oldergamer
Member
There are what seems daily false or incorrect articles out daily about ms. This one is nonsense imo. E3 isnt 30 million dollars expensive to attend. Otherwise small exhibitors would not afford it.
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Rumor: Xbox Has Allegedly Canceled Its E3 Appearance Due To A Marketing Budget Cut
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Thebonehead
Gold Member
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
Yeah, these unsubstantiated rumours ought to be banned from the forum.
ManaByte
Banned
Many who are making up BS for clicks aren’t old enough to remember the legend of Kentia Hall.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
I don't get how other companies manage to dodge all these negative comments and articles. It's just relentless for MS lol
MasterCornholio
Member
I think it's because it's old news. It's been years since Sonys last E3 conference if I'm remembering correctly.
MasterCornholio
Member
I don't get how other companies manage to dodge all these negative comments and articles. It's just relentless for MS lol
Sony didn't. Some publications criticized them for abandoning E3 because they said Sony was dry.
Somebody else mentioned. I don't follow it closely. A normal journalist would include a sentence for context since the issue seems to be with E3 than any of the publishers.
ManaByte
Banned
Hi-Fi Rush broke people.I don't get how other companies manage to dodge all these negative comments and articles. It's just relentless for MS lol
MasterCornholio
Member
I did enjoy Sonys big E3 shows in the past however with the world that we live in E3 is a little bit outdated. Shows can be done at any time and using outlets such as YouTube for example. What I do like about these new events is that they seem more straight to the point. I haven't seen an awkward flute guy or a terrible band in the longest time. Just straight up announcements and footage of games.
Smoke6
Member
Man they do one stealth drop! Trust and believe that’s not gonna keep happening. Gamers want some bang for their Buck and HiFi was just this year (so far) good indie type game!
If the rumors are true about the shape of some their studios and upcoming releases, this is not gonna end well. I’ve always said they wanted to just be publishers!
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
Its pretty ridiculous. Never seen it this bad.
Gavon West
Spread's Cheeks for Intrusive Ads
Bro..... seriously?
Ansphn
Member
I have been paying attention. I think Xbox is in trouble.How do you figure Xbox is dead?
Lord Malachite
Member
There's honestly zero reason for Microsoft to be spending all the money for an E3 presentation and booth right now. A lot of their games are still too far away to say much about, and the ones they have that are coming this year, they'd be much better served doing a livestream like Nintendo Direct and PlayStation State Of Play. They'll reach more people immediately, get all the gaming media attention focused on them for a few days, and generate a lot of focused hype for their titles, all while spending far less money than they would going to E3. It's a no brainer at this point.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Microsoft was prepared to wind down Xbox after the disaster that was XBO but Philly Boy convinced them to give it another go. He must be sweating in his socks watching to see if the Acti deal goes through.
If it doesn't I can see Phil being kicked to the curb, Xbox being shut down, and either MS becoming just a publisher or selling off their gaming assets.
If it doesn't I can see Phil being kicked to the curb, Xbox being shut down, and either MS becoming just a publisher or selling off their gaming assets.
Gavon West
Spread's Cheeks for Intrusive Ads
Clearly you haven't been paying attention.
For example, Microsoft has already announced their doing their own event in their own building across the street from E3.
The article is bullocks! Yet, people are here to jump on it like flies on shit. Crazy...
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Yeah, I thought this news would be more welcome. But it's only led to more doom-posting.
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I doubt that's the reason, they have 70 billions to buy Activision, they can sell the hardware at a big loss during the holiday season with their usual promotions and now they cannot attend E3 because of budget restrictions...yeah 
The actual reason is that they realized that it's an outdated form of marketing with very little flexibility putting pressure on their teams and no extra marketing return compared to digital events, actually with more frequent digital events you keep yourself more in the news loop. Hence why they're now copying Sony (and Nintendo) with their equivalent of the State of Plays and main digital showcase.
The actual reason is that they realized that it's an outdated form of marketing with very little flexibility putting pressure on their teams and no extra marketing return compared to digital events, actually with more frequent digital events you keep yourself more in the news loop. Hence why they're now copying Sony (and Nintendo) with their equivalent of the State of Plays and main digital showcase.
