Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest Showcase Is Set For 9th June

Can't wait to sleep through it like each one before it.

Every year I say that I'm not going to watch it, and then I end up watching it and regretting it anyway.

Can't wait to repeat the process!

How very Greyfriar’s Bobby, sitting by the side of E3’s grave, waiting for the return of CG Assassin’s Creed trailers.

It'll probably be another dud like his shows usually are. But....I'll probably still tune in.

Haven't watched one yet and I ain't starting now

Am I the only one who's feeling more and more jaded about these events and especially about Geoff Keighley and his "friends" in the industry? Even his The Game Awards "World Premier" reveals are lackluster and overhyped most of the times. PAX and Gamescom are still somewhat interesting because indies and unhosted reveals.

My stance on this/E3 has not changed. If Nintendo has a Direct around this time, that's all I care about.

Lol I never understand why some people hate these things so viscerally! Tearing down shows like this, Game Awards, E3 etc. I don’t really like them that much but it’s not like they hurt me and I’m happy for the people who do enjoy them

The last one was very mediocre. I'm just hoping this news is a sign of a June Nintendo Direct.

I'll likely watch for the Nintendo Life chat, it makes even boring events fun.

I'll do what I always do and catch the headlines (if there are any, of course) the next morning.

@Royalblues TBH, I think a Nintendo Direct will compete with the SGF, rather than being a part of it. Nintendo doesn't NEED to be part of a bigger showcase to be the most talked thing for the day it airs. I wouldn't be surprised of Geoff talked to Nintendo to have their Not-E3 Direct take place before or after the SGF to prevent people from just watching Nintendo instead of this diet E3.

I seem to be more of a fan than most here but did feel like the last Game Awards felt extremely corporate.
Still looking forwards to this as there will be some nuggets of joy in there.

I’ll watch the direct and then not care about anything else. As per usual.

So many people were glad about E3's cancelation, saying it's a relic of the past, et cetera. But then we have Summer Games Fest to replace it, which is objectively worse and almost everyone in the comments is complaining about it.

Could someone please remind me why E3 is a bad thing again? I understand the organizers have done some morally questionable things in the past, but like, is that the only reason? If it were under better management, would people still be complaining about it?

Nothing will ever compare to the magic and the hype of E3 for me. It's the video game equivalent of the Olympics--where everybody comes together to compete regardless of how much they hate each other. Each company is giving it their all for that coveted gold medal. I'm excited for Nintendo's inevitable June Direct, but it doesn't carry the same weight as calling it an "E3 2022 Direct." It causes my brain to elicit so much more dopamine.

I don't think I'll ever understand why people want E3 to burn in flames.

@Not_Soos I don't think it's inevitable, the way Nintendo's set out the summer makes it seem like they may just do individual Directs.

• XCX and XC2 got their own Directs so I could see a XC3 Direct in late June/early July
• Splatoon and Splatoon 2 got their own Directs so I could see a Splatoon 3 Direct in late July/early August
• TPC does their own thing so I could see a Pokemon Presents in early/mid June
• Nintendo announced the XC3 and Splatoon 3 release dates out of nowhere a few weeks ago so they could do a similar thing for something like Bayonetta 3

The thing which isn't adding up though is Mario Strikers releases in just over a month yet we've heard nothing about it since the February Direct.

The reason we have sites like this is so we don't have to watch such things and still receive the relevant information.

Hell yes.. hope they have some good stuff like last year.

What a boring show. Full of free-to-play games commercials, pasing them as 'world premier announcements'. It reminds me those subway free newspapers.

And please don't lecture me: 'that's how they earn money' 'that's the idea', etc. My point is the low quality of this show.

Why does this guy get so much attention? Serious question.

I have no idea why Geoff is continuing with this. Him and Microsoft must be very close, because if it wasn't for them, there would be zero reason for this to even exist.

Silksong?!?!???!1!!!

Even more unlikely than silksong, I hope level 5 localizes Yo Kai Watch 4. But my hopes aren’t very high.

As a Nintendo gamer, these Keighley shows do very little for me. But hopefully a few Switch games get announced.

It's all about the Nintendo Directs for me, I still think there will be one in June, despite E3 being cancelled.

I just want to know about the following Switch releases that we still haven't heard anything about yet in a long time.

Where is Silksong?
Where is Bayonetta 3?
Where is Fall Guys?
Where is Outer Wilds?
Where is Alan Wake for Switch?
Where is Batman Arkham Collection?

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@Not_Soos I think E3 was starting to die even before COVID. Nintendo quit attending the event years ago, and instead did their own thing the same week. Sony announced they were not attending either. When two of the "big 3" tell you they are quitting, it's hard to recover from that.

