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E3 Going Public in 2009?

NSX | July 23, 2008 | News | E3 2008 
After delving into a business-like format for the past amount of years the Electronic Entertainment Expo has been rumored by several sources to become a public event starting next year.
The only thing there was more of at E3 than games were complaints about E3's new, tidy, business-like format. Everyone from company execs to game developers to the working press seemed to have something unhappy to say about the show. Coasting right there along with the complaints was a building buzz that next year's E3 was going to have to undergo some mammoth changes. Just how mammoth? According to a number of well connected sources I spoke with during the show, there's considerable thought going into opening the doors, this time officially, to the public at next year's big event.
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    Pyrazor | July 24, 2008 | reply
    That would be hilariously sad.
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    Fatal Error | July 24, 2008 | reply
    So they're going to have an "undo" and just go back to the way things were before?
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      VeGiTAX2 | July 24, 2008 | reply
      Going back to before would be making it 18+ again and only inviting x amount of "sales representatives" from wal-mart, k-mart, target, best buy, circuit city and so on.

      The common mistake that 99% of people who have never been make is that the show was ever public.

      Odd that this would be an outcome since the ESA and IDG went to provide E For All as the public gaming solution and the industry essentially spit on it because they didn't want to be wide open.
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        Fatal Error | July 24, 2008 | reply
        18+ is still "public" for the most part. Wouldn't really be a detriment for me or most others that would go by themselves anyway.
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          VeGiTAX2 | July 25, 2008
          Your lack of ability to read is incredible.

          Maybe if you tried to read beyond 18+ you would get it.

          I guess I should make it much easier to read.

          In earlier years, "sales representatives" for each local game / electronics retailer had about 2 invites per store available to go to the show, this would require that the manager authorize those two individuals and that the two pony up the cash $600 if I remember right in 06 to get in to the floor.

          This means that the average joe couldn't walk in and go "hiya, lemme in to that thar E3 u gawtz" regardless of being 599 years old they would still tell them to take a hike and that they wasted their time going.

          As such 2 per qualified store then authorized by the ESA and being required to produce a large sum of money to get in isn't a public event, it's not even remotely close.

          If you still feel that it = public then you're only fooling yourself.
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    Final Blade | July 24, 2008 | reply
    lol, it won't matter, its not like this would make E3 any better.
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      Gothic Girl | July 24, 2008 | reply
      It probably would, tbh. If the public were watching, then the game companies might be more inclined to show games that the public are actually interested in (rather than showing games that the media is interested in reporting on).

      Here's hoping, anyways.
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        Final Blade | July 24, 2008 | reply
        Maybe, but im not holding my breath or taking this as a good thing. But thats me.
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        Shadow net583x s | July 25, 2008 | reply
        And it would give Nintendo a lot more people to bore
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    kik36 | July 24, 2008 | reply
    I'd do my best to go if they did.
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    Capn Droid | July 24, 2008 | reply
    By the time they make it public, they'll have just as many people going as before.
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    cheatcodeman11 | July 24, 2008 | reply
    geez that is gonna suck have it public
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    Fishlock | July 25, 2008 | reply
    Doesnt matter nobody can affford it. By that time gas will cost $6 a gallon

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