E3 2023 has been canceled

[TigerClaw]

The ESA has announced that E3 2023 has been canceled.
https://www.ign.com/articles/e3-has-been-canceled

[oldmanwinters]

I guess Sega and Tencent pulling out (https://www.ign.com/articles/rumors-swirl-around-e3s-future-as-sega-even-more-publishers-back-out) was the straw that broke the old camel's lousy back!

[TigerClaw]

I guess Sega and Tencent pulling out was the straw that broke the old camel's lousy back!
As well as Ubisoft and other companies.

[oldmanwinters]

Once upon a time, it was video game heaven!
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[Andrew NDB]

So what do all the video game companies suddenly have against E3 now?

[TigerClaw]

So what do all the video game companies suddenly have against E3 now?
They can host there own events to showcase all the latest games, They don't need E3 anymore because they are big enough to do there own streams.

[Andrew NDB]

They can host there own events to showcase all the latest games, They don't need E3 anymore because they are big enough to do there own streams.

Bigger than what? If anything, a lot of these gaming companies are much smaller than they were in years past.

[Sumac]

Sad.
End of an era.

Bigger than what? If anything, a lot of these gaming companies are much smaller than they were in years past.
What?
Bigger players only has become bigger. Smaller players are now irrelevant unless they are allied with bigger publishers, like Devolver Digital. And COVID hysteria had shown that it is possible to market stuff without giant expos. Add to that companies losing money in a post-Covid world and there is definitely no interest in paying 3rd party to make and expo, if they can do it themselves.