Is Nintendo Side Stepping E3 Because Of Third Party Snubs?

[TrevDaRev]

Soundwave said:

TrevDaRev said:
Even if Nintendo actually did want to try something 'different' for E3, I don't think it was ever going to be accepted as so. As someone who just purchased a Wii U it doesn't exactly fill me with confidence. The whole 'E3 isn't that important' or 'E3 isn't as good as it used to be' is nonsense. This years E3 was guaranteed to be massive because of the presence of both the PS4 and Next Xbox. So I'm disappointed that Nintendo aren't having a big press conference. It speaks volumes.

I get where you're coming from, but really what's Nintendo possibly going to show that's going to get someone who's dead set on buying a PS4/720 to get a Wii U instead?

They'd have to have some megaton like they've bought Bungie and they're working on an exclusive new Wii U title called Raro.

LOL. At this point I think Nintendo will be content if just Nintendo fans start buying the Wii U, that's the lineup they probably have (lots of Mario + Wind Waker nostalgia + Yoshi = you're betting the farm on your core fanbase to help you out). Nintendo Direct gets the job done at a fraction of the cost.

Nintendo will never win with the Sony/MS fanbases, especially not with the third party support they have, I think they've just accepted that and are chosing to refocus on the audiences they have a chance with and doing so in a more cost effective fashion.

I understand that there isn't a whole lot they could do to convince the PS/XBOX crowd, it's the fact that they aren't even going to try. It just seems like they don't have shit to show. The 3rd parties will want to be at the other two's conferences, so maybe that was the biggest reason not to do one.

I think Nintendo will look back at last gen with a bitter taste in their mouth. It's left them behind Sony and Microsoft on many levels