Since its inception more than 20 years ago, the Electronic Entertainment Expo has traditionally been the biggest gaming event of the year. The industry`s major players, Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, have all had a regular presence at the show, but it appears Sony won`t be a part of next year`s event.The ESA--the company that organizes E3--has shared the first details about E3 2019, and Sony will not have a presence there. The publisher is notably absent from the list of companies that have already committed to the event, among them its biggest console competitors, Microsoft and Nintendo, as well as other major publishers like Take-Two, Ubisoft, Activision, and more.Sony has confirmed it plans to skip next year`s E3. `As the industry evolves, Sony Interactive Entertainment continues to look for inventive opportunities to engage the community,` the company said in a statement to GameSpot. `PlayStation fans mean the world to us and we always want to innovate, think differently and experiment with new ways to delight gamers. As a result, we have decided not to participate in E3 in 2019. We are exploring new and familiar ways to engage our community in 2019 and can`t wait to share our plans with you.`This will mark the first time Sony has opted to skip E3 since it entered the video game business in the mid-90s, although other companies have similarly begun to reevaluate their E3 showings in recent years. Microsoft notably moved nearly its entire presence offsite to the Microsoft Theater for E3 2018, with only Mixer present on the showfloor, while Nintendo has forgone live press conferences in favor of pre-recorded video presentations for the past several years. Sony, too, tried something different with its E3 2018 showing by focusing primarily on four of its upcoming games and presenting them through a `guided experience,` which garnered a mixed reaction from viewers.The ESA`s E3 2019 announcement also included positive remarks from both Microsoft and Nintendo.`E3 i ...
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