Chark said:
E3 is very important, it is like the superbowl of gaming. Sure investors will get insider treatment but do you think the company's willingness and ability to hold a large televized conference isn't a concern to investors? This is really important and Nintendo would have to do something giving equal exposure in order to make up for it. Nintendo could try holding an outside event on a different date to grab attention, but they are still going to get steamrolled at E3 and the other 2 of the Big 3 already have big outside events because they are annoucning their consoles. That strategy is a double edged sword and I'm not even sure if they are doing that so some people's perceptions that they are figuratively hiding their head in the sand or waving the white flag may be justified. I'm sure that is not their intention, but one begins to wonder if they know what they are doing. Yes, their recent E3's have been terrible but the idea is to not have a cringe worthy event and actually do a good job. They need to reafirm themeslves, not bow out. As for your questionnaire, finding 1/8th of people knowning about E3 is over 40 million people in regards to the US. |
Could someone please explain to me the overwhelming exposure they'll get from attending E3 vs having a ND? A continuing saga of ND, which will grow in viewership as more and more RARE installations surface vs an annual event which will water down Nintendo exposure. A tactic that one can trully claim to be an innovative direction Nintendo is taking. Innovative and daring move on their part. A move that harkens to rapport the likes that Kevin Butler had once garnered.
Investors seems to me to be the biggest reason to go to E3, is that the case? It seems to me that getting investors to reinvigorate isn't such a hard thing to accomplish. The hard part would be sales, which Nintendo has not been doing well on the Wii U front. But nonetheless, that doesn't seem to be a concern since they aren't doing a traditional E3 conference. It really is farfetch to say that investors are the main concern to a company who is currently not in debt.
As for the questionaire, to further eskew numbers, the 2 of 16 could have easily been 3 out of 40, as my occupation employs over 200 people. And to that, the two i did ask had no more knowledge than the basic of something they described as a "video game thingy". So really, moot point.