E3 2007 - A Horse of A Different Color 53
Despite the smaller size and scope, there's still going to be a lot of games news coming down the pipe this week: the E3 Media and Business Summit 2007 kicks off soon. The big news starts with Microsoft's press conference on Tuesday, but already journalists are on the ground getting stories in order. E3 predictions are available from 1up and Gamespot's editorial team, while Eurogamer has a piece from their newsletter describing what's different about this year's E3. Not everyone is going this year that went last year because of those differences, and it will make for a wholly changed experience. "While a number of the publishers GameSpot contacted said they would consider participating in next year's E3 (some on the condition that the format is further tweaked), multiple representatives said they didn't believe there would be an E3 at all next year. Gamecock is even referencing that notion in its EIEIO event, which will cap off with a funeral service for the ESA's long-standing trade show. 'We're going to have some fun on the beach and say good-bye to the magical beast of yore that was E3,' Wilson said. 'I'd say there's a fair chance there won't be a show called E3 anything next year, which is why we're saying farewell to it on the beach. But I can't wait to see what emerges.'"
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The Real action is at the GDC (Score:5, Insightful)
Excuse me (Score:3, Funny)
PAX (Score:2, Interesting)
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Re:The Real action is at the GDC (Score:5, Insightful)
Time will tell of course, but I think in a few years time they may well try to revive E3, and find it's not so easy to get a media event like that back, once you've thrown it away.
I think closing E3 reflects clouded thinking of the same kind that got the PS3 into its current mess -- assuming the fans will always be there and will always buy, regardless of treatment/ marketing/ price, etc.
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They split it, rather than cancel it. One for the media, one for the consumer. Media will be focused on communicating to the press, the other will be for wowing the greater public. We'll find out which was actually more important: the new information(most of which will be at the small and earlier E3), or the glitz of the giant tradeshow with lights and spectacle(the consumer-oriented show).
Will people still care if most of the info is already released to the internet th
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"E for All" is the result of an events company seeing a hole in their lucrative conference schedule and coming up with something to fill it. Many other conferences are trying to do the same thing - they're hoping that their conference will be the next Must Attend event for the industry.
I think it was terrible and tragic for the real E3 to be
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The way they have done it has really knocked all the excitement out of the event, usualy when E3 comes around I warn all my flatmates that im gonna be downloading a shit load of stuff over the course of the week so the net connection is gonna be slow. Seen no real need to do so this year as it all seems a bit meh
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E3: Serious press event
GDC: Serious developer event
SpikeTV Game Awards: All the hype, crap, booth babes, etc. nobody actually cared about
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so many that some comics have created their own expo [pennyarcadeexpo.com].
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hehehe- seriously, I wish them luck. It would be cool to see PAX become the next E3.
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But the whole Police State mentality of the thing just brought the scent of doom w
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The problem was so many people were faking their way in that media people couldn't acutally see the games they were meant to cover
E for All is meant to take up the slack between the public demand for E3 and the Media coverage the exhibitors wanted.
E for All 2007 takes place October 18-21, 2007 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
http://www.eforallexpo.com/ [eforallexpo.com]
Any other opinions about what ESA needs to do or what t
Pretentious article titles: (Score:2)
"Horse of a different color"? WTF?
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It's a rather old expression, and one used in The Wizard of Oz, among other places. Learn something new, and quit complaining
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I'm non-english, I've never heard that expression before, and I immediately understood the meaning behind it
(Emphasis is mine.)
I think you have outlined cause and effect... hehehe... Actually, more seriously, I think non-native English speakers have a tendency to analyze the metaphor and grasp the meaning logically and this helps in the case of logical metaphors like this one. Then there are some metaphors that have to do with familiarity with the culture/geography/history of the language or just a good grasp of the language to understand them. Phrases like 'trojan horse' or 'emperor's new clothes' make no sense
My God (Score:4, Insightful)
Can we please stop anonymous comments for the first X (10, 20...) comments?
That said, I'm still interested in what's going to happen at this year's E3, hopefully it'll still be worth hearing about. If not, the GDC is looking to be a promising substitute.
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I found the horse comments quite amusing anyway, certainly more entertaining than talking about E3.
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Not my GDC! (Score:3, Insightful)
Take over that new "E for All" that's supposed to replace E3...or possibly even PAX (attendance has been growing exponentially) but don't corporatize GDC, please!
E3's failure (Score:4, Insightful)
I wonder exactly how surprised they are that their 'customers' no longer care? Publishers and developers can access the media -any time they want-. They don't need to pay thousands of dollars to set up a booth somewhere. On the other hand, to work the consumers into a frenzy, a big, semi-exclusive expo is great advertisement. They manage to get consumers waiting in line for pictures and crappy video clips to see exactly the same content that would have been available online, if the show didn't exist.
I'm guessing they thought that consumers would still be in a frenzy just over the name, and the reduced size and scope wouldn't matter.
There's a reason that every major developer was willing to pay massive amounts of money to be there. Reducing the price and forcing a reduce in size does not appeal to them as much. For smaller developers, it was a chance to get seen a little, and possibly get some free media attention by riding the coat-tails of the big guys.
Will E3 realize their mistake this year, and attempt to regain their status? Will GDC become the big show? Will the US gain another major game expo instead?
Everyone under the sun is offering official coverage of E3 this year, so I suspect that E3 thinks they can handle the issues without actually listening to anyone again. We'll see.
On the subject of horses... Are there REALLY people who have never heard the phrase 'a horse of a different color'? For those who haven't a clue, it just means that despite the name, it's a different. In other words: Even though it's called 'E3', it's not the same as it was.
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*snort* (Score:2)
So, it's time for a new show (Score:1, Funny)
In fact, forget about the blackjack...
Who Cares? (Score:1)
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The thing is, most of those 60,000 attendees would see a game crash and the write "OMGzor it is teh SUX!!!" on their crappy fan site. Now, at least, most of the attendees will understa
Horses or ...ponies (Score:1)
Gamecock? (Score:1)