{"id":219534,"date":"2023-03-30T05:18:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T09:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=279828"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:40:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:40:48","slug":"e3-2023-could-announce-its-cancellation-this-same-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/e3-2023-could-announce-its-cancellation-this-same-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncertainty looms over E3 2023 as organizers consider cancellation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>E3 2023 could be cancelled altogether amid reports that even more publishers have pulled out, leaving the future of the iconic video game trade show in limbo\u2026 which seems destined to disappear.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Resident Evil 4 Remake\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/2f28dae5-f2fc-49f3-9b2b-0874934b7810\/3879252092\/resident-evil-4-remake-Resident%20Evil%204%20Remake-icon.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Resident Evil 4 Remake<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/resident-evil-4-remake.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\">Resident Evil 4 Remake<\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/resident-evil-4-remake.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A new report from IGN claims that <strong>both Sega and Tencent have withdrawn their participation in E3 2023<\/strong>, as rumors swirl about whether the event will ever take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This comes a day after <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/author\/ubisoft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ubisoft<\/a> said it would skip this year&#8217;s E3 and hold its own show instead, just as Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have been doing for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The source is reliable and the future is uncertain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/rumors-swirl-around-e3s-future-as-sega-even-more-publishers-back-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">IGN<\/a>&#8216;s report cites <strong>PR and publishing sources who claim to be uncertain about who will definitely be attending E3 2023<\/strong>. These sources note that the lack of communication from both the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and the organizer has only added to their uncertainty about what to expect from the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report goes on to say that there are other publishers who have decided not to attend this year&#8217;s conference, but have not yet made it official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With Nintendo, Xbox, Sony, Ubisoft, and now Sega and Tencent all skipping E3 2023, a growing number of developers and publishers are expressing concern that the promised triumphant return of gaming&#39;s biggest event may not happen after all. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/539rEaa9cH\">https:\/\/t.co\/539rEaa9cH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zwln81qJOt\">pic.twitter.com\/Zwln81qJOt<\/a><\/p>&mdash; IGN (@IGN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IGN\/status\/1640770214340993050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Part of the problem apparently lies in the fact that the huge disruptions caused by the Covid pandemic<\/strong> have changed the way publishers produce, announce and release games, and this has made hands-on demos for the summer trade shows less of a priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/author\/bandai-namco-entertainment\">Bandai <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/author\/bandai-namco-entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">N<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/author\/bandai-namco-entertainment\">amco<\/a>, for example, has only committed to the summer Play Days event, and Devolver Digital is still planning its now-classic and curious Devolver Direct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, <strong>many publishers and distributors have yet to fully recover their budgets after the drastic cuts suffered in the wake of the pandemic<\/strong>. And it seems that companies are more comfortable allocating resources to events that are not in constant flux, such as E3 in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Resident Evil 4 Remake\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/2f28dae5-f2fc-49f3-9b2b-0874934b7810\/3879252092\/resident-evil-4-remake-Resident%20Evil%204%20Remake-icon.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Resident Evil 4 Remake<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/resident-evil-4-remake.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\">Resident Evil 4 Remake<\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/resident-evil-4-remake.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in January, we learned that Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox would not be attending E3 2023. At the time, we were confident that the event would go ahead without the big three, but it&#8217;s looking less certain by the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What was the largest video game fair in the world is about to disappear due to the lack of commitment from its sector partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":219536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-219534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321339,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219534\/revisions\/321339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219534"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=219534"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=219534"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=219534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}