yeah since when have they done anything special at E3?  I think 3DS' debut generated some good buzz but that wasn't E3 was it?  Both the WiiU ones they were criticized for.

I am a Nintendo fan too but I think they made some wrong decisions.

I admit any fool can say that in hindsight and my thinking is indeed based on hindsight.

I honestly wanted the console to be more powerful and thought it would be. The wii did well because of the innovative control which outweighed it's weak processing capabilities.
I don't think wii u going to do that this time around.

I understand (or think I do) that Nintendo want to concentrate on the fun aspects of gaming. You can have fun games without a powerful console and this is true.

MS and Sony seem to aim for more realism in games. Meaning they want their games to look, feel and act as real as possible (within the confines of cost and technology). This equates to the need for more processing power. Developers it seems too want to develop games that look and feel more real. Nintendo seem unable to grasp this concept these days.

It simply comes down to what the consumers ( and to a larger degree the gamers within those consumers ) want.
I have no evidence to support my theory but I am beginning to suspect that right now most of those consumers want raw power and more beautiful and realistic games. In other words a true generation gap that the wii u has so far fail to produce.

By releasing the console early Nintendo has also given MS and Sony a chance to see and gather info on the public's reaction to the wii u. It may be not a lot of time but enough for them to react in a small way should they need to.

I hope the wii u sells well and there is a big enough niche market for it, based on Nintendo games. As for third party support it is looking it might be heading the same way as the wii, plenty of promises to support but little action.

no.. maybe you are talking about  [ SONY make.believe ]

Think you're bummed now? Wait for the new consoles to launch with all the third parties.

I watched, and  it was a big failure for nintendo. Did you forget NINTENDOLAND! Puny fireworks and people in audience, still sitting, waiting for something to happen. But nope, that is all folks.

Failed as always Big N.

Also, last E3 win Ubisoft, without even one question.

Discounting Ubisoft, then last year. But that's only because the other presentations were terribly terrible (I can't even remember the MS one and the Sony one was all Wonderbook). Sure Nintendo spent too long on NintendoLand and Batman, but they got the message across with everything else. Mostly.

Of course, if you gonna eleminate everybody besides Nintendo, they always gonna win big.

Ugh... Fanboys and theirs logic.

Im sure if this was 2007 maybe, but Sony was able to reverse coure by strengthing their first party lineup, brought down their console price and grabbed a majority of 3rd party support.  One of those actions is a guaranteed event not to happen with the Wii U.

Quite frankly I don't ever remember Nintendo being present at E3 this gen other than WiiU and 3DS announcements