2023 was to mark the return to physics of the E3 show, but the meeting did not take place. And it looks like the high mass of video games won’t be coming back anytime soon, and for at least a few years. Indeed, according to a report by the Los Angeles City Tourism Commission, E3 is neither scheduled for 2024 nor 2025. The information was made public, but visible in a footnote on a graphic highlighting highlights the number of hotel rooms booked for fiscal 2022 and 2023. Presumably, the city doesn’t expect E3 to return for the next two years to come, and so contradicts what ReedPop and ESA, the two companies organizing the show. We recall that earlier this year, the ESA announced that it was teaming up with ReedPop, the entertainment company known for running major conventions such as New York Comic-Con and the Penny Arcade Expo, to organize E3 2023. The Los Angeles show needed a breath of fresh air, to renew itself, and the ESA had admitted to having remained on its achievements, without taking into account the evolution of the market, in particular the arrival of YouTubers , Streamers and other influencers in the video game landscape. But officially, if the E3 2023 was canceled, it was not for a lack of organization, nor for renewal, but because the publishers did not have game demos available on time, for the month of June.
However, if the 2024 and 2025 editions of E3 are also canceled, it means that there are many other factors preventing the return to the show or that the organizers are considering moving it to another city, out of Los Angeles. Let’s not forget that before settling down in the famous city of angels, E3 was taking place in Atlanta, Georgia and that a few years ago, the city of Las Vegas had been approached to host the show. Besides, Las Vegas could be a good compromise, room rentals and hotel rates being much less expensive than in Los Angeles, it may also be a good way to review overall expenses downwards. .. Obviously, the absence of E3 will allow the Summer Game Fest of Geoff Keighley to strengthen, he who offers a hybrid version, and whose popularity with publishers continues to grow. that said, in an email to The Verge, the ESA wrote: “The ESA is currently having conversations about E3 2024 (and beyond), and no final decision regarding the event has been made at this time.”