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Bad signs for the lack of ND?

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cannonballZ on 07 February 2014

Love the poll.



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Jumpin on 07 February 2014

There was a Nintendo Direct on January 17th. It's in Korean though.



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hsrob on 07 February 2014
sundin13 said:
gergroy said:
EricFabian said:
sabastian said:
I guess Nintendo finally realized that these directs do not work.
Sales are still low, Most of the directs lately have been blah and with the company's last big bit of info bombing, maybe its really a good thing to end them.


No lol. ND is the best way to communicate with their fanbase. 


really?  the best way?  I bet if I went up to and asked 20 wii u or 3ds owners what a nintendo direct is, maybe one of them would know and the rest wouldn't.  Nintendo would probably have better luck using more traditional game media, but nintendo has never liked releasing any kind of control of their message.  Which is part of the problem with nintendo.  They are way too controlling with information.  

Nintendo directs cost Nintendo virtually nothing and get virtually all of the game press talking. I'd say thats pretty good bang for their buck. Even if someone doesn't watch the direct, if they frequent any game sites, they will know what is going on. Nintendo directs do their job quite well.

@Topic: No, its not a bad sign. We just had a decently big ND not too long ago, and those don't come every month...usually they are just updates with trailers. We will likely have one before DK releases...

@ gergroy I think that is overstating it by large margin considering Nintendo Directs are placed front and centre in the E-Shop for the days following the Directs and the majority of Wii U and 3DSs are connected.  These people may not be watching the Nintendo Directs live but it's very likely that they watch some, if not all, of the presentation in the following days.

Directs are an excellent way of getting messages directly to your current user base without interference, they are not necessarily great for getting messages to people who don't visit gaming sites. As was pointed out above though, they cost Nintendo almost nothing so are probably well worth the time and effort.



Lyrikalstylez on 07 February 2014

They have nothing to show....



Metrium on 07 February 2014
gergroy said:
EricFabian said:
sabastian said:
I guess Nintendo finally realized that these directs do not work.
Sales are still low, Most of the directs lately have been blah and with the company's last big bit of info bombing, maybe its really a good thing to end them.


No lol. ND is the best way to communicate with their fanbase. 


really?  the best way?  I bet if I went up to and asked 20 wii u or 3ds owners what a nintendo direct is, maybe one of them would know and the rest wouldn't.  Nintendo would probably have better luck using more traditional game media, but nintendo has never liked releasing any kind of control of their message.  Which is part of the problem with nintendo.  They are way too controlling with information.  

What does other company do to get attention when they want to reveal a new game, release a new trailer or announce a launch date? They use websites like IGN right? Well I got news for you, after a ND, IGN ends up talking about what has been announced and post the trailers so that the ppl who are not watching can still learn what's going on. I know it sounds crazy, but if Nintendo announced the launch date of Smash tomorow at a ND, or revealed a new trailer, all of us including you will end up knowing about it cause ppl will talk about it on this forum, on IGN and other gaming blog, the same exact way ppl whould learn about any other game.

Back on topic. Nintendo needs to understand that the longer they take to give us this ND, the higher the expectation are going to be. I look at the future and I see nothing for both my 3DS and WiiU after DK. Only MK that does'nt even have a launch date, they need to launch Bayonetta between DK and MK or something else. Complete silence in front of this barren will only convince ppl to go somewhere else. Their's a limit on how long ppl are willing to wait on games with speculative launch date.



 

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Mystro-Sama on 07 February 2014
gergroy said:
EricFabian said:
sabastian said:
I guess Nintendo finally realized that these directs do not work.
Sales are still low, Most of the directs lately have been blah and with the company's last big bit of info bombing, maybe its really a good thing to end them.


No lol. ND is the best way to communicate with their fanbase. 


really?  the best way?  I bet if I went up to and asked 20 wii u or 3ds owners what a nintendo direct is, maybe one of them would know and the rest wouldn't.  Nintendo would probably have better luck using more traditional game media, but nintendo has never liked releasing any kind of control of their message.  Which is part of the problem with nintendo.  They are way too controlling with information.  

 

I doubt the Wii U/3ds install base follow gaming media and if they did then they'd know about NDs which is a part of the gaming media.



Nintentacle on 07 February 2014

They don't need to have monthly directs, you know.



Roma on 07 February 2014

before the directs we had nothing until some big events if that ever happened. now ask yourself was that a bad sign (as in they had nothing to show)?



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Nintentacle on 07 February 2014
Metrium said:
gergroy said:
EricFabian said:
sabastian said:
I guess Nintendo finally realized that these directs do not work.
Sales are still low, Most of the directs lately have been blah and with the company's last big bit of info bombing, maybe its really a good thing to end them.


No lol. ND is the best way to communicate with their fanbase. 


really?  the best way?  I bet if I went up to and asked 20 wii u or 3ds owners what a nintendo direct is, maybe one of them would know and the rest wouldn't.  Nintendo would probably have better luck using more traditional game media, but nintendo has never liked releasing any kind of control of their message.  Which is part of the problem with nintendo.  They are way too controlling with information.  

What does other company do to get attention when they want to reveal a new game, release a new trailer or announce a launch date? They use websites like IGN right? Well I got news for you, after a ND, IGN ends up talking about what has been announced and post the trailers so that the ppl who are not watching can still learn what's going on. I know it sounds crazy, but if Nintendo announced the launch date of Smash tomorow at a ND, or revealed a new trailer, all of us including you will end up knowing about it cause ppl will talk about it on this forum, on IGN and other gaming blog, the same exact way ppl whould learn about any other game.

Back on topic. Nintendo needs to understand that the longer they take to give us this ND, the higher the expectation are going to be. I look at the future and I see nothing for both my 3DS and WiiU after DK. Only MK that does'nt even have a launch date, they need to launch Bayonetta between DK and MK or something else. Complete silence in front of this barren will only convince ppl to go somewhere else. Their's a limit on how long ppl are willing to wait on games with speculative launch date.

A confirmed May release date is enough.



jigokutamago on 07 February 2014

They might follow their pattern in 2012 with a direct in February, a direct in April, a pre-E3 direct in June, and then an E3 press conference.