Say Goodbye to E3

月神侠 · 发表于 2006-7-31 14:06:54

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is thinking of getting rid of E3 and creating a new expo - if you could call it that. The new convention would be considerably smaller. This would mean that the number of attendees would be in the hundreds and not in the thousands as they currently are. Not only that, but the show would be moving from the 540,000 square feet Los Angeles Convention Centre to a smaller venue. Instead of large exhibits, like the elaborate Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess booth in 2004, we'll be getting small meeting rooms in which the press is demoed games.

Why is this being done? Well, the costs associated with E3 is becoming a concern for some publishers. Travel costs, living expenses during the show, and the costs of hiring the large amount of staff members is a bit pricey. A smaller show would mean less people travelling, staying in hotels, and nobody needed to walk around booths looking pretty and helping out gamers with games.

There are considerable downsides as well though. The Los Angeles hotel and service industry makes an estimated $50 million (USD) during E3. They'd be hit pretty bad by this change. Smaller publishers will also be hurting because they wouldn't be able to get some of that meeting space in a smaller venue. They'll need to find a different way to market their games without E3.

It might be better for some press members who hate the environment of E3 in its present form, but I don't think this change benefits gamers too much. It seems to be aimed at increasing the profits of the big publishers while giving a kick in the shins to smaller developers and gamers. The official word is expected tomorrow. What do you guys think?
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iiiiikey · 发表于 2006-7-31 14:14:50

转cnbeta的消息

http://www.cnbeta.com//modules.p ... ticle&sid=13559

E3大展将停止举办?

感谢☆飘☆的投递:
今日传来了一个让人震惊的消息——E3即将停办,E3 2006成为这个全球最大的娱乐游戏展会的绝唱.根据外电报道,一位业内资深人士向外界透露由于入不敷出和重要参展单位退出,E3组织者目前决定,E3将在明年以及可预见的未来停止举办.2006年E3吸引了全球400余家参展商以及60000业内参观者,每年E3花费的酒店、服务费用达到5000万美元以上,参展商花费的宣传投入总额亦在5000万美元以上.但是如此巨大的投入并没有给参展厂商带来预想的宣传效果,由于众多厂商“扎堆”宣传,激烈的竞争使得E3大展的宣传效果还比不上花费数十万美元举行的独立小型宣传展会.
Update: 补充了一些细节.

　　可靠消息透露,大型参展商已经向E3组织者表示了退出的意愿,目前E3管理高层已经进行紧急磋商,他们决定,在缺少这些主要软件游戏商以及硬件厂商的情况下明年E3将不再举行.

据美国娱乐网站next-gen美国时间30日报道,E3的主办方娱乐软件协会(ESA)最近决定,将不再举办E3展会.参加E3的游戏公司逐年减少,展会达不到预期效果是停办的主要原因.

另一方面,比起去E3付出高额的参展费用,各大游戏公司最近更倾向于举办自己的游戏展会,致使E3受关注的程度日益下降也是主要原因之一.

据报道,ESA会长Doug Lowenstein将在48小时内正式宣布这个消息.虽然E3将不再举办,但在每年E3展会的同一时间可能会举办一个规模较小的游戏展会.

今天E3展会约有6万人前去参观,较去年下降了15%,而EA、暴雪、任天堂、微软等公司都已开始自行举办游戏展会.

xia0082 · 发表于 2006-7-31 17:54:03

没E3也就没CJ……看来明年不用加班了……

xia0082 · 发表于 2006-7-31 17:55:03

如果没了E3，那TGS估计就是世界最大的游戏展了，我相信日本还是会继续下去的。

snakejake · 发表于 2006-7-31 18:08:20

这么大个品牌可以转卖

无声畅游 · 发表于 2006-7-31 18:14:02

美国就是这么个现实的社会!

snakejake · 发表于 2006-7-31 18:30:29

亏本生意股东和董事会都不答应

密码忘了 · 发表于 2006-7-31 19:05:47

也许D3 C3 B3会有的

snakejake · 发表于 2006-7-31 21:51:00

没准网游的搞个大的取代吧，网游的公司烧钱特别敢烧而且烧得起

stanley993 · 发表于 2006-8-1 01:51:16

千万不要SAY GOODBYE啊..

Jimmy141087 · 发表于 2006-8-1 02:39:17

E3這么重要怎能停止举办呢?!!!!!

eee · 发表于 2006-8-1 03:10:00

E3不久索我的id么
Say Goodbye to E3....
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貌似真的要停止举办了...广大玩家的损失

水神修 · 发表于 2006-8-1 03:20:31

只想说,

我还没去过.

bluesky0000 · 发表于 2006-8-1 06:49:37

不要啊~~~人生的一大梦想就是去E3啊~~~~~~~~~~~T_T

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