The Most Embarrassing Moments of E3 (And Why We Abandoned It)

[@magicmush1998]

Update: E3 is officially dead and never coming back. e3expo.com/E3.html

[@cowboycurtis4944]

RIP. It was fun while it lasted.

[@Blu3Spot]

Just subscribed and have been binging your videos all day and suddenly I see you posted 30 mins ago lol

[@Asnt2381]

Almost commented same

[@ursaminor2732]

and you killed it

[@NuggetMilitia1]

F

[@Nerdtendo6366]

The Peggel 2 reveal was modified. The OG audience reaction broke the sound barrier due to hype but everyone else was so jealous that they modified the video

[@Ckoz2829]

I thought something was up. It’s only natural to lose your shit at a Peggle announcement.

[@xFluing]

The american urge to make everything as synthetic and fake as possible

[@gooeydude574]

@@xFluingis that really just an American thing?

[@xFluing]

@@gooeydude574 it seems so to me

[@kek-senpai243]

​@@gooeydude574reality TV says yes.

[@carto4028]

E3 was the perfect showcase of corporate "hello fellow kids" cringe and i genuinely loved it for that. There were so many great moments.

[@br3akstuff]

Right? So cringy but lovable

[@CERTAIND00M]

It's a product of a bygone era though. Everything it used to do, the internet does far better now. "Physical copies" of Fallout 76 didn't even come with a disk. If even the games themselves are entirely online now, why would gaming journalists and their ilk still need to visit a convention center to preview them?

[@user-vi4xy1jw7e]

​@@CERTAIND00MI don't understand this concept that E3 can't work. Tokyo Game Show and Gamescom are still going strong. What makes E3 different?

[@koolaid33]

@@user-vi4xy1jw7e Gamescom is more about Indie releases or games that wouldn't be shown off anywhere else. On top of that it's a lot smaller of a scale & when Gamescom is held they also have a livestream on KZbin that goes up that typically has hundreds of thousands of viewers.

[@L16htW4rr10r]

​@@user-vi4xy1jw7eMaybe TGS is far more direct than E3

[@billvolk4236]

I was in college in 2006, and the giant enemy crab was the funniest thing I had ever heard. 17 years later, it's still hilarious. Maybe I just have simple tastes.

[@eeyuup]

Nah, that shit is still hilarious. It might be because I was like 13 when it happened, but it still cracks me up. It's very, very unintentionally funny.

[@yeeoof1995]

after all, you can attack its weak point for massive damage!

[@thegatorhator6822]

It's okay grandpa, there will be a giant crab in the dementia home for you to attack it's weak point for massive damage.

[@user-vi4xy1jw7e]

You must be old af now!

[@ScrapComputer]

Simple tastes? Rather highly refined.

[@sergiomartinez5946]

A personal PS3 anecdote: I used to work at Circuit City when the PS3 came out. There was a display with PS3s at the front of our store. A man came in, grabbed one and ran out the door. We didn't do anything we just stood there and watched him book it across the parking lot. When he reached the street, he suddenly stopped, dropped the box and went embarrassingly on his way. The box was for display purposes and didn't actually have a PS3 in it. We all had a good laugh afterwards.

[@resmarted]

And this guy didn't realize he was carrying an empty box? I don't believe you.

[@Liusila]

He obviously did because he dropped it! You’ve never heard of people grabbing things and running away with them before?

[@magnumxlpi]

At least he went for it😂

[@Th3Kingism]

@@resmarted It's not too farfetched, adrenaline pumping, thinking he's gotten away with a crime and trying to flee then the high wears off and he notices the box is light as fuck and he knows there was nothing in it.

[@irishmanrants89]

The box wasn’t empty, it was just filled with PS3 games

[@CZsWorld]

The issue for Skyward Sword wasn't that they didn't have the motion controls yet. It was that they didn't anticipate the wireless interference from all of the audience members with their cell phones on.

[@CrudeBuster]

and then years after that, bethesda asked "don't you guys have cellphones?"

[@ZeranZeran]

but cell phones dont work the same way as a wii remote does.. doesn't it just use the same red lights as a tv remote to point at the sensor bar? Why would phones affect it? Honest question.

[@lamptrent]

@@ZeranZeran I don't actually know the exact answer, but the Wii Remote connects to the Wii via a bluetooth signal. the IR is used for things like pointing at the screen, which is a feature used by Skyward Sword, but the Wiimote communicates to the Wii what it sees using bluetooth. bluetooth uses radio waves, so I'd guess the phones were messing with that

[@TheSuperappelflap]

@@lamptrent uhm. phones also have bluetooth and most people have it on all the time. so yes that could cause interference if nintendo didnt design the wiimote to function in a crowded convention center with hundreds of phones causing interference on the bandwidth used for bluetooth. PSA: if you turn bluetooth off on your smartphone, your battery will last longer.

