Nintendo has confirmed that it’s going to not take part in E3 this yr. This comes within the wake of a latest report stating the three console makers plan to skip the annual occasion completely this yr. Sony and Microsoft have but to verify any formal attendance.
In an announcement to IGN, Nintendo say E3 didn’t match into its plans however will proceed to help the occasion alongside its organizer, the ESA.
“We method our involvement in any occasion on a case-by-case foundation and are all the time contemplating varied methods to interact with our followers. Since this yr’s E3 present didn’t match into our plans, we’ve made the choice to not take part. Nevertheless, we’ve been and proceed to be a powerful supporter of the ESA and E3.”
Though 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 flooring. 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 Stay stream. Xbox moved its sales space out of the conference middle 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 liable for overseeing PAX and Star Wars Celebration. It will likely be the primary 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 have been fully canceled, whereas 2021 was a digital occasion). E3 runs from June 13-16 on the Los Angeles Conference Heart and may have devoted attendance days for business and followers. The present has no exhibitor listing but, however Ubisoft not too long ago confirmed it would attend E3 if it occurs. Xbox head Phil Spencer has expressed help for E3’s success but additionally alluded to Microsoft holding a separate occasion across the identical time in Los Angeles.
[Source: IGN]
