Yeah if you take the attendance away you have that broadcasting audience left that can just easily watch the same information on a Playstation experience or a Nintendo direct,that sort of negates the relevance of E3.

Even so, it's still the biggest show out there.

Besides, it's not because you can get news by reading a blog or watching a youtube video that you can just get rid of theatre presentation and an industry conference spot where all parties are present, competing there to make the biggest show.

It's the same about those directs. Directs can get communication across as just as theatre conferences, but that doesn't mean that directs are better or worse than live theatre conferences. We can have both and in the end directs are just cheaper material, not exactly more interesting.

Youtube sure can host a bunch of trailers in a playlist so that everyone can watch them while sipping expensive Starbucks rubbish, but this is not the same experience of having a single weekend in the year of live news and presentations from a live spectacle from a real theatre and conference building where the real VIPs from all the industry parties are there working together sweating to present to the world their biggest products.

Can we get rid of e3? yes. Can Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft get out of it and each of them just make their own event, on their own dates, following their own rules, protecting themselves against competition and spending the lowest million possible? yes. But that's just boring.

It's a win/win for both Microsoft and Sony. Microsoft get to take center stage at E3 and doesn't get over shadowed by Sony.

Sony get to save the enormous cost of going to E3 and will get to control their message and all the spotlight when they do reveal the PS5.

It is the biggest show indeed but that is no reason to stay the biggest.

They will be always be competing with eachother even if the timeframes between the information that is getting shown will become greater,i even think it could result in a better showing with lesser fluff and filler.I do understand the nostalgia but that is the only semi positive for me,and i can understand the people that always bought tickets to see it all in person but i just want the information and not the immersion.

Well yeah that is me and you is you so i do hope you will enjoy what is to come this year,you might even warm up to all of these changes;)

Bolded: I would never spent time to go get coffee,just making my own always tastes better :p

Without fail. Still the same old J.Allard you’ve always been.

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They all have their own events during the year but it’s still nice to have one huge convention where all three show up and do their thing. Nintendo doesn’t do a traditional conference anymore but they’re still there at E3. 

Plus it provides tons of content for things like video personalities and more up my alley, gaming podcasts. Plus if they open it up completely to the public then we can go experience these things instead of just watching on Twitch or Mixer.

I wonder how long it's going to be until all three platform holders are out of E3, and it starts getting used only by 3rd parties.

Disappointing news. I'll never forget E3 2015 (or was it 2016) where Sony absolutely stole the show.

Oh well, at least PS5 exclusives won't be cross generation.

Another sensitive one here it seems 😬

Sorry that discussing E3 and games offended you. Heil Sony. Long live Druckman. In Kojimas name we pray, amen. 

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Pot calling the kettle black. Go back to “papa Phil”.