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E For All Expo Details Announced

Posted by Zonk on from the have-your-daily-recommended-helping-of-e-everybody dept.

Gamespot is reporting on the full details of the E For All event, the consumer-facing games show slated to debut this October. Along with additional details, the article offers up some basics on the show. First off, it "runs October 18-21 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, former home of the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Single-day passes for Thursday and Friday will cost gamers $50 each, while admission on Saturday or Sunday will run $75. A full pass for all four days will also be available for $110." Gamers will be able to try out almost all of the Holiday releases in a finished state, participate in tournaments, and buy games from retailers located in fabled Kentia Hall. It's also been announced that Nintendo will be headlining the event, though Expo officials try to reassure us that other publishers will be there as well. I have to ask: is anyone thinking about going to this thing? Now that the doors are open, are you as a gamer excited about the possibility of making it into E3?

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  1. Fifty bucks? by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm supposed to pay fifty bucks to be advertised to? You can eat my shorts. Game developers and publishers should be happy to get a chance to go face to face with their market and actually interact with them.

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    1. Re:Fifty bucks? by _xeno_ · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I expect the price is more or less to decrease demand. There's only so much space available and they can only allow in so many people, so they want to price it to the point where the demand matches the supply.

      Or, in other words, it's to keep people like you out. :P

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  2. It's like a gun show, boat show, car show, etc. by Animats · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is just retailing. Something local to do on a boring afternoon. Like gun shows, boat shows, car shows, flea markets, etc. "Dolaher said the press conferences, keynote addresses, and big announcements that have marked previous E3s won't be present at E For All." The options on their web site are "I'm a a gamer" and "I'm an exhibitor". There's no option for people in the industry. And no reason to go there from further away than Long Beach.

    If you're in the industry, you go to GDC or the Hollywood Games Summit.