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Kaizar on 23 June 2013
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Einsam_Delphin said:
Soundwave said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
I'd say their real silent victory is with those E3 Best Buy demos they had. Afterall, it's not being talked about much despite them being the best thing about their E3 and arguably all of E3. So many articles I've seen on E3 just completely leave out the BB events. A silent victory indeeds!


It's not a bad idea to bring E3 demos to more people, but from everything I heard it was pretty much a gong show at Best Buys trying to get a chance to play, it was often one demo unit for all the games combined and way too many people around. I heard a lot of stories of people just leaving because it would take too long to play.

They should just have let there be playable demos for people at home for a 2-3 day period via digital download.


They don't do this cause the demos wont work without all the physical components including more than the Wii U itself, and downloadable demos would reach out to far less people, all of whom have Wii U's already so it wouldn't be worth all the time and resources.

 

But yeah, it definitely coulda been ran better. Having to sign-up is pretty dumbs. Shoulda just been a line, much better that way. Luckily my Best Buy realized this on the second day so everyone who showed up was able to play and I even got to play multiple times. Though yeah, I doubt everyone's Best Buy were as smart as mine so I can see where many are coming from. Of course, we also have to understand that this is the first time Nintendo or anyone has done this, and we should be grateful they're atleast giving us a reasonable chance to experience E3. I'm sure they will improve on this in the years to come, namely by having more kiosk and going with the line method first thing for all stores.


Less then 5 million people worldwide own a Wii U right now. So Best Buy was a great idea, and I think they try to do something with GameStop but couldn't set up a deal in time or maybe they use Nintendo Zone to give & take away the demos which makes more sense.

But I can see the Wii U having temporarily available demos next year for current Wii U owners.