| S.T.A.G.E. said: Yes, I do have proof that Nintendo Direct doesnt meant shit. Look at their Youtube hits....which are not impressive at all. I know children who have more hits. |
Part 1 of Nintendo's 2011 E3 press conference, featuring the *amazing* Zelda orchestra opening, probably one of the greatest openings in the history of E3: 369,000 views. Each subsequent part had far fewer views, including the Wii U reveal.
A 9-second clip of Iwata holding a banana in a Nintendo Direct: 117,000 views. More than the latter two parts of Nintendo's 2011 conference, and more than any clip of their 2012 conference I saw.
Nintendo's "Wii U games" Direct from 3 months ago: 351,000 views.
Nintendo's Pokémon Direct at the beginning of January: 521,000 views.
The most recent Nintendo Direct from last week has 206,000 views... in America. Add 27,000 views in the UK; 18,000 views in France; 14,000 views in Germany; 13,000 views in Spain; about 8,000 views between Italy and the Netherlands; add that up for about 80,000 in Europe. So we're up to 286,000 before we apply views of the Japanese version, which I don't see on YouTube but which surely attracted some kind of audience in their home country. That's in one week.
Nintendo Direct is bigger than you give it credit for being.
