E3 slowly dying

[screwballl]

DailyTech - E3 Games Event Losing Support of Major Publishers

Activision Blizzard said that it will not participate at the E3 event this year, issuing a statement that read, “After careful consideration, Activision has decided not to renew its ESA membership for business reasons and will not be participating in any official E3 activities. We appreciate the work that the ESA has done over the years in promoting the interactive entertainment industry with state and federal governments and wish the ESA best of luck with the show.”
Instead, both Vivendi and Activision will display its upcoming games at a hotel in Santa Monica around the same time as E3. Several other publishers and developers, such as NC Soft, Her Interactive, Foundation 9 have also revealed that they do not intend on being a part of this year’s expo.
Some even figured that id Software, which one would presume would have a lot to show off with its next-generation Rage engine, won’t be a part of this year’s show.

These companies want to get the info to the public, not just some modified press release.

[simple_inhibition]

yup. twas a major mistake to take it away from the public a few years ago