The video game media and gamers alike seem to be captivated about tomorrow. The announcement of Google’s Cloud based streaming service Stadia was met by many with the chorus “this is it - streaming will be the future of gaming”. Is it?

Recently there has been a spate of articles in the media and on internet forums by journalists, analysts and gamers who have questioned “is E3 still relevant?”

Sony pulled out citing a lack of new games they wanted to showcase. EA pulled out several years ago, preferring to run a parallel show called EA Play that laser-focused attention on EA games. Nintendo pulled its press conferences from E3 even further ago, opting instead by reaching out to its fans via its Nintendo Direct videos.