Thursday, March 31st 2022
E3 2022 Cancelled, Including the Online Event
The Electronic Software Association (ESA,) the body organizing E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo), is reportedly sending e-mails informing top marketing reps from the gaming industry that it has cancelled E3 2022. This includes the online/digital event that was meant to succeed last year's event. This is yet another sign that trade-shows cannot be organized in the digital format, and that merely clumping a few participants' online events across a schedule does not amount to a trade-show, a major aspect of which are the human interactions during and beyond each individual event, or the show-floor—something not possible in the digital format.
Update 20:35 UTC: We have an excerpt from the e-mail being sent out to delegates from the ESA:
Source:
Will Powers (Twitter)
Update 20:35 UTC: We have an excerpt from the e-mail being sent out to delegates from the ESA:
69 Comments on E3 2022 Cancelled, Including the Online Event
I'm still alive and kickin', not going to say "antivaxx propaganda" but that's just me. My body, my choices. I can talk more about this aboout general nonsense thread if u tag me or in PM.
/just my 2 cents.
My condolences for your friend.
/my 2 cents
My point was, Covid is still dangerous, vaccinated or not, but to cancel a trade show over it when a better course of action is to take known-good precautions that everyone is used to at this point is just stupid.
Now lets try to keep it up...
I also should apologize for my use of the wording "idiotic." While no one fell for the fight-trap that could have prepared, the wording was certainly potentially antagonizing.
I stopped caring about whatever the numbers were several months ago (even before the war consumed my news feed lol), just tell me when it's safe to stop wearing masks or whenever/if I eventually need another booster, until then no news is good news (no new dangerous variant, no medical services tapped out, vacines are doing their thing, etc.)
I would think we're pretty much through with hard cancellation of events, in my opinion it was just an easy excuse for the E3
The irony is China never really jabbed it's population and again are locked down last I read
Wonder if airports are still open outbound as in the beginning :laugh:
I've not bothered with boosters
Probably won't unless something compelling happens.
These jabs are only good for 3-4 months.
Yep so boring most people leave other native countries to be bored here :laugh:
Find it a little ironic you're asking someone about a region they live when you haven't bothered fill in your region :roll:
Enjoy your water shortages in the South/West in ten years.
Europe has similar beauty. Let's leave it there.
LOL, I couldnt help it.
To stay on topic: like others said, I suspect a different reason behind the decision. Game studios not wanting to spend money on a face-to-face event might be one. Covid was an acceptable excuse two years ago when we knew nothing about it, but it isn't now, imo.