Is this the end of E3?
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sokro8
>Do any of you know that EA, Disney, Activision and Wargaming have dropped out of this year's show?
>They all used to book massive floor space, especially EA. Now they're all going to be no-shows.
>EA is actually holding their own show that will be a paid event, open to the public, and will compete directly with E3.
>Companies no longer see investing in E3 as a viable use of revenue. There's a growing feeling that they need to take things directly to the consumer, and not hide them behind the press at a trade event.
>The companies are fed up with the constant negativity from gamers, and from the press. They're also fed up with the gaming press in general. (If you only knew how much the big companies hate the gaming press.)
>Another thing that's turning off exhibitors at E3 are the constant leaks, which are almost impossible to control.
>>336799462
>open to the public
This is what E3 should become again. An even for the customers. Give a day or two for pros but at cores it should have been like a giant fun fair for gamers.
> There's a growing feeling that they need to take things directly to the consumer, and not hide them behind the press at a trade event.
As always rockstar was the first to set the trend
>>336799462
i would have thought they were tired of having to produce cringe-inducing stage speeches with fake gameplay and empty promises.
>>336799462
>Disney, Activision and Wargaming
The only time I see Disney is when they are shilling skylanders on Nintendo's direct. We all know what happened to Nintendo so that's not surprising they dropped out.
>Activision
What do they make again? CoD? Seeing as people are shitting on infinite warfare then I'm not surprised
>Wargaming
Literally WHO?
In total no its not dead. Get fucked.
>>336799617
This, E3 hasn't been as enjoyable since they closed it for the public.
>>336800659
It's okay bro, Sony will save #E32016!
>>336801558
Yeah Sony will reveal even more games that aren't coming out any time soon to add to the growing collection.
>>336801678
Only on PS4.5*
*Also on PC
So is it just Bethesda, MS, Sony, and Squeenix now?
I don't give a single flying fuck about E3 even if they cure cancer over there unless they give me new XV gameplay.
>>336801969
>all this cancer under one building
Someone should bomb them or somethi g 2bh
>companies are fed up from negativity from gamers
Good. Fuck ypu EA
>>336799462
and for the 3rd time in a row, neo-nintendo fans defend nintendos absence at E3.
Everytime.
>>336799462
Internet killed E3, we know rumors months ahead of its time, every surprise gets leaked one way or another and because of that it's pointless.
I heard that companies were evaluating making something akin to a nintendo direct. which still wouldn't fix the problem. Leakers are pretty much disguised marketers nowadays
>>336801678
This year is going to be VR. Get ready for little actually new games, it's going to showcase all the VR games from last year.
>>336802234
I disagree. 5 years ago E3 was still big and internet wasn't especially more of a thing than now.
The last three E3s have been shitshows so I am not surprised
>>336801969
Don't forget Ubisoft!
They have tons of quality titles to announce and hype at E3!
>>336802642
what? e3 2015 was a rollercoaster. amazing reveal after amazing revea- oh, you are talking about nintendo. yeah. It was emberassingly bad.
E3 is getting bigger every year. You're just talking press conferences. It basically is open to the public. The price is $800 though. $600 before a certain date.
>>336802927
>bigger
>>336802356
You do know that 10 years ago they canceled e3 due to it not being profitable until a different company brought it back
>>336802896
Everything was embarrassing you fucking shill.
If you were actually hyped for Fallout 4 you're a fucking tool.
>>336802896
No idea how you could possibly think E3 2015 was good for any platform, shit reveals, constant talk about TV, sports sports sports fps
>>336799462
>this post was made by a 4chan user
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
NORMIES LEAVE
>>336803401
people thing that being the least shit equesl to be good.is a matter of standards being reduced.
>>336799462
>EA, Disney, Activision and Wargaming have dropped out of this year's show?
>Now they're all going to be no-shows
Good. Now actually good games with get more coverage they would never have otherwise without E3.
EA/Activision stuff is advertised years round, they don't need to kill the coverage of much smaller games and companies for their superfluous normalfag shit
This is genuinely a good thing for everyone.
>The companies are fed up with the constant negativity from gamers, and from the press. They're also fed up with the gaming press in general.
And it's seemingly not 'bad' enough for them to stop their shit.
>>336800357
This.
For every fucking game they have to announce, they have to come up with shit like this every fucking E3. And god forbid if their performance and games announced don't live up to the hype.
I say fuck it, if they've got a game to announce, then just say it or if they feel as if the game needs more time before it's announced, then go right fucking ahead. They don't have to be forced to announce all the fucking games they have or every console every time at E3.
