I know that E3 has been all that much more hype than actual gaming these past 2 to 3 years, but attending is kinda like one of those things you hope to actually do once in your life. Like taking the orient express.

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/30/e3-cance...ear-and-beyond/

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060730-7382.html

This post has been edited by Mudmaniac: Jul 31 2006, 10:22 AM

E3 is like christmas, hari raya, chinese new year or deepavali for gamers!!!!!!!

That cannot be happening~~~

have to wait and see this week...

hurray! less money wasted on those glitzy marketing fellas & pointless hype. spend more on development & polishing games! better compensation for developers & testers! good games start selling well cos word of mouth! too bad the real world don't function that way.....

It sounds more like a fake rumour..If it really happen, the entire video game industry collapse...

No event= No visitor/buyer= No $$= Close shop

uhm... no?

even without E3 most game companies still have their own smaller expo's. and ppl like sony and nintendo still have TGS to exhibit.

and then there are "small" independent shows like PAX that are rising to the just about the scale of the big time show.

SureHeboh expo can also...

E3 isnt the ONLY expo in the world,you know?

there are european expos,and most importantly,TGS,which imo,is better,as even the public can go

The whole game industry gona collapse because of E3 is abit....overkill la

Just that E3 is indeed the big daddy of game expo...console 3 big brothers also like to announce their new stuff @ e3...

I can't wait for Microsoft X06 though...i think it's in spain.

If i remember, TGS is open to the public for about 500 or 1000 yen. you can get ramen for that kinda price. maybe even manga.

yeah,they charge...but would you mind paying to get a glimpse of the future of gaming?


i wont

Cancel? i read on gamespot, it's more like revising.

From IGN.com

I think it is a good move. Spending less money on things that doesn't really matter.

The flashy show is finally ending and money can be better put into making better games.

I think E3 as an expo will continue to exist, just dont expect the fireworks. Which is not that bad, we are there to see the games, not some overglorified show.

When I first got into teh internets with relation to gaming, I was really into E3. I would read developer interviews, previews and some teasers (Was on dial-up, so sue me)

For the last few years, when I hear E3, all I care about is "Ooo, new videos to download" because that's all it is mostly. Its all about the videos and teasers nowadays... Even when reading the previews and interviews, its always about some "running demo" or "video presentation", so I just stopped reading them and started watching more.

Nice to see that they're limiting it to ppl in the biz at least now and not every Tom, Dick and Harry.

E3 NOT cancelled..just changed

E3 as we all know and loved it is gone...but a new, improved Next Gen E3 is coming next year.



http://ps3.ign.com/articles/722/722057p1.html

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/722/722128p1.html

http://www.theesa.com/archives/2006/07/for_immediate_r.php

This post has been edited by mzaidi: Aug 1 2006, 08:26 AM

NO CANCEL
it just downsize
cut cost cut cost :>

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=18659

E3 Media Festival

This post has been edited by HMMaster: Aug 1 2006, 06:46 PM

Hooray mini e3, no more hype.

e3 will remain forever!!~!

golden time to promote new products

This post has been edited by username: Aug 2 2006, 01:59 AM

Could it be bcos of $ony?
bcos their PS3 showcase failed terribly in E3 so they blamed E3 for their failure? and conspired against it?
"Real time weapon change!", "RIDDDDGE RACER!!!"

"Attack its weakpoint for massive damage" lol

"Based on actual history event"

Mini version of E3...that means we won't see much of new release from small& medium game developer unless they corporate with major company...

the way i see it, even with the trade show gala going on, you didnt really see much of small and medium developers because of all the shiny giant sony, microsoft, nintendo, ea, ubisoft booths.

edit :
http://vgmwatch.com/?p=1046

Quotes by people!! what people? NOT SURE!!

This post has been edited by Mudmaniac: Aug 4 2006, 12:24 PM

it's not cancelled, it'll be an invitation-only event for people in the games industry like gdc...i guess they got tired of all the greasy fanboys... n___n;