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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yes....but at small private events they are called by tacroy · 2006-10-15 10:24 · Score: 5, Funny

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Save glitter? by Dormann · 2006-10-15 10:35 · Score: 5, Insightful

It looks like other gaming shows will need to step in if the glitz and glitter of E3 is to be saved."

Does the glitz and glitter need to be saved? Have you ever played a game and said "I wish they didn't work so hard on this game. If only they had rushed it out to stores prematurely or had fewer people working on it, they would have had more money for E3 glitz and glitter."

That glitz money has to come from somewhere.