E3 Cancelled???

[A Black Falcon]

Lazy, you were exactly right up there...

(from an interview on IGN that I forgot the link to)

IGN: Historically, what has the value of E3 been to you and your games? Do you think a smaller event will help or hurt that?

DD: Silicon Knights has won many E3 awards in the past for Legacy of Kain and Eternal Darkness. However, our latest E3 was notably our worst and for us, it was a good indicator that the show had lost most of its value. I say this because I felt E3 had become less about the games and more about the show publishers put on during the expo.

One reason why E3 is dead is because companies don't want to spend money and then have people not like the games they show. Of course, in reality that's one of the main reasons why the event exists, but hey, let's not let facts get in the way, right?

IGN: From your perspective, has E3 been positive for the industry or have the costs outweighed the benefits?

DD: Initially the show was a great thing for the industry. However, as game budgets began to grow and attendance increased, E3 quickly lost its value. All of us at Silicon Knights feel that we have been much more successful when showing our games to the press at our studio rather than in LA.

Yes, yes, a tradeshow for a large and rich industry is less important than a tradeshow for a smaller and less important one ... why exactly? Oh yeah, it ISN'T less important!

I can see why it's going away -- the costs relating to E3 were just too high -- but trying to say that things are actually going to improve by getting rid of it is just absurd.