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There Is No Point To E3
Modesitt writes "Corpnews offers some thoughts on how E3 has changed for the worse. Several factors are mentioned, but the increased number of people sporting 'Exhibits Only' badges courtesy of Best Buy, CompUSA, and EB Games is focused on as a cause of the descent of E3." From the article: "The only legitimate purpose to E3 is as a media event, for companies to show off their products to the public via the media (after all, such a tiny sliver of the gaming public could go to E3, even if it was open to the public, that the press must inevitably mediate this process), and it is failing terribly at that. Companies are no longer courting the press, or even attempting to develop new contacts among them; now, it is an established siege war between giant website network and shitty magazines, and arrogant companies who divulge the merest crumbs and act as if this were a thunderous pronouncement from Yahweh."
It's rather disappointing to see that from a professional news source, isn't it? People seem to forget Slashdot is part of "the media" and is a professional organization. Certain words are not suitable for professional writers to use in professional communications. Informal conversation (speech at the water cooler, forums, things like that) and formal professional writing (news, memos, and bulletins) do adhere to different standards. Editor, are you out there? Maybe the editor has been reading too many of these magazines and accept that as OK journalism.
Oh well. Disappointing or not, it's still there. At least I agree with the point they made.