i just read that E3 which you guys should know is the biggest video game expo in the world that shows future games and hardware to be released will be cancelled next year and in the forseeable future. now this hasn't been confirmed yet but it sounds like their is a good chance this will happen. i have no idea why they would do this but all i can say is that this is horrible!
Why the hell would they cancle it...
it was on my internet homepage netscape. it was one of the headlines
Did some officials confirm it? Because I don't know why they would cancel...
E3 was never going to be cancelled. They are discussing making E3 smaller. Instead of being in the thousands they want only hundreds of people attending. Also having it in a smaller venue. Publishers are complaing that they have to hire more workers and spend more money on hotels etc. Basically they want to make it cheaper.
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is thinking of getting rid of E3 and creating a new expo - if you could call it that. The new convention would be considerably smaller. This would mean that the number of attendees would be in the hundreds and not in the thousands as they currently are. Not only that, but the show would be moving from the 540,000 square feet Los Angeles Convention Centre to a smaller venue. Instead of large exhibits, like the elaborate Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess booth in 2004, we'll be getting small meeting rooms in which the press is demoed games.
Why is this being done? Well, the costs associated with E3 is becoming a concern for some publishers. Travel costs, living expenses during the show, and the costs of hiring the large amount of staff members is a bit pricey. A smaller show would mean less people travelling, staying in hotels, and nobody needed to walk around booths looking pretty and helping out gamers with games.
There are considerable downsides as well though. The Los Angeles hotel and service industry makes an estimated $50 million (USD) during E3. They'd be hit pretty bad by this change. Smaller publishers will also be hurting because they wouldn't be able to get some of that meeting space in a smaller venue.
thanks for the info. while it is good to hear that E3 won't be cancelled it sounds like E3 will never be the same or as good as it has been for many years
Your full of sh1t mayne .
E3 sux...I been to 3 so far.
You're in Vegas that's why lol.
What's the most interesting thing there you've seen so far?
yeah it sounds like all the big video game publishers are pulling out of E3 and they just want small media only conferences.