scottie said:
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3. Nintendo will continue to miss the mark.
I love Nintendo. I will always buy a Nintendo home console so long as they offer Mario, Zelda, and Metroid among other best in class IPs. However, there is no excuse for what happened on that stage. To show a brand new product while leaving so much glaringly unanswered was stupid. They stated they wanted to target "U" the core crowed, yet they failed to show next gen game product. They even set up their conference in such a way that a large percentage of people weren't' even sure if this was just an add-on to Wii or an actual new console. WTF was the console not displayed to at least convey that's its entirely new hardware? Why did Nintendo now allow 3rd parties to show some sample of a new game for 2012 running on the hardware with clearly better visuals than PS360? Anyone who takes the time to research the potential CPU/GPU will easily acknowledge that it should definitely surpass them, but you have to show to the 'U' crowd you're trying to capture.
Nintendo should have brought the controller and console on stage. It should have presented a new game with obviously better graphics, even if it was a longer ZeldaHD scenario. It should have stated that it was a "PowerPC 7" multi core CPU and cutting edge R700 based GPU. This coudl be said without giving up the specific specs and would appease the core. Then they could show those other tech demos to demonstrate that the casual audience won't be forgotten and will have reasons to jump on board.
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E3 2011 was about the 3DS. Wii U is releasing in 2012, thus for nintendo, E3 2012 is the perfect time to display lots about it. They will always be as closemouthed as Apple. I would guess that with at least 12 months to launch, there are very few games that nintendo would think are ready to show off yet. Keep in mind that the majority of Nintendo games are shown off 6 months before release.
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I fully agree with you and expect next E3 to be amazing. Even removing my game argument though there were other big issues they should have fixed.