[@jaydarke]

They could’ve watched the iPhone launch 😂

[@seangiglio]

One notable event was when Disney decided to broadcast E3 2018 live on their channel “Disney XD”. (This was when the channel was trying to appeal to young teenage “gamers”) They got about halfway through the presentation with no issues until Gears of War Tactics was revealed, and they cut the broadcast out right after the trailer showed an enemy’s head exploding from a sniper shot. After that the presentation kept cutting back in for a few seconds before back out for several minutes because Disney was too scared to show anything else on the show for more than a few seconds. It was a total disaster and the nail in the coffin for their whole “gamer appeal” phase

[@FA-nd9uk]

They also had something similar happen when tlou2 was announced

[@curtailedbike4123]

You’re kidding hahahahahha. Why didn’t they just do a best of e3 moment instead doing a live showing

[@Mizikame]

That’s absolutely hilarious 😹

[@masterseal0418]

@@FA-nd9uk I just mentioned that in my comment above this one. Also, they just censored Nico explaining to "Crew Cut" about the Devil Breaker she made for Nero, right before Nero uses it to kill a bunch of Empusas during DMC5's trailer, but Morrison smoking and the fountain of blood in Urizen's throne room, aside from people getting skewered by Qliphoth tentacles, and the Resident Evil 2 Remake trailer cuz zombies will be the funniest thing Disney did after Capcom lost the Marvel game license for a while. Will mention this shitty facade in my DMC5 poop Sparda Bois Ultimate once I develop and upload it to KZbin!

[@novarat4089]

im sure whoever greenlit that got his ass fired before the day was out

[@Larry]

Sony also screwed up that E3 by announcing that the PS3's controller wouldn't have rumble as it was "last gen technology".

[@thegamingprozone1941]

I remember playing a ps3 game that used motion controls called Lair

[@AwfulWaffle8474]

HELLO YOU

[@ryans413]

They had a lawsuit or something so they couldn’t use the rumble and tried to play it off like they didn’t need it.

[@Larry]

@@thegamingprozone1941 How did you get on with it? I remember so many people hated it back then Sony had to patch in regular controls.

[@thegamingprozone1941]

@Larry it years ago but stopped playing after 10 mins 😆

[@stoopidapples1596]

I think something largely forgotten is that E3 was an expo made primarily for retailers. Its only later it started morphing into a massive marketing event for consumers. So thats why so much is spent talking about sales and stuff in those earlier ones. Edit: retailers not investors/stockholders.

[@rickpgriffin]

And the reason it morphed was because fans were *starved* for news and to see how the sausage was made, so early on they just kept showing up in droves through press passes. Later on conventions like PAX took over this space with a more deliberately fan-centric offering, so E3 was already starting to be obsoleted

[@JohnWilliams-wl9px]

You just reminded me when Kingdom Hearts fans were disappointed that no news of critical mode or other DLC was revealed at GDC 2019. Despite the fact the event exist just for developers to talk anout the technical aspect of their job.

[@mariokarter13]

That's why Sega's presentation at E3 1995 was so damaging. The surprise release of the Sega Saturn soured retailers on the company and they never recovered.

[@lbsc1201]

No, E3 was never for investors. Trade shows were originally for *retailers* to learn about upcoming games and make decisions about what to purchase. But the press was always there and catered to from the start, as well. It was always a marketing event to some extent.

[@stoopidapples1596]

True, but essentially the point remains. It wasn't so much about the consumer of the final product to begin with but convincing the retailer that their product will sell. I think I heard this somewhere and got it mixed up in my mind a bit.@@lbsc1201

[@SuperTrainStationH]

CRITICAL CONTEXT: Wii Music was first shown during E3 2006. It was not shown AT ALL during E3 2007. There were MULTIPLE interviews with Nintendo employees that year from the MAINSTREAM HARDCORE gaming press asking where Wii Music was and if it was cancelled. Nintendo severely misinterpreted that to think there was intense interest in Wii Music, leading them to make it their headline game at E3 that year. It was still a massive mistake, but this is an important piece of the story i NEVER see included.

[@tamarinds]

Incredible moment

[@larry3254]

LOUD NOISES

[@Nosirrl4747]

That makes sense.

[@heatheralisa8658]

Wii music is so fun though!! And very unique especially for that time period.

[@webbrowser4603]

Honestly, it would have been better off canceled.

[@patavinity1262]

You converted the 2006 dollars to 2023 pounds sterling. $599 in 2006 would actually be ~$1100 today.

[@plaguekidd6902]

I will never forget the Peggle 2 announcement. That will forever be ingrained into my psyche until the day I die. The announcer said it like his whole life led up to him announcing Peggle 2.

[@MoustacheINC]

Peggle 2 did turn out pretty good too. Not as great as Peggle 1 but it was good.

[@Guymanbot97]

​@@MoustacheINCThe only bad thing about it was what they did to Bjorn. Everything else was pretty solid.

[@8instantramen]

Can't blame him, Peggle 2 was pretty damn good

[@RisingRevengeance]

I was honestly kinda excited for it. Love Peggle, not as much as him though.

[@Guymanbot97]

@@RisingRevengeance You are a real one for your pfp.

[@beatrixxxkiddo]

Its wild how e3 went from a respected event to a massive cringe compilation

[@Guymanbot97]

That's the secret. It was always both.

[@peacefulclipper]

Always has been 🔫

[@vibri_]

To not existing

[@chairmanofthebored]

“Respected event”

[@CB-L]

Eek3

[@Tony6Shot]

As hard to watch as Konami's E3 show was, I will defend Tak Fuji for trying his damndest to make the most of an awkward situation. It's not his fault that English isn't his strongest language or that he had to present a game everyone forgot before they remembered it.

[@bluegum6438]

I think he thought his English was much better than it actually was, which makes it even more tragically funny

[@0gami1tto]

WUN MIRRION TWOOPS…. waow

[@DanIsNotHome]

​@@0gami1ttoyou will be sucked

[@umitencho]

​@@0gami1ttowow

[@ccricers]

I could understand Tak Fuji rather well but Naoki's English was even worse

[@beatroot13]

To be completely fair to Konami, with the state of Internet humor in 2023, their 2010 conference would easily fly today

[@ZeranZeran]

Peggle 2 guy is a legend, I feel like he knew exactly what kind of response it was going to get lmao.

