Comments on: Rated E For Money http://www.startpause.com/2007/01/05/rated-e-for-money/ start | pause | think Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:51:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Anuj http://www.startpause.com/2007/01/05/rated-e-for-money/#comment-14 Anuj Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:09:25 +0000 http://www.startpause.com/2007/01/05/rated-e-for-money/#comment-14 Rated E for Money is right. This won't be much of success and I can agree with that whole-heartedly. They will probably make money on it, but by means of the consumer base that will be attending it, and that consumer base being people not involved with the gaming industry in any way other than being the audience, and by they, I mean the people running the show, not the developers themselves. Most of the people that were backing out of the circus that was E3 were the bigger more focused developers. Sure showy companies such as EA and and UbiSoft may make a reasonably large presence, but the companies people would really be interested in won't make much of an appearance. Even if they <i>did</i> make an appearance, I can only imagine that they would do so for the first year, because in the end they would for the most part lose money on such an endeavor. The fact of the matter was that the marketing for the games was becoming more than easy through the internet, and the hype generated by E3 served little than to become a money sink. The big developers and operators of E3 felt that it was becoming too much of a circus with not enough real means to exist anymore, and such it was canned. With E4, they have added more things in addition to the circus that there was before. Then after the circus starts losing enough money, they'll leave as well leaving it to be a video game convention/tournament/vendor exhibit, combined with entry fees and such making it the only real way for anyone to make any money, the only money being made not by the developers and such that choose to attend, but by the people running the show. There is the possibility of jobs/networking, but these kinds of things are generally handled already, and they are handled in much more exclusive settings, contrary to the concept of "E for all," that is something they <i>definitely</i> do not want. That being said, probably the biggest reason for interest in attending most of these events is the feeling of pride that comes from attending a show that otherwise other people couldn't get into. E4 being for "everyone" will make it hardly desirable for anyone other than someone attempting to supplement having never been to E3. Having been to E3 as we have, said experience may not appeal to us here, but I am interested in finding out more. I wouldn't mind experiencing E4 if only just to somewhat get a feel for what it is. I have little to no expectations, other than of being disappointed or annoyed, but as more details of the show are released, I'll be making my judgments based on that. This certainly wouldn't be an endeavor that I would expect to spend all too much money on, that is for sure. The event is currently scheduled for October 18-20 at the LA Convention Center. By the gauge of things I have thus far seen, I doubt that the show will actually even ever take place. Rated E for Money is right.

This won’t be much of success and I can agree with that whole-heartedly. They will probably make money on it, but by means of the consumer base that will be attending it, and that consumer base being people not involved with the gaming industry in any way other than being the audience, and by they, I mean the people running the show, not the developers themselves.

Most of the people that were backing out of the circus that was E3 were the bigger more focused developers. Sure showy companies such as EA and and UbiSoft may make a reasonably large presence, but the companies people would really be interested in won’t make much of an appearance.

Even if they did make an appearance, I can only imagine that they would do so for the first year, because in the end they would for the most part lose money on such an endeavor. The fact of the matter was that the marketing for the games was becoming more than easy through the internet, and the hype generated by E3 served little than to become a money sink. The big developers and operators of E3 felt that it was becoming too much of a circus with not enough real means to exist anymore, and such it was canned.

With E4, they have added more things in addition to the circus that there was before. Then after the circus starts losing enough money, they’ll leave as well leaving it to be a video game convention/tournament/vendor exhibit, combined with entry fees and such making it the only real way for anyone to make any money, the only money being made not by the developers and such that choose to attend, but by the people running the show.

There is the possibility of jobs/networking, but these kinds of things are generally handled already, and they are handled in much more exclusive settings, contrary to the concept of “E for all,” that is something they definitely do not want. That being said, probably the biggest reason for interest in attending most of these events is the feeling of pride that comes from attending a show that otherwise other people couldn’t get into. E4 being for “everyone” will make it hardly desirable for anyone other than someone attempting to supplement having never been to E3.

Having been to E3 as we have, said experience may not appeal to us here, but I am interested in finding out more. I wouldn’t mind experiencing E4 if only just to somewhat get a feel for what it is. I have little to no expectations, other than of being disappointed or annoyed, but as more details of the show are released, I’ll be making my judgments based on that. This certainly wouldn’t be an endeavor that I would expect to spend all too much money on, that is for sure.

The event is currently scheduled for October 18-20 at the LA Convention Center. By the gauge of things I have thus far seen, I doubt that the show will actually even ever take place.

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