"E3 Media and Business Summit" Hmm. Sounds professional. Well, that's because it was. As I'm sure everyone's aware, they changed E3 from the "Electronics Entertainment Expo" to the aforementioned. Good? Bad? The GameSpot editors' reactions are mostly pro-2007. Others dislike it. Now I'm going to sound off about it as a gamer. A person who the show is supposed to eventually inform.
Pros: I know that nearly (if not all) editors for every website, magazine, newspaper, etc. enjoyed working at E3 '07 much more than E3 '06.There's no questioning that with 90% less people that it's easier to work. Along these same lines, games could be sampled longer...to some extent.
Cons: My biggest problem with the new E3 is that there's no excitement. E3 was always a fun time. I used to look forward to it; this year I didn't realze when it was until I saw the link here in the navigation bar. Yes, I tuned into the Nintendo press conference live when I found out when it was. But the "aura" of excitement for everyone -- editors, gamers, publishers, etc.-- was gone. We, the gamers, were not represented this year. Others could not play these amazing new games...only the key industry editors could. The "big party" was gone...
Should they bring it back? Personally, I'd love to have the old E3 back. But I doubt they're going to. It's too formal now, and we all know how business people are...
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