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- timdorr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+56Marked this as inaccurate until we have official confirmation.
However, considering the front page of their site says they've already got a date picked out, I'd doubt it: http://www.e3expo.com/default.aspx
Besides, the money spent on E3 *more* than pays back for the amount of media coverage and otherwise free publicity the game companies get. Spend a million on a series of TV ads that last for a week, or spend a million on a nice presentation that lasts for months in the gaming news? I think the choice is rather clear... - Frinkahedron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+54I'll wait for the official press release.
- Negyxo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+48OK... so, my only real concern is the e3 booth babes ? They need jobs , you know. WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE HOTTIES!?
- arunforce, on 10/12/2007, -2/+36Exit E3. Enter E4.
- pixlox, on 10/12/2007, -1/+35heard of the Internet?
- KJSatz, on 10/12/2007, -5/+38Sucks. At least the last one was pretty hardcore, what with the PS3 and Wii announcements.
- mikeon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28Electronic Entertainment Extreme Exposition?
- FcukDt7, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23How come the official site [http://www.e3expo.com/default.aspx] says that "Planning is already underway for E3 2007"?
- cam2009, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24Good place to end it. The next at least 5 years would have nothing except new games, and it would take something huge to beat the wii-mania, possibly the best e3 yet. I am surprised, though. it says companys think the cost isn't worth the return, but I don't think thats always the case, especially nintendo. I can see small companies being overlooked. Hopefully we'll see the return of spaceworld, and things like that.
- joeshlub, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16I highly doubt this is true. E3 is way too big of a venue to just end like that, I'm sure that at the very least it will come back in another form, as they mention. But I doubt it would ever go entirely.
- sonick, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17FYI: "The Internet is a communication tool used the world over where people can come together to bitch about movies and share pornography with one another."
- McMultiverse, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18Official Response: "We're planning not to do it. LOL."
- FcukDt7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Oh damn, I broke my URL. Use- http://www.e3expo.com/default.aspx
- ricodued, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14They still have such places as the GDC (Game Developers Conference). While geared towards developers, it is still a place where they can get the word out about their games (think Apple and the WWDC).
- ingoldsby, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Truly small developers can not afford to put on a production at E3. I'm not sure if people realize just how expensive shows like this are to the people who have booths.
For example, at the National Nutrition Expo every year, my family's company has had a booth. Same idea as E3 (and the same venue) but with nutritional products. On average it costs around $20,000 when all is said and done to have a small booth there. And we are local - now imagine E3 which has much more elaborate booths, and developers traveling from other parts of the country... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14digg.com would be one good catalyst
- reddevil3, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Maybe now Nintendo will have the Space World event every year?
- williamrocks, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12I agree, but this is pretty sad, the hype of E3 was just so great, it's sad to lose it!
- magicianb, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Cost benefit ratio was destroyed by Nintendo dominating the conference this year. Sony and MS got barely any quality coverage because of how they didn't really have anything innovative to announce. Put on a good show and it'll be worth it, not the fault of the event.
- GorGenator, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Well maybe he's like Google and "is" is unneccessary and will not be included in his terms.
- luke--, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Is this a joke? I heart e3!
But I bet editors all across the nation are doing the dance of joy at this news. - thefinalruin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8What? How is this related to E3 getting cancelled?
- rick2k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7On the E3 website:
Planning is already underway for E3 2007. Mark your calendars:
E3 2007
May 16-18, 2007
Los Angeles Convention Center - willij, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Be kind of nice if this hurts G4. But it probably won't.
- robotfighter, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Thank God, I was getting tired of that show after five years. For the return you get on a multi-million dollar booth, your money's better spent on direct-to-consumer shows like VGxpo and PAX. E3, in its current format, has worn out its welcome.
Small devs never got good coverage at E3 anyhow (I should know, I've worked for many) that they couldn't get by just doing lots of leg work with the magazine editors. Large publishers, well, they'll just announce their games as normal, we'll still hear about them, it just won't be an announcement surrounded by big Sony parties and large-breasted Konami/Techmo booth girls.
Nobody but the partiers and the EBgames kids who kept flooding the booths will miss E3. Frankly, if a game publisher has to rely solely on E3 for coverage, their game's not so good in the first place -or at least their PR/Marketing team isn't that good. - chibigoku, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Dang it!! And I was going to go next year!!
- blackjack75, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7The year after they decide censoring the booth babes the whole thing crumbles. Isn't that great...
- DaFox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5God i hope this is fake because, seriously those 3 E3 days are like Christmas ya know?
Thats the best way to find out about new games coming out. - trunkster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5G4 will probably start their on crappy version of e3 if this is true.
