MDMAlliance on 30 August 2013
| pokoko said: Nintendo always advertises their hardware but with software it's like, "hey, we're Nintendo, we don't need to advertise it." It's one of things about them which I don't really understand. I think of it like a mother bird pushing her young out the nest. If a new IP can't fly on its own, they'll just stand on the edge and watch it crash. It's really mean. It's like it's up to the fans to spread the Word. Yes, I'm saying it, Nintendo is like Christianity. What if they did advertise like Microsoft or even Sony? What if they really tried to push a new IP, tried to engage gamers who might be interested in Nintendo games but don't know it yet? I my opinion, they should push and advertise Bayonetta 2 like crazy, like it was bloody Halo or The Last of Us. People might not rush out to buy it but it would still bounce around in their heads. |
...? Sorry, but you're actually wrong on this.
Nintendo advertises what it wants to advertise. Luigi's Mansion, Paper Mario, Animal Crossing, and Donkey Kong were all advertised outside of ND's in multiple forms. One prevalent one is a demo station in retail stores along with large poster boards advertising the game. Another one is through events, gaming or not. Donkey Kong Country Returns was advertised in a funny way with someone in a Donkey Kong suit bursting through a poster while someone played the game in public at a station. Wind Waker HD was advertised at Disney.
Of course, if you mean "new IP's" specifically, I don't really know much of what to say besides to say they were advertised at e3.
