E3 blev aflyst i år efter manglende tilslutning fra spilbranchens mest centrale parter, og der er ikke nogen umiddelbar forventning om at den vender tilbage. Summer Games Fest løber dog af stablen i aften, men selvom at de to ting afholdes nogenlunde samtidig, så afviser vært Geoff Keighley at Summer Games Fest har elimineret E3.
I et interview med VGC siger Keighley faktisk, at han mener at E3 har slået sig selv ihjel:
"As someone who loves that time of year... for two decades, E3 was part of my life since I was a 15-year-old kid. [From] the first E3 in 1995, I went to every show. I loved it and it defined my summer. It was so exciting to me, and it was heartbreaking to see that start to fall apart. I think they had a relevancy problem, and then they also had a participation problem over the final years. So yeah, I think the question is, if we didn't do Summer Game Fest what would happen?"
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