IGN will be hosting a "Summer of Gaming" event to take the place of E3

Rahkeesh · Apr 4, 2020

Good to see that the ESA completely fucked any digital alternative this year.

Ericzander · Apr 4, 2020

First of all leave it to Chary to post news while hosting a tournament that she's competing in.

The Catboy · Apr 4, 2020

Ericzander said:
First of all leave it to Chary to post news while hosting a tournament that she's competing in.

What an actual unit

FAST6191 · Apr 4, 2020

Well if there was one outfit I trust less than the ESA to produce something of merit it is IGN.

Guess I will pay attention this time to see a complete trainwreck rather than just be bored out of my skull.

Bladexdsl · Apr 4, 2020

what the fuck did it have to be IGN the scum of the internet

Chary · Apr 4, 2020

Ericzander said:
First of all leave it to Chary to post news while hosting a tournament that she's competing in.

CANT STOP WONT STOP!

FAST6191 · Apr 4, 2020

Ericzander said:
First of all leave it to Chary to post news while hosting a tournament that she's competing in.

I think it is more a commentary on the quality of the competition.

RyRyIV · Apr 4, 2020

Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if something like this ended up being an E3 killer in the next few years.

FAST6191 · Apr 5, 2020

RyRyIV said:
Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if something like this ended up being an E3 killer in the next few years.

E3's status has been falling for some years now. Plenty of other devs doing their own shows, online and off, with maybe only a token gesture to E3. Many of them getting the same audience and for a lot less money (shipping your peeps off to LA during some of the busiest times of the year for game dev is expensive in more than just money).
E3 itself used to be where the industry got together to showcase things for investors but the sums of money involved and available means most of those are content enough to watch normal news feeds.

To that end I would not be surprised to see E3 fall further. I would be surprised if there is some kind of unified event to handle everything that reaches such heights though. Instead more drip fed throughout the year (Tokyo and ones in Germany maybe still being sort of unified, some other conferences hosting a bit more for the US than they do now).
I would be doubly surprised if IGN managed to pull it off.

HarveyHouston · Apr 6, 2020

FAST6191 said:
E3's status has been falling for some years now. Plenty of other devs doing their own shows, online and off, with maybe only a token gesture to E3. Many of them getting the same audience and for a lot less money (shipping your peeps off to LA during some of the busiest times of the year for game dev is expensive in more than just money).
E3 itself used to be where the industry got together to showcase things for investors but the sums of money involved and available means most of those are content enough to watch normal news feeds.

To that end I would not be surprised to see E3 fall further. I would be surprised if there is some kind of unified event to handle everything that reaches such heights though. Instead more drip fed throughout the year (Tokyo and ones in Germany maybe still being sort of unified, some other conferences hosting a bit more for the US than they do now).
I would be doubly surprised if IGN managed to pull it off.

It's true that E3 hasn't been as popular as it has been, but consider this: By not having a place to showcase potential hardware, how do the consumers know what to expect? You may be able to see what it looks like on your computer screen, but to actually touch it, interact with it, then you're better able to understand how it works, and in some cases, you can point out the flaws.

For instance, let's go back to E3 2011. Nintendo showcased their upcoming console, the Wii U. People got to experience it for the first time ever - but there was one thing that struck them as a bit odd. The joysticks. They were basically Circle Pads, taken directly from their previous big console, the Nintendo 3DS. Later on, Iwata announced in a Nintendo direct that the joysticks had been redesigned to be actual joysticks, and even added a "clickable" feature where you could press them in as additional buttons. Not only that, but the overall look and feel was better designed to be comfortable to hold.

That's just one example; I'm sure you guys can think of others that are better.

FAST6191 · Apr 6, 2020

HarvHouHacker said:
It's true that E3 hasn't been as popular as it has been, but consider this: By not having a place to showcase potential hardware, how do the consumers know what to expect? You may be able to see what it looks like on your computer screen, but to actually touch it, interact with it, then you're better able to understand how it works, and in some cases, you can point out the flaws.

For instance, let's go back to E3 2011. Nintendo showcased their upcoming console, the Wii U. People got to experience it for the first time ever - but there was one thing that struck them as a bit odd. The joysticks. They were basically Circle Pads, taken directly from their previous big console, the Nintendo 3DS. Later on, Iwata announced in a Nintendo direct that the joysticks had been redesigned to be actual joysticks, and even added a "clickable" feature where you could press them in as additional buttons. Not only that, but the overall look and feel was better designed to be comfortable to hold.

That's just one example; I'm sure you guys can think of others that are better.

Didn't microsoft quite famously do CES all those years ago? Little tiny small event that one. If we are on about rapid redesigns then the controller S might be a good one there, and it was not so long before the DS lite hit either.

As far as actually touching things then some of Nintendo's efforts with getting things in electronics shops during events seemed like a great plan. They also dragged a bunch of us from GBAtemp down to an event in London before the Switch launch that would count there too.

HarveyHouston · Apr 7, 2020

FAST6191 said:
Didn't microsoft quite famously do CES all those years ago? Little tiny small event that one. If we are on about rapid redesigns then the controller S might be a good one there, and it was not so long before the DS lite hit either.

As far as actually touching things then some of Nintendo's efforts with getting things in electronics shops during events seemed like a great plan. They also dragged a bunch of us from GBAtemp down to an event in London before the Switch launch that would count there too.

Well, there you go! Already, there have been alternatives to E3. Let's also not forget PAX East and West; that's two more conferences worth noting.

Kioku · Apr 7, 2020

IGN? Not getting my hopes up, here. This may as well just be advertised as a "Digital E3" so I know to skip it.

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