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Bong Lover said:
I get the distinct feeling that as E3 grows bigger, it is increasingly becoming a show aimed at the 'expanded audience'. Predictably, the 'hobbyists' are up in arms declaring e3 overall mediocre. But that is why E3 is full of multimedia capabilities, storybook and Nintendo Land and the likes. This is the chance that these companies have to get their products and ideas showcased outside the industry media.

I think Nintendo wants CNN to report on the tablet controller and Nintendo Land. I am guessing their strategy is that getting news of the next Call of Duty out to the 'hobbyists' doesn't require E3 stage time. Why they can't even be bothered to include the logo in a teaser trailer or even in the launch window title list they provided I can only see two reasons. Either there is so sort of deal struck that Microsoft gets first dibs at announcing the game, or more likely in my mind. A specific strategy to try to generate as much excitement as possible closer to launch.

I am guessing that is why there is no price announced or no hard launch date. Nintendo wants to drop some bombs when they do announce these things. So they can make a big splash before the holidays and destroy all.

"Meet the next evolution of gaming! The Nintendo Wii U will launch this November 12th world wide! Available from launch: CoD: Black Ops 2, Grand Theft Auto U, Every Three Letter Sports League 13, Retro Studio Presents: Star Fox vs Pokemon Revelations and Halo 5!"

I can definitely agree with your whole logic here, this general thought crossed my mind too. Nintendo knows that the core gamers who play Call of Duty will just flock to the system anyway, when they see the gamepad controlling drone strikes and missile launches, expanded map, off-screen HUD, multiplayer stats right on the controller. There's no question that those core gamers who love Call of Duty will RUN, not walk, they will RUN to the nearest place to get wii U on launch day. Nintendo doesn't need to bother telling them until right before the game comes out, then it's a done deal for those types of gamers. E3 is a big event where the news leaks to mainstream crap like CNN, so Nintendo focuses on more family-oriented stuff, and purposefully they leave out some important "core" titles.