Geoff Keighley Felt E3 Coliseum Couldn't 'Deliver to Fans'

Geoff Keighley has spoken to IGN about his decision to skip E3 2020 and part ways with the E3 Coliseum show he's produced and hosted in recent years. He points to that show not being able to "deliver to fans" this year, but makes clear he could return in future. Keighley explained that he made the decision to step away from producing the show following The Game Awards in December. That decision seems to primarily have been made due to what E3 Coliseum could (and couldn't) deliver this year: "I've been to all 25 E3s so I know the show pretty well", Keighley wrote. "As I looked at the information that was available to me about this year's show, and based on my conversations with The ESA, I just didn't feel like we could do a Coliseum that would really deliver to the fans." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=e3-2020-confirmed-companies-attending-the-show&captions=true"] Keighley didn't specify exactly what the show couldn't deliver, but it's likely that Sony's lack of involvement in E3 this year, as well as other developers' competing events would form a major part of that difficulty. When asked if companies not taking part in the show were a primary motivation for stepping away, Keighley explained: "The lack of unity was a contributing factor, but there were a lot of things that played into my decision." This isn't necessarily Keighley's final E3, however. While it's clear that this year's show doesn't work for what he wants, he would consider a return in future: "I'm open to it, sure. This is just a decision related to E3 2020." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/13/playstation-will-not-be-at-e3-2020-ign-now"] Keighley spoke on Twitter earlier today about how E3 should become a more digital and globally focused event, moving away from the traditional showfloor experience, which raises questions about his other main conference show, Opening Night Live at Gamescom. However, it seems that show will continue as expected: "Every show is different. We had a ton of fun producing Opening Night Live at gamescom and have a multi-year deal with them to continue that franchise", he explained. "That show works really well at gamescom because three aren't a ton of competing press conferences. I'm not sure the same model would work at E3. You have to find the right programming for each event and audience." As for who actually will be at E3 this year, the ESA has released an initial list of attendees today, including Xbox, Nintendo and more. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News, and he is also publicly announcing that he won't be hosting E3 Coliseum this year, in case you were wondering. Follow him on Twitter.

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