[@shockedchrispcats33]

The crowd was so shite I would have popped for that

[@blocks4857]

Peggle 2 did not deserve this

[@theALTF4]

sad, peggle 2 is a really good C A S U A L game for C A S U A L gamers... not something that should be announced in an E3.even if zuma or Flants vz Zombies were announced in E3, ti will... not generate fanfare either

[@henrynelson9301]

It’s genuinely a good and funny way to announce a simple casual game that would just waste time with a trailer. They confirm it’s a thing, it’s over in like ten seconds, but it’s over the top, so it’s funny and memorable.

[@Armanix13]

Pegging sure was the game at the time though

[@nullify00]

The Konami one is so genuine it's unironically the best one out of the video

[@thegamingprozone1941]

I knew it was coming 😂😂

[@GrodyPineman]

that neverdead bit was actually great lol

[@Antractica]

Extreeeeeeme.

[@gabrielsantosbastos5257]

1 milion turups

[@alyasVictorio]

Fortunately, we all glad that bastard Konami producer/CEO is finally gone for what he did to Kojima

[@Glory2Snowstar]

I’ll never forget E3 2018, specifically because of that Everyone Is Here trailer. We were crowded around a tiny computer inside the high school cafeteria, trying our ABSOLUTE BEST not to scream because it was standardized testing season. We’d get in this cycle of silencing one person, then screaming ourselves after seeing a character we loved come back. I’ll NEVER forget that moment. Thanks, E3.

[@thhrjdh5564]

Bro me too man. I screamed on the top of my lungs right when snake was revealed.

[@vault1021]

@@thhrjdh5564W pfp

[@oliverpease6719]

@@thhrjdh5564SAME

[@NickyBlue99]

Sounds kinda gai

[@enriquethe2795]

@@NickyBlue99they might as well be

[@cartmann94]

“GIANT ENEMY CRAB.” “Attack it’s weak point for MASSIVE DAMAGE”.

[@lachlank.8270]

Based on ACTUAL Japanese history!

[@ben6993]

I’m not that knowledgeable on Japanese history, maybe they did have Giant Enemy Crabs back then 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@CharizardMaster69]

Watching Jamie Kennedy during E3 was like watching a man drown on dry land.

[@devilsorchard1449]

A moment of silence for all of the Japanese developers who were told to go on stage and, for some unknown reason, were not given translators.

[@SwaggyG_2102]

This is kinda sad for me to see honestly because, as a kid, one of my biggest dreams was to go to E3 one day. Despite all the bad moments E3 had, it was still a hype AF event to be back at in the day.

[@looneytoastywolf]

Honestly i feel exactly the same and agree

[@pac-fan1996]

Same, I always wanted to go to E3

[@CHECKthisvid]

Mine too.

[@Tony-fp7cn]

Same /:

[@flamingkitsune2792]

yea until they kept getting leaked like a week or 2 early

[@melaninnrice9618]

Sony really said "maybe if you didn't spend $5 a day on coffee, you'd buy a Playstation"

[@parkour267]

Coffee better than playstation.

[@GoodfellasX21]

That's a good point though. People spend money like their mentally challenged.

[@Anradak]

@@GoodfellasX21 well, they say life is about the "small" things and how you have to enjoy them, having a coffe, eating a hotdog, having dinner at a fancy place, sharinf a bar of chocolate with a friend or your girlfriend, if you don't enjoy those "small" things because you're saving up money you're missing on a lot

[@burrybondz225]

​@@GoodfellasX21no it isn't. Someone can spend 600 dollars for three weeks of rent at the time. Or imagine how many bags of bread (my favorite cost saving visualization). This is all without factoring in the cost of games (something everyone who says gaming is a cheap hobbyfsil to mention). All modern purchases sound stupid if you unfairly break it down like this, and attacking your customers money habits just for them to buy something that might even be less useful than food is not a smart move.

[@jmass4207]

@@burrybondz225 Spotted the triggered people who buy sugary, overpriced bullshit on a daily basis that actually makes life worse. Sure as a business it’s unwise to attack potential customers for their habits to influence them to buy other overpriced unessentials but no cap was detected here. Gaming is a moderately luxury hobby at the cutting edge even with ‘reasonable’ prices and people worrying about rent shouldn’t be worrying about spending a few hundred more/less on something that’s going to be several hundred dollars no matter what.

[@WaveXistense]

It honestly feels like we lost a Holiday with E3, as soon as summer would come I knew me and my friends were in for some sick new drops or some really good laughs from the cringe. I really will always miss the spirit of E3. o7

[@Ckoz2829]

Summer was always great. It’d start with E3 and end with Gamescom and once the school year started, we got Tokyo Game Show in September. Just back to back to back game announcements and news! It was awesome. Now we got Summer Games Fest….I don’t even know if anything new was announced for that Fest.

[@NintenSegaPlay]

​@@Ckoz2829Sonic Superstars

[@blujaebird]

The little girl playing with a virtual pet while petting nothing was dystopian.

[@jeremiahhester6408]

I cringed so hard

[@Joshua_Lawrence]

They realized as a room full of adults, you can't boo a child off-stage. Genius plan, honestly 😂😂

[@thesuperginge1348]

@@jeremiahhester6408 it was like 60% cringe, but forgivable. Then she mimed being licked by it, "stop! That tickles!" and the cringe went to over 900 million%

[@jeremiahhester6408]

@@thesuperginge1348 Same, oh I'm so glad I wasn't there!

[@ds_johnny2400]

IIRC it was also fake

[@snelldor1474]

And E3 is now officially cancelled. Forever. I know E3 sucks, but I’m going to miss it.

