dump of new games information over a week, instead of dribs and drabs over months, with lots of "shows" where you're trying to find diamonds in the rough. The stagecraft, and the memes, and the curation, and the gamesmanship between the platform holders. All of that stuff made E3 special. Not to mention all of the panels, and roundtables, and interviews etc. that take place during E3 week, because the entire industry and media are in the same place for a week.
Once the world is back to normal, I hope people have a newfound appreciation for E3 week - and that includes some of the companies that had pulled out in the last few years.
I miss the concentrated dump of new games information over a week, instead of dribs and drabs over months, with lots of "shows" where you're trying to find diamonds in the rough. The stagecraft, and the memes, and the curation, and the gamesmanship between the platform holders. All of that stuff made E3 special. Not to mention all of the panels, and roundtables, and interviews etc. that take place during E3 week, because the entire industry and media are in the same place for a week.
Once the world is back to normal, I hope people have a newfound appreciation for E3 week - and that includes some of the companies that had pulled out in the last few years.
Yeah, the Sony show was the only one I actually watched so far. I didn't even know that there are potentially shows that I've missed. During E3 I would actually try to watch all the conferences, even for the studios I don't actually care much about. Everything about this summer thing has left me really confused. Even the schedule in the tweet in the OP leaves me confused about whether there are even shows or anything happening? Or if they're just game announcements.
I think the truth will end up somewhere in the middle.
This Summer Games thing will ultimately prove that E3 is done, I think. It just needs tightening up. You can still call it Summer of Gaming (or whatever) and still have it condensed over a week or even two at the start of June, rather than things being as spread as they seem to be right now.
Ultimately this is the first year of trying to do this and trying to replace a 20+ year institution of the industry. There has to be room to acknowledge what's worked and what still needs work, rather than this blanket "I hate this! Bring back E3!" or "This is good! E3 is dead!".
I can envisage Year 2 bringing improvements that really tighten this thing up into something more akin to a digital E3, especially with more publisher support and without two platform holders playing a seemingly unending game of brinkmanship over who says what first.
This Summer Games thing will ultimately prove that E3 is done, I think. It just needs tightening up. You can still call it Summer of Gaming (or whatever) and still have it condensed over a week or even two at the start of June, rather than things being as spread as they seem to be right now.
Ultimately this is the first year of trying to do this and trying to replace a 20+ year institution of the industry. There has to be room to acknowledge what's worked and what still needs work, rather than this blanket "I hate this! Bring back E3!" or "This is good! E3 is dead!".
I can envisage Year 2 bringing improvements that really tighten this thing up into something more akin to a digital E3, especially with more publisher support and without two platform holders playing a seemingly unending game of brinkmanship over who says what first.
It really sucks, because of how spread out it is without any type of actual organization. It's especially frustrating for people who want news from Nintendo though because E3 was basically a guarantee that we'd get a lot of info from them, and now we have nothing like that.
Normally, a couple of friends and I would take time off work to get together, grill some food, drink some beer and watch the big conferences, but now with everything so spread out and uncertain we can't. I miss normal E3.
Prove what? Lower viewership than ever across the board (except for Sony event)?
Yeah, I prefer the E3 format. The PS5 reveal was by the far the biggest gaming related event for me, so that has mitigated a lot. But then waiting for the rest feels messy.
I feel like companies should have coordinated more and keep the pace up a bit better. It's all too spaced out in my opinion. E3 was too much too quick, but I think there is a better middle-ground. But this is also a gen transition year and those are always weird because most next-gen stuff being made isn't quite ready for primetime as usual.
If only there was some neutral body that could work with all of the platform holders/publishers to co-ordinate everything into a shorter space of time... Maybe they could do an event!
I don't mind it. It allows me to much more easily curate the events I want to be involved in.
The PS5 presentation was a blast. Don't think I've watched anything else from this Summer of Games thing. But then again, I'm not interested in much else. Unless it's Nintendo, Square-Enix or a select few others that make games I'm invested in.
The PS5 presentation was a blast. Don't think I've watched anything else from this Summer of Games thing. But then again, I'm not interested in much else. Unless it's Nintendo, Square-Enix or a select few others that make games I'm invested in.
Yeah, claims that E3 was dead was always extremely naive, and this summer mess is already demonstrating how important having an overarching event to hang everything off is.
The platform holders are all it takes. Nintendo are already reaching their audience without. You've already acknowledged Sony. Microsoft will be fine too. The future of E3 doesn't sit on the shoulders of the PC Gamer Show or a Guerilla Collective stream.
Presumably you also read the rest of my post that said there needs to be room to acknowledge what hasn't worked and needs to be tightened up?
I mean given the circumstances we are all in I think it's better than nothing but I haven't been a huge fan of it myself. Whereas before we knew we were in for announcements all within the same time period, now everything is kind of all over the map so you don't know what or when something you care about will be announced.