Right however they are adapting around the events. Giantbomb was talking about how devs are now making time on the weekend for them since they know they will be out there earlier . I am sure they will just have media only days and save the following weekend (fri-sunday or thur-sunday) for the fans.Likely. E3 used to be closed except to media and press but for quite a few years now, conferences like E3 are a terrible environment for engaging with the press. You have a fixed window to show what you want, whether it's ready or not, and you're fighting for attention with 100 other titles with journalists are rushing from A to B trying to cover everything so you're getting sub-optimal coverage.