[@Apt23-v8u]

Me kot

[@henrynelson9301]

20:36 Metal Gear Rising looks different than the final release because it got postponed and changed developers. It was originally going to be developed internally by Kojima Productions, but they just didn’t know how to make this type of game essentially, so they handed over the development to Platinum Games, who overhauled a lot of stuff.

[@somacruz7759]

I actually didn't know that o.o

[@maskingtables]

​@somacruz7759 the original name was Metal Gear Solid: Rising. It was supposed to be part of the main Canon of MGS games, and it was gonna take place between MGS2 and MGS4.

[@somacruz7759]

@@maskingtables Cool :)

[@dezgasting]

And they bloody nailed it.

[@elliot_rat]

​@@maskingtablesit's part of the main canon in my heart

[@aleblasco39]

Tak Fuji is such a fucking legend, he seems so honest about Ninety Nine Nights that he has made aware of it just because of Konami's 2010 presentation, the guy also seems to be pretty chill irl

[@rumck]

extreme

[@PiiDGE]

Wan Mirrion Twoops

[@gh0st-fox]

I remember the Nintendo 2008 conference well, because I'm a huge Mother series fan and, at the time, it felt like there might be a chance that Mother 3 was going to be localized. So I tuned in, hoping naively that maybe they'd announce it. But no, instead I had to sit through. Whatever that was.

[@magicmush1998]

How you holding up 13 years later

[@TalpaTulpa]

God this makes me feel like I’m still a crotch gremlin, I’m gonna be 19 in December

[@Moggetslittlesister]

@@magicmush1998 not OP but Nintendo 2015 was actually a great conference for me because they had Itoi himself come on and announce Earthbound Beginnings. Not during the actual Direct though, so maybe it doesn't count towards making the Direct better lol. It made me have hope... still hoping to this day

[@belosneshkaaaa]

meanwhile people still hope to see a new punch out game lmaoooo

[@ajgameguy3674]

​@@belosneshkaaaaI mean, we got a F-Zero game recently after over a decade of radio silence and an actual sequel to Pikmin after 3. You never really know with Nintendo.

[@lachlank.8270]

It's Ridge Racer! RIIIDGE RACER! Remember that one?

[@DuskFox7]

Bro I love that game and it’s OST to this day!

[@noaht2005]

Yes. Yes I do

[@wyzefreedom]

That ps4 sharing ad was BRUTAL.... Too bad they ended up becoming the exact same in no time

[@SportPhilosophies]

The gap between the hype building at E3 and the release day product grew bigger and bigger overtime. This is something I think is an underrated cause of the downfall. The showmanship and fake trailers/demos became grander while the actual quality of AAA games got ever worse.

[@KipomoVideos]

I think it was also the fact the games became very repetitive as well so after celebrities play COD/BF TDM was a long boring marketing stint

​@@KipomoVideosdid you mean 'stunt'?

[@Gatorade69]

​@Stint : A period of time spent doing or being something. "He had a stint in jail."

[@assassin8636]

Is this op comment lying or that's the person's opinion

[@assassin8636]

​@@KipomoVideosno games have not become repetitive. Is that your opinion or you're just making crap up

[@mossadagent2664]

I’m not surprised e3 has been cancelled, if we’re being honest, more people looked forward to the cringe compilations of the event rather than the fake cinematic ad garbage that would be served up by the likes of Ubisoft.

[@AnEnjoyerofYoutube]

yeah but we need to act like the latter was cool so that they hopefully bring back more cringe compilation material.

[@Zodroo_Tint]

It's like the Libertarian party, without the cringe there is no reason to exist.

[@poppukonfilm]

Kind of like the Oscars now

[@YouW00t]

That Giant Enemy Crab clip fills me with glee, perhaps almost too much of it, almost as if that particular segment hits me on my weak point for massive damage.

[@Mr.Feather130]

Yeah and it’s such a classic joke back in the 2000s era of the internet

[@brotbrotsen1100]

Which game was this even and was it ever released?

[@YouW00t]

@@brotbrotsen1100 It did release on the PS3! Name is 'Genji: Days of the Blade'.

[@kenshin891]

​@brotbrotsen1100 Genji: Days of the Blade, which IIRC was introduced as just Genji 2. And yes it did release

[@brotbrotsen1100]

@@kenshin891 ah okay thanks, always wondered about that

[@omegaslash777]

Coming back to this after hearing that E3 is officially dead It may have had some bad and cringy moments, but I will miss those bizarre, yet hype times

[@lacey7802]

nah, i COMPLETELY believe that jamie kennedy was exhausted and tired. man just seemed like he hadn't had a good night sleep in years, and the first thing i thought watching him was "hes really fucking tired"

[@codylawler2652]

With a mother like mitzy passing him over his entire life for anyone and everyone else I'd be tired too.

[@tebelel7150]

Yeah he def seemed like he’d been up for days. Especially the way he stumbled over his words, didn’t seem so much as slurring but more like he was looking for the right words, idk. I imagine I’m similar when sleep deprived lol

[@jimbeaux89]

You’ve CLEARLY never been on a weeklong bender..

[@otsu3011]

He look like that 24/7 💀

[@Yourmomgoestocolledge]

His problem is he's not funny. Like not at all!

