Leaked E3 schedule

[Opa Opa]

So is Nintendo doing the whole "We're only gonna do a direct stream to our core fanbase even though the people we need to reach will be watching the E3 presentation instead" thing again?

You are greatly overestimating how "mainstream" E3 is. Basically if you are watching E3 you are probably hardcore enough to read online gaming media anyway so you'd hear about the same stuff. E3 is just about prestige nowadays.

'Cause a Nintendo representative walking on-stage and showing a few trailers would be a total waste of time?

[Flake]

Actually, yeah. One of the reasons why so many companies have begun eschewing the whole E3 paradigm is that the cost to rent the venue and set up a presentation doesn't produce much of a benefit. The whole "I can spend more than anyone else so buy my shit" approach is what led to E3's near collapse just a few years ago when all the developers and publishers realized what a waste of resources the whole thing was.

[pepharytheworm]

So is Nintendo doing the whole "We're only gonna do a direct stream to our core fanbase even though the people we need to reach will be watching the E3 presentation instead" thing again?

You are greatly overestimating how "mainstream" E3 is. Basically if you are watching E3 you are probably hardcore enough to read online gaming media anyway so you'd hear about the same stuff. E3 is just about prestige nowadays.

'Cause a Nintendo representative walking on-stage and showing a few trailers would be a total waste of time?

If you want to see a play, I will show nintendo's digital event. Pause at certain points and make awkward hand gestures while saying lame jokes with low acting ability. Then we can go to Best Buy and I can demo the games for you as you watch me make more awkward poses and comments.

[fastbilly1]

If you want to see a play, I will show nintendo's digital event. Pause at certain points and make awkward hand gestures while saying lame jokes with low acting ability. Then we can go to Best Buy and I can demo the games for you as you watch me make more awkward poses and comments.

You are only three hours away, we can make this work. So June 7th we will be at the Huntsville Bestbuy at 1400 CST:
5850 University Dr NW, Huntsville, AL 35806

[pepharytheworm]

at the press conference they aren't going to have?

What does a press conference have to do with someone hoping Nintendo announces a new Zelda game? Is that the only way people can announce something, a live press conference?

That's typically how major companies announce things at E3. Have they said they are planning to do something else (e.g. a "Nintendo Direct") to coincide with E3 or something? Last year they just did something with Best Buy, right?

You already know the answers. You posted in this thread http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 5&hilit=e3
Did you just make a without watching the video or reading the topic?

[dsheinem]

You already know the answers. You posted in this thread http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 5&hilit=e3
Did you just make a without watching the video or reading the topic?

I watched the video, but to be honest I'd already forgotten that is was advertising their E3 plans.

I'm just not sure that Nintendo is going to reach any new audiences by not doing an on-stage event that gets picked up by cable TV and, subsequently, the mainstream news media. E3, traditionally, is primarily aimed at two groups of people - investors and journalists. "Gamers" are a distant third audience, and "core gamers" who stay on top of events all year are an even smaller subset of that audience...which is why we have often seen stuff like Wonderbook and Kinect kids' games get so much stage time. I just don't think that a YouTube video is really doing much to reach the audiences that E3 is traditionally aimed to reach, the audience that Nintendo desperately needs to have any hope of turning around the Wii U.

[Retrogamer0001]

I actually agree with you here, dsh

[dsheinem]

I actually agree with you here, dsh

[Zing]

Symphony of the Night 2? Buy those copies of the PSone game now. The price will double thanks to this.

[CavZee]

You already know the answers. You posted in this thread http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 5&hilit=e3
Did you just make a without watching the video or reading the topic?

I watched the video, but to be honest I'd already forgotten that is was advertising their E3 plans.

I'm just not sure that Nintendo is going to reach any new audiences by not doing an on-stage event that gets picked up by cable TV and, subsequently, the mainstream news media. E3, traditionally, is primarily aimed at two groups of people - investors and journalists. "Gamers" are a distant third audience, and "core gamers" who stay on top of events all year are an even smaller subset of that audience...which is why we have often seen stuff like Wonderbook and Kinect kids' games get so much stage time. I just don't think that a YouTube video is really doing much to reach the audiences that E3 is traditionally aimed to reach, the audience that Nintendo desperately needs to have any hope of turning around the Wii U.

What sort of "new audience" is going to be watching a video game press conference/video in the middle of the day on a Monday or Tuesday anyway? The news will still get posted on all the major sites so what's the difference? All the on-stage shenanigans are kind of cool sometimes and somewhat annoying other times. At the end of the day it's the trailers, gameplay demos, and new announcements that matter most.