Could moving away from the traditional E3 conference be a smart move for Nintendo?

[Mr Khan]

pezus said:
They will be criticized a lot for this by the media even before it happens. So the overall effect will probably be negative, even if this new thing is better than a traditional E3 conference.

That's likely true. However wrong it is to think that way, it does create the impression of "surrender" since we've gotten all wrapped up in the notion of E3 as a contest, and it does take away the one moment a year when even the most apathetic towards Nintendo had eyes on them. At the same time, E3 watchers have been privy to the general mediocrity of the last five years or so: for every Uncharted, a Wonderbook, for every Halo 4, a Disneyland Adventures, for every Kid Icarus Uprising, a Ravi Drums. This way they can focus entirely on the meat, giving each audience what they want directly. No fanboy hype to the businessmen, no charts and figures to the fans.