It has been confirmed today that Nintendo are no longer planning to hold a press conference at the upcoming Gamescom convention, which is starting on the 18th of August in Cologne. This means that there will be no new announcements made from the company at the event, but they will still have a presence with a booth on the show floor, which is more than can be said for Capcom and SEGA, who both pulled out of the event outright earlier this year.

Microsoft have announced that they are finalising their plans for the convention, with no conference announced, though one is highly expected. Sony have the most concrete plans of the big three, with a pre-show conference of the 17th which is pegged to focus on the new Move technology by many commentators. There is also WILD SPECULATION AND RUMOR that a touchscreen follow up to the PSP may be announced, especially after Sony used last year's conference to unveil the PS3 Slim.

http://www.xugogaming.com/article/616/nintendo_pulls_out_of_gamescom_conference_microsoft_and_sony_still_have_plans

:O

So no 3DS news for now?

well...... a month later than gamescom

So nintendo not at TGS or GC now

How annoying, no 3DS info for ages

D-:

we still may get some 3rd party game info, and they still have a booth so there may be some updated demos etc.

they still have their own Media Breifing

Their 3DS blowout is focused to counter TGS. I wonder if it'll be timed to match Sony's actual conference this year like the Wii price drop fought them last year.

Hmm, interesting. Then again, I don't really care. Nintendo will show us what they want to show us, when they're ready to do so. I'll wait.

It seems like Sony's the only one that really gives a shit about GamesCom.  Probably because Europe is now their biggest market and debatably strongest development arm.  I actually think they have more development studios in both the UK and Europe overall than any other publishing house.

At least Nintendo still plans to show up.  The same can't be said for TGS.

Yeah, but them just showing up really means little. The same demos of the same games we saw at E3, Comic-con, and PAX, in all likelihood. For instance, probably the same exact demo of Other M we've been seeing since February.

With Nintendo, it's press conference or bust. You can't expect anything of notice otherwise.