Video Chronicle reported on the 25th that Nintendo has officially announced that it will not attend E3 2023, which will be held in Los Angeles in June.
“We participate in every event on a case-by-case basis and are always considering different ways to connect with our fans,” Nintendo said in a statement. , we have been and will be strong supporters of ESA and E3.”
E3 is the world’s largest game show held every summer in Los Angeles, California by the Entertainment Software Association of America (ESA). It has a very large presence in the industry. Large global game companies will release a large number of works scheduled to be released from the second half of the year to the first half of the following year.
However, starting in 2019, signs of anomalies began to be detected at E3. At the time, Sony announced its absence from E3 after 24 years due to a disagreement with ESA, and launched its own digital showcase ‘State of Play’. Nintendo set up a booth and exhibited at E3 every year, but separately from this, it held its own ‘Nintendo Direct’ as much as the digital showcase.
E3 was limped for three years from 2020 to 2022 due to Corona 19. As a result, game companies held showcases and publicity for themselves as a self-rescue measure, and it was pointed out that the influence of E3 was less than before.
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This year, as all of the big three global game companies such as Sony, MS, and Nintendo have declared their absence, there are concerns that E3, which will be resumed offline for the first time in four years, may turn on a red light at the box office.
Ubisoft has said it intends to attend E3 2023. Yves Guillemo, CEO of Ubisoft, said in a recent earnings announcement, “If E3 is held, we will participate and show many titles.”