Why is E3 2023 cancelled and will the expo ever return?
radiotimes.comE3 2023 has been cancelled, the organisers from ReedPop and the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) have revealed, with the iconic gaming trade show set to take another year off.
The last E3 to happen in real life took place in summer 2019 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, with the 2020 and 2021 editions clearly being unfeasible due to the pandemic.
Since then, the annual event has struggled to find its footing in a world where most gaming publishers, whenever they have new information to share, tend to host their own events in the form of digital live streams. Keep on reading to learn more about the E3 cancellation.
In a statement obtained by VGC, ReedPop's Kyle Marsden-Kish said: «This was a difficult decision because of all the effort we and our partners put toward making this event happen, but we had to do what's right for the industry and what's right for E3.»
Hinting at the reasons for this cancellation, he added: «We appreciate and understand that interested companies wouldn't have playable demos ready and that resourcing challenges made being at E3 this summer an obstacle they couldn't overcome.»
Indeed, you may have already seen the stories in recent weeks of big companies like Ubisoft deciding to drop out of the show despite making earlier promises to appear.
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GamesIndustry.biz, the trusted business-to-business publication that is owned by ReedPop, has run a lengthy interview with ESA president Stanley Pierre-Louis on the matter. It's worth reading the whole piece if you've got
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