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Miyamotoo on 06 July 2018
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NightlyPoe said:
zorg1000 said:

E3 Direct is just a regular Direct for Nintendo, they dont treat it like a major event for huge announcements anymore, they show off stuff thats right around the corner with a few surprises mixed in just like any Direct.

Last year they had a Direct in September that revealed some new holiday titles, that could happen again this year.

Nintendo Switch's 2017 lineup was announced at the following times:

April 27, 2016 on Twitter:

1.  Zelda: Breath of the Wild

October 20, 2016 Switch Reveal Trailer:

2.  Mario Kart 8
3.  Mario Odyssey
4.  Splatoon 2 (though it looked like a port of the original at the time)

January 13, 2017 Switch Presentation:

5.  1-2 Switch
6.  Arms
7.  Xenoblade 2
8.  Fire Emblem Warriors

January 13, 2017 Nintendo Treehouse:

9.  Snipperclips

June 6, 2017 Pokemon Direct:

10. Pokken Tournament DX

June 12, 2017 Ubisoft E3 Conference:

11.  Mario + Rabbids

And that's it for the whole year.  Nintendo's whole Switch 2017 lineup was already announced before their E3 presentation.  Only 3rd party stuff was announced later in the year.

Games from Switch Reveal Trailer we're not announced in that time, not single one (including Skyrim and NBA) were not even confirmed until January presentation (except Zelda BotW off course).

Even its true that in January presentation show most of 1st/2nd party 2017. games, that was quite difrent because that was Switch reveal presentation so they showed more games not only game that will be out in next few months. But we saw that changing from December alredy when they announced Bayonetta 1/2 only 2 monts before launch, and almost rest of hole 1H 2018. Switch lineup was actually announced from January 2018.

 

 

fauzman said: 
Miyamotoo said: 

Focus was on 2018. games, point that they showed few 2019. dont change fact that 90% showed games are 2018. games. Second, Nintendo doesn't shows hole years lineup at E3, last E3 was same when they had some announcements after E3 for instance Doom.

 

Definitely has for Nintendo, they are focusing on games that will be out in near future, its not that hard to understand. And having multiple announcements through hole year definitely has much sense than save them all just for E3, especially when you have product that not mentioned only for core gamers.

Well i disagree. I dont see how spreading your games out is better and you have not explained how. I take your point about their games being marketed not just for hard-core gamers but how exactly does spreading announcements help in this regard. It seems to me thaat most people that will be paying attention to Nintendo's announcements OTHER than E3 will be pure Nintendo fans. 

Simple, focus is on games that will be out in near future not on games that will be out in 2-3 years, so they make much stronger short time hype and much stronger and focussed marketing in that way. Nintendo Direct announcements go through hole internet and hole gaming sites, people who miss those announcements probably miss Nintendo E3 Direct announcements also.

I dont say that strategy would be better for some other companies, but for Nintendo is clearly working and people need to accept that.