Microsoft a no show at E for All

by Dustin Burg { Aug 27th 2007 at 12:30PM }

E for All, the ESA planned event that is supposed to bring the excitement of last year's E3 to the gaming masses, is starting to appear less and less exciting with Microsoft officially announcing that they will not be attending. Confirming with GamesIndustry.biz, Microsoft and all of Microsoft Game Studios will not make the trip to the LA Convention center this October more than likely due to the proposition of cost versus how much exposure the event will generate. But Microsoft isn't the only company to avoid E for All with others like Sony, Midway, Capcom and SEGA all confirming that they too will not be attending. We're note sure how big or exciting the new E for All will end up being, but with Microsoft not in the mix you could say that we're a little less interested in going. Sorry E for All, we loves our Microsoft.

Tags: eforall, esa, microsoft

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

jc @ Aug 27th 2007 12:49PM

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ............ who cares!!!!

Neon Jebus @ Aug 27th 2007 1:09PM

With E for All looking like a dead show, I wonder if all the local press and NPR were right about GenCon taking over for public style video game conference. This would be great news for me since I live in Indianapolis where they are going to hold the event for at least a couple of more years.

Urza @ Aug 27th 2007 1:15PM

Not a surprise. No one wants to spend that kind of money if they don't have to.

John McClane @ Aug 27th 2007 1:26PM

That E-For All logo is horrendous. Did they actually pay a graphic designer to do that? Or did they just ask a kid who's related to one of the organisers. What a joke.

They should have called it E4 ALL. Also, they shouldn't have put it on this year. They should have aimed for next year so they could see how events fell this year, to learn some lessons on timing. The whole image of the show looks rubbish.