The end of the biggest gaming expo? • HWzone

Two and a half months before the designated opening whistle and after the announcement of several key players that they will not take part in the event – the E3 exhibition for 2023 is officially canceled

The organizers of E3 had hoped to bring it back to its big days this year, but it seems that the big game developers and distributors have started to prefer other formats for the unveiling of their titles – and now with the official announcement of cancellation it may be the end point for what has been the hottest event for gaming fans in many years .

E3 began its journey in 1995, in the days when an Internet network that includes all the information one could wish for on any subject in the world was still a distant dream – and became already in its first year a major event where those involved in the field of games could meet with others and present to the world what they were working on on him Sony, Nintendo and Sega, the main console manufacturers at the time, adopted the event and turned it into their stage for the Western audience – and with the entry of Microsoft into the race in 2000, the event became the most familiar name for gaming enthusiasts and a high point in anticipation of new revelations and surprises.

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The exhibition continued to attract tens of thousands of participants every year for over two decades, and was even opened for the first time to representatives from the general public who were willing to pay for the experience in 2017, then the corona virus came and devoured all the cards. The event that was planned to take place in June 2020 was naturally canceled, the event for 2021 took place online only with a significant format change, the event of 2022 was planned to return to being a physical meeting as before but it was also canceled with the rise of another wave of concerns about new variants of the epidemic – and this year was supposed to be the point of comeback The big one for the happy days of the early 2000s.

However, even before the corona virus, we saw that some of the main representatives of the gaming world are beginning to prefer personal online events that take place at the most successful time for them, in which they receive the full attention of the viewers, over events in which it is necessary to fight for attention directly against the rival – Sony And EA pulled out of E3 even before the exhibition entered a whirlwind of cancellations, and in the Corona period, Microsoft, Nintendo, Ubisoft and others also gradually established their own online platforms to present their products and creations.

Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and others prefer to hold their own online events when there is something to tell and show the players – the need for physical centralized exhibitions in the modern era is becoming irrelevant, it seems

The E3 2023 exhibition started with many ambitions and good intentions, but more and more major players announced that they had no plans to participate in the event, including the big three, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, for the first time in the history of the event – and this is probably what tipped the scales and led to the difficult decision to cancel the celebration , without detailing any alternative.

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Is this the end point for E3 to be added to the long list of business victims of the Corona, or is there perhaps still hope for a comeback in the future under the rapidly changing market conditions? Like many, we too have mixed feelings about the matter and hope for more details on the matter in the near future.