Something has happened that we could see coming but that has completely shaken a specific sector of the video game industry. The three big companies in this business in the console segment, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have confirmed their absence in the E3 2023.
The 2020 pandemic came to have a great impact on the biggest face-to-face events in the entertainment industry in recent years. Among all those affected, perhaps E3, the longest-lived and most traditional event around video games, was the most damaged.
We all remember how the first edition in the midst of physical isolation had to be carried out remotely with mixed results. In fact, this 2022 the conference was suspended, under the promise that this year it would be face-to-face again.
The intention of the organizers is precisely to return to the old dynamics of the days before the pandemic. Unfortunately it seems that times have changed and Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo would not be attending this year’s conference.
This situation invites us to reflect on a necessary approach to the current moment in the industry:
Why does E3 2023 exist if Sony, Micrsooft, or Nintendo will not go?
Magazine Forbes He rarely gets involved in issues related to the world of video games, however a bombshell has just been dropped that could call into question the future of E3 2023.
And it is that different reports have emerged from various internal sources where it is ensured that both Microsoft and Nintendo and Sony would have declined to participate in the activities of this event.
E3 2023 will take place from June 13 to 16, in a few months. But the big three makers of current and past generation consoles won’t be holding press conferences or making any appearances on the show floor this year.
From what is known in the most recent reports, almost with absolute certainty, Microsoft will make a presentation almost at the same time as E3, but it will have no relation to the traditional show.
While Sony and Nintendo had already moved away from it in recent years, confirming for a while that they will maintain the dynamic that saw their fate sealed with the suspension of activities in 2022.
This leads us to wonder what is the meaning of the existence of E3. But the truth is that it will continue to be a source of news for members of the industry with less weight.
If the conference is to survive it will have to evolve and change its focus. But this mass departure does not necessarily represent his death.
