Nintendo Directs are absolutely fantastic.

[Seece]

padib said:

Seece said:

Are they though? I see them as not bothering for several reasons. The news already being out there and not having as much incentive to report it. Yes sites regurgitate a lot of stuff but this is WiiU/Nintendo, there is a low audience for it in the first place. If they got it first hand I think more sites would report what the ND does. That and sites feeling shunned by Nintendo, it feels like they really want to remove themselves from the industry as much as they can ....

Second part, really? You would have thought Nintendo would have learnt a lot since 3DS launch and then the last WiiU and I see no learning, why are you assuming they're making a sound decision this time?

Put simply, this scenario once again closes off attention to anyone but Nintendo fans, it seems the only news we ever hear about outside of Nintendo themselves is WiiU sales.

If Nintendo reached out to the press perhaps their whole image overall would benefit.

I agree with your sentiment, but I think the solution is not good, in the end.

Nintendo has been poopooed by the press, that's a certainty, as has Microsoft. As an xbox fan that's something you should be able to relate to. The only company that tends to get carte blanche on most things is Sony.

With that knowledge, asking for Nintendo to place their coverage in the hands of the press is suicide, as usual. The press is more than ready to butcher the scapegoat (in this case Nintendo).

So as much as I agree that hiding from the press is in general a bad thing because it limits exposure, I think in Nintendo's case it's a necessary sacrifice.

In the end, they'll have to shine through by their games. And luckily Nintendo is more than able to do that. Whether they do it or not is a different story.

I disagree, MS are called out on their fuck ups but get praise and coverage when it's due. Dead Rising was everywhere for instance.