Ok This is May and E3 should be coming up Guys. A-Net Might have nice things to offer us this time like Eye of the North and more info on Guild Wars 2. I also found a layout of the E3 booths which was released today and NCSoft is on the diagram ^,^ though it is sad they have a small booth but to make up for it they have 2 ^,^
Here it Is:
They are located in Booths 338 and 336
Post in this Forum on what you guys think NCSoft or A-Net might Bring to E3 this year.
Link to Article
E3 2007 is Coming (NCSoft and A-Net)
uberMithosCox
Neo Nugget
hopefully more info, like maybe armor pics like they did for nightfall....maybe ....
uberMithosCox
I hope a Cinematic for BOTH games I no most likely Eye of the North but I want to have something to watch to at least toucher me for 1 more year about Guild Wars 2.
tenshi_strife
yea good stuff i hope *g4 is soooo being watched for e3 coverage about anet*
Neo Nugget
did g4 go to the arenanet booth last year?I know they did something for ncsoft for tabula rasa.
tenshi_strife
i honestly dont know but if they dont there will be an interesting murder report on the news >.> j/k
uberMithosCox
Hope so A-Net/NC-Soft haven't had BIG coverages in the past but I hope this year they will
sindex
Wow, after the whole E3 downsizing and new restrictions; I did not think they would even have booths up and running. I thought the conferences would be held in a boring old hotel, like other business seminars. Kind of surprised that Sony is getting 2 big booths.
jon0592
WHAT?! I heard on G4 Tech TV and from PSM (PlayStation Magazine) that the major sponsors (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Rareware, Konami, stuff like that) of E3 disbanded because they were spending millions on something worthless and felt that their money could be better spent.
sindex
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WHAT?! I heard on G4 Tech TV and from PSM (PlayStation Magazine) that the major sponsors (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Rareware, Konami, stuff like that) of E3 disbanded because they were spending millions on something worthless and felt that their money could be better spent.
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Buster
I hope Anet has a good showing for this year's E3. It would be great if they left E3 with a good impression of EOTN and GW2. Mostly all GW fans are eagerly awaiting more news 
divinechancellor
Thats great: Anet's needs to retain the interest of its players. It's not working on me so far...
*yawn*
*yawn*
Knightsaber Sith
Remember, they mentioned Eye of the North might be playable at the Penny Arcade Expo later this summer.
EternalTempest
E3 is no longer the expo it use to be (E3 changed it).
PAX (Penny Arcade Expo) is more for the public / gammer's to drool over new stuff.
PAX (Penny Arcade Expo) is more for the public / gammer's to drool over new stuff.
Jecht Scye
G4...It was better when it was TechTV. It's totally (since I can't say the "w" word for some reason, i'll let you use your imagination.) out now.
Tommy McTom
I thought E3 was abandoned because it was getting too expensive and pointless? :S
Anyway, GDC and that one in Japan are ones to look out for too :P
Anyway, GDC and that one in Japan are ones to look out for too :P
Bubba
Meh, E3 was too much show, babes and music anyway. I like my news more spread out and efficiently. Last year E3 was a mess and it was hard to keep up with all that was happening.
Bankai
Since it's NCsoft, I expect it to be mainly Aion, Tabula Rasa (I think that's the name), and that new tennis game coming out.
Yeah. That's right. An online tennis rpg.
Yeah. That's right. An online tennis rpg.
gene terrodon
E3 is in July this year
Omega X
From what I read last year, NCSoft was going to have its own Press Party. I wonder why they have a booth at the watered down E3?
Rhedd
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Meh, E3 was too much show, babes and music anyway. I like my news more spread out and efficiently. Last year E3 was a mess and it was hard to keep up with all that was happening.
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Either way you're a dork. ^_^
The industry needed E3, no matter what the "big publishers" wanted. E3 wasn't about factual news, and it wasn't about the top-ten unveiling their pet projects. It was about generating excitement for the industry as a whole.
Excitement!
Hype is a good thing. Attention is a good thing. The only bad thing was that the major publishers lost sight of this and decided to stop funding it.
At least other conventions will surely step up to the plate and fill the gaping void left by the shameful death of E3.
jon0592
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Were you there?
