| Megiddo said: I thought it was sarcastic? I mean, E3 is even more important now for developers/publishers than it was a decade ago. |
E3 has become more important. However, for Nintendo, it's still one of many presentations they plan for, in terms of planning announcements and all. As we have even before the Switch launched, Nintendo has not shown even most of their load for the respective year (or beyond) at E3 besides a couple of exceptions (i.e., Metroid Prime 4 and Pokemon 2019). Heck, their 2017 Showcase was only 25 minutes and that seemed to have garnered a more positive reception. And whether we liked them or not, the E3 backlash (especially this year's presentation) hasn't fazed Nintendo and forced them to change their approach, especially since the Switch hasn't shown signs of significant decline in sales or momentum. In the following general directs post-E3 for the last two years, they have shown Animal Crossing 2019, various Final Fantasy games, DOOM 2016, Wolfenstein II, Nintendo Switch Online, Luigi's Mansion 3, Town, demo for Octopath Traveler, Arcade Archives, Capcom Beat 'Em Ups, etc. Nintendo, apparently, will not change their method of announcing games, for now.
Even Sony did the same thing last year, in a sense. They had E3, Paris, Tokyo Games Show, and their own PlayStation Experience. Though the PlayStation Experience, weirdly, apparently didn't show much last year.
