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pokoko said:
I understand what you're saying but the recorded events would have to be less awkward, bloated, and overproduced themselves. I mean, when you have Reggie and another grown man sitting down to play with Skylander Amiibo or you have Miyamoto wandering around looking at temples, then you're hitting the hat-trick for awkward, bloated, and overproduced. Still the absolute best show I've ever seen at an E3 was Sony's from last year (or was it the year before?) where they showed games one after another. Live or recorded, both can be done well or done poorly. |
Fair enough. I just think pre-recorded events are safer because everything can be scripted. You don't get all those long walks from backstage to center stage, gameplay demos that malfunction, or not-ready-for-prime-time developers fumbling through their talking points. Now, you do lose that energy from the crowd like you mentioned, but I think overall you get a tighter, more focused presentation.
But of course you're right that in the wrong hands a pre-recorded presentation could be disastrous. Nintendo could hire Tommy Wiseau to direct 