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Lord Malachite
Member
Seems wildly unlikely that Microsoft would bail on gaming. If their gambit to buy ABK is killed off, they're still in a fine place. Unlike Nintendo and Sony, what MS wants is for people to be gaming on Xbox as a universal platform. They don't care if it's on an actual piece of Xbox hardware. Considering how much they've invested in the cloud and getting all their stuff out on PC day and date, their endgame seems to be to move away from console hardware altogether, pushing Xbox as a universal platform and ecosystem that functions across many devices. Something closer to Stadia--but they'll wait until the internet catches up to those demands on the streaming front and continue to offer game downloads through both outright purchases and Gamepass.
Xbox was not winning the traditional war against Sony and Nintendo. So they've gone their own course rather than just be an also ran. They have the vast resources to do that, and there's no reason to believe it won't work out for them. If it doesn't, it's far less likely to be because "the market rejected Xbox" and more that "Microsoft decided to shut the division down and reinvest in other components of their business." If they fail, it's because hey choose to.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
1. Can you share the receipts on $30-50,000,000,000 in the red? I’d love to read them.
2. Are the higher ups losing patience or is MS buying up lots of studios? You guys have to stick to one narrative.
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Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
Ronin_7
Member
You'd be surprised.
Ansphn
Member
I'm not even talking about this E3 event. Xbox might be dead if this Activision deal don't go through.
XXL
Member
Where does it say they just cut E3? It said they cancelled their E3 because of Microsoft cutting the Xbox marketing budget.
If this is true (big if) this will effect more than E3 going forward, E3 was just part of it.
Gavon West
Spread's Cheeks for Intrusive Ads
No, dude. Just no...
Why the hell would the deal not going through be the end of the entire gaming division at Microsoft??
Maybe say that shit out loud to hear how utterly ridiculous that sounds! They aren't going to fold Xbox because of one failed acquisition. If anything, they'll go after other developers much more aggressively.
SportsFan581
Member
LOL at the insane slant here. MS drops a show that all the major players had already dropped for years (and that they had already replaced with their own show for a few years running) = they must be out of money.
Ansphn
Member
I believe the future of Microsoft gaming is as a publisher. Xbox will go the way of Sega but less successful.
Orbital2060
Member
ESA isnt running E3 anymore, times have changed. Its Reedpop who somehow bought the trademark or made a licensing deal for E3 from now on. I dont know how it works - if they now own the E3 brand or its ln a yearly kind of basis. But Reedpop is a private company that owns sites like Gamesindustry.biz, Eurogamer, and PushSquare. And not a single dedicated Xbox site, for example. So I will be curious to see how the E3 news are covered here, and whether they only provide their owned sites with the news first or exclusively. And how other gaming sites have access to E3 in this context.
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ManaByte
Banned
It's apparently Nintendo that "has no games" to show at E3 after the release of Zelda. You know, the same Nintendo that's been doing Nintendo Directs instead of E3 for YEARS.
Ghost of Caelid
Banned
E3 budget went to sting. This is a silly enough rumor to be true. Companies have the silliest spending holds.
Can you two provide some more context as to why we should put weight on what you’ve always said? Are you insiders too? Prophets?
Orbital2060
Member
And of course Sony who has avoided E3 for years already. But when Xbox says something its all doom and gloom. While they have still had E3 shows all up to this year, or around that time.
It sounds to me like they dont want to be part of whatever E3 has become.
ManaByte
Banned
I wouldn't be shocked if all these doom and gloom clickbait articles are coming from some staffer in the ESA who are afraid of losing their job when E3 finally dies and they want to paint the big publishers in the worst light possible.
mansoor1980
Gold Member
I don’t understand. Do you work for the company that runs E3? Because for gamers, MS not being at E3 2023 makes no difference. They have their own showcase
Ah ok. You’re just trolling then. They literally had a show little over a week ago where they showed multiple first party games on the horizon. And have released TWO highly rated first party games in the past two weeks.
Big first party titles + Gamepass is precisely why I bought an xbox series X.
HeisenbergFX4
Member
Except E3 would cost Xbox around 30 million and still have the receipts that I have shared with
Mod of War: Remastered
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Markio128
Gold Member
Slightly regretfully, my Series X will be helping towards my PSVR 2 purchase, purely because it will offer me more fun and entertainment in the short term. MS have done very little to convince me otherwise. No doubt I’ll pick another one up later in the year, or perhaps next year when they have finally got their shit together.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
1. They're still having a showcase just like last year, they've already confirmed it.
2. They just launched a GoTY contending first party game last week with more coming in April, in May and later in summer
"negative" topics like this really do bring out the best of y'all from the deep crevices.
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