Nintendo needs to learn that Directs aren't proper advertising

[Screamapillar]

curl-6 said:

Screamapillar said:

The assumption you're making in the OP simply isn't true. The fact is, these Directs are widely distributed all over social media as things are announced during the stream, and they begin trending on Twitter and pop up all over Facebook and Twitter on all the various media pages from journalists or fan sites.

I know people that pay attention to news from the video game industry, who are not Nintendo fans, and I get texts after Directs throughout the day. Friends of mine who like Sony or Microsoft, haven't owned a Nintendo console since GameCube or N64, and they text me and chide me about news or ask me for clarification on something that was announced.

The word does get out. All the Directs are immediately uploaded to YouTube after the initial broadcast, and news from them is reported just as any other press conference is, by all the major game media outlets.

Good point, but there's a massive chunk of the gaming population that doesn't bother to follow online gaming news, especially the family audience.

True.  For all of those people who only notice things when they're at the store looking at box covers, Nintendo does all of the traditional advertising as they always have.  If you go to any Walmart or Best Buy, 3DS in particular has a large presence.  Best Buy's have permanent 3DS and Wii U displays all year long.   I see TV advertisements for 3DS games on TV fairly regularly.  Especially last summer with NSMB2 and last November with Sticker Star.