Jumpin on 12 December 2023
2007 was the beginning of the long decline, when they scaled back, and the show was never as interesting as it had been in earlier times. It was also around that time that other shows started surpassing E3 for attendees; and soon after, for online viewers, the move to alternate online presentations, such as Nintendo Directs, made E3 redundant.
E3 used to be about the only time period that big presentations happened outside of the Christmas season. So E3 was like a taste of Christmas for gamers. But it ceased to be that around 2007.
COVID was the nail in the coffin. In 2006, no E3 would have been devastating. But, in the COVID era, no E3 made no difference.
Last edited by Jumpin - on 12 December 2023I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
