Once again, E3 has been officially canceled. Meaning that gamers will have another year without E3. This is a huge surprise (not) that the annual event has been cancelled. Truth be told, E3 has been dying for years, and now with its cancellation, it’s either a revolution for the event, or just ending it entirely. With Nintendo and Microsoft withdrawing while Sony had long abandoned the event, things were already looking gloomy for the annual event.
According to reports from IGN, the organization announced the cancellation via an email sent out to its members today. This is what they said.
E3 “remains a beloved event and brand” that the 2023 version “simply did not garner the sustained interest necessary to execute it in a way that would showcase the size, strength, and impact of our industry.”
Email from ESA
According to more reports, the ESA maintains its commitment to advocacy work but makes no mention if the event will ever be held again in the future.
More IGN reports show ESA issued the following public statement from Kyle Marsden-Kish, Global VP of Gaming, ReedPop, stating:
This was a difficult decision because of all the effort we and our partners put toward making this event happen, but we had to do what’s right for the industry and what’s right for E3. We appreciate and understand that interested companies wouldn’t have playable demos ready and that resourcing challenges made being at E3 this summer an obstacle they couldn’t overcome. For those who did commit to E3 2023, we’re sorry we can’t put on the showcase you deserve and that you’ve come to expect from ReedPop’s event experiences.
Kyle Marsden
The press release adds that ReedPop and the ESA will continue to work together on future events.
Welp, there goes the event. Another year of no E3, and as a passionate gamer, this makes me very sad. Throughout my entire life, E3 has been a summer tradition for many of us gamers in looking forward to the upcoming game trailers being shown and seeing the epic reactions of gamers, but it seems like all of that will remain a distant memory now. Now the question remains: will we ever see another E3 being held in the future? For now, we won’t know, but all we can do now is wait…
Sources: IGN
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