>>336802927
>Bigger
I hope you mean a bigger of an embarrassment because that's all we've gotten for the past few years.
>>336800659
You're right that Disney was never that big of a deal at E3, but they don't own Skylanders. In fact, it's owned by one of the other companies in your post.
>>336801969
You forgot the PC Gaming Show!
Whatever I only care about Sony and Square Enix conferences are they still doing it?
>gg actually won
>>336799462
EA is holding their convention literally across the street from E3. I think their normal E3 space has been undergoing some construction work lately which may have been the reason they changed the location in the first place.
E3 as a whole is too big of a public even to just trash entirely. Though I can see it getting replaced by another convention in the near future because the show floor at E3 costs literally millions and isn't worth it.
Might see it undergo a transition like what happened with gamescom, which probably would end up being open to the public.
>>336799462
great news
Hopefully they will focus on more indie games then.
>>336806290
Can somebody please answer me if Sony and Square Enix are gonna have conferences?
>>336801132
E3 was never open to the public. It was always intended as a way for publishers to shill their games to retailers to sell copies to stores and game tabloids in order to drum up hype. It was just always too easy to sneak into E3 because no one was checking in its early years. It wasn't until streaming video of the event that they started cracking down on that and eventually made it even harder to get in for the average guy off the street.
>>336806864
>>336806290
Sony is apparently unknown at this point, but it's unlikely that they would just pass it up when microsoft is confirmed to have a conference.
It doesn't look like Square has a press conference, but FFXV, FFVII and KH3 are all confirmed (probably, I'm getting this info from IGN) to be there, likely during the Microsoft and/or Sony conferences.
i don't give a fuck anymore nothing possibly can match konamis 2010 conference.
>>336807642
Holy shit, FF VII confirmed I must watch this shit now.
>>336802642
Sony and SE had great showings last year, and Microsoft was good enough to be adequate. Nintendo was the only ones who shit the bed, with EA literally memeing through the whole thing.
>>336799462
Good riddance E3 is a relic of the past. The only highlights of E3 are awkward stage presentations and bullvideos-later-to-be -downgraded every year. Nintendo's Treehouse E3 segments are enjoyable though.
>>336808086
>it's a nintoddler mad about E3 episode
>>The companies are fed up with the constant negativity from gamers
Maybe present good content?
>>336799462
>do absolutely shit presentations with false advertisements of games
>get random Z list celebrities on stage
>everyone laughs at your conference
>PUBLISHERS: HURRR WELL WE R NOT ATTENDING DIS YEAR TAKE DAT GAMERS!!!
>>336801969
Ugh.. This will fuel the cunts at Bethesda even more, they already think their some top publishers who don't even care about their IP anymore, this will tip them over the edge.
This will be the last year video games are produced. We did it
>>336808482
b-but what about if we bring ice cube on stage t-to talk about how awesome t-he exclusive 30 day d-LC is
>>336808775
I'd love to see some genuine stats on game sales recently.
Few years ago it was "bigger than movies", I can't literally think of any good games in the last 4 or so years that stand out.
>>336808482
there is no good content. people are just going to hate and shit on everything.
EA putting on their own show is the best idea, every company should do this and be in complete control of the budget, space, and projected revenue
>>336804231
Are you okay, anon?
>>336799462
With any luck.
Nothing more than bullshit hype that never lives up to expectations.
That's probably why Nintendo is opting to only show Zelda U and not NX
Because the public majority won't be able to understand NX without trying it themselves
>You will never be 14 and watch Kevin Pererra and Olivia Munn cover E3 live from the press floor on G4TV again
>Implying we ever give a shit about E3 outside the conferences
It's all about Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo shilling while EA and Ubisofy provide Cringe and kek
>>336809794
>you'll never have G4 in general covering E3 while their commercials are showing Kratos, Masterchief and Brawl portrait Mario
>>336809794
>you will never see Munn intervew Jaffe about his penis again
Makes sense, I don't think companies want to get BTFO anymore.
I'm not even a Sonypony but you simply cannot deny that this cost Microsoft and the Xbox brand billions of dollars. It's too much risk going head to head in one event.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwYUGtI6guY
>>336799462
>(If you only knew how much the big companies hate the gaming press.)
THEN MAKE GOOD GAMES AND NOT POLITICS, YOU SHITS
Didn't E3 already 'died' once?
RIP
Post good E3 conferences to remember.
>>336811045There aren't any
>>336811045
>Good E3 conferences
Ha, E3 conferences were never good. They're either boring or fucking retarded to the point of being hilarious like RIIIIDGE RACER or Usher doing a mini concert.
