Last year there was no Electronic Entertainment Expo, but six months ago it was confirmed that the event would return once again in 2023, so we can expect an E3 for the event. summer of this year. However, it is already confirmed that one of the big companies will be absent for the first time, since Nintendo has announced that it will not be attending E3 2023 certainly not.
For many years, E3 was the event where the most important announcements for the video game industry were made, with Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo hosting conferences to make those announcements. Nintendo was the first company to ditch conferences and instead started hosting Nintendo Directs, but this time around the company won’t even have a presence inside the event.
Through an official statement shared by VGC’s Andy Robinson, Nintendo has confirmed that it will not be attending E3 2023 and explained the reasons for its decision, as it will be the first time an E3 has taken place. will be held without Nintendo as a participant. According to Nintendo, they are analyzing whether they will be involved in an event on a case-by-case basis, but this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo does not fit their plans for 2023.
“Since this year’s E3 didn’t fit our plans, we made the decision not to attend. However, we have been and continue to be strong supporters of ESA and E3.is what the official press release published by the company says. It is also confirmed that PlayStation will not be present at E3 2023 and everything indicates that the same will happen with Xbox, so the 3 big companies will be absent.
Since September of last year, ESA and Reedpop have confirmed that E3 2023 will take place from June 13 to 16 and it’s a face-to-face event to be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. At that time, it was said that digital presentations before E3 2023 were also being prepared, which will start from June 11.