Nintendo not hosting big E3 conference

[Eerpow]

There's just no way to argue it won't increase sales, though. If you want to argue that it won't increase them enough to be worth it, then fine. But to say it doesn't affect sales in the least is absurd, imo.

In the least, well no, but I don't think it creates that much more awareness once the games are about to release only because they were featured in their E3 presentation, it depends more on how much attention Nintendo will give those games through advertisement and how much they make media focus on them with reviews etc.
There will be reviews, articles, ad campaigns and that sort of stuff. For their first party releases they have nothing to worry about. Now if we're talking 3rd party wise the situation is different, even with already announced games it's crucial that they show their games at events because unlike Nintendo they can't pull off that sort of mass advertisement.

 

[mightymuffy]

I work at a game shop, and the vast majority of customers I mentioned it to hadn't heard of Zelda 3DS before I mentioned it.

Nobody that doesn't know about 3DS Zelda yet NEEDS to know about it... it's a good 6 months off after all. The Ninty fans that're big enough to be interested in a game that's over 6 months off probably all know about it by now - lesser fans will be more "so what, it's a good 6 months off!"
A big e3 show won't change this either, like has been said Sony's showing off the PS4, M$ showing off whatever that's gonna be called: even a new Zelda on 3DS will pass the less 'core' gamers by this time round... What Nintendo needs to do with 3DS Zelda is keep dribbling in a bit of info for the fans (which we'll get from e3 as well as the upcoming Directs), then advertise the shit out of it a few weeks before release! Something that'll work far better than blowing a few million bucks on another horrific presentation, against bigger news, and again with the title being months away. Ninty's doing the right thing here as far as I can see...

 

[Eerpow]

Exactly, Nintendo wouldn't have the attention from other gamers and "non gamers" because of what both MS and Sony are cooking up this year, not having new hardware to show means that they're only relevant to those interested in Nintendo games this year. Fans know about Zelda 3DS and the rest have 6 months to get informed. Nintendo has more than enough power to spread the news.

 

[ElYubiYubi]

This is the Article that a Nintendo/Wii U website posted today Why E3 2013 is the most important for Nintendo ever

 

[Eerpow]

This is the Article that a Nintendo/Wii U website posted today Why E3 2013 is the most important for Nintendo ever

If you read the article and you'll see that they expect their E3 to be one of their best yet because of the possible amount of games they'll show. This doesn't have anything to with their new setup, if having a longer on-stage presentation is important or not. What's important according to the article is what games they'll announce, same thing I've been saying all along. The new setup isn't what's important, it's the games. The article doesn't in any way support your so far lacking argument.

 

[ElYubiYubi]

"Nintendo has confirmed that they’ll be showcasing a bunch of Wii U games at E3, which is a good starting point. But the Wii U needs more than games to turn things around."
And I never said this was supporting my point. Is the fact that even Nintendo/Wii U sites know that both Nintendo and the Wii U will have a really difficult year. And that both are in serous trouble.

 

[ElYubiYubi]

If you read the article and you'll see that they expect their E3 to be one of their best yet because of the possible amount of games they'll show. This doesn't have anything to with their new setup, if having a longer on-stage presentation is important or not. What's important according to the article is what games they'll announce, same thing I've been saying all along. The new setup isn't what's important, it's the games. The article doesn't in any way support your so far lacking argument.

Why no E3 press conference is a catastrophe for Nintendo

 

[pokefloote]

I can write an article with a bunch of trigger words too to get reactions out of people. It doesn't mean anything.

 

[ElYubiYubi]

The website's called WiiUDaily

 

[MTSoph14]

That doesn't mean shit

 

[ElYubiYubi]

It means that even Nintendo Fans know that Nintendo is in trouble

 

[FAST6191]

It means that even Nintendo Fans know that Nintendo is in trouble

You register a site with a new console name, you throw up a wordpress site (partially hosted on wordpress no less, the theme is not bad but I am afraid I do not know my wordpress themes well enough these days to call stock or notedit- that looks like a marginally tweaked montezuma), you throw on an iffy advert network (though there are worse than skimlinks) and pull a few friends in to write articles partially rewrite what they saw on [insert one of 10 popular gaming sites or more likely an RSS feed with the added bonus of not even giving sources].... none of that is Nintendo fan as much as "could make a tiny bit of money or maybe a lot running a blog" or "could twist this into one day writing for machinima". Mind you none of this is inherently wrong (though as pokefloote intimated one of the lesser tactics is drama creation) but reading anything into it is a tricky game at best.