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Industry happy with E3 2009's rebirth

by Alexander Sliwinski on Jun 8th 2009 10:00AM

Initial reaction to the rebirth of E3 has been quite positive. GI.biz spoke with representatives of several major publishers and they all seemed to have supportive things to say about the event. Take-Two CEO Ben Feder even said the company "couldn't be happier" thanks to the show's "unbelievable" energy.

We can add that from company reps we talked with during the show that almost everyone seemed pleased with the format and scale. A couple folks even said that the ESA could open the tap for E3 2010 just "a little more." Next year's show is set for June 15-17, but we still have plenty more E3 stuff to post and coverage from last week's activities, so stay tuned.

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Tags: aftermath, e3-2009, post-mortem

Reader Comments (11)

Maybe they could change up the venue once in a while, huh? A little love for the east coast, perhaps? Or maybe even run two E3's at once! Yes.....that would do just nicely.

East Coast would be nice....New York perhaps?

Anyways I'm glad that the show as a success. It's one of the few things that define the gaming industry in my opinion.

Yes, I mean, New York has Nintendo World and Square Enix Day!... Can't we work something out?

The coasts get enough attention in other areas if you ask me... it needs to come to the Midwest. Plenty of better towns than LA to host it in, and venues to match.

What's Square-Enix Day?

By " a little more " he means a little less clothes for booth babes

It did feel like a return to form for E£, not even the fanboys will bicker about thatI think.

E3 this year rocked. White I'm sure many can complain about certain things, be it motion control with MS & Sony, or ...uh.. most things in Nintendo's conference, the excitement about a lot of new debuted games was very high.

I for one have now, since watching E3, added several games to my "day one must have" list, including Darksiders, Sin and Punishment 2, Assassin's Creed 2, Gran Tourismo 5, and Gran Tourismo Portable.

Public access would be nice for next E3. I mean, all those games are headed for the public access, let us be able to play them. Besides, it would mean more moeny for them, as more people would attend, and yeah, give us limited access.

Actually, we could start going by wednesday, after the 2 key keynotes of the event had already been delivered.

Man, i'd wish i was able to go, xDDDDDDD

E3 won't start on my birthday next year? Darn. ;p

We already have GDC, Penny Arcade Expo, and TGS to a lesser extent for showing games in a more relaxed setting, and in a more professional manner. The industry needs the one big glitzy show every year so that consumers can get excited about upcoming games. Last years E3 was just pathetic, and I hope they never go back to that format.

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