Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony are reportedly all skipping E3 2023

Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft are all skipping the revitalized E3 conference in June, in response to a brand new report from IGN. E3 might be again as an in-person convention in Los Angeles after not occurring at all in 2022, and I personally was hopeful that the massive three console makers can be on the present when it takes place from June thirteenth by way of sixteenth to assist make it really feel like the massive occasion of years previous. But in response to IGN’s reporting, that’s not the case.

That stated, it’s not totally sudden. Sony first skipped E3 in 2019 and hasn’t been a part of the conference since. Microsoft stated final week that it might be doing a showcase in LA this summer season however didn’t outright say the phrases E3. Nintendo has confirmed time and time once more that it will possibly drive enormous information cycles with its can’t-miss Direct video shows, so it might not really feel the necessity to share the E3 highlight. And because the present might be going down a couple of month after the discharge of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo could need to hold the eye of its followers on what could possibly be one of many largest video games of the 12 months.

As E3 has grown smaller, different digital levels have sprung up for recreation publishers to make their large bulletins — most prominently, The Game Awards and the Summer Game Fest, each hosted by Geoff Keighley. He spoke to us in 2022 about the place E3 does — or possibly doesn’t — match into the gaming panorama. Incidentally, the Summer Game Fest account simply tweeted that it’ll even be returning on June eighth, just some days earlier than E3.