Rumors circulating say that E3 may go away due to some of the biggest publishers pulling out.  I only have one thing to say:  Good Riddance.

That show turned into nothing but a spectacle and E3 only has themselves to blame for allowing it to get out of control.  It was noisy, crowed, and a waste of time for developers.  We'd burn months of development time prepping hacked together E3 versions to show the press and buyers that rarely moved the game forward.

The world is changing in how people get information.  The need for one big get-together just isn't as important as it used to be.  Companies can now talk quickly and directly to world wide press and to their customers, as they should be.

But, the real function of E3 was for sales, and that can also be accomplished by a much lower-key conference that doesn't included all the flash and sizzle.   We always figured for the amount of money we spent on E3, we could fly every buyer and press person to Hawaii for a week.

The money publishers wasted on booth-babe proliferation can be better spent.