- markhowson999, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Inaccurate. The official site says 07 is going ahead. Lets not worry until we are sure.
- noliberalbull, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Exactly what I was thinking. All this is is the companies saying "we don't want to have to compete with a better show".
- GrammarMonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Jumped the can? Did you just make that up?
- Computer_Kid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Augh! E3 was on my list of things to do before I die, right before getting laid! :-)
- Sentientv2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5um, E3 is run by the ESA
- OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Oh what will all the booth sluts do now?
Anyway, this is inaccurate. It's not cancelled, only downsized. - aywwts4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4No it wouldnt be, the signal to noise ratio would be so high, Developers would be talking to people, trying to walk people through their new technology hoping to get a writeup in whatever the hell gaming website or blog they are from, and instead they are just talking to joe schmoe who might buy 100 dollars in games next month and just wants to play a demo early.
Like they would pay millions of dollars to show a handfull of gaming geeks their new game in person. - Zedtech, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Uh dude... thats totally three words.
- gregmo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4they'll just replace the time with reporting on counterstrike leagues or some *****.
- nextgengames, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Right then as probably only one here who is in the industry. E3 is NOT CANCELED. The expo center has been booked. Currently publishers such as EA, are re-evaluating there spend allocation to the event. The costs for E3 are currently going through the roof. EA's booth cost over $1 million this year. I think what we will see in 2007 is a smaller show, Nothings Official yet and Joystiq have jumped the can calling it canned.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I agree 100%. It disgusts me how much resources get wasted on putting together an E3 demo that could be better spent on the final game. It literally adds months on to schedules. Go though many code games' code bases and you'll see "#ifdef E3DEMO" tearing up the code all over the place.
I also think that gaming blogs killed E3. The old media had a certain code that they didn't talk ***** about pre-release material, they just highlighted the good points and potential and waited for the final product before tearing into it. Gaming blogs seem to have no qualms about spitting venom about a game that is a year away from release just because it has a choppy framerate. What benefit is there to publishers to show off their pre-release titles if all it gets them is negative press? - Rosco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3As ricodued said above, there's still GDC. But also a new event that's been gaining popularity the past couple of years is PAX, from Tycho and Gabe at Penny Arcade. I'm surprised nobody has mentioned that one yet.
- bsutt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Check out this arstechnica article - apparently sources close to the 'Entertainment Software Association' claim that the show will go on, but will be downsized ....
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060730-7382.html - xXShadowstormXx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4http://www.e3expo.com/default.aspx
E3 is not cancelled. It has been marked on the official E3 website:
Planning is already underway for E3 2007. Mark your calendars:
E3 2007
May 16-18, 2007
Los Angeles Convention Center - hyfc3s, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This might be a good thing.E3 started off as a Trade show for the video game industry.Now it is just a media and hype machine.I read somewhere that ESA just wants to make it smaller and more productive instead of the ear drum splitting music with the half naked women not interested in you.Hopefully it is for the better!
- distrbnce, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Completely impossible.
If companies were upset that it was so much money, then they wouldn't spend so much money. - TrainwreckX, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@Servetus
Have you ever been to Kentia Hall and stopped and actually looked in some of the booths? Indeed some of the greatest innovations in the industry can be seen here, and you fall into the whole "dregs of the industry" pool? Shame on you. Shame on you for not actually investigating Kentia yourself and seeing some of the amazing things people are doing that will be in the video games of tomorrow.
Also, Red Octane is in Kentia Hall. You, sir, suck. - miketuck3r, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3because E3 is run by a company, MS, sony and nintendo pay them money for space if they dont want to pay then there you go no event
- Slybri, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Personally, I'm glad. I'm sick of reading gamerblogs going on about how great E3 is. The free drinks, the parties, the half naked women, all the free schwag they get in return for hyping the product for the next year. I just want to know about the games.
If the game companies want me to get excited about thier games they should release a demo so I can try it myself instead of reading some "hands on" report from some half drunk "games journalist" being bribed with nintendo keychains and *****-teased by booth babes. I'm the one buying the games. Where's my free keychain?
E3 coverage should be about the games, not E3. And certainly not about the journalists. I honestly don't care how great a time Will Wheaton is having at E3. I just want to know what games are coming out, what games look good, and how long do I have to wait to buy the damn thing. That's it. - Cougaboy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Just a thought, but have you ever heard of Blizzcon? Or Quakecon? My guess is that companies want to go more towards this direction.
- miketuck3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2E3 currently runins announcement/news for at least 3 months each side of the event, it will be good if announcements are spread out over the year
lets face it very few actaully get to go its mostly a pissup for the press, on our expense (as we buy the games) -
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