4th June 2017, 9:23 PM
The relevance of E3 diminishes every year, and I'm completely fine with that. Nintendo's "directs" seem to be a better way of doing things. There was a time when I'd say it would be nice to get some unbiased accounts of the events, but the moment E3 closed it's doors to anyone except industry press was the moment that ended. With no possibility that I'll ever actually walk those floors, I've got nothing to get excited about. I'd rather get the same announcements on Nintendo's clock, at numerous points during the year. If nothing else, that means there's no developer rush to get something that looks like a game ready by E3. There's good reason to believe other companies are moving to this strategy as well.
E3 has a history, and that history can be remembered fine. This year will still have one, and next year too. Beyond that, I have no personal need to have E3 be some eternal "institution". If it went away, I don't think it would affect me.
E3 has a history, and that history can be remembered fine. This year will still have one, and next year too. Beyond that, I have no personal need to have E3 be some eternal "institution". If it went away, I don't think it would affect me.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)