And why do a once-a-year media event when you can have five teaser trailers, three exclusive gameplay cuts, a sneak peek video, an announce trailer, an announce video, four exclusive videos, five developer interview videos, then three more trailers, a gameplay trailer and an HD trailer?
This, it made sense in '96 when a majority of the gaming press were magazines and such, and the online players were just starting to show up toting around their fancy new AOL keywords and Shockwave-animated intro pages, but now the game's changed.
Not to mention that instead of getting your own article on every site when you drop these big pieces, E3 had you as a piece of a huge article shared with the entire industry that was also there as a general overview.
And why do a once-a-year media event when you can have five teaser trailers, three exclusive gameplay cuts, a sneak peek video, an announce trailer, an announce video, four exclusive videos, five developer interview videos, then three more trailers, a gameplay trailer and an HD trailer?
This, it made sense in '96 when a majority of the gaming press were magazines and such, and the online players were just starting to show up toting around their fancy new AOL keywords and Shockwave-animated intro pages, but now the game's changed.
Not to mention that instead of getting your own article on every site when you drop these big pieces, E3 had you as a piece of a huge article shared with the entire industry that was also there as a general overview.