setsunatenshi said:
Ouroboros24 said:
I get it, I really do. Some gamers treat E3 like Christmas and they prefer their Christmas gift under a tree(the tree being E3...a pun, get it?) We still get a gift, but some gamers want there to be the whole enchilada. You know what I'm talking about, the tinsels, the lights, the angel or star above the tree, the fake foam snow that causes them to be nauseous. I do understand. But please, understand as well that you still get the gift of E3 with reveals, with the shocking new announcements, if you're actually there you'll get to experience the games, the Reggie, the Miyamoto, the trailers, the everything you want from an E3 except for the giant stage.
I just think some people are hypnotized by the grandeur of it all. You know how some people can't do without the facepaint at a Super Bowl. I mean, what is really taken out of the Event except for maybe the live reactions, the quiet resonance of an unimpressed audience, the technical difficulties, and most of all the gooey awkward cheesy, stinky cheesyness of participants on the stage.
People are made to believe that what makes an E3 event, not just a stage event, good is a stage presence. No, that is the icing of the event. I try to be a purest and take E3 for what it is, a sharing of new content for the future, a day when companies share what they have in store.
Some of you think that this is a red flag that says Nintendo is not one of the big boys anymore. What? Okay, to be fair, I understand that giving a conference is the norm, but that's just it, its the norm. To take this as Nintendo's bow out to the event as waving a white flag is just pure speculation that does nobody any good. When there is hate for this, it's the norm being bent to a different model. There are a lot of you that see it this way, but it's not hurtful to you or the industry, its simply another way to do it minus all that cheese. Nintendo this gets its message out there and I doubt Nintendo is not going to have a booth at E3. What the hell is everyone bitching about? |
when you try to sell a product to a mass market, perceptions are everything. Making a big spectacle in the biggest day in gaming can be the difference between being talked about and being ignored.
If Nintendo is happy selling to the fans that already got their console, great. If their intention is to grow the userbase... this is a terrible move.
They can't determine how things are done anymore, they have to meet the expectations that both Sony and MS are constantly adhering to (in this case a show of strength in a big E3 spectacle)
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There's nothing to suggest that the E3 conference last year had any impact on sales. If you look at the year by year Wii U sales, they are very close to one another.
March 2, 2013 = 29,560
March 1, 2014 = 42,435
March 16, 2013 = 28,115
March 15, 2014 = 36,817
March 30, 2013 = 65,326
March 29, 2014 = 40,771
The prior year to 2013, they did have an E3 event. Prior to that years release, no one knew for certain, how the Wii U was going to do. Speculations were made, but nothing really substantial that harken the Wii U's slow pace. And here we are 2014, and the Wii U is still going at or close to the rate it was going last year.
Now, I have to point out that year the coverage for PS4, Xbox One, and Wii U have been pretty much as the coverage they have gotten in previous years. There's really no scale, but from an eyeball perspective, I can say that I've seen the same amount of coverage with any of the 3 getting more or less coverage due to act of god. That's what I saw. If anyone else could see where Nintendo was being treated like the ugly step daughter, please point that out, I would certainly like to read it.
And yes, it is important to have an image out there, it does. But that image of Nintendo has been the same image they've had since they first spit out a Mario game. Infact, I can argue that they are starting to build a more open character image now since then. For instance, Mega64 helping Nintendo reveal their E3 plans. Never in a million years did I think they would reach out to the gaming community like that. It was both funny and smart a move. "Forget about it, I'm going home." -Reggie. For them to work with Mega64, a Youtube channel that openly mocks Nintendo on many occasions of their videos, that's like Sonic in a Mario game. Not to mention the Mario Kart 8 Direct with some of the jokes actually being funny, yeah, that's what their E3 video should have. So, I think that this is good for them.
The problem with Nintendo has always been the same. If the original Wii won them their dominance during that era, is because of the novelty and sheer originality of the wiimotes catering to both core and casual gamers. Prior to that, Nintendo competed with Sony and Microsoft through games alone, and they are doing the same thing now with their games. Without that quote unquote gimmick, they have the same people buying Nintendo consoles as they had before with the Gamecube and prior. So yes, Nintendo has a problem, but it's not an on stage solution. Yes, Nintendo does need to change their image, but not necessarily is the answer to build a stage on E3. It will garner the same Yahoo article, or Vgchartz article, or Gametrailers article, or Forbes article, or gamespot article, or god even local news more or less. Did anyone see the local news anyways? My local news only said they're were new games and xbox and sony and nintendo were there. No real game journalism. But that's my point, news will cover it all. And, when was the last time any broadcasting news not associated with Videogames ever, ever, i mean everrrrr, mention who won E3? Local news or even National news never have a round robin disccussion about who won E3? That's right, it's always been the same game sites that do it. Don't be hypenotized by them. Make up your own choices. For instance, I say I'd rather have a PS4 and a Wii U. haha
