Predicting Xbox’s Big E3 and the Downfall of Esports

Epilogue Gamescast

This week on the Epilogue Gamescast, the panel discusses the impending doom of Esports and makes some E3 predictions for EA, Bethesda, and Microsoft. In an otherwise quiet week for the news, Microsoft and Sony announced a surprising partnership this week, the Nintendo Switch surpassed the PS4's total sales in Japan, and several publishers pulled out from the Epic Games Store's big sale. Trailers Minecraft Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQEizp-VrVU&feature=youtu.be John Wick Hex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy_q5XvPnCA News: Sony and Microsoft Explore a Partnership: https://news.microsoft.com/2019/05/16/sony-and-microsoft-to-explore-strategic-partnership/ The Switch Surpasses the PS4: https://www.famitsu.com/news/201905/15176251.html Publishers Pull Their Games From the Epic Game Store: https://kotaku.com/publishers-pull-their-games-from-epics-store-during-its-1834828248 “Shady Numbers and Bad Business: Inside the Esports Bubble": https://kotaku.com/as-esports-grows-experts-fear-its-a-bubble-ready-to-po-1834982843