Nintendo has confirmed that it’s going to not take part in E3 this 12 months. This comes within the wake of a latest report stating the three console makers plan to skip the annual occasion completely this 12 months. Sony and Microsoft have but to verify any formal attendance.
In a press release to IGN, Nintendo say E3 didn’t match into its plans however will proceed to assist the occasion alongside its organizer, the ESA.
“We approach our involvement in any event on a case-by-case basis and are always considering various ways to engage with our fans. Since this year’s E3 show didn’t fit into our plans, we have made the decision to not participate. However, we have been and continue to be a strong supporter of the ESA and E3.”
Although Nintendo was the primary of the three console makers to cease holding stay E3 press conferences in favor of pre-recorded Direct movies, it was additionally the final one to have a standard sales space on the present ground. Up till the final conventional present in 2019, Nintendo nonetheless had a big, usually elaborate sales space with demos the place it broadcasted its Treehouse Live stream. Xbox moved its sales space out of the conference heart to the Microsoft Theater subsequent door in 2018 (although it was nonetheless a part of E3); PlayStation pulled out of the occasion completely in 2019 and hasn’t returned.
E3 2023 is being organized by ReedPop, the corporate chargeable for overseeing PAX and Star Wars Celebration. It would be the first in-person present for the reason that 2019 version and solely the second to happen for the reason that COVID-19 pandemic began (the 2020 and 2022 exhibits had been fully canceled, whereas 2021 was a digital occasion). E3 runs from June 13-16 on the Los Angeles Convention Center and can have devoted attendance days for trade and followers. The present has no exhibitor listing but, however Ubisoft lately confirmed it is going to attend E3 if it occurs. Xbox head Phil Spencer has expressed assist for E3’s success but in addition alluded to Microsoft holding a separate occasion across the identical time in Los Angeles.
[Source: IGN]
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