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After more than two decades of E3, each one bigger than the last, the time has come to say goodbye.

Thanks for the memories.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not to mention there's the benefit to companies of being better able to manage the production of the announcements and avoid the random pitfalls that can happen at live shows. They can make sure the games they are announcing look their best and they can control their message. All three major console companies have had their versions of E3 failures that have led to major embarrassments for them in the past. They would rather not have that happen to them again if they can help it.

[โ€“] gaylord_fartmaster 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah, they don't even need to design booths to hide the beefy PCs their console games are actually running on anymore.