I don't see an advantage if you've got the goods. Disney doesn't make games that hard core gamers care about and EA has become Satan. Nintendo pulled out at the time, imo, because they couldn't compete and wanted to save face. I'm hoping the new president has a change of mind and decides to take Sony and Microsoft head on again.

That is some amazing spin.  I'm rather in awe.

I mean comparing Nintendo's situation to developers who will have their games displayed during the Sony and Microsoft presentations?  Does that really make much sense?

Not really. I mean, they aren't reinforcing their presence in other conferences or doing amazing Nintendo Directs.

You're not thinking about this clearly.  Instead of live presentations, they can show puppets or executives playing with toys.  Perhaps even hard-hitting segements about how games are inspired by trees or cats.

THIS is what I call ahead of the curve:

The issue I have with conferences like Sony's and Microsoft's is the length. Sure, there's a lot to talk about, but usually, the "meh" or dull moments usually take longer than the more hype moments. I was impressed by what Sony showed last year, but they still had moments where I was like "...okay...." Like I don't need to hear the next Madden or something when we kinda expect them to be mostly the same, with a few tweaks. Though the moments of awkward claps can be a bit hilarious because even I wouldn't know how to react to certain announcements that have that kind of reception.

Plus, we're in an age where the Internet is huge and almost everyone has access to it. Nintendo's directs or digital events are effective because that's were most of the audience is going to watch nowadays. Sure, they can spend a little more money to create a big press conference and have a live reception, but if that's what they want, that's what they want. Of course the main issue is the potential lag, but even then, live streamed conferences can also potentially lag.

What does Nintendo's "situation" even mean?

Relative to Activision, EA, and other multi-platform software manufacturers?  That they make their own hardware and thus will probably not have their games displayed at the presentations of other hardware manufacturers?

K just asking, so why does it matter if they show up at e3 or not?

But they did compete. Nintendo unquestionably won E3 2014 without that conference. They didn't do it to save face. They did it because it was a smart and superior move. They still get the same press and the same attention without a conference. They most definitely are still taking Sony and Microsoft head on, just with a more effecient presentation. They need to copy Nintendo's format, not the other way around.

EA is having another conference.