The ESA president and CEO Stanley Pierre-Louis spoke with GamesIndustry.biz and stated,” We had been off to a robust begin. There was curiosity amongst exhibitors, business gamers, media and definitely the followers. In the end, nonetheless, there have been challenges that proved too massive to surmount.”
Within the assertion to GameSpot, ReedPop additionally confirmed that digital showcases scheduled round E3 will nonetheless happen; these embrace Summer season Sport Fest and Xbox and Bethesda showcases. The corporate additionally stated that it’s going to proceed to work with the ESA on future E3 occasions, suggesting that although E3 2023 is canceled, this isn’t the tip for the long-lasting business occasion. E3 may presumably seem once more in future years.
ReedPop and the ESA introduced E3 2023’s cancellation after months of uncertainty surrounding the occasion. Massive publishers like Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo stated they’d skip the occasion, and only in the near past, Ubisoft additionally stated it was pulling out in favor of holding its personal Ubisoft Ahead showcase.