Summer Game Fest and, by extension, the Xbox Games Showcase, are fantastic for giving us exciting looks at new games, but they lack one thing... the real E3 spectacle.
Almost 50% of the 3,400 responders to our poll about the Xbox Games Showcase would rate Microsoft's show as brilliant, and I agree; it was fantastic and had some great reveals. Alternatively, Geoff Keighley's main Summer Game Fest event was alright at best, being predominantly focused on already-announced games. I don't know whether it's because I didn't click with either show this year, but I can't help but think that Summer Game Fest lacks the E3 spectacle.
Kotaku later reported that those also include a select number of social media posts for exposure — there are also reportedly a number of free slots available for 'earned editorial placements.' Of course, this is a buyer's market, and I'm sure the exposure Summer Game Fest offers each game goes some way towards mitigating the unbelievable cost of promoting it at the event, but it doesn't incentivize publishers to provide much more than a game's trailer.
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