The real Game Killer... CAUGHT! (or... 'Have game studios finally seen the light?')

Finally, it looks like game studios and console manufacturers have opened their eyes and saw E3 in the light of truth for the travesty it actually was, according to an article on Next Generation...

In my feverish dreams I put the blame on a previous blog article I had written two months ago, but given the pitiful size of our audience, and my total lack of journalism skills, I'll have to file that one under "As likely as Rollin getting the Customer of the Month award at the Nintendo World Store".

No, more likely, game studios probably saw that this event that was supposed to be a showcase for real journalists to give some free positive press to the year's products, and for game system distributors to pick the product they would place their marketing machine behind, was actually generating negative viral publicity to their products and leaving a bad taste in fanboy's mouths. No good return for the millions of dollars that you end up forking over to the event's planners...

If you want to know more, Next Generation has an excellent article on the Top Ten Reasons why E3 must have been cancelled by the big gaming guns. My vote goes to #4: The 'E3 winners' farce. That one must have hurt Sony the most this year, I'm sure!

Goodbye, E3! You won't be missed!