E3 2006 Unofficial Thread

oh i just wanted to know but does anyone know what time e3 starts in las vegas and what si the best website for live viewing.

 

to this point whats the general opinion on whos having the best e3 showing?

 

@ cmk0121,from what i have been hearing,microsft and nintendo wii have been fairing extremely well,apparently a lot of unhappy public response to sony on their PS3

 

g4 is doing good.

 

If you look at the E3 live on G4 i would say Nintendo first then SONY.LOL HALO 3 had the biggest gaming booth of all the 360 titles why? this game dont come out til 2007 a year from now.Sound like Panic mode to me....

 

i think it was all fanboys. the trailer blew, really. there was nothing but a show of a rip from xenosaga. and is it completely proven realtime? stats and free movment shown? cuz bungies site says something like "we showed a realtime demo, but its your choice if you think it is or not cuz how can we prove it?" they should have done like mgs4 and changed lighting and reversed time and fast forwarded and all that. i'm not convinced, but who knows really. everything is 'realtime' these days.

 

did ne1 see the halo 3 trailer? kinda wierd

 

anubis said:

Wrong. Get your facts right anubis. E3 is not open to the general public. You need press credentials or be part of the industry to register and attend. Read the attendees FAQ:

http://www.e3expo.com/attendees/faq.aspx

 

yup, lol, i tried to find out this year b/c i wanted to go buti think i figured out a way to go next year.

 

accually my friend went a few years ago. maybe it changed lately. but it used to be where you only had to be 18 to get in.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E3

Maybe your friend is a celebrity or something.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E3

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The expo is open only to game industry professionals, celebrities and journalists who are over eighteen.
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Maybe your friend is a celebrity or something. (Quote)



it use to be open to the public,if it is not open to the public,why can we watch it in real time??
i don't live in the USA,and i am no one of importance, and yet here last year i recieved an e-mail,being invited to the E3.work that one out.

 

thats how my friend got in. he was a member of the psu (playstation underground) and he was invited. i was in it then but i didnt get one, and i was too young anyways.

 

The reason why E3 is closed to the public is becuase the organizers don't want crazy kids and fanboys swarming all over the exhibits and conferences. We can watch it in real time because tech networks such as G4 cover these events completely and very well.

@heraldsun - Aren't you a journalist for the Herald - and the Sun?

Read this rant by a game journalist:
http://www.gamedrool.com/article.cfm?blog_id=5433

 

@ eatsushi,that bit i can understand *S*,but isn't that how E3 started out,i remember seeing pictures somewhere years ago of kids playing demos,etc,etc,i can understand what you are saying,but if it is closed to the public,it's obvious that it's closed for a reason,other than just kids running a muck.
*LOL* no i don't work for the heraldsun...

 

so i must have been right, my friend went irregardless of some invite. but i guess it got changed this year.

 

@anubis

Your original statement was still wrong because you said anyone can go.

 

used to be long ago, but has been since removed.

anyways, e3 is over issnt it? it was fun and quite a few new things have been learned. im mostly satisfied for now, and the coming fall will stir some sh*t up.

 

to anyone: use this thread for refereces when u forget something or need the detail.