Wait what?
The quote says sent out during the expo. I thought that implied they were referencing tweets during that and not all tweets on twitter
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Nintendo dominates Twitter conversation. (47% of all tweets during E3 week.)
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Wait what?
The quote says sent out during the expo. I thought that implied they were referencing tweets during that and not all tweets on twitter
Three out of four announced Hyrule Warriors characters are female and supposedly more than half the final roster will be female. Half the characters shown for Splatoon were female and the trailer and artworks focus on the orange female Inkling. Of three newly revealed Smash characters, one is male, one is female and one is gender neutral. Bayonetta is obviously female, Xenoblade X lets you chose between a male and a female protagonist, and at least in multiplayer, even Devil's Third lets you play as a female character (unexpectedly not dressed in a bikini).
Isn't that what it's all about though? It's cool to get some good hype, but if that doesn't translate into sales then who really cares? Anyways, good for Nintendo. They had a really good E3 and I think I'm finally buying a Wii U (so they got me at least!).
They're talking about all tweets regarding the big 3 companies during the week of E3. It was worded badly but based off the data they gave, that's what I'm assuming they meant.
Nintendo = 47%
Sony = 28%
Microsoft = 24%
N+S+M = 100%
Wow. The really nailed their presence this year. The constant stream with sporadic announcements after the main showing was really smart. Hoping this translates into more demand by Xmas but I don't know how realistic that is. Do they have any big Wii U releases during the shopping season besides Smash? (Smash is great I just don't know if alone it'll move many systems. I think Mario Kart is probably the bigger franchise. Swapping release dates seems it would have been wise.)
-Pyromaniac-
Member
My expert analysis from my observations on this earth is that Nintendo fans like to talk. Like when there's a single rumour on a nintendo game with almost no information and somehow it becomes a 250 page thread here.
Shyakugaun
Banned
#dattebayo
Inferring that Naruto is for kids lol, anyway you took my post out of context
E3 is first and foremost a marketing event, so yes, "winning" E3 means getting the most (good) publicity out of it.
If you haven't clicked "change", its still tailored to you and not worldwide.
It's just that they dominate twitter, nothing more.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Sshh... No bad news. Only dreams.
Chie Satonaka
Member
There was something like a 100 page thread here on "Xbox One 3rd Party exclusive at E3" or whatever where people were just endlesly speculating.
Video game fans like to talk.
JB-the-Hunter
Member
Nintendo's "victory" was defined last week when E3 was officially over. This thread isn't about that. It's about how well Nintendo's strategy worked this year.
MrSaturn99
Member
Pretty much how I feel. After last year, I was initially scared when they announced they'd be going with yet another digital event, but now I can't wait to see where they'll take it next.
Nintendo did a really good job with their online/social media presence during E3. They successfully brought the E3 experience to people who weren't actually at E3. It's no wonder that they were trending high during E3. There's so much resentment in this thread just because Nintendo did something that actually worked.
I imagine most fans like to talk about what their fans of. A lot of fans I know have been talking. A lot of people I know who have not been fans of Nintendo in the last decade have been talking as well. Overall, Nintendo has been something to talk about.
I don't think anyone mentioned anything about victory.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
The "war" is one fought at retail, so until those numbers impress, no, they haven't "won" a damn thing.
They had a great E3 showing though. Great stuff on the way.
Wasn't Pacman made by American company Midway?
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
They won a ton of good will. And that is good for the company... Dunno if in this case translates to sales as twitter is a pretty flawed barometer.
Some pointless social media tracker GameTrailers uses and promotes
Die Squirrel Die
Member
But marketing isn't a goal in and of itself, marketing is there to drive sales, it's how you measure whether marketing has been successful or not. Trying to divorce a marketing discussion from a sales discussion is incredibly odd.
Well it's better than no publicity, before E3 I bet the majority of non-gamers didn't know exactly what a Wii U was.
It is isn't it?
It is isn't it?
linko9
Member
No. Made by Namco, Midway just licensed it for an American arcade release.
I'd argue that not a lack of power or games or 3rd party support is what holds Wii U back, the problems are public perception and bad publicity. This E3 certainly helped in that regard. Will it help sales? Almost certainly. To what extent remains to be seen, but a lot of people are finally talking positively about the damn thing, and that certainly helps.
I totally agree with the first part so I don't exactly understand the second half of your post. Of course it has to drive sales. And I'm sure it does, but we'll see how effective it will be in the long run. Right now, we only have anecdotal evidence, like the system being sold out in many Target stores and NoA apparently selling out of the unsold stock they sell as refurbished units - things are certainly looking a bit brighter than they did a month ago.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I tweeted tons about Nintendo during E3, so I'm taking part of the credit. 
Go check out IGN and GameSpot's "Best of E3" lists and get back to me.
You mean the sites that are becoming increasingly more irrelevant in this new age of social media?
StreetsAhead
Member
From release (and even prior) there has been a lot of negative press around the system both well deserved and some less so, but going into this E3 the biggest challenge Nintendo faced in terms of gamer perception was that they might abandon software development for the system and move on to QOL or something else and I think the one benefit this E3 had was showing that there is, at least until the end of 2015, a (relatively) steady stream of games in the pipeline.
I also think they did a good job of showing types of software not available on the 3DS. People argue that they only excited the 'hardcore' fans, but looking at 3DS hardware sales there are potentially still plenty of 'fans' to still convince to jump in with the Wii U and an excited core can have a ripple effect out.
Zelda won IGN's announcement of the show at least (neither Splatoon nor Bloodborne made the top 5): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOeE8rZhu4Y
But yeah, what Riki said...
Totally agreed. Promising ongoing support in light of all the doom and gloom "Nintendo should drop the Wii U and start over" talk was very important.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Nintendo stay Winning
On Twitter at least, it seems Microsoft and Sony are well ahead of Nintendo when it comes to "vocal minorities". Both appear to have less but more influential channels.
Inferring that Naruto is for kids lol, anyway you took my post out of context
Shounen tends to be targeted towards kids, yes.
There was a recent GameFAQs poll (lol) that also pointed at Nintendo's conference being the most well-received and Microsoft's being the least.
That number seems pretty ridiculous though.
"They aren't toys, Mom, they're action figures."
That number seems pretty ridiculous though.
"They aren't toys, Mom, they're action figures."
ErrorMacro
Member
Yeah, me too. But I'm not too hopeful.
If only they managed to get this good word of mouth two years ago...
Indicator of whether this means anything at all
Well, (male) teenagers. I believe there's a specific term for anime and manga aimed at kids.