Nintendo event at Gamestop expo...NX conspiracy??????????????

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teigaga on 12 September 2016

This would literally be the cheapest reveal of all time. I mean if its a private reveal, I guess that makes sense...

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JWeinCom on 12 September 2016

Soundwave said:

I have some doubts too that Nintendo would unveil a system at a retailer specific event. I would not be happy if I was Best Buy or Toys R' Us or whatever. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense. But hey I'll be happy to be proven wrong since waiting on this thing has been a giant pain in the ass.

I worked at Best Buy in the gaming department for about 5 years *shudder*. Based on what I know, I seriously doubt they would care about this.

If a product is going to be successful, Best Buy wants to be the one to sell it to you, period. They've had no issue with retailers having specific DLC deals, or special edition hardware. special skylanders, or anything like that. It's part of business, and getting spiteful about it accomplishes nothing.

Case in point, Amazon Kindle. Amazon is Best Buy's number one competitor, and one of the reasons they had been struggling with customer retention and profits. But, that didn't stop them from carrying or promoting the Kindle, Kindle Fire, and so on. Wherever the NX is announced, Best Buy will have their employees pushing preorders.

And honestly, Gamestop's market dominance is such that it would be worth it, even if it would piss off every other retailer. The only retailer that has nearly as much clout is Amazon, and Nintendo already has some kind of issue with them anyway.

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onionberry on 12 September 2016

Game_God said:
Nothing is gonna happen, 1 retailer event! It's in 2 days & Nintendo haven't said a word, even minor Directs are announced @ least a few days before... get hyped if you want, you'll get nothing out of it, maybe the annoucement of the NX announcement but nothing more. Kevin is just hyping the event he is hosting. He makes money out of it & wants maximum attention, so he can get more $$, doesn't care if some gullible gamers behind their screen get cranky...

"the annoucement of the NX announcement" is more than enough :)

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Soundwave on 12 September 2016

The word is there's a Direct coming for tomorrow, so perhaps this event just ties into that rather than being the actual reveal itself.

We'll find out soon enough I guess.

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FunFan on 12 September 2016

Soundwave said:
A Direct is supposed to be announced today according to another set of rumors for Sept. 13th. It's still early morning in Japan (like before 5 AM). I suspect if this is true, we'll get word of a Direct in 5-7 hours.

Also, in the last direct they made it clear that there wouldn't be NX news. So I expect the same this time if the NX is not gonna be revealed.

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