Either way you're a dork. ^_^ The industry NEEDED E3, no matter what the "big publishers" wanted. E3 wasn't about factual news, and it wasn't about the top-ten unveiling their pet projects. It was about generating excitement for the industry as a whole. Excitement! Hype is a good thing. Attention is a good thing. The only bad thing was that the major publishers lost sight of this, and decided to stop funding it. At least other conventions will surely step up to the plate, and fill the gaping void left by the shameful death of E3. |
drago34
I went to E3 when it was still good in 2005 and all I can say is it was an experience I doubt I will forget. The new idea for E3 is just stupid, they are taking away everything that made it E3 in the first place.
MerLock
I thought E3's been canceled since it got too expensive to put on a show. I thought some other people are doing it and calling it something else and it's going to be in Oct.
TRUEgamer
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I thought E3's been canceled since it got too expensive to put on a show. I thought some other people are doing it and calling it something else and it's going to be in Oct.
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But really, they should just cancel E3. That's where it's going. GDC is trippling in size every year, so game companies should just invest all of their resources into that.
Str0b0
I thought Anet and NCSoft had been barred after their "noise violations" the last time. Well E3 is sort of on the way out, too many restrictions. I heard that some companies who are ticked off at the E3 organizers are trying to start their own little e3 like deal but without all the stodgy rules.
Diablo???
E3 is getting watered down, but not cancelled. The convention was to attract sponsors and investors, but an analysis (and an obvious one) reveals that the ratio of the attendees were mostly teenagers/young adults looking for freebies, boobies, and gamies. They thus decided to redirect the convention to target a more serious, business driven audience, like they once intended. Basically its just gonna turn into one huge gigantic boring press-event. weeee.
You can tell from the map that alot of the booths are significantly smaller than previous years, when Sony and Nintendo took up an entire side of a building. In addition, this event is no longer taking place at the L.A. Convention Center. I'll see you there.
You can tell from the map that alot of the booths are significantly smaller than previous years, when Sony and Nintendo took up an entire side of a building. In addition, this event is no longer taking place at the L.A. Convention Center. I'll see you there.
Silly Warrior
Obviously Ncsoft isn't going to have a gigantic booth, but theres seems big enough.
I'd love to see if someone from Guru went, and posted pictures, info, etc.
I'd love to see if someone from Guru went, and posted pictures, info, etc.
J3mo
I'm interested in GW:EN stuff.
GW2 will come later, although I'm not gonna go all the way to the USA for the E3. ^_^
GW2 will come later, although I'm not gonna go all the way to the USA for the E3. ^_^
Rhedd
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E3 is getting watered down, but not cancelled. The convention was to attract sponsors and investors, but an analysis (and an obvious one) reveals that the ratio of the attendees were mostly teenagers/young adults looking for freebies, boobies, and gamies. They thus decided to redirect the convention to target a more serious, business driven audience, like they once intended. Basically its just gonna turn into one huge gigantic boring press-event. weeee.
You can tell from the map that alot of the booths are significantly smaller than previous years, when Sony and Nintendo took up an entire side of a building. In addition, this event is no longer taking place at the L.A. Convention Center. I'll see you there. |
There's also this slightly darker side to the decision...
See, the big companies like Sony and Nintendo were in charge of E3, but they realized that they don't really need it. They get plenty of press coverage.
It was the smaller companies, the innovators, the new faces, that really benefited from E3. To put that another way, it was the heart of the whole industry that benefited.
If you put that in the perspective of the big guys, though, they were ending up paying handsomely for an event that was mostly benefiting their competition, so since the group of them is officially in charge, they made changes that helped them, at the cost of hurting everyone else.
It's like a shopping mall. If the big-assed anchor stores all decide to move out, your mall will be dead within three years. There's no way E3 could continue without support from the major players, even if they weren't actually the committee that was in charge of organizing the event (which they are).
Teenagers, freebies and boobies might seem like a waste of money to the money-hungry gentleman in your last (very funny) screenshot, Diablo, but they are WRONG. Sadly, they'll probably never realize it.
E3 made the world take notice of the industry. Sure, maybe some stuffy old people were shocked by the booth babes, but shock is still effective advertising. It was all good.
I think everyone who's expecting flashy, fun news from this year's E3 are in denial and withdrawal, and are going to be very disappointed. Do you have any idea how small 20'x20' actually is? TINY! And those are the big booths. The small ones have about enough room for a folding table and a stack of brochures.
As I said, though, some event will step up to the plate. This business needs flash and chicks in racing outfits, not corporate dorks in grey suits.