@sobrinito @BludshedX You could also say that all opinions are garbage because that's all they are.. just opinions. And with that logic, this editorial, being only based on opinion, is garbage, as I said earlier.

I can apreciate an intellectual expression of one's opinions. Though I can't help feel that this site's "opinions", and ommited news, feel more like propaganda at times. And if that's the case, then it just solidifies my view of this being a wasted article, especially with so much news to report on that isn't published on this site.

@sobrinito @BludshedX Sorry, I read this article in the likes of another article I read on this site recently titles something along the lines of "Nintendo must do these things to succeed." Good god, who made him mr know it all all of a sudden. So if Nintendo do not do all of that you are saying they will fail? Give me a break!

And now questioning E3's relevance because a few big names won't be there. As I mention in a reply bellow (or above, where ever gamespot's commenting system puts this), the big publishers are only the tip of the ice0burg in the industry. In fact most of them are in the middle of slaying their goose that lays their golden eggs.. Diablo 3 was a horrible mess, there's been nothing unique in the COD series for so long, many gamers were disatisfied with Battlefield 3's system, EA did a really good job with Mass Effect 3 /sarcasm.

The recent un-expected successes in kickstarter projects show's the shift in the gaming industry, but even more so, a shift in the gaming community. People choosing to support indie developers and boycott the big publishers.. to me that shows E3 as being more of a success without them there. My 2c as to why I think this article is not even worth printing out and using as toilet paper.

No offence to the guy who wrote it though. I'm sure his a great guy.

@Rykovka There are so many things that are happening in the gaming industry which don't get covered on gamespot, instead we receive articles like this. Some dude giving his opinion on what he believes is happening, saying that a show is redundant and it's existance questionable just because some key players will not be featuring there. That's an interesting perspective.

Though his missing the fact that the big publishers are only the tip of the ice-burg in the gaming industry. His aware of that fact as he sits there writing the article, putting the companies that are probably paying the bills of this site up on a pedestal, right? I mean, if you were to listen to someone speak so authoritatively on an issue, you'd expect them to be aware of everything surrounding it and take it all into consideration, wouldn't you?

Sorry, but an article that is biased towards those paying the bills, in my books at least, deserve the title as a wasted article.

A better article, in my opinion at least, and slightly less biased, would be something regarding how E3, with a few key players absent, will give the up-and-coming stars of the industry a chance to show the big boys that there's still money to be made in creativity.

Maybe it would stir up too much controversy? Maybe gamespot are too scared to get into the bad books with big publishers in the industry? Maybe they've signed papers and received large sums of money to showcase THEM as the centre of it all. As I said, it's a worthless read. There have been many better things that should have been reported on that weren't such as Blizzard's Korean offices getting raided by goverment officials, or on how hundereds of people are having their Blizzard accounts hacked and Diablo 3 characters robbed. And that's ONLY Blizzard!.. Nope that's not important.

@GrilledCharlie @joujou264 It's unprofessional in the sense that it is one "reporter" stating his opinion in a way that suggests that everything he thinks about the industry and what he thinks about certain aspects are absolutely true without a shadow of a doubt and he knows best, yadda yadda yadda. It's like another one of those "Nintendo must do everything I list here to succeed" waste-of-time articles. His a reporter, he should REPORT, not use his position in a way to try convince feeble minds to view things his way. Big difference.

E3 is a games fare. Has been, and always will be. What's so different about it today as it was 10 years ago? Less big names? So what. Who needs them? They usually create the same old garbage year after year anyway.. it's not like they're bringing anything new to table at E3. E3 is better off without them.

A wasted article proving gamespot have nothing propper to report on. Here's an article idea, how about reporting on how poor the D3 launch went? ZING! That would go against the deals made with Blizzard as they were slipping the money under the table wouldn't it? Shame.

@-The-G-Man- True too. They probably fear not being able to live up to their reputation and customer expectations. It's so terribly hard being a billion dollar company in an industry that's supposed to be about the fun QQ

@820west Agreed. Companies that make games because they want to express and stretch their creative ideas. You know, those games that you play that you can feel a lot of soul was put into it. Not something that was made purely with the intent of making millions of dollars.

I think E3 is better off without the "big shot" producers. It gives the spot light to companies that DESERVE the attention.

I don't see E3 going anywhere. It's still THE show for gamers world wide. There maybe a select few who preffer specific and niche events, but E3 still remains to be THE buzz event for games.

For a developer to not be there says one of two things - either, they have nothing good developed that they feel worthy of displaying to the public, or they think that they are bigger than all the other developers showcasing at the event.

@RedLegZeff I thought it was too similar to the first. No major expansion or renivation, just a nicer graphics engine and a few unit tweaks here and there. The introduction of rpg-esk elements into the campaign (selecting upgrades like a skill system between missions) was a nice touch, but also shows that Blizzard is running out of ideas and just mishmashing different elements from different games and genres, not really inventing much new there.

I think Brood wars introduced more to the series than SC2 did, from a single player perspective at least adding more units and extending the campaign. But that's just IMHO, if you think differently I respect that.

@Shinteikun Boy am I with you on this one. How quickly the image of a company can change is amazing, first Ubisoft with their dodgy online DRM which allowed pirates play their games for free whilst those who payed were left in the cold. Then there was EA.. Everyone knows about EA! And now Blizzard. Funny thing is I never expected it to be Blizzard, but there you go!

On a more positive note, add Grim Dawn to that list ;)

@tyrosxps I thought SC2 was just a rehashed SC and brought very little in terms of gameplay to the table.. So this is my second. Oh wait.. then there were all of the WOW expansions which seemed to mess up the fun of WOW vanilla. This new Blizzard isreally good at messing up a good thing.