E3 2023 will not include a showfloor presence by Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft, a new report has claimed.
IGN states that all three of the industry’s console makers will skip the event, putting a significant dampener on the show’s long-awaited return.
E3’s annual showcase, held in June at the Los Angeles Convention Center, has long been the video game industry’s key marketing drumbeat. But recent years have seen major companies turn elsewhere due to reported disagreements with its owner, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), even before Covid stopped the show from running altogether.
This year, E3 is back as a physical show – still owned by the ESA but now operated by Reedpop, the company behind events such as PAX and EGX, and which also owns the Gamer Network family of websites, including Eurogamer – but questions have remained around how quickly the show can be returned to its former glory.