It means Nintendo has abandoned it's core!
Actually I'm suprised the internet didn't die from this announcement, on the surface it's the exact mantra the hardcore have been chanting.
The real question is - when will core games be announced by Nintendo in some grand scale event.
Hmm - now this may be getting a bit disturbing.. as E3 became what it is due to the core audience the internet would say - taking this stance about E3 Nintendo has managed to snuff what little life remaind in their core the hardcore would chant.
No, Nintendo doesn't want to announce their games because they are running a test for the most part - though I'm sure they had a focused sample before hand, the core seem to move from game to game much too fast is what they are thinking. They want to regress back to the NES days when gamers didn't follow online press minute by minute to find out more about the game.
They did say the cost of time in development has lost it's value relative to time spent enjoying the game. This is probably a bad move but it depends on when they release information about the game, 3 months in would prevent a lot of competitive slander and still have the bump in consumer awareness while giving valid reason to bypass previewers.
Still the only part that has me concerned anyway is that they didn't announce their stance on E3 before hand, to avoid the core even watching it and building their hopes in a direction they were never trying to go for.
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