We’re firmly in the Summer Game Fest era, there’s no getting around that fact. E3 is certified dead – and video game publishers have taken the opportunity to hold individual events and streams separate from the industry’s once-solo summer show. As the sun beams down on an E3-less LA, video game execs involved in the show have looked back at the life and death of the event.
This information comes from a massive Gamesindustry.biz article chock-full of interviews from various huge video game industry names, including Tom Kalinskie (formerly of Sega America), Peter Moore, and former PlayStation US head Steve Race.
Within this article is a well-informed and firsthand account of the value of E3 early in its life, especially during the era where the Xbox 360, PS3, and Nintendo Wii were duking it out.
