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| Osc89 said: I honestly can't think of any good reason why they are doing this. You would think that this would be an incredibly important E3 for them as they have to prove themselves with everyone else now moving on to the next generation. But this is sending the message that they don't believe they can compete. I had the feeling that the Wii U was going to be first party only for me anyway, but I did think they would bring out their big guns this year. An E3 with SSB, Kart, 3D Mario and Zelda would have been enough to match the other consoles for me, so I'm worried we aren't getting these this year. It's very frustrating. |
It's much cheaper is the good reason why they're doing it.
If the whole show is basically just Mario 3D/Mario Kart U/Zelda/Yoshi/Pikmin and a few more niche games like Bayonetta 2 and X ... that's a show basically for Nintendo fans only, and Nintendo Direct speaks to this audience for a helluva lot cheaper than renting the Nokia Theater.
I think that's mostly what it boils down to. Why spend so much money when you're really just speaking to the same audience?
If you had some mind blowing megaton third party announcement or some kind of new Wii accessory you're trying to push to soccer moms, then a big stage makes sense, but I think Nintendo just looked at everything and realized they don't have either of those, so a small show basically nets them the same result. Why bother with the big stage.
Don't get me wrong, I understand the dissapointment from the fans, it's kind of like finding out Christmas dinner is just going to be Chinese take-out and a movie afterwards, but from Nintendo's POV I also see why they did it.
