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Lonely_Dolphin on 13 March 2020
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Jumpin said:

A think a General Direct is possible after Animal Crossing, but I don’t think it’s necessary if their next big product is Xenoblade Chronicles DE for early to mid Spring. In that case, their next Direct should focus on that.

Also, a Nindies.

As I have said before, I don’t feel that Nintendo should do more than 1-2 general Directs per year, similar to how they used to do only 1-2 big shows a year: at E3 they would focus on long term plans, ans Spaceworld or TGS they would push their holiday lineup (holiday season goes a bit longer in Japan, so we’d get some Winter games in there too, or games still a while out from localization).

I still don’t think tipping their hand for future updates multiple times a year is going to benefit them in any way since focus will be constantly on future products and not upcoming ones. It’s complete BS that games need 1+ to years of hype. It’s only when sales are poor that future titles need be revealed frequently to make it look like the upcoming lineup is bulkier than it is: it’s an exercise in hotshotting. A once a year look into the future, especially in the dead of late spring, is IMO the only time in the year a healthy company should be tipping their hand for the future. Once the late summer/autumn roles around, their focus should be on actual products they intend to sell in the short term. They shouldn’t distract from that focus.

A game specific direct for a remake? If they do that, they really must not have anything else. Dx

Now I know you don't like to give straight answers to simple questions, but I'll attempt to ask some anyway:

Why would 1-2 general directs per year be fine to you but suddenly 3-4 like Nintendo usually does is bad and distracting? Seems pretty arbitrary and ignorant of the fact that Nintendo has had great success while doing this.

They've also already been putting majority focus on the next in line product as well as announcing things releasing within a year for the most part, though yes there are exceptions, but that's fine. You'd really rather they didn't announce BotW2 and Prime 4, why? How has doing so hurt them? I'd say it's only helped. It's good to have things to look forward to, people will be more excited and confident in buying the system now.

Really what matters is not how many directs they have but how many games they actually have. Whether they do 1-2 directs or 3-4, if they don't have games they'll be in the shit, if they have a lot of games they'll be good to go.