New E3 Show Announced - Smaller and Invite-only

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday October 15, 2006 @08:53AM from the club-that-wouldn't-have-you-for-a-member dept.

fiorenza writes "The ESA has announced the date and venue for the new E3 show, which is to be renamed the E3 Media and Business Summit. The show has move moved from May to July, and next year will take place on July 11-13 in Santa Monica, California. Doug Lowenstein, the president of the ESA, said that past attendees wanted a smaller more formal show that would be oriented to the media instead of the consumer, so it will now be invitation-only and many of the 'events' will actually take place in hotel suites. It looks like other gaming shows will need to step in if the glitz and glitter of E3 is to be saved."

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The Fall of E3 is by marco13185 · 2006-10-15 09:44 · Score: -1, Flamebait

...the fall of Video Games.

To be honest, I think video games hold back many smart kids from becoming truly skillful in other areas of computing. It also creates social outcasts, but that's another story.

Don't get me wrong, I game occasionally, but people actually make a living out of this stuff.