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Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by walrus01 »

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.

Personal opinion, I don't think the potential consumer purchasers of the next-generation xbox or PS5 are going to be swayed one way or the other by anything that comes out of E3. Or even whether E3 exists or not.

Assuming both intend to ship for sales Christmas 2020, towards september/october of this year we're going to see a heavy marketing push with video trailers for the games they will launch with. Very similar to how Halo 3 was promoted with the launch of the Xbox 360.

Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by mikepurvis »

blackearl wrote: post #18
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.

Sony: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/explore/state-of-play/

Microsoft: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/insidexbox/

Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by TrueGeek »

manigandham wrote: post #44
adamnemecek wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People are buying tickets right now and it's irresponsible to be selling them.

No it's not. As of now the show is on so they're selling valid tickets. If they do cancel then they'll refund the cost.

But what about the cost of the booths, the displays, the printed material, the plane tickets, the hotel rooms?

Months of planning and hundreds of thousands of dollars goes into an NAB vendor booth.

Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by adrianN »

beamatronic wrote: post #33
allovernow wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly at this point the socially responsible thing to do is not to attend, regardless of whether they cancel or not. You are not just putting yourself at risk by attending. We all must take steps to combat the spread. But I don't envy your position, I know these are tough calls to make.

The same thing is true of going to work.

Which is why many companies are encouraging their employees to work from home when possible.

Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by cjensen »

w-m wrote: post #17

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.

EDIT: NAB is Official Postponed now [1]. I got the email right after hitting send on this.

[1] https://nabshow.com/2020/attend/onsite-services/coronavirus-...

I'm in the industry. Many of our most important customers have already announced they are not going. The company I work for has pulled out of the show, along with many others.

The company I work for believes the show will be cancelled, so better to cancel flights and hotels now than later.

My bet is that like a lot of shows, they have a ton of money on the line. Their insurance/cancellation policies only kick in if the government steps in a says "you may not do this," so they are waiting for that to happen. Nevada is tourist-driven, so they don't want to do it. We need some leadership from the Executive Branch.

Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by fourmyle »

DoofusOfDeath wrote: post #47
brootstrap wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dont go hollow skeleton! Yeah it's an idea from dark souls, another fromsoft game that you hopefully have heard of and spent 100s of hours playing.

Thanks for the tip about Dark Souls! Heard of it but never tried it out. I'll take a look.

You will either hate it or you will think whichever SoulsBourne game you play first is the pinnacle of gaming and you will play all of them and they will consume you and other games will cease to be fun. It is the curse.

Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by walls »

manigandham wrote: post #44
adamnemecek wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People are buying tickets right now and it's irresponsible to be selling them.

No it's not. As of now the show is on so they're selling valid tickets. If they do cancel then they'll refund the cost.

> If they do cancel then they'll refund the cost.

Several major events have 'cancelled' this year by 'postponing' it until next year, giving no refunds. I wouldn't count on that being true.

Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by anigbrowl »

w-m wrote: post #17

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.

The logic behind this is that if the organizer cancels the event unilaterally, it's on the hook for the whole cost and might go bankrupt. If they are ordered to cancel by a local authority, they can invoke the force majeure clause in their business insurance and mitigate the loss.

If they don't keep up a happy face until they are ordered to cancel, they could in turn be sued by contractors who end up holding the economic bag and argue that the event organizers chose to upset the applecart when they didn't have to. .

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