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Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by dtech »

smaili wrote: post #4

With rumors of Sony and Microsoft's consoles coming out at the end of this year, does anyone know if this event would have any impact on that? I'd imagine being able to leverage this sort of event for generating buzz and interest helps with their sales to some extent so I'd be very curious to see if they decide to delay their release.

Many publishers were already doing their own thing around E3, both in time and location. Sony was not even participating in E3 2020. It is far far less important than it used to be for the industry

E3 2019 might have well been the last one.

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Post by jayd16 »

smaili wrote: post #4

With rumors of Sony and Microsoft's consoles coming out at the end of this year, does anyone know if this event would have any impact on that? I'd imagine being able to leverage this sort of event for generating buzz and interest helps with their sales to some extent so I'd be very curious to see if they decide to delay their release.

I doubt an e3 cancellation would cause a delay but the virus has made sourcing hardware a lot harder. If they do keep dates they'll see shortages.

Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by JonathonW »

smaili wrote: post #4

With rumors of Sony and Microsoft's consoles coming out at the end of this year, does anyone know if this event would have any impact on that? I'd imagine being able to leverage this sort of event for generating buzz and interest helps with their sales to some extent so I'd be very curious to see if they decide to delay their release.

Unlikely-- E3 (like the other big trade shows in general) has been getting progressively less relevant industry-wide each year, in favor of more direct-to-consumer messaging (like Nintendo's Nintendo Direct presentations). Sony even announced they weren't participating back in January, before all this COVID-19 mess.

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Post by mikewhy »

smaili wrote: post #4

With rumors of Sony and Microsoft's consoles coming out at the end of this year, does anyone know if this event would have any impact on that? I'd imagine being able to leverage this sort of event for generating buzz and interest helps with their sales to some extent so I'd be very curious to see if they decide to delay their release.

Sony had already cancelled, so there's no difference to them. I don't see either company delaying the release due to E3 being cancelled. Other supply line constraints from the same root cause, maybe.

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Post by gpderetta »

egfx wrote: post #3
rvz wrote: post #2

> We look forward to bringing you E3 2021 as a reimagined event that brings fans, media, and the industry together in a showcase that celebrates the global video game industry. Looks like the entire tech and game industries have put the future on hold for a year and a half. Meanwhile, I suspect that Hollywood directors are scripting a COVID-19 film for box office success...

Yet the Smurf festival in Lombardy lives on https://twitter.com/chamILYAn/status/1237397658773286913?s=2... As for the movie I think Contagion 2

FYI the festival was in France.

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Post by monkeynotes »

egfx wrote: post #3
rvz wrote: post #2

> We look forward to bringing you E3 2021 as a reimagined event that brings fans, media, and the industry together in a showcase that celebrates the global video game industry. Looks like the entire tech and game industries have put the future on hold for a year and a half. Meanwhile, I suspect that Hollywood directors are scripting a COVID-19 film for box office success...

Yet the Smurf festival in Lombardy lives on https://twitter.com/chamILYAn/status/1237397658773286913?s=2... As for the movie I think Contagion 2

Smurf festival in Landerneau, France. Not Lombardy.

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Post by w-m »

The NAB show 2020 (April 18 - 22, Las Vegas) is still holding out, "The Show is On. Stay Informed.": https://nabshow.com/2020/attend/onsite-services/coronavirus-...

I wonder how many more days until they cancel as well.

We have booked a stand and are planning to show a demo. Flights and hotels are booked. It feels slightly weird working on the demo, with the very high chance of it not happening after all.

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Post by blackearl »

smaili wrote: post #4

With rumors of Sony and Microsoft's consoles coming out at the end of this year, does anyone know if this event would have any impact on that? I'd imagine being able to leverage this sort of event for generating buzz and interest helps with their sales to some extent so I'd be very curious to see if they decide to delay their release.

There's been a shift to siloed announcements anyways. Nintendo Direct have been recurring chunks of announcements, I don't see why Sony and MS wouldn't start doing the same.

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Post by ErneX »

smaili wrote: post #4

With rumors of Sony and Microsoft's consoles coming out at the end of this year, does anyone know if this event would have any impact on that? I'd imagine being able to leverage this sort of event for generating buzz and interest helps with their sales to some extent so I'd be very curious to see if they decide to delay their release.

Sony skipped last E3 and also this one. They did not like the new direction the event was supposedly taking. Geoff Keighley also decided to not do his E3 Coliseum show that he used to host for multiple years.

Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by vsareto »

shados wrote: post #7
rvz wrote: post #2

> We look forward to bringing you E3 2021 as a reimagined event that brings fans, media, and the industry together in a showcase that celebrates the global video game industry. Looks like the entire tech and game industries have put the future on hold for a year and a half. Meanwhile, I suspect that Hollywood directors are scripting a COVID-19 film for box office success...

As long as animal crossing still come out on time, we can give up on the real world and just permanently live in the digital one.

If I were a streamer, I'd be extremely excited about the potential to get more viewers from people stuck at home.
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