Should Multiplats At E3 Conferences Be Consider A Good Thing Or Bad Thing?

[Pristine20]

RolStoppable said:

Pristine20 said:

Picture this situation: I'm a gamer who really likes his COD (spend 75% of my gametime on it) and Mass effect but have an interest in Mario, Zelda and Smash from childhood fondness. I only have money for one console. Won't the Wii U make the most sense to me since it has my primary game which is multiplat along with other games I'm interested in?

Matter of fact, most people I know are like this  not necessarily interested in exclusives. My former roommate is a more casual gamer who owns a 360 and every single game he owns  is multiplat. His favorite series is Assasin's Creed, a multiplat series. Never asked him why he bought a 360 in particular but it seems like he just got it originally because it was cheaper.

No, the Wii U won't make the most sense in that particular case (which hardly qualifies for being a common scenario), because Activision has made it a habit to not confirm the existence of CoD on a Nintendo console until after E3, so CoD will not show up in a Nintendo presentation at E3 even if Nintendo wanted to show it.

I did not say the scenario was common. It's hypothetical. However, note that this situation is only "uncommon" because of nintendo's approach with the Wii. Most COD fanatics now know ninty's system is not the right place to go.

I could repeat the same example by skipping 2 gens back. Imagine a gamer looking to choose between PS2/xbox/Gc after the Dreamcast expired. The person really loves Soul Blade/Soul Calibur on dreamcast and wants to play the sequel. He also likes nintendo's traditional offerings from owning a SNES in the past. Do you see how said individual would lean towards a GC in that gen if ninty advertised SCII with link? I don't see how this is so hard to understand especially when you're talking about just the PS4/XB1.

For M$ and Sony, confirming the presence of multiplats is very important. It's pretty hard to dispute that. I for one was just glad to new gameplay for many multiplats but many on this site just seem to only be interested in console war ammunition.