[@darkjapan]

29:57 Tak Fujii is my hero. He was diagnosed with cancer which resulted in him losing his iconic dredlocks. After he got his diagnosis he tweeted; "Will take wun million pills by the end of this nightmare." It takes a lot of guts to go onstage and speak a foreign language. It takes even more guts to join in on the jokes people make about your pronunciation. It's fear of moments like this that make Miyamoto and Kojima rely on translators despite being rich enough to afford good English teachers. He is clearly fluent in English, something most Japanese people cannot claim. We tend to think English is easy because of how widely it is spoken but English requires a whole different set of facial muscles to speak than Japanese. Most people making fun of him cannot speak a second language anyway, I'd like to see them say 100万の軍勢! on stage at Toyko game show. It was the lack of crowd response that threw him off. Clearly the journos were tired and not expecting much. Getting the 360 to render over one million NPCs is impressive if true!

[@elnaoya9274]

I'm here to represent the 7 GTA Chinatown Wars' fans. The game was actually cool. No CT slander in this house.

[@dilancalero5854]

As a CTW enjoyer, i support you!

[@Switcheroo4542]

Thank you for speaking on our behalf, brother

[@thepurrfectionist365]

Severely underrated GTA game

[@joshwa2206]

I didn't even realize people didn't like it! Damn, that's news to me. That game is awesome.

[@dilancalero5854]

@@joshwa2206 and addictive!

[@HectorGonzalez-qx9nk]

It’s funny how people criticized Nintendo for their Directs and not doing the whole E3 presentation at the time, but they were actually ahead of the game in this respect.

[@kenrickkahn]

Facts!

[@GoldNSilverLuigi]

Fr fr tho Nintendo directs back in 2013 were kinda just rough compared to today lol

[@latinoheat619916]

RIP La Parka (skull masked luchador). He was one of the best dudes for the fans. After a lucha show, he would wait until the arena emptied to give signs and take pictures to the fans who requested it.

[@themonsterunderyourbed9408]

He's dead?

[@kenmograd2009]

The PS3 at launch had one good thing going for it: It was the cheapest Blu-Ray player on the market.

[@dynamicvoltage9765]

There were only 2 and the other one cost $1,000, heh

[@Mario_N64]

No one gave a shit about Blu-ray back then.

[@kingoftherevolution4855]

It's the best console ever

[@garydiamondguitarist]

@@Mario_N64 Sadly, not enough people gave a shit about Blu-ray at all during it's lifetime. Sony were anticipating another smash hit format similar to what DVD achieved when it replaced VHS, but due to the rise of streaming services complimented by smartphones gaining more and more video playback features around the mid to late 2000s it just didn't happen. The PS3 makes an excellent 1080p Blu-ray player though, especially when paired with the official remote control (also ahead of it's time as it uses Bluetooth, as do the remotes for a lot of Smart TVs now, especially the Google TV ones). In comparison the PS4 and PS5 are a joke - not even the PS4 Pro can play 4K Blu-rays yet the Xbox One X can, hilarious considering Sony developed the format, and the PS5 can do it but the supplied media remote control is garbage and all of the features like that feel more like an afterthought. The PS3 was also the last PlayStation to support CD playback - PS4 and PS5 don't have the laser for it.

[@garydiamondguitarist]

@@kingoftherevolution4855 Yeah, despite some problems the PS3 is one of the most ambitious consoles ever, if not *THE* most ambitious as Ken Kutaragi wanted an all-in-one that could do photo viewing and printing, video playback, video calls, CD/DVD/Blu-ray support, full backwards compatibility with the previous home consoles etc. Launch PS3s do PS1/PS2 games with basically 99% compatibility, and a lot of people don't know this but there's an unfinished PSP emulator built into it as well, which can be used although a lot of games don't work properly. Compared to this, the PS4 and PS5 are far less ambitious. I'd actually vote the PS4 as the weakest PlayStation ever - yeah a lot of the games were amazing and still are, but it's noisy, boring to look at (all models), had a stripped down OS as compared to the PS3 which loses a lot of the cool media centre stuff. Now the PS5 can do all the things a PS4 Pro did and more (including fixing the frame-rates on certain games, or better still doubling 30FPS games to 60FPS in a few cases), plus more quietly and quickly due to the SSD, PS4s are basically completely pointless.

[@kingbash6466]

A little disappointed that E3 is no longer a thing nowadays. While it may had its issues, it was always a big event to look forward to for the next big gaming news to be revealed. Nintendo Directs and State-of-Plays are neat and all, but they'll never reach the impact the annual E3 used to have.

[@juannaym8488]

it was this annual event that everyone looked at together I think the biggest problem with it was how predictable it became. You knew weeks and months before what will be announced, there was no surprise to it. No reason to watch it with others and to relish in the surprises

[@joechristo2]

have had* better luck next time

[@parkour267]

Nintendo direct was where i stopped having interest. Was disappointed for it not to be live

[@n3versober]

E3 is like the friend that just disappeared one day, and even if they come back, you just know they will be totally different than they were before. It gave me so many laughs over the years. Im actually missing this

[@DisapprovalWew]

E three.

[@Cappuccino_Rabbit]

E3 is one of those "I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days" moments

[@TheBlindWeasel]

Dunker... Please bring my Wavebird back at least man... It's been like 20 years...

[@simx98]

In fairness to the Kinect conference, the "let's watch a video together segment" was just 10 years ahead of its time

[@viewtifuljacob]

Tak Fujii did great with what he had and had the charm to give us some his iconic quotes from that conference. I still think watching Mr. Caffeine live on that stage was the worst E3 moment for me.

[@VGPorage]

To me the final nail in the coffin was 2020 when E3 had to be cancelled due to covid and both Sony and Microsoft showed off their new consoles inn their own livestreams. To me that was the moment that solidified that E3 just don't have any important role in the age where companies can just livestream themself.

