I’m really excited to see how this year’s Gamescom turns out. I’m attending with some friends of mine because we won tickets for the Trade Visitor Day and the last time I was there was nearly 10 years ago. I’m just a bit worried because it seems that more and more of the big Publishers are skipping events like these and rather make a live stream instead.
I’m totally okay with that.
Absolutely no need for games that are already doing a major advertising blitz to own 4 booths and push small indie devs to the farthest corners of the expo. For many of these indie studios, these expos is the only paid advertising they get.