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#21 Nollog

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Posted 06 April 2013 - 11:20 AM

No it wasn't and never has been a consumer show. I've attended every E3 from 1995 when it started to 2006. You had to register to get in and as part of that you had to show evidence you worked in the press, games development and publishing or games retail. What you paid for back then was the various panels they had discussing gaming related topics. The registration only allowed you on the show floor which is what I went for anyway - to play the games and try out the new hardware as well as get all the swag. It has always been and still is trade only. The actual cost of the tickets for the panels ran in to several hundred dollars, I believe around $500 , hardly something the average consumer would pay to play some games and you still had to register first and prove you were eligible.

The companies never invited any fans let alone hundreds. In fact there was a lot of resentment at people like myself who in theory had no business being there and as a result led to more over crowding on the shop floor and made the show into more of a consumer event rather then people in the industry being able to conduct business and the press being able to report on what was there. The press use to complain that they had a hard time getting to appointments or actually seeing and playing the games due to all the lines and queues. Consequently more and more of what was on show was behind closed doors especially stuff that wasn't already out or announced. Eventually they changed the format and made it smaller as well as invitation only to reduce the number of people who shouldn't really be there.

I went to e3 in 1989 when it started.


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#22 Alph

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Posted 06 April 2013 - 11:47 AM

It definitely says how excited we were for new things back in the day. Now people are just "meh!".


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#23 Gamejunkie

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 09:19 AM

I went to e3 in 1989 when it started.


Wrong. It didn't begin until 1995. That was the first ever show. Plus it has always been trade only. You obviously don't know what you're talking about or are just making it up. Here is a Wiki link that explains what its about and when it started.

http://en.wikipedia....ertainment_Expo

#24 Nollog

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 09:23 AM

Wrong. It didn't begin until 1995. That was the first ever show. Plus it has always been trade only. You obviously don't know what you're talking about or are just making it up. Here is a Wiki link that explains what its about and when it started.

http://en.wikipedia....ertainment_Expo

Wikipedia is wrong. I have nintendo power issues right here from 1989 showing me attending the nintendo conference at the inaugural e3.


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#25 Gamejunkie

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 09:33 AM

Wikipedia is wrong. I have nintendo power issues right here from 1989 showing me attending the nintendo conference at the inaugural e3.

Wikipedia isn't wrong. You are wrong. I attended the first ever E3 in 1995. You may have gone to a game show but it certainly wasn't E3.

Here is more information to back up what I said.

http://uk.ign.com/wi...f_History_of_E3


http://uk.ign.com/wikis/e3/Past_Expos

http://uk.ign.com/wi...dance_and_Stats

Here is another link.

http://www.giantbomb...1995/3015-3482/

Here is another.

http://www.chicagono...o-starts-today/

Here is another.

http://www.g4tv.com/...rtainment-expo/

Edited by Gamejunkie, 07 April 2013 - 09:39 AM.


#26 Jasper

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 09:39 AM

I can't believe people still have to proof themselves to Nollog. The only thing he spouts is unicorn tongue, and I'm thankful for that. Let it go.



#27 Gamejunkie

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 09:42 AM

I can't believe people still have to proof themselves to Nollog. The only thing he spouts is unicorn tongue, and I'm thankful for that. Let it go.


True but it is annoying when people refuse to believe what is in actuality fact especially with links to back it up.

#28 Alianjaro

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 10:42 AM

I know. It's still pretty fugly, though.

LOL so true...

 

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#29 Jasper

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 10:47 AM

True but it is annoying when people refuse to believe what is in actuality fact especially with links to back it up.

He doesn't refuse to believe, he likes  to see you get worked up.






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