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E3 is NOT the Super Bowl of Video Games
Cordova, TN; June 5, in the year of our Lord 2015--Family
Friendly Gaming, the industry leader in covering the family
friendly video games is correcting a mistake in the video game
industry. Family Friendly Gaming drank the Kool-Aid in the past.
We got sucked into the propaganda and lies told by PR and these
self-centered, self-absorbed, and greedy companies. We decided
to take an honest, real, and genuine look at the Super Bowl, and
the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). These two events are
drastically different. All of us associated with Family Friendly
Gaming want to apologize to you the reader. We are sorry that in
years past we regurgitated the center of the universe disease
lie that E3 is the Super Bowl of Video Games. It is not. E3 is
just another expo event featuring companies trying to generate
interest in their products. They are trying to drum up sales.
Too many gaming cheerleaders err gaming journalists have propped
up this lie. They have compared a meaningless expo to a real
sports event where one team wins. In fact let us look at the
National Football League (NFL). Real players compete on teams of
offense and defense. They have sixty minutes to compete in
regular play. If the game is tied then it goes into overtime.
Ever heard of E3 going into overtime? E3 goes on for days, and
the Super Bowl happens in a few hours with penalties, time outs,
and a half time. The NFL has a season. The top six teams from
each conference play each other in the playoffs. Winner
continues on, and the loser go home. Finally the NFL comes down
to two teams. The AFC champion, and the NFC champion. They go at
it in one game - winner takes home the trophy. At E3 as long as
you have money, your company can buy space. You buy your way
into E3.
There are no clear or real winners in E3. There are not two
teams going at it. Every company there is trying to grab the
attention of the buyers for retail chains, and the media. Why?
Because they are spending money on space at the Expo as an
investment to get more money down the line. If they can get the
buyers for retail chains to agree to carry their products then
they have a good chance at better sales. If they can get the
media gaming cheerleader journalists excited about their
products then they know stories will be written about their
products. What does that exposure get them? Increased sales.
More money, and more profit. In fact the outcome from the
exposure at E3 is not fully known until many months, or years
down the line. So E3 can not have any winners officially
declared because it is nothing like the Super Bowl. There is no
head to head action.
I hope you will analytically look at what you are being told by
the media cheerleaders and acknowledge the truth. E3 is no Super
Bowl. E3 is an event to make these companies money. It is a
great event to network and see products that will be coming out
in the near future. It is also a colossal waste of money. Too
many companies have lost too much money trying to make elaborate
stages for E3. From a real professional wrestling ring, to
massive statues. Games could cost less if the video game
industry would progress past the archaic E3 event. But then
someone would not be making massive amounts of money. You know
what they say - follow the money.
God bless,
Paul Bury
Family Friendly Gaming