>>336799462
As long as we can have comfy generals for the different events with /v/ i'm okay with this
spend less money on conference space and more on the games
>>336799462
>EA has no event
That's fucking wrong though.
>wahhh leaks
Implement better policies then to handle it. Treat the potential of a leak like a fucking crisis. If someone tries to leak something internally, threaten with legal action.
I'm not even excited by E3 anymore. I stopped looking at the coverage years ago. It's nothing but boredom and disappointment mixed with a little bit of good news.
>>336807665
This was the last E3 I watched before I had to get a job. Good times.
>>336809794
I never thought I'd say I miss G4. But I really fucking miss G4 right about now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zFO186gJ2w
The only memorable moments are OoTs reveal guys and this shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzBrwcrN_To
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH2w2l1JTs4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6OCnvvkSLM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMYso30L9zI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfzThMe7bBM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecffZBdhAUU
>Companies are sick of constant negativity from gamers
Maybe they shouldn't make shit games, then.
>>336813798
e3 has been dead since 2006
>>336799462
>The companies are fed up with the constant negativity from gamers, and from the press. They're also fed up with the gaming press in general. (If you only knew how much the big companies hate the gaming press.)
Is this actually some kind of reasoning for dropping out of E3?
Like, dropping out and doing your own thing wont stop people from being cynical bastards all the time - and in EAs case, its more than justified
>>336814425
e3 is a press only event. who wants to suck up to those cocksuckers?
>There's a growing feeling that they need to take things directly to the consumer, and not hide them behind the press at a trade event.
Remember when everybody was shitting over Nintendo for doing that?
is this the start of open to the public e3?
>>336799462
>The companies are fed up with the constant negativity from gamers, and from the press. They're also fed up with the gaming press in general. (If you only knew how much the big companies hate the gaming press.)
>Wahhhhhh stop not eating our shit
>Our shit tastes really good why won't you eat it?
Fuck most modern game developers. Collapse fucking when.
>EA
Still has an event during the week of E3, in the same area as well
>Activision
Only has CoD and Skylanders, the former is going to be at Sony's conference/booth
>Disney
The only game they have is Infinity, and they're not planning to release a new one this year.
I know I'm at a huge risk of being btfo, but I don't think E3's in any major trouble for the short term.
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>>336802698
It's almost like they are their own meme.
>>336799462
EA and Activision actually moved to bigger places as the space at e3 wasnt sufficient anymore.
Disney probably dropped out as the only game they make had decreasing sales after each installment and sales for last years installment were disapointing, so they probably dropped out of video games.
Wargaming dropped out of e3 due to extremly small interest in their booth(not really supprising as E3 isnt really the place where people will care about shitty f2p games).
Isnt the "E3 IS DYIIIIIING" meme just nintendrone damage control to defend their barebones as fuck E3 this year?
>>336809794
I nostalgia'd hard
Fuck I miss Xplay and attack of the show.
>>336799462
This is what Sony has done to people
>>336815095
>Disney probably dropped out as the only game they make had decreasing sales after each installment and sales for last years installment were disapointing, so they probably dropped out of video games.
They said they were looking to partner with other companies with their IP instead of developing things on their own like the EA and Star Wars deal
>EA is actually holding their own show
>The companies are fed up with the constant negativity from gamers,
so the new events will all be audience being prompted on when to clap
again
like sony's events have been
>>336799462
I could care less about E3, they already alienated me
>this game will integrate with all your social media!
>we really want to push the social media
>look you can access your facebook while playing xbox!
>what about the games
>oh right, here's a pile of shit that took us 2 hours to develop its glitchy and boring
>BUT THERE'S A SOCIAL MEDIA BUTTON! PRESS TO SHARE GAME ON FACEBOOK
There have been no good games out since they started shoving this social media crap down our throats. The games that do come out are glitchy messes like Assassins Creed and Battlefront.
>>336799462
>There's a growing feeling that they need to take things directly to the consumer
EA can't even be bothered to serve you their shit on a plate anymore. They'd rather just squat right over your mouth.
>>336815234
They still made and published DI, but as it seems the Toys 2 life fad died(well more like the "casual" game market in general because other big franchises aimed at the same target group failed too) and it wouldnt be supprising if there is no DI this year, same with skylanders.
Just open E3 to the public again. Why can't america have its own gamescom? PAX is ok, but it's not a big announcement event
> There's a growing feeling that they need to take things directly to the consumer, and not hide them behind the press at a trade event.
