Gamertell Mashup: The future of E3

E3 2007 was certainly a change this year, replacing the uber pricey booths with more intimate hotel conference rooms, smaller booths and limiting the event to 1/10th the attendees as last year. This was quite a jolt for many, especially for videogame journalists and bloggers who have never covered non-E3 events and angered gamers who wanted greater access.

A few companies have hinted that this was an improvement since it cost much less than previous E3s, which required the whole production to stop for a month to concentrate on a clean demo and stop production of the game itself. Others were not quite as happy with the new format, missing the media attention that came with all the chaos, booth babes and celebrities.

Here are a few Gamertell writers’ takes on the possible future of E3…