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Otter on 17 January 2025
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IcaroRibeiro said:
Otter said:

I don't think its much about having unrealistic expectations but just questioning the value of such a stand alone trailer when they could obviously do a way more exciting reveal and still left plenty for a bigger event. That in itself is fair observation regardless of what was expected of Nintendo. It's just calling a spade a spade. 

We also don't know the behind the scenes are either, so I wouldn't defend this route as if we know it was always Nintendo's intention and optimal version of events. For sure though, none of this matters in the long run in terms of a successful launch, so its just a matter of discussing preference.



https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3lfuemordqc23

Doubt it. If they want third parties to announce their games they would have prepared a joined showcase. More likely than not, the first wave of third parties would be ports, but regardless a 1 hour length presentation with dozen of third party ports new to Nintendo's would immeditely demonstrate there will be many new games to play

Schrieier is arguably the most reputable source in the industry, so I'm inclined to believe him. I do wonder whether Nintendo is a bit behind with their own games/trailers and thus didn't want hold third parties hostage...

But also if most Switch 2 support initially is late ports, thats not really showcase worthy so also a reason why they would want to give them room to just drop announcements gradually over the weeks versus having 30 late ports all competing for headlines at the same time.