Geoff Keighley says E3 killed itself, not competition from Summer Game Fest

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Summer Game Fest organiser and journalist, Geoff Keighley, has spoken about the ill-fated E3, which used to take place each June in Los Angeles and held presentations from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. Asked whether he thought Summer Game Fest had anything to do with the collapse of E3 he said that “E3 sort of killed itself in a way” and that he “built Summer Game Fest because I saw the wheels falling off the wagon of E3.” Keighley spoke about his personal feelings about the old E3, “It was so exciting to me, and it was heartbreaking to see that start to fall apart.”

“I think E3 sort of killed itself in a way,” Keighley replied. “I understand why people say [SGF killed E3], but I think if anything, we created Summer Game Fest, and I built Summer Game Fest because I saw the wheels falling off the wagon of E3.

“As someone who loves that time of year… for two decades, E3 was part of my life since I was a 15-year-old kid. [From] the first E3 in 1995, I went to every show. I loved it and it defined my summer.”

He added: “It was so exciting to me, and it was heartbreaking to see that start to fall apart. I think they had a relevancy problem, and then they also had a participation problem over the final years.

“So yeah, I think the question is, if we didn’t do Summer Game Fest what would happen? I think things would have just kind of really splintered apart this summer.”

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