E3 2023 has been hyping itself up as a grand return to form, with the annual event to make its return to Los Angeles after years of cancellations due to covid. However, a report from "multiple knowledgeable sources" over at IGN claims that the big three--Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation, will all be skipping E3 2023. The last E3 to take place, in 2019, saw a lack of support from PlayStation, who did not appear at the convention, and held their own separate press conference outside of E3, though both Nintendo and Xbox featured large booths at E3 2019. Last year also saw both Nintendo and PlayStation not make an appearance at Europe's equivalent annual show, Gamescom. A recent interview with Xbox CEO Phil Spencer reveals that Xbox wants to support E3 and the ESA, but hints at Xbox's press conference merely taking place at a convenient time with E3's event, rather than at the show itself.

Xbox is on the board of the ESA, and I think a successful and healthy ESA is critical to what we're trying to go do. So we place our showcase, like we always have done, at a time where hopefully it's convenient for press and even consumers that are going to the E3 event, and that's what we're trying to do now. We will continue to work with ESA in terms of their plans. As I said, we're on the board, and we want to make sure that we are doing everything we can to help make the E3 successful.

E3 2023 will take place in Los Angeles from June 13 to June 16th.

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[Catastrophic]

Gonna somewhat miss E3, not gonna lie:

 

[urbanman2004]

After the absence of E3 for the past 3 years, the platform holders finally realized their value (aside from Sony who's been skipping it since 2018/2019)... Bottom line: who needs E3 anyway

 

[64bitmodels]

Sure Nintendo and Sony can do a Direct whenever they want now, but because of that, it's no longer anything special, just a longform advertisement.

Fine by me. Less time spent waiting for announcements of games that aren't coming out for years now and more time spent actually gaming

 

[pedro702]

Fine by me. Less time spent waiting for announcements of games that aren't coming out for years now and more time spent actually gaming

yeah in the last 5 years all e3 reveals were shown so soon that the games were like 2+ years away, just for the sake of them showing something new at e3.

 

[Subtle Demise]

It was all just to build hype for games that are still years out and will ultimately just disappoint me anyway, so I stopped showing interest in these events years ago lol

 

[64bitmodels]

yeah in the last 5 years all e3 reveals were shown so soon that the games were like 2+ years away, just for the sake of them showing something new at e3.

hate that shit, especially when it backfires like Metroid Prime 4. Now people have no idea where the game is
can't we just keep release dates to months or weeks away please? i get hype and marketing and all but hype and marketing won't save a shit game as evidenced by forspoken

 

[pedro702]

hate that shit, especially when it backfires like Metroid Prime 4. Now people have no idea where the game is
can't we just keep release dates to months or weeks away please? i get hype and marketing and all but hype and marketing won't save a shit game as evidenced by forspoken

well beyond good and evil 2 we even saw gameplay and cutsenes and yet no one knows what the hell happened to it, some games are just doomed to be in development hell :S

 

[finnwilson]

E3 is the best choice.

 

[RonanCarter]

PlayStation is the best console ever.