2023-12-12 16:29:26
Published12. December 2023, 5:29 p.m.
Los Angeles: Game over for the E3 video game show
The pandemic and the disaffection of big names in the sector have signed the death warrant of the event.
The last traditional edition took place in 2019.
AFP
The major American video games show E3 will not have a new edition, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) told AFP on Tuesday, signing the death certificate of an event in failing health for several years.
Already losing momentum, the E3 experienced the pandemic very badly, which led to the cancellation of the 2020 edition. The show returned in virtual form the following year, before once again putting itself on hold, then to cancel the 2023 vintage, initially scheduled for June 13 to 16.
E3 suffered in particular from the disaffection of major console manufacturers and game publishers, who today often prefer to organize their own events and not dilute their communication in the context of a show in which several brands are present. Xbox, Sony, Nintendo, and even the French publisher Ubisoft had all chosen not to go to E3 this year, even before the cancellation.
Competing events
To make matters worse, competing events further weakened the show’s position, notably the Summer Game Fest, organized in Los Angeles, like E3. “It was the right decision, given the new opportunities the industry has to connect with fans and partners,” Stanley Pierre-Louis, CEO of the ESA, regarding the E3 shutdown.
Other shows have held up better, such as Paris Games Week, Gamescom in Cologne in Germany or the Tokyo Game Show, which all this year found attendance levels close to those they had before the pandemic.
(AFP)
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