Excellent post. It certainly occurred to me that some people might have flawed expectations about what would be shown at E3.
After all, despite showing off MP3 and SMG last E3, Nintendo's biggest announcement was Wii Fit. That's not because MP3 and SMG weren't important and high-quality games, but because Nintendo wanted to grab mainstream press attention for Wii Fit at one of the few times when the mainstream press is actually looking at games.
When the mainstream is watching, you don't want to show them anime characters in silly outfits and ridiculously overmuscled space marines gutting aliens. You want to show them stuff like Wii Fit and Lips.
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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