E3 used to be closed to just journalists, back when video game magazines were more prevalent. And I'd wait patiently to get a bunch of magazines and see their takes on certain games, and what they were anticipating. And what I could look forward to.
With the speed of the internet, and then opening E3 to the public, it got worse. Much worse.
Some say taking away booth babes probably had something to do with it. And maybe it did. Who knows. Those days are almost a decade ago now, maybe more.
So, companies themselves decided to just have their own hype train streams, and that killed it for good.
After all, why bother spending thousands to be at the same space as your competitors, when you can just stream it yourself for a fraction of the cost.
The only people I feel bad for are the lighting, stage and sound designers that will have less work with E3 not being a thing anymore.
E3 used to be closed to just journalists, back when video game magazines were more prevalent. And I'd wait patiently to get a bunch of magazines and see their takes on certain games, and what they were anticipating. And what I could look forward to.
With the speed of the internet, and then opening E3 to the public, it got worse. Much worse.
Some say taking away booth babes probably had something to do with it. And maybe it did. Who knows. Those days are almost a decade ago now, maybe more.
So, companies themselves decided to just have their own hype train streams, and that killed it for good.
After all, why bother spending thousands to be at the same space as your competitors, when you can just stream it yourself for a fraction of the cost.
The only people I feel bad for are the lighting, stage and sound designers that will have less work with E3 not being a thing anymore.
They still got comic con out that way, though.
Taking away booth babes was a symptom, not a cause. But alas, it was a symptom that if it held in place, might have helped against the infection.
It was one of the first things 'they' attacked and successfully got removed. E3 helped feed the beast in that regard, and now they're gone.