【新闻】E3要被取消了……

sakerping

http://next-gen.biz/index.php?op ... d=3538&Itemid=2

Senior industry sources have revealed to Next-Gen.Biz that the E3 industry event, in its present form, has been cancelled for next year and the foreseeable future.

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) shindig has been a staple of game industry life since the mid-1990s. However, we understand the larger exhibitors have jointly decided that the costs of the event do not justify the returns, generally measured in media exposure.

Publishers believe the multi-million dollar budgets would be better spent on more company-focused events that bring attention to their own product lines rather than the industry as a whole.

Well placed sources say the news that larger exhibitors were pulling out had prompted urgent meetings among publishing executives. They decided that, without the support of the larger software publishers and hardware manufacturers, there would be no point in continuing.

ESA president Doug Lowenstein will likely announce the news some time within the next 48 hours, possibly on Monday. It's likely that the ESA will seek to limit the damage by organizing some form of lesser event in May, possibly even with the E3 brand, but this will be no more than a fig-leaf. The days of an industry event attended by all the major publishers, spending big money, are gone.

Calls to ESA staff are not being returned at present.


以后ChinaJoy就可以号称世界2大游戏展之一了

cooldavy

话说偶姐还去了chinajoy参展呢……
不过我对这类展会实在提不起兴趣，估计是世界上好多人想法跟我一样，不然游戏展会也不会开不下去了

sakerping

好歹轮到咱中国了……估计是事先各大厂商就知道E3要不做了，赶紧转移阵地
至于我……反正任天堂TGS也不出的，CJ更不提了，有没有都一样