Wasnt E3 always open to the public until recently
Why dont they just go back instead of having god awful retarded "press" at the events
>>336815757
It never was, it used to just be very easy to get into. Then hard for a few years. And now it's easy to get into again and the companies are now pushing for it to become like Gamescom and TGS where there are some public days.
>>336815354
>Go on, quick, pitch me a meme!I want to FUCK that
>>336801678
>>336801941
salt is real
Do we actually have proof other than hearsay and document pdf files that the PS4.5 is a thing?
>>336816020
>I just happen to be dressed like a character from a game that's not even out yet
>And am totally not a corporate plant in the audience for this shitty segment
>>336809794
>Attack of the show will never have another japan week
>>336816020
>Tall as fuck
>Wears heels anyway
Why
>the only week /v/ is video games and OC is made is dying
hey everyone, I want us to think about the past e3 events and what your favorite cringe moments were?
*deeluulu deeluuluu deeluluuu*
>>336809794
>Xplay will never come back with a "It came from japan" segment
>>336809794
>You will never be this much of a faggot
Feels good man.
>>336816893
Based on actual battles from ancient Japan, so here's this giant enemy crab
>>336811045
Technically we are still having conferences
It's the show floor nobody wants to do
>>336812772
most leaks aren't don't by devs or even intern, it's done by the cleaning team, the security team, a cousin of someone that happened to come that day at the esrb(see smash) or some nigs that break inside the storage of the games at the factory
>>336813652
>Jamie Kennedy making a complete arse of himself and contributing another example of a seppo looking dumb in front of a Pom again was nearly 10 years ago
Fucking hell.
>>336811045
There is no good overall conference
2013 Sony dominated but not because of the conference, because of "We aren't Xbox"
>>336816020
>should of hired superior nerdy nigger
>>336799462
>If you only knew how much the big companies hate the gaming press.
Really? Why?
>>336799462
>not hide them behind the press at a trade event.
So let in the general public again like it use to be? I don't see the issue. This seems like PR moves more than logical business decisions by these companies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSUIQgEVDM4
>>336816326
wtf even was the segment, he didn't even do anything.
they must have just hired him to sit in the audience and the whole meme going to tak to him wasn't planned.
>>336799617
So like TGS? TGS is great except for some of the more brutal lines.
who cares. People continue to watch E3 despite it's issues because it has everyone together, at least the major players. If these small extra companies move out, they're going to be losing thousands of viewers, because not as many people will tune in to "EA show" AND E3, unless it's properly spaced out I guess, but even then, i'm 100% certain a lot of exclusives and even popular multiplats will still be shown off at console manufacturer slots in E3. It doesn't seem to really make a difference.
>wargaming
cause their shit is irrelevant and they're running out of money.
>>336818716
This
We all watch conferences and then either hype thread or shitpost thread about it
Nobody watches show Room footages especially Since Nintendo's does it better with treehouse Livestream anyway
>>336819356
I don't watch nintendo directs either, they're part of the stupid "hurr we're not bothering with E3" crowd with their directs. They have to put them at the WORST hours, and I will never understand why they decided to go to that format.
>4chan insider
>starfox profile pic
how sad can nintendrones get? E3 is getting bigger every year fags and just like last year nintendo will SUCK DICK.
>>336799462
>tfw still cant get pastHi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU2d_Pld3w8
So fill me in, is Square really coming back for this E3?Because I won't shrink my table card further to include them
>>336799462
>Do any of you know that EA, Disney, Activision and Wargaming have dropped out of this year's show?
Are you dumb?
EA just made their own conference "EA Plays" instead of being in the the main conference, much like the PC gaming show.
Nothing changed.
>>336802698
XD i hope they use the tall black meme woman again
>>336799462
>The companies are fed up with the constant negativity from gamers
Then stop making bad rehashed shit over and over with spruced up textures and acting like you revolutionized the industry.
>>336819997
extreeeeeeme
>>336799462
Good. I've been to E3 . It's shit - consumerism at it's worst.
>>336799462
>Companies no longer see investing in E3 as a viable use of revenue.
That's because it's a closed event you fucking niggers. Open it back up to the public and problem solved.
why is everyone saying it's closed?
If you have a youtube channel or a twitter with more than 5000 subs/followers you can get a perss pass, easy. I've gone to E3 the last 5 years and all I have is a subscription button on twitch from speedrunning.
It's not "closed off" in the slightest. It's bare minimum barrier to entry to stop stupid /v/irgins from waddling their way in, and to stop children from getting in as well.