[@mariokarter13]

Nintendo pulling out was the beginning of the end because they'd embarrassed themselves a few too many times in the Wii era figured a pre-recorded video was the best option. Then Sony pulled out because they realized they'd have to show the same games 4 years in a row and that just would not fly. Microsoft just wanted an excuse to park a car on stage so they didn't care about E3 one way or the other.

[@VGPorage]

@@mariokarter13 I still remember back when everyone thought Nintendo had gone out their mind for opting out from having a big show on the stage. The reaction is pretty funny inn hindsight. Not 100% sure if Nintendo had foreseen where things where gonna go or if it was a accedental stroke og genius.

[@theceoofcrackcocaineandamp5961]

@@VGPoragenice bored ape pfp! Do you like mine?

[@maximus4765]

E3 used to be the most exciting part of the year for a teen. Then fallout 76 happened, and I grew up.

[@Supermoneygang12]

Same but fallout 4 lol

[@homerhat420]

Thanks TODD

[@dickkickem6941]

It just works

[@leroiarouf1142]

​@@Supermoneygang12fallout4 is good

[@W47689]

JUST GIVE ME ELDER SCROLLS 6 ALRWADY

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

_"You guys remember Ridge Racer? Riiiidge racerrrr..."_ This moment lives rent free in my head

[@Tommytakanawa]

RRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIDDDGEEEEE RAAAAÀACCCCCEEERRRRF

[@Hellzapopp1n]

I won’t have this Chinatown Wars slander

[@markblacket8900]

was looking for this comment, Chinatown Wars is great

[@uuh4yj43]

it was so good, i was so sad my bootleg cartridge couldnt play it i borrowed my friends ds every recess bc his could. felt like gta 2 in maximum overdrive. i wish they would re-elease it or do a sequel.

[@HarmonySword]

Even though people mocked Nintendo for being more interested in the casual audience, they are currently in a much better position than both Sony and Microsoft right now.

[@ikagura]

Even Sony and Microsoft are trying to get casuals into their playerbase.

[@uuh4yj43]

its almost like niche-ing your audience in the biggest share of the media market is stupid

[@queencancerous5332]

Sony's probably punching itself for closing down the Japanese studio.

[@Reoko77]

​@@queencancerous5332 Dude, after the dumpster fire that was concord, you bet your bottom dollar they are sacrificing their limbs to bring back Japan Studio.

[@CybeastGregar24]

As long as Jeff keeps hosting conferences, the E3 cringe will never die

[@WK-47]

Yup, after seeing most of Microsoft's presentation this year, it's hard to miss E3. The cringe is still alive and well.

[@ChazMcRich1]

Jeff is epic

[@johndoe5432]

Praise the Dorito Pope.

[@hitmangfx7162]

Yeah, the 2013 Sony conference ruined the Xbox brand for years to come, but the 2010 Konami conference literally marked Konami's exit from the console market and into making mobile games for a living (and licensing their old IP's for the one-off rereleases to come). Xbox is still viable today, but Konami is almost a distant memory to most gamers.

[@mint_kyuu99]

Konami did ended up coming back into the console market, but only in Japan and nowhere else.

[@kenrickkahn]

All Microsoft had to do was call the Xbox One, Xbox 720 and not belittle their fan base.. I'm a fan of Xbox but I was so disappointed..

[@kenrickkahn]

​@@mint_kyuu99Konami did all of this to themselves.. I am sad that they killed their Worldwide appeal by making some stupid decisions and firing important people who didn't deserve to be fired..

[@FrankCosbyNo-Relation]

12:45 "I didn't know it was going to be so looked at" Dude was on stage with Slash and Tony Hawk 😂😂

[@zachh.9065]

oh right... Tony hawk and Slash... the biggest names of 2007. wonder where he could've gotten THAT idea from

[@youdonegoofed]

Weak excuse.

[@Thumbsdwn]

10:10 I agree with everything in this video except for labeling the original MW4 as a mere “yearly COD release”

[@HazzyFcrazy]

Bro when I seen the announcement I felt a piece of myself fade away. When I was 7 I Dreamed and said “one day when I’m older I will be able to go to an E3” and now I never will! My dreams shattered.

[@djentleman8116]

nice

[@xdf8226]

The most embarrassing moment I remember I experienced at E3 was when I asked a girl out at the convention and she said no. :(

[@Sorrelhas]

Don't feel bad It takes a special skill to reject someone without it feeling awkward, a skill that a lot of people don't have lmao

[@zachlahners6961]

Win some lose some brother. Be proud of yourself for having the balls to try. Don't let it discourage you in the future

[@Juiceman390]

That’s rough buddy

[@xdf8226]

sometimes I wonder what would've happened if she said yes, would things be different today? Would we still be together? Would I be a happy man?

[@arandompasserby7940]

@@xdf8226 Considering how poorly the majority of relationships end, I'd say, no, you would probably not be a happy man today. :^)

[@crystalqueen9711]

Man, going to E3 used to be a lifelong dream for me, it's sad to see it gone

[@thatcokestuff]

Same, i was just thinking it as i watched this

[@Exodia_Misogynist]

You weren't missing on much luckily

[@oof5813]

I remember back in 06/07 when "here's this giant enemy crab" was a massive meme, could never go on any gaming websites without someone referencing it.

