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aLkaLiNE on 31 May 2016
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spemanig said:
aLkaLiNE said:

The only thing that proves is that they deem the conference redundant considering all of their major announcements have historically been on stage with Sony or Microsoft.

 

Considering that it appears to be tricky to find Nielsen ratings for E3, we only have Twitch for viewing figures. If E3 is dwindling in relevance then why is Nintendo about to give the world its first demo of the new legend of Zelda, at none other than E3? 

Is that a serious question? Nintendo is only showing one game at E3, and you're wondering why it's proof that E3 is dwindling in relevance?

If EA thinks having a converence is redundant, why are they still having a conference on June 12 @1PM, the Sunday before E3? Activision doesn't even have conferences, so they wouldn't even care if conferences were redundant. Your point is demonstrably false. Conferences aren't redundant, E3 is obsolete as a platform. Publishers need E3, and they know that gamers don't actually care about something being at E3 anymore. There are an infinite number of avenues through which the same information can, and will, be conveyed through.

They're showing their most hyped upcoming game. Why at E3 though? Why not just do a Nintendo Direct? Answer that first please.

 

And actually, the fact that EA moved their conference to literally right next to E3 is incredibly telling. Now they'll get even more exposure from having their own event AND having a presence at E3. You can deny it all you want but you have literally done nothing to prove that E3 is dwindling, it's all been opinion asserted as fact. The only platform that's become obsolete for GAMERS, in that aspect is watching through the tv, now gamers are flocking to online streams. Which, I proved using hard data that we must take as fact, has been growing exponentially each year.

 

Why is E3 as relevent as ever? Megatons from the entire industry concentrated into one conference. 

 

What you say - E3 is irrelevant, developers can do their own thing.

What I say - you are wrong, no individual publisher or developer can garner as much views individually, and no casual viewer wants to sit through 10 separate events just to find out what the industry has in stores. E3 is bigger than any one company, it will have more press coverage than any one company, people recognize the conference, and most importantly, it will be on NATIONAL TELEVESION which has much, MUCH higher visibility to the population than any single conference could hope to muster. Let me know when EA has a conference broadcasted nationwide.