>>336799462
>Companies are fed up with constant negativity from the press
Am I missing something here? The press is the only source of positivity in the industry. It's your IGNs and Gamespots that hype up shit games and tell the common people that they're being too negative and are whiny babies. They're literally an extension of the marketing machine and they suck (western) game devs cocks.
>>336821531
>have a youtube channel or a twitter with more than 5000 subs/followers
>It's not "closed off" in the slightest.
I can't even remember the last time they had unannounced video games as a surprise at E3. Its been years.
>>336821826
you can literally buy 5000 subs on youtube for less than 10 dollars. I refuse to believe that people are so stupid as to be unable to game the system anyway. Upload videos from a proxy on a central european server, mark your account as american and tag it with literally every recent game release you can think of, I can guarantee you'll get at least 20,000 views in the first week from idiots who click whatever shows up in their feed.
>>336821531
Because that is exactly what being closed to the general public means you dense motherfucker.
>>336817936
i went to last years TGS. It was fucking awesome. to bad some of th merchandise was fucking crap.
>>336822038
>general public
>anyone can get in if they spend a week, two tops shilling their shit
hell I got my first 500 subscribers on youtube from posting in the shilling threads here on /v/. It's only "closed off" in that there's a fucking childproof cap on the bottle containing your theoretical pass. Are you a god damned child? No? You can get in.
>>336814672
People don't want to eat their own words.
Nintendo proven to have blazed a trail again.
>>336800659
>Thinking that the decision to pull out of the show wouldn't have been made months ago
Infinite Warfare changed absolutely nothing.
>>336814672
Shush. Nintendo can only make mistakes, anon.
>>336811045
There is none. E3 is like the audition part of American Idol. You have a bunch of fools and asshats making a joke of themselves to everyone. It's the only reason I still watch E3.
who had the best show last year and why was it squeenix?
That NieR reveal had me rock hard. Hope they knock it out of the park again this year
>>336815483
>>336809791
>That's probably why Nintendo is opting to only show Zelda U and not NX
>Because the public majority won't be able to understand NX without trying it themselves
You make a good point here. Back when the NX controller leaked, people were freaking out on how it could possibly work.
I'm still on team "it was real and Nintendo contained the leak", so them revealing and showcasing in an as controlled setting as possible to convince us it's worth buying seems understandable.
>>336821630
Guess a 9/10 isn't enough bang for their buck and they want journos to drop their prices.
>EA, disney, activision and Wargaming
Activision never had their own stageshow, neither did wargaming or disney. EA is still going to have their show, just at an another place. I hope it won't overlap with the ubisoft show
>>336821630
Probably more the self righteous and "social commentary" side of the press desu.
>>336821630
I think the issue is that at E3 one game cleans up 80% of the awards and recognition because Sony and/or Microsoft team up with Ubi/EA/Activision to shill a multi-plat as the big game of their conference.
The rest of the games get jack shit press unless they're already part of a successful 5+ million selling franchise. Unless some games journalist thinks the game is sexist and/or racist in which case it gets a load of negative press.
There's only ever a handful of big winners from E3 and the rest might as well have not shown up, especially if they're Japanese developers with a new or smaller IP.
>>336831161
I don't know, I always feel like indie shit is crammed down our throats when everyone just wants to see the big stuff. And what games cleaned up E3 in the recent years? Last year was Fallout 4 but even then I feel like exclusives like Horizon and Gears got a lot of recognition. I straight up don't remember the "winners" of 2013 and back.
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>>336800659
Wargaming owns world of tanks, they're actually one of the most well off gaming companies around.
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>>336799462
This happened once before. Everyone left E3 and it died or moved or something. Then it came back again. Who knows?
boskeletonrp
Sounds like a good thing. At least it'd be a stop to the daily E3 spam circlejerk threads.
>B-B-BUHHH E3 IS DYING!!!!!!
Let's look at the attendance over the past few years:
>2009: 41,000
>2010: 45,600
>2011: 46,800
>2012: 45,700
>2013: 48,200
>2014: 48,900
>2015: 52,200
Whoops, looks like /v/ got BTFO once again.
>>336809794
>>336811045
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNSBiaW-yjo
I have literally never heard of Wargaming until this thread
>>336831613
2013 was Titanfall, 2014 was Evolve, 2015 was Fallout.
Not a great record.
>The following is a post made by a 4chan user who claims to be an E3 insider:
>By the way, if you want to know who I am, here's a clue:
>I work in a building on 7th and Fig in DTLA.
>If you can figure out that clue then you already know I'm 100% legit
So did anyone figure this out? What video game-related company is at 7th and "Fig" in Downtown LA and how is this some giveaway?
