Nintendo not holding traditional E3 press conference this year?

[Veknoid_Outcast]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Veknoid_Outcast said:

A few follow-up questions to your post:

Who is Nintendo's fan base?

Why will the inclusion of new hardware from Sony and Microsoft preclude Nintendo from "winning" E3?

Why would Nintendo get "laughed...right off the stage"?

I dont know whats been worse this gen about Microsoft or Nintendo losing E3's. 

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I think you might be exaggerating how well Sony has done and how poorly Microsoft and Nintendo have performed at E3 in the past.

Yes, last year Sony "won" E3, but not by much. The best demo of the Sony presentation (really the best demo of the entire expo) was The Last of Us. That pushed Sony over the top. But I think Nintendo's show has been wildly underrated. Sure it relied a little too much on established IPs and ports, but it showed off Pikmin 3, ZombiU, Lego City, Luigi's Mansion, Kingdom Hearts, Castlevania, etc. Plus it presented a new philosophy: asymmetrical gameplay.

Microsoft, I'll admit, performed poorly last year.