You really should listen to me a bit more on this.
I mean, granted, it's just my opinion... but of course gaming press is going to be negative about it, because they are being cut out of the conversation. When you start promoting and talking through 'owned channels,' then you get the traffic. You're basically taking traffic away from press outlets, and letting consumers participate without their lens.
The press hasn't been kind to them for awhile, so this let's the main messaging get out to potential purchases through Nintendo's rose-tinted view. The sad part is, it works, but it mostly has to happen because of the vitriol the media is giving them in the first place. It's a cycle, just look at all the negativity today in what should be a big win for 'core fans,' since they are actively being called to take part in experiencing something that was typically reserved for elite access press.
Or maybe it's the fact that even regular press such as Forbes knows this is a bad idea. Nintendo isn't in the position to opt-out on another conference. I've said this before, but conferences generate hype. Nintendo needs as much attention and "hype" from conferences/press/more in order to stay in relevancy.
Nintendo is releasing big-sellers this year and needs as much consumer attention as possible for them to sell well. IMO, Smash Bros. and MK won't even be highly known as their predecessors were, especially when we're looking at a time where the target market consists mainly of those who have yet to even attain a console, (assuming you believe Smash Bros and Mario Kart appeal to the "blue ocean" like most people do.) Nintendo needs to be working double-time on marketing the console and games
now as consumers don't even know that any of these products are coming out yet. Online conferences
will not do anything for Nintendo.
I would like to throw out marketing terms like "prescence" and "awareness" and state that games won't sell their full potential,
, without advertising like this, though I know most people will go and call bullocks on it as it is "ignoring the power of these franchises" but I just don't think so.
I've been a fan for Nintendo ever since my first console/handheld, and I don't have the "rose-tinted glasses" to see that Nintendo is going into irrelevancy in ways that other companies would have already went under by now. I simply don't think the press is thinking "oh I'm not a part of this so I hate Nintendo" as they can/definitely will simply report what is online, however I think they see the situation as I do, Nintendo needs to shape-up if they want to perform at their fullest potential.
Edit: People on here are delusional. Press conferences and first impressions mean
everything. Microsoft's policies and showings on stage of the initial Xbox One has had lingering effects to this day. There are people that honestly believe that the X1 is mainly about TV and TV-Games, save for a few franchises like CoD and Halo.
