E3: Once world's biggest gaming show permanently axed

[Bobby]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67695639

The E3 gaming show, once the biggest event in the gaming calendar, has been permanently cancelled.
In a statement, the organisers said: "After more than two decades of E3, each one bigger than the last, the time has come to say goodbye."
It added: "Thanks for the memories. GGWP [good game well played]".
The 2023 expo had already been called off after analysts said it had "struggled to remain relevant".
Industry body Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which ran E3, confirmed to the BBC that the event will not go ahead in the future.
E3 - which stands for Electronic Entertainment Expo - was last held virtually in 2021.
The last in-person event was in 2019.
Game developer Hollie Bennett said it was "sad" to see E3 "fizzle out".
She wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that it was "hard to sum up the impact E3 had on the industry".
"Your year almost revolved around it!", she wrote. "Nothing generated buzz like E3 did."

[SNP]

The year does not pass the same without E3. It is sad, but a reflection on the gaming industry as a whole. Lost.

[Stranger]

X_Decimus původně napsal:

The year does not pass the same without E3. It is sad, but a reflection on the gaming industry as a whole. Lost.

The loss of a single monolithic trade show whose only purpose was to hype the people who weren't allowed to attend isn't a big loss.

Arguably Steam's "win a ps5, if your uncle works at Sony" crap was worse.

Ofc that was also a UK idea so idk. What if we just nuked Acorn, and only Acorn? As a symbolic gesture.

[steven1mac]

It seems like most trade shows are on the decline. I used to go to two or three trade shows every year and they either no longer exist or have become so small they will cease to exist in a few years. Sure there are still a few larger ones like the car show or comic-con, but even they seemed to be lackluster after covid.

[Devsman]

Stranger původně napsal:

Arguably Steam's "win a ps5, if your uncle works at Sony" crap was worse.

Heh. Reminds me of watching gameshows on TV as a kid:

Announcer: Do you wanna be on the show?!
Me: YES YES YES
Announcer: Write to blah blah. Must live in California to apply.
Me: WTF

It never failed.

[Hammer Of Evil]

titans rise and fall huh.

the pandemic broke the bank, or ticket sales were in the toilet?

YaGirlSTRAX původně napsal:

Sir Seanicus, Esq. původně napsal:

It's alright. TGA replaced E3.

That would be summergame fest that has replaced E3

summergame fest what

where is this

Battlekruse původně napsal:

There is Gamescom in Cologne again 2024, about in August.

This is now the world´s biggest event for both computer and video games.

yea these guys have a livestream, good to watch

[Xautos]

There are plenty of other Expos out there, some games publishers run their own as well like EA. It's not like E3 will be missing in the minds of gamers world wide. I for one am glad it's no longer centered in California, as if it was the center of the universe.

[Dracoco OwO]

Never cared about it.

[↑↑↓↓←→←→BASelect]

All great things must come to an end.

[Freqsync]

Bobby původně napsal:

E3: Once world's biggest gaming show permanently axed

1"struggled to remain relevant".
2 event will not go ahead in the future.
3 E3 - which stands for Electronic Entertainment Expo - was last held virtually in 2021.
4 The last in-person event was in 2019.
5 "hard to sum up the impact E3 had on the industry".
6"Your year almost revolved around it!"

1. All about the struggle, now to easy.
2. WIll become all about retro, to much future
3. So everyone can add themselves in, turned out everyone said no to everyone
4. The first out person, turned out, ended up being everyone outted
5. Math, seriously who wants to do math at least make it exponential than sum
6. Yep jackals were circling to mock laugh anyone entering the hype train meme


World's fair, World's War, World's Playground, Next will be just "Worlds"

[Freqsync]

Bobby původně napsal:

niche market. In the 90s a 486DX that I got was over 1,200


MSI Z790 Tomahawk WIFI
32 GB DDR5 5600MHz
I5-13400f
Corsair MP600 pro NH Gen4 1TB
Crucial 500MX 4TB
WD Black Gaming 6TB HDD
Gigabyte RTX 4060 TI 8GB
MSI MAG Forge 110R case
Viewsonic 27” curved 1440p

All of that approx 1,500

3080 was 800-1200. GTF!


No wonder quality sucks today.

That build is all you have? previous builds still have?

the WILDCAT card 2GB was 2500. Voodoo card 80 64MB. What would you do for a Klondike bar...what would you do for a bar of soap that worked, WHAT WOULD YOU PAY for quadruple that... Half.. no... 5 dollars.... sure... would you buy more than one and test them and sell the best one for more... no.... ahhhh okay so how about the printed news online paid for by a library nearby should get any lose change or scraps and bits and bobbles from pockets hobbling there to be entertained. No. hrmmmmmmmm

[Haruspex]

Bobby původně napsal:

It truly marks the fact that the PC is pushing itself into a niche market. In the 90s a 486DX that I got was over 1,200
Those figures are now a reality worldwide. A 1080 TI (the most powerful GPU at the time) was at most on release 800. Now a 4090 is near the price of a *whole* PC build!

On the flip side though you have more and more people PC gaming on affordable "lesser" hardware like low-end laptops, SOC mini PCs, and handhelds like the Steam Deck. One doesn't need a 4090 to play PC games. That card represents a level of completely unnecessary excess for this hobby, reserved for the only the richest and most enthusiastic of enthusiasts. It's like saying driving is being pushed into a niche because a Lamborghini costs $400,000.

Consoles are sort of the yard stick for measuring the current state of gaming and creating a sort of watermark, and the rough GPU equivalent to a PS5 would be an RTX 2070. This card is plenty for modern gaming and can easily be found for about $300 today. You technically don't even need that for modern PC gaming as long as you don't mind turning some settings down.

[ZZZZZ]

never heard of it

[Enigmatic]

Because they will all be at Libreplanet 2024