Is the lack of Nintendo Direct a bad sign?

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sundin13 said:

gergroy said:

EricFabian said:

sabastian said:
I guess Nintendo finally realized that these directs do not work.
Sales are still low, Most of the directs lately have been blah and with the company's last big bit of info bombing, maybe its really a good thing to end them.

No lol. ND is the best way to communicate with their fanbase. 

really?  the best way?  I bet if I went up to and asked 20 wii u or 3ds owners what a nintendo direct is, maybe one of them would know and the rest wouldn't.  Nintendo would probably have better luck using more traditional game media, but nintendo has never liked releasing any kind of control of their message.  Which is part of the problem with nintendo.  They are way too controlling with information.  

Nintendo directs cost Nintendo virtually nothing and get virtually all of the game press talking. I'd say thats pretty good bang for their buck. Even if someone doesn't watch the direct, if they frequent any game sites, they will know what is going on. Nintendo directs do their job quite well.

@Topic: No, its not a bad sign. We just had a decently big ND not too long ago, and those don't come every month...usually they are just updates with trailers. We will likely have one before DK releases...

@ gergroy I think that is overstating it by large margin considering Nintendo Directs are placed front and centre in the E-Shop for the days following the Directs and the majority of Wii U and 3DSs are connected.  These people may not be watching the Nintendo Directs live but it's very likely that they watch some, if not all, of the presentation in the following days.

Directs are an excellent way of getting messages directly to your current user base without interference, they are not necessarily great for getting messages to people who don't visit gaming sites. As was pointed out above though, they cost Nintendo almost nothing so are probably well worth the time and effort.