In an announcement to offered to VG247, it seems that not solely is E3 lifeless, however there have been no discussions surrounding a possible sale of the E3 model.
This assertion, offered to VG247 by way of e-mail, goes as follows: “ESA has not had any conversations about gifting away or promoting E3. ESA stays the only real proprietor of the E3 occasion and model.”
VG247 was additionally offered a seperate assertion, this one attributed to ESA President and CEO Stanley Pierre-Louis: “After greater than twenty years of serving as a central showcase for the U.S. and world online game trade, ESA has determined to finish E3. ESA’s focus and precedence stay advocating for ESA member corporations and the trade workforce who gasoline optimistic cultural and financial impression day-after-day.”
This assertion comes following the sudden announcement from the official E3 Twitter account that E3 — an annual occasion that hosted quite a lot of online game publishers and builders — had ended. On a backdrop from considered one of its final massive reveals, the farewell publish states: “After greater than twenty years of E3, each larger than the final, the time has come to say goodbye. Thanks for the reminiscences.”
It begs the query: what’s the final destiny of E3 if not a sale? When requested what the ESA plans to do with the E3 model as the only real proprietor, senior vp communications & public affairs — Aubrey Quinn — replied with the next: “The one information as we speak is that ESA has determined to finish E3. 2019 was the final in-person present, and the 2021 digital E3 was the ultimate E3. There are not any future plans for the E3 model.”
It actually does appear like that is the top for E3, for actual this time. What a present, what a legacy. Evidently so far as US gaming calendar occasions are involved, we’re now firmly within the Geoff Keighley period. Europe nonetheless has Gamescom, and Japan nonetheless has the Tokyo Sport Present, positive. However as of as we speak, one of many nice pillars of the online game trade has crumbled.
So lengthy, E3.