With everything that happened in 2020 (aka, ?The Longest Year?), it?s easy to forget that E3 was completely canceled for the first time in 25 years. The gaming industry staple was in trouble even before COVID took the stage, but the pandemic really sealed the coffin for last year?s trade show. The ESA wasn?t even able to put together a digital event as would-be exhibitors took to their own platforms and timeframes to announced games and content. At the time of cancelation last year, the ESA promised E3 would be back in 2021, but given the ongoing pandemic and the state of the industry, is E3 2021 really going to happen"
E3 2019, the last E3 that actually happened, was a sad show. Multiple exhibitors had either reduced their presence or pulled out of the show entirely. Perhaps most notable among these was Sony, who opted out of attending E3 entirely in 2019, but Microsoft also shifted itself to the adjacent Microsoft Theater. The West Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center, normally the staging area for the big three?PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo?was weirdly empty. E3 organizers filled some of the empty space with a seating area (which nobody was using), but the absence of these enormous companies and their booths was palpable.
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