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dr3b said: Edit: That said if they do announce there may be an adverse impact on sales, would the loss in sales be worth taking the steam out of Ninty's announcements, or could the same effect be realized by continued information leaks? |
Here's the thing. PS3 and 360 sales are marginal at best any more. There isnt too much left to bleed out of those consoles, the market for them is fairly saturated. You are looking at MAYBE 4-5million more sales and thats it. What you don't want to do is leave the public thinking that you have nothing in the works and let them go out and all buy Wii U. The hardcore understands the hardware cycle, but your general consumer just wants to know what they can play Madden/COD on. Not revealing something allows the possibility of the other company revealing their next gen and leaving the non-revealer as the LOSER of E3. While "winning" e3 doesn't gain you much, losing can have catastrophic psychological side effects. Normal people might only read one article on your console, and it will be the one that says you are most likely leaving the console market because you didnt demo your new rig at e3.
I think both of the Nontendos reveal at least something this e3, at least to take some steam away from the Juggernaut that is the House of Mario.
