| superchunk said: I hate this fictitious idea that at this point Wii U has no 3rd party support for next-gen. EA is the only one not supporting at this point. Everyone else has multiple games announced. We need to wait for E3 to see if there is a 3rd party ignorance ahead of us. In reality, its probably just Nintendo realizing that they can have routine cost-effective shows that allow a far more personal delivery of their content than a massive game show presentation. They will have a Nintendo Direct(s) all around E3 with a ton of info and likely a lot of that will have 3rd party demonstrations. Plus they will still be at E3 in their normal large booth. |
Yeah but what's the point of having these games on the big stage? Is anyone going to really be wowwed by Watch Dogs on Wii U on an on-stage presentation when you know Sony/MS have the same game (and probably better looking versions on the PS4/720)?
Everyone fell asleep during the Batman demo on Wii U last year, granted that's an older game, but the point is I think Nintendo probably recoginized in part that no one really cares about multiplats. Probably least of all on the Wii U. All the attention for those types of games is going to be on the PS4/720 versions at an event like E3, that's just the way it is.
I mean if you have something like Final Fantasy VII Remake or Grand Theft Auto V exclusivity or even that type of game is coming with some type of really unbelievable exclusive content, and Square-Enix or Rockstar wanted to do a big blow out, I'm sure Nintendo would've obliged and booked the big stage.
But they probably don't, so why bother with a big show. Nintendo Direct gets the job done as far as sending out the message of showing Nintendo fans their favorite forthcoming Nintendo franchises and getting them excited for much less money. Renting that Nokia theater and the main stage I'm guessing is not cheap, especially for a big corporate event like that.
