E3 Will Return in 2023, Says ESA - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 June 2022 / 1,370 Views
ESA president Stan Pierre-Louis has told The Washington Post E3 will return in 2023.
"We’re excited about coming back in 2023 with both a digital and an in-person even," said Pierre-Louis.
"As much as we love these digital events, and as much as they reach people and we want that global reach, we also know that there’s a really strong desire for people to convene — to be able to connect in person and see each other and talk about what makes games great."
E3 2020 and E3 2022 were cancelled, while E3 2021 was an online-only event that was not well received.
While there is no E3 this year, there are still multiple gaming showcases taking around the same time E3 would normally take place. You can check out the complete schedule here.
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Good, i enjoyed watching E3 while having afew good drinks.
What's an e3?
So... it's biyearly now? Only every other one will get canceled? Guess we'll have to wait and see.
Many people in this community don’t want to admit that E3 is obsolete, and has been for a long time. It’s no longer even close to the most attended event, and aside from a few blips here and there, it’s been like 12-13 years since many cared about it aside from the press conferences. Speaking of press conferences: Nintendo has somehow managed to routinely dominate those despite not even doing one for a decade now.
Speaking of Nintendo, the cancellation of E3 makes no difference to them. They pop up with Directs whenever they want to announce and show off stuff whenever they want (lots more of that nowadays since they don’t haphazardly announce games 1-4 years in advance anymore). I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if they came out with one sometime soon, maybe even Treehouse demoes.
lol like it was going to this year. riiight. I don't think any publisher wants to have E3 again. It costs too much to go there and set up. They can just throw up a video now and what they are and will continue to do from this point on.
I think that you're largely correct that their purpose as a trade show has been diminished. But, much like CES is still a giant event for publicity purposes, I still see a roll for E3. Technological and societal factors that impact e3's existence are essentially the same as those that impact CES. But I think I hear more about CES lately than I ever have. No reason that E3 can't have a similar path forward.
Eh, Summer Game Fest seems like it's going to be underwhelming as well. I think E3 still has staying power. People still are referring to this time as E3 despite E3 being cancelled. I don't think it'll ever be as big as it was but I do think it'll come back strong. As long as we keep the pandemic somewhat under control.
Not even close for me.
Summer Games and that dude (I do not remember his name) are both a joke. Come on, it is not even close to whatever the worse E3 were imo. And this year it is even worse as he needed to announce in advance that everything will be about "already announced" games.
I mean, maybe I'm a bit harsh but E3 always brought some really cool hyped and excitement whenever you were disappointed or not by one or multiple shows. Summer Games is like "oh yah, that thing is happening right now, let see if there may be something of interest".
The best time was really when the 3 had their show at the E3 for me and Summer Games will never come close to that (or even to only one being there)
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