Will Wright calls E3 a walking corpse

ZombiE3.
I officially just coined the term.

Walking corpse? Yeah, the term is zombie :S

Okay genuine question here, What is the problem with E3? Before the show was a debacle and it was difficult for game journalist to play games and such so they couldn't tell us about it. And now it is boring? For who? The people at the show? Who cares about the people at the show, they are game journalist and developers whining about their entertainment as they play the latest games and have booze filled afterparties? Are you for real on that deal? (sorry I felt like dropping that) All I've ever liked at E3 are the press conferences (which people said were sub-par, I'll say I've watch quite a few, I think they were average if not better in some spots) and select demos of games I'm interested in, plus the ramblings of people I respect about what new games are cool. E3 can be boring and provide me that, so who cares about what Will Wright or anyone else thinks about it. Not bashing Will Wright or anything, I'm just saying the people at the shows personal enjoyment in irrelevant to what the purpose of the show is, business meeting and the showing of hot new games. Maybe you could argue it needs to be moved up on the calendar but in its current form it serves it's purpose better than before.

'At least he could of bought'

God that's ugly. So chavish.

maybe will wright should come up with something constructive instead of giving keynotes at comiccn. i think E3 has a timing problem. it should go back to may or even april. i saw to many companies say this is or game but just wait till comicon to see the cool stuff. i miss the booth babes and spectacle, but it's a self fulfilling death when they say E3 isn't so important i'll wait till the event a week later then go to germany in a month.

I think it was the lackluster confrences.
Sony are spreading their announcements over E3, GC and TGS. M$ announced FF13, though it was a big announcement, it isn't a new game. Nintendo went with 'why should we make more games? WE ARE RICH!'

GC08 was worse, Sony made some bigish announcements, a lot of them being slightly more exciting than E3s. M$ didn't bother, and I am not sure with Nintendo, TGS should be huge as it is the last chance to showcase before Xmas as far as I know.

Why is everyone blaming the E3 guys? Isn't it the developers fault that they have crap all to show us at their own press conferences?

It would be like me writing erotic childrens novels and wondering why nobody turns up to my book signing.

He's right. E3 is a walking corpse. They removed the "HUGE" feeling of E3. They got rid of the booth babes. They got rid of the huge spaces. Now, so many publishers are leaving the ESA meaning less and less games make it to E3. The ESA needs to put a little more effort into E3 to make it much bigger, not smaller.

The problem is 2 fold:
a) E3 developed a reputation for something it was never meant to be.
b) People don't like what E3 is meant to be.

Now, PAX is build to be what E3 had previously become, and people like it, there's a slight difference between the two.

I remember that E3 (with the Age of Mythology banner). It was my first E3. Good times.

Oh, and Kevin? If you're going to thank me, at least hyperlink my name to:

http://www.gamestooge.com/2008/08/29/will-wright-e3-is-the-walking-dead/

I made such a funny pic to go with the story.

The people who want E3 to be a buffet of booth babes, and other stupid junk are the kind of mentally handicapped man-children who should be booted out of industry for making it terrible.

The latest bandwagon? People have been harping on E3 for years.

You heard it here, Devs should switch to PAX or create a new E3(E4? E3x2.0?)
I am not joking btw.

I like turtles.

Yeh. It is a walking corpse, E3 died 2 years ago, and its dying breath was the best E3 of all time.

E3 '06. NEVAR FORGET (sorry 'bout the caps, but I'm really making a point)

Yeh. It is a walking corpse, E3 died 2 years ago, and its dying breath was the best E3 of all time.

E3 '06. NEVAR FORGET (sorry 'bout the caps, but I'm really making a point)


(hope I'm not double posting; I made a mistake)