I think COVID-19 just added fuel to the fire. As someone who has seen in-person events switch to virtual, I will be the first to say that virtual events SUCK. They are truly worthless. My work tried them out during the heart of the pandemic, and they were always abject failures. I think in the video game space, you either do a live in-person event or you do something like a Nintendo Direct that is a short, to the point 45 minute presentation.

Finally, in-person events are expensive. Travel, lodging, setting up your booth, meals, taking down your booth, prizes, etc. It's not cheap to do it, and many companies probably looked at the ROI (return on investment) and realized doing it wasn't worth the outcome.

@SimplyCinnamon53 the switch is obviously very outdated tech wise now so most new games that get announced won't come to switch so Nintendo only gamers will say it's crap because the console is too weak to play the games announced lol

@kingbk

You bring up some valid points, but the way I see it, Sony was the only party to officially walk away from E3. I personally think this was a huge misstep for them. I don't recall them having a major June presentation or anything, which to me is the bare minimum they could have done. I think it makes it harder to see them as a viable industry competitor when they stop attending the major annual event everyone else is going to.

Back to my Olympics analogy, it's like if the US said, "You know what? Our athletes are so talented, we're not even gonna bother to compete because the Olympics is beneath us. We'll just have our own separate show some other time." To me, that attitude just kinda sounds like a cop-out, like they're too scared to show up. My hope was that after a couple years, PlayStation would realize this failure and come back to play with the big boys.

While Nintendo switched to the digital format of Nintendo Direct presentations and set the precedent for PlayStation Now, I still think what Sony is doing is a very different--and inferior--approach altogether. Nintendo's show is clear, concise, and free from unscripted bloopers and cringe moments. But, they still have the in-person venues with demo kiosks after the show as well as Treehouse Live presentations, and they still call their pre-recorded show something like "Nintendo @ E3 20×× Digital Event" every year. They market it differently from a traditional Direct in a way that makes it feel more important.

So, to me, Nintendo has a different presence at E3 than Microsoft, but not a lesser one. If anything, I think Microsoft could adopt the same format. The only thing lost is the hype that comes from seeing the live reactions from audience members, but stuff like the Nintendo New York Store reactions sort of make up for this. It's not quite the same as a whole amphitheater full of screaming media like the sound of a crashing wave, but it gets the job done and is more intimate.

Really, my biggest issue here is that I want the three major publishers--as well as third-party developers such as Ubisoft and Square-Enix--to be united under one umbrella event where they each have a scheduled time to present their stuff in roughly a one-week period. I don't want devs to have to crunch for E3 or anything, but if Sony doesn't present until July or August, I feel that will make them complacent by removing the pressure to "win E3," and their products may be lesser as a result. E3 is like a major sporting event for video game fans where we're all rooting for our team to succeed, but it also ensures publishers will be firing on all cylinders.

It really doesn't matter to me whether the event is in-person or digital; the venue isn't what's important--especially as someone who, unlike you, has never had the privilege to attend one of these showings. But getting their games into the hands of the public is important, so whether they opt for smaller venues for demos not necessarily in the LA area or wherever the E3 epicenter is, or if they want to send journalists and fans digital demos that are time-exclusive and do not contain sensitive information in the code that can be datamined, I think both are fine alternatives.

last year Summer Game Fest was so boring, i nearly died of boredom, i not wasting my time watching this year Summer Game Fest, unless something intereting got anounced.

Id probably watch if there is someone streaming a reaction, other than that not interested.

@SimplyCinnamon53
It hurts me that people think they are irrelevant without considering the convention side of these expos. It's no longer just an expo for developers or media outlets. It turned into a convention and shouldn't go away because of that.

@StarPoint This kept happening to me too. So much pointless filler, so little when it comes to actual game announcements and gameplay showcases. Even worse if you are a Nintendo or Sony fan, the shows are so heavily Microsoft-biased it's not even funny and games from the other big two publishers are rarely shown. 2021's Game Awards was the last straw for me, I'm never letting Geoff Keighly waste my time again. Nintendo's probably gonna hold a separate Direct anyways and my two most anticipated titles (Zelda & Xenoblade) are 100% gonna show up there instead of Summer Game Fest.

@Not_Soos you'll notice that people who went to E3 loved it. The people who were adamantly against E3 were gaming media who didnt get the special treatment once media day went away.

They wanted to play games beforehand, tell you about it, spoil the reveal and get clicks. When that didn't happen they hated E3 and wanted it dead. Notice they dont do that wit gamescom (because they have a media day and cater to them like babies).