The decline of desire for in-person events.

There isn’t a moment in time where I wake up and think about the what ifs. What if I asked the girl out; What if I got my dream job; What if I had the opportunity to be apart of the community that I enjoy. I do believe that in-person events or Conventions like PAX and even E3 had played important roles throughout the history of gaming.

Believe it or not, I’d like to think that attending something that big in-person has a very good effect on the average gamer. Afterall, on the rule of technicality most of the time a gamer can only experience stuff through the power of online communities; or they would be alone with maybe one or two other people who understand.

But have we as a community moved past the desire to come together in person? Is it so wrong to wanna share laughs with like minded individuals in the same room as each other. Arguably some of the best moments in gaming history has happened at a physical event. Yet just as clear, about every year the average number of people who attend such events in person have declined at a steady pace. So why have we opted to not attend.

More than likely it’s probably due to the balancing of featured titles that hit the season and the price and location. I’m very sure anyone in the community can see the pattern game devs tend to follow and when there is a lull in interesting games to check out. All those triple A companies usually hold their best stuff for the fall season. The other important note is that every in person event can also be watched from home via sites like YouTube and Twitch. To that end Nintendo has been the longest big name company that exclusively did digital events, namely the signature Nintendo Direct every season. In support of the digital choice, really the only limit is your internet.