No Nintendo E3 conference

http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/24/4263810/no-nintendo-e3-press-conference

There'll be some smaller press gatherings and software booths at e3 proper though.

>:/ Not good.

Nothing lost. Nintendo Direct gives us all the hype we need once a month instead of once a year. Big E3 shows are just redundant for Nintendo now.

Well that's a downer..i may not be a complete nintendo fan but i always liked to watch the conferences. But with the nintendo directs they already have a better way of doing these presentations anyway. Lets just hope this isn't the sign of bad things to come from this years E3.

Edit: Now that we have brought up E3 should i make a new thread for it or do you want to make this THE E3 thread (i know only 4 people have posted but just saying)

edited 24th Apr '13 8:35:16 PM by TwilightFalchion

Finally. Nintendo Directs are the right course of action.

I'll just say that holding all your cards for one big trade show is a marketing strategy that has fallen out of favor in a lot of places around the tech industry. Notice too how Sony and Microsoft are doing their first console unveiling at private events well in advance of E3 this year, where it used to be The Big Reason to go to E3 during prior console cycles.

Nintendo has evolved beyond the confines of E3. It comes to you directly from the source. It is now self aware.

So Nintendo is sentient now. Soon, all our brains will be wired to Miiverse.

E3 was actually supposed to have scaled down years ago, but then it went back to being a big deal again.

Nintendo, whilst not having the best announcements or games, always have the best showmanship to me, as Sony and especially Microsoft become some stuffy CEO/Boardroom Social Media snoozefest. So I'm sad.

E3 is a fun thing and I'm sorry if it goes. Having the immediate contrast between the shows is interesting.

Nintendo's 3DS reveal was fun. Oh well.

edited 24th Apr '13 8:40:46 PM by Thorn14

Their what now?

YOU SAW NOTHING.

OK.

Waitwhat? Sony did something with the 3DS?

Aw.

edited 24th Apr '13 8:43:23 PM by Sabbo

He just made a goof.

Aww, that's one less contender for most embarrassing conference.

But I can see why they're doing that.

Konami might decide to come back and do a live event this year, so you never know.

edited 24th Apr '13 8:48:33 PM by edvedd

They'll never top that one conference.

Never.

Hasn't E3 already lost its relevance?

People say that all the time, yet it still keeps its relevance.

Nintendo just found a way to deliver information on a low budget that still gets the job done. And monthly instead of yearly.

It's for the best. Nintendo didn't really "fit" at E3 anymore.

The Wii U has been an utter disaster.

And don't act like this is nothing important. The Tokyo Game Show is the conference that has become irrelevant, not E3.

I, on the other hand, am going to EA, Sony and Microsoft's keynotes. I won't have to bring a pillow to Nintendo's conference like I have the past few years.

lol like anyone cares about your editorializing, JF.

Because Nintendo clearly dont know what theyre doing. Its not like the Wii U will pick up momentum once its library starts to grow or anything. I'll bet it'll be as much of a failure as its predecessor and the 3DS. e_e

> EA

Pfft!