[@Zwarlie]

giant enemy crab is still my all time favorite E3 moment. it will always be hilarious to me

[@GeorgePedrosa]

that miyamoto reveal cracked me up so hard

[@jabmaster1000]

I so wish I was able to go to E3. Having everyone jam packed into a big convention center, the massive displays they’d have like that awesome human sized Crash statue and that Shadow statue that I really want to recreate the photo of, the tons of game demos which can’t be played nowadays and will never be able to be played with future games, being some of the first people to experience a new console before release. It was such an awesome experience that I wish I was a part of

[@professionalspecialist5780]

Besides the Skyward Sword demonstration, Nintendo's 2010 E3 was spectacular. Still one of their best to this day

[@Ckoz2829]

Besides Skyward Sword and one other (M) game, yeah it was pretty good.

[@internettraveler8666]

@@Ckoz2829I mean say what you will about other m but it had a good reveal

[@Hilipinapixili]

@@internettraveler8666 Yeah, people were actually really hyped for Other M back then. In fact it wasn't unusual to see it considered the best part of the conference. For me it was all about DK though.

[@coltonwilkie241]

​@@internettraveler8666 Luckily we have Metroid Prime 4 to make up for Other M... when it definitely comes out eventually.

[@timmyalley6621]

One thing that was interesting is the motion controls worked great for me at the time so I was confused by all the complaints

[@minecraftworks41]

I still quote “599 US dollars” entirely out of context to this day

[@cartmann94]

“Riiiiiiiddddgeeeeee Raceeeeeerrrrrrr”.

[@shiroazukifield9454]

​​@@cartmann94"Remember that one?"😂

[@SammEater]

To me it is either that or "RIIIIDGE RAAACEEER"

[@sammysstopmotionoas2004]

Man, I really feel bad for Jaimie Kennedy. He had no idea what he was getting into. Why would they go for him or B J Novak when people like Jack Black exist.

[@bakurasensei]

“Possibly intoxicated comedian” bro he was literally tweaking😂😂

[@THICCTHICCTHICC]

Tbh I understand Jamie Kennedy. He clearly had no idea how important video games were to people lmao. E3 was a big thing to me and my friends when I was younger. We'd have massive parties and stay up for literal days watching EVERYTHING. It was bigger than Christmas to us.

[@Ckoz2829]

It still doesn’t excuse his obvious drunkenness. Even if you couldn’t care less about video games, you could at least look professional when hosting a show. Imagine if the host of the Oscars showed up drunk and ripped into all these celebrities. I’d actually watch it then, but my point still stands.

[@henrynelson9301]

@@Ckoz2829I like how Mush just doesn’t believe him when he says he was never drunk or on drugs lol

[@thegatorhator6822]

That's weird to me. I lived for video games at the same time but I just watched release dates and got trailer gossip from friends. Never got excited for E3 or watched a single one.

[@thegatorhator6822]

@@henrynelson9301 Well, yeah. If he was telling 12 year old kids he was 'just tired' it might sail but most of us are like 28 - 35 ourselves now, we know what a drunko flailing on stage looks like (some of us have even been that guy lmao)

[@Ckoz2829]

@@henrynelson9301 Dude was totally wasted. Anybody can see that in the old footage.

[@cumbrap]

Every event should pay a man to menacingly stare at the speaker mere inches from his face to prove to the audience that the speaker is resolute and trustworthy.

[@beefax]

bro what is your @

[@ImmaLittlePip]

E3 is a mix of mass Cringe compilations but also small moments of hype and seeing the crowd go crazy at a reveal Its a magical time that won't come back Summers gamefest and companies directs are nice but it just doesn't hold a candle A mix of laughing at the conference and getting excited to see whats announced are what I miss with it, especially watching with friends and seeing people post or make memes about it on /v/

[@nicolemonrue]

I really do miss E3...i actually looked forward to it every year and I'd even take days off work for it.

[@anonymist-n8z]

Yikes

[@nicolemonrue]

​​@@anonymist-n8zI love video games 🤷‍♀️ There's used to be gatherings and parties. It was a cultural thing.

[@xarci7367]

Even though E3 and all non-digital video game events are gone. At least we'll still get funny business decisions, like Dwayne the Rock promoting an energy drink and a shitty movie in the middle of video game conference.

[@ThePyschicBuzz]

Mush+e3 cringe=goldddd

[@Goomba1309]

Mush+literally ANYTHING=goldddd honestly

[@Olzme]

I kinda believe the guy when he says he was just tired if he wasn't high during that podcast, because the dude was literally acting the same as he did on stage.

[@golderzoa]

That Girl honestly has done better acting then most modern Movies today! good on her!

[@beepbeeplettuce5890]

Ah no

Which one?

[@golderzoa]

@ the one for the kinect presentation

[@coltonwilkie241]

Have you seen the woman that said "wow Fable" from this year's Microsoft show? She has a future in Hollywood that's for sure.

[@Korgano]

32:19 “Now you can move your fat body freely.” Wow. Thanks.

[@TheHallow31]

I think the only the only way an E3 type event would work now is if it gave smaller, lesser known gaming companies and developers the chance to show the world their work and advertise upcoming games. Since the big three (Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony) now have their own Directs, the stage is set to give the spotlight to the little guy. The event would have to be scaled down, of course. And it couldn't be called "E3". But there is now an opportunity to fill the hole E3 left.

[@ShonenJump121]

I actually miss it to an extent. One thing I wanted to do was attend an E3, I thought it would be the hypest thing ever. The content though? Stuff like the Wii Music Presentation, Reggie's Introduction and the Kinect WAH BAM. You can't replicate shit like that.

[@theotherjared9824]

People forget that everyone thought nintendo directs were a bad idea and the end of Nintendo because e3 will continue to thrive. Turns out, the exact opposite outcome happened.

