Hard to predict things like this way too far in the future, but this year has shown again that E3 is here to stay, no matter how some people want it to go away for whatever weird reason.

Hopefully soon. E3 feels so pointless. The last few years have been pretty dreadful save for MS in 2018, Nintendo in 2019,2021. Companies can deliver news at any point in their own event online now. Combined with TGS, Gamescon and so many other events. E-Sports. Game Awards. E3 just feels redundant and why companies have so little to show. I also like the idea of a company having something to show at their pace than rush something together for E3. E3 began as a trade show for the press. Became more consumer-focused in the 7th gen but has outlived its usefulness. I honestly think a video uploaded to YT is more exciting now than E3 dragging on for 3 days. So if we are lucky 2022 is the last E3 ever.

Oh one other thing. E3 used to be the best way to show off a game right? Well now they can announce a game and release a demo that day to everyone else. You don't need to be in person. Zoom calls can get the interviews from press to dev.

It’s kind of a zombie now. The only real saving graces were Metroid Dread, Advance Wars, and footage of Zelda and SMT V. And even Nintendo saves its best for its own events and for TGS.

I miss the old days of E3, when I watched conference after conference deep into the night.

I guess the key word is "disappear". There'll probably be something called E3 for a long time. Whether it is relevant to the gaming community? Even now I'd say it's less important than a Nintendo Direct, or similar presentations.

So in a couple of years it'll probably be less newsworthy as companies will do on-line events at various points of the year to align better with their marketing plans... For all intents and purposes, it will have disappeared.

Wait, didn't it die in 2005?

I genuinely expect more TGA announcements than E3 announcements at this point.

Not anytime soon. As long as the ESA can keep pulling in most of the big publishers and platform holders, they'll be fine.

I know I'm late, but I personally hope E3 doesn't dissapear any time soon. It's true that it's more flexible for the companies to have their own events whenever they think it's more convenient, and that the original purpose of E3 may have been lost with the passing years, and I think too that the description someone made in another thread - E3 as a huge advertisement that we're willing to watch - is actually quite accurate. But at the same time, I think E3 has certain "magic" attached to it; I personally don't feel the same excitement for any other events (even if I can still enjoy them) than I feel when E3 is coming. If I had to give a reason why, however, I may not be able to find anything rational - it's probably just because I associate it with good memories in the past, waiting for it to come while swimming in a sea of rumors and speculation.

Anyway, it's not like I would die or something if E3 dissapeared - I just pretty much prefer it doesn't.

I dont think E3 will ever die out completely but it will continue to decline until you have only the smaller publishers presenting and the focus becomes more a fan zone with demos rather than big dev reveals as it has been for so long.