Capcom opening its E3 booth to the public

by Justin McElroy { Jul 8th 2008 at 11:15AM }

Need yet another example of how E3 is going to the dogs? This year, Capcom is offering the chance for common people to attend its E3 booth. Yes, you read that correctly. For an hour and a half on Thursday, the floor of the LA Convention Center will be sullied by regular Joes. If you'd like to participate in this atrocity, instructions are here.

Now, if we can direct our attention on Capcom for just a moment: What the heck are you guys thinking? How do you expect us, the gaming press to feel special if we don't see exclusive stuff that nobody else can see? What if the commoners steal all your swag before we can steal it all? Can you even begin to comprehend what you've wrought? Dogs and cats living together ... mass hysteria, that's what.

Tags: capcom, e3-2008

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

wickedneoq @ Jul 8th 2008 11:24AM

Because Capcom wants to explode as many heads as possible, you gaming press types would make it look too easy...

(Had to get that cheap Bionic Commando plug in there)

Dave @ Jul 8th 2008 11:30AM

If there's anything more "common" than a blogger, I'd like it identified and then promptly shot.

todd @ Jul 8th 2008 1:11PM

Are bloggers the press now? They mostly cite other news sources so I would consider them common folk too.

Microswirl (MKWii:1676- 4270-3674) @ Jul 8th 2008 5:36PM

Yeah! Take that, Common McElroy!

Dave @ Jul 8th 2008 11:35AM

Ah. Censorship... The last resort of the common blogger.

fred @ Jul 8th 2008 2:20PM

You... um...

what?

Benjamin Gilbert @ Jul 8th 2008 11:36AM

@Dave: Says the man reading a blog.
@ Justin Mc: Cats and dogs living together! Ghostbusters is still awesome.

F1 @ Jul 8th 2008 11:38AM

Nice ghostbusters reference.

PlayForWrench @ Jul 8th 2008 11:41AM

any one else miss old E3? you know "THE EVENT" the spectacle, the massive booths and the booth babes. the ground breaking news the demos the exclusivity the Swag the 3 days of video game madness and the after math. and the south hall. when pc games were part of the fray when Microsoft gave a damn, when Sony was still pissed at Nintendo, and kicked their ass for two gens, and when Nintendo was crap...(it still is)... the demos, the exclusives, the interviews, and the behind the screens. the good old E3 that well all loved, that really fired up the console wars, the and the announcements, the ground breaking, earth shattering, industry moving, announcements that could move a company from obscurity to the head of the industry? is it just me or does anyone else miss that old E3?

Co @ Jul 8th 2008 11:50AM

Heck yea man, I was there in '05 with my DS Phattie soakin up the wifi DS downloads at the always amazing Nintendo booth.

PlayForWrench @ Jul 8th 2008 11:57AM

quick side note i have a personal vendeta against nintendo for selling me a brken N64

OhJustSomeRandomGuy @ Jul 8th 2008 1:00PM

I miss those parts of E3, Wrench, but I also don't miss the way it was prior to 2005 when anyone could get into the show.

The original post here is tongue in cheek but one of the reasons the show got so bloated was that they kept letting every retard into the show. What ended up happening was that nobody could see anything. Every console would get hogged by some jerkwad who would set at the controls of one of the four games I actually wanted to try out for two hours.

As a result, the companies would lock down more and more of their booth. They'd show the general attendee videos while pre-approved press outlets with special appointments could go look at the actual games "behind the scenes" and give them guaranteed favorable looks.

Everything just got way too bloated. Including the booth "babes", who were getting of substantially lower and lower quality as the year went on. Towards the end, the most attractive women were wearing company polo shirts, not company costumes.

And "co", the Nintendo booth most certainly did NOT always rock. I remember the year they announced the DS. "You've all been standing in line for an hour in a half...so, now, out of these 7 lines of people we've graciously let in...these *two* will be allowed to play the DS! The other 5 lines of you can go suck it. Go outside and wait in the line again."