[@kenrickkahn]

Nintendo seen the growing popularity of KZbin so they were like we might as well do our own thing and make our own money from it as well.. No middle man.. Plus what I miss from the Wii and Wii U eras were they use to have an app that let you have accept to all the Nintendo Directs.. Something we don't get on the Switch now and days..

[@chainsawplayin]

The only reason I remember the PS3 Eye is because Chris Chan used that to record his blurry, yellow videos.

[@SSJ_Derp]

Not only was Microsoft’s Kinect-focused E3 presentation painful to watch but they faked the “gameplay demos” because they had oversold the motion tracking capabilities and couldn’t get the hardware to work as advertised. So all of the demos were pre-recorded and they got actors to pretend to play along with the videos.

[@xZippy]

The only E3 I've seen live was the 2008 one. I watched that with some friends I was developing a game with. We could just... feel each other's pain sitting through 18:14.

[@kat_lynx]

30:29 Holy shit, I had forgotten about Lost in Shadow. That was actually a pretty good game, but it went largely ignored due to the whole "Wii isn't a real videogame console, it's a casuals' toy" anger that was the style at the time.

[@IvanDubsK7]

SON OF THE MASK MENTIONED YES THIS IS THE PART WHERE YOU DANCE AND THIS IS THE PART WHERE YOU BOOGIE

[@stuco211]

The press conferences were like a holiday for me. I'd make a fort full of all the snacks and games I'd need while enduring whatever shlock these companies presented for us. Now I'm realizing I wasn't there for the game announcements. I was there every year hoping to see another press conference like Konami's.

[@robinmatyar2497]

When he said "chinatown sucks ass" please tell me he said that ironically

[@SirGa1ahad]

"remember spiderman friend or foe? no you don't" ironic considering i used to play that with my father on the Wii

[@waterbears9874]

still kinda sad to see E3 go, really feels like one of those "end of an era" moments

[@LucasMartins-dy6no]

You have the best channel from this dark age of youtube, i feel pure happiness when you upload dude, you put so much effort in these videos, its a breath of fresh air when you compare it to the "streamer youtubers" that gen z loves that much, scripted videos are just better!

[@piratebear3126]

As a puppetry nerd I still love those Star Fox puppets they used for the SF Zero presentation. Also surprised how much people don’t like the game nowadays, whereas I remember some people (like me) liking it and some not when it came out. Now I hear almost nothing but negative things about it.

[@Xfushion2]

You're on the minority there, Star fox zero always had bad rep. On the reveal people were disappointed because it was another SF64 remake and the folk who played it couldn't stand it's control scheme, that was basically the main complaint of the game which led to mediocre ratings from critics. It did so bad both critically and commercially Nintendo didn't even ported it to switch unlike the rest of their WiiU exclusives.

[@mariokarter13]

The cope at the time was that Star Fox Zero's terrible controls were actually great if you develop Stockholm Syndrome by playing the game from start to finish about 5 times. If the content of the game were compelling enough people would've gotten past the controls (see Kid Icarus Uprising), but it's just Star Fox 64 again.

[@DeaconPain]

Because there's nothing to like. Imagine playing Starfox 64 but every 15 seconds the controls invert and Reggie spits in your mouth. Because it's literally SF64 again but with much worse controls.

[@Reoko77]

The story behind why the puppets are being used instead of the presenters is really heartbreaking to be honest...

[@fluffcake]

Konami E3 2010 sounds like a deranged asmr nightmare

[@RabbidTheNabbit]

Perfectly timed recommendation lmao. RIP

[@VarmsNet]

I was at E3 2010. The Nintendo conference was wild. You had insane excitement over the announcement of the 3DS (the DS was showing its age at that time and was one of the most popular consoles ever released) and then you had the motion plus announcement that was received.... poorly. Everyone at the conference was basically of the mindset of "so it just does what the was was supposed to do at launch?"

[@ftrwrwbg]

I will always miss E3 cringe. Very sad to see it go

[@QuantumSurge64]

I once had a dream last year where at E3 Nintendo announced Universal bought them out and their game franchises are rebooted for the Mario movie's universe. People rioted in the event and made boycott events at Universal's Nintendo.

[@jackpijjin4088]

I don't know if Nintendo fans are strong-willed enough to protest anything. Going by how many times N's reamed them a new one, and how little backlash there's been, they wouldn't do anything.

[@docc19]

We just gonna pretend Universal has more money than Nintendo. A company thats been around for over 100 years?

[@degenhub7446]

Bro it was a dream ​@@docc19

[@lol-ih1tl]

​@@jackpijjin4088 they did protest in the past multiple times but it amounted to nothing.

[@WilliamXu210]

Welp that didn't age well, RIP E3 I guess

[@segastar]

I cant believe I woke up this morning, saw this video then saw the tweet E3 posted minutes after

[@nikito702]

I unironically love the Konami 2010 conference

[@wolfgangervin2582]

As agonizing as the Activision presentation was, CoD4 was arguably one of the most influential games of the last 20 years (for better and for worse).

[@olivercharles2930]

worse

[@miltown3920]

⁠@@olivercharles2930its influence is so massive its hard to say really, even my favorite battlefield games tried to be like cod at one point for example

[@sarahm8695]

The usage of Groose's theme to capture the ineptness of E3 is pure genius

[@chazzwozzio]

Grooses theme is the stumblefuck anthem

[@apersonnamedjune]

7:53 This clip is like a fucking car accident where no matter how much I want to I can't fucking look away I keep replaying this bit over and over what the fuck did you do to me

[@Clovershroom]

1:45 This aged beautifully.