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[maquiladora]

Again....why on earth would Nintendo risk even just reducing the amount of exposure they can get from E3 at a time when they really need publicity to reach people who haven't bought a Wii U yet - not people who already know what Nintendo Direct etc is.

 

[jWILL253]

Not sure where the belief that E3 is irrelevant came from. Every other thread contains at least 20+ posts saying they can't wait for E3 . Now they are irrelevant, huh?

 

[KingSnake]

So people still prefer PR shows over games demos. Cool.

 

[odhiex]

what isn't encouraging news and why?

I want Nintendo give their very best on the bigger stage...

you can always do smaller announcements later... but not E3 man. I am in the other side of western world, and rarely followed news outside the NeoGAF and some other outlets.

E3 is just like a Christmas of gaming news to me, so why not put an extra bang for that event... especially when you'll get tough completions incoming. You don't runaway... I like when they always give their best shots, when they likely got punches from the opponents.

Nintendo didn't do something like this for the Wii, did they?? well, they were the market leader for the past generation of course LOL.

 

[ant1532]

Not sure where the belief that E3 is irrelevant came from. Every other thread contains at least 20+ posts saying they can't wait for E3 . Now they are irrelevant, huh?

no one is saying that. nintendo is going to be at E3
.

I want Nintendo give their very best on the bigger stage...

you can always do smaller announcements later... but not E3 man. I am in the other side of western world, and rarely followed news outside the NeoGAF and other outlets.

E3 is just like a Christmas of gaming news to me, so why not put an extra bang for that event... especially when you'll get tough completions incoming. You don't runaway... I like when they always give their best shots, when they likely got punches from the opponents.

Nintendo didn't do something like this for the Wii, did they?? well, they were the market leader for the past generation of course LOL.

they are not making "smaller" announcements. they are going to be just as big as you dreamed them to be last night, except they won't be on that stage, giving it their "very best"... lol. and the rest of you're post... is amazing.honestly, it sounds just mad. :lol

 

[Exterminieren]

Seems to me that Nintendo have got the exact same booth size as in previous years. Search for Nintendo of America, and both booths come up.

 

[Toski]

Out of interest, what games recently have you been bowled over by the spectacle enough for you to make a purchase?

There is a followup question to this, I'm just setting the scene.

None. I already said I only want a press conference due to preference.

 

[KingSnake]

Oh, I got it now. People want the console wars and declare a winner and losers. And I thought E3 is about games and passion and joy.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Not sure where the belief that E3 is irrelevant came from. Every other thread contains at least 20+ posts saying they can't wait for E3 . Now they are irrelevant, huh?

And every thread after E3 last year was about how shitty E3 was and how it was pathetic that Ubisoft had the best showing of E3. If there weren't new consoles releasing this year all people would be talking about is how low expectations are and how it can't be worse then last year.

Not to mention you're acting like the general public takes off work and watches these conferences live. They don't, these conferences are really relevant to US, people that spend large amounts of time looking for the latest video game news. It's not important to the vast majority of people that play video games if there is a live show, because they're at work during E3 and they just pick up the info later on news sites.

 

[Mr. RHC]

no one is saying that. nintendo is going to be at E3

no one is implying otherwise. nintendo is not going to have an E3 press conference.

And , well, in fact there are voices saying that they don't care for the press conferences or E3 in general.

 

[EDarkness]

Your "opinion" just seems rediculous because its the polar opposite to what nintendo is actually telling us. Do you think Microsoft isn't going to announce the new Xbox at their event may 21st too?

What exactly are they telling us?

 

[ant1532]

What exactly are they telling us?

Did you not see this? http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/130425/04.html

Also, I would like to use this opportunity to talk about this year’s E3.

In the past we invited reporters, investors and analysts, industry partners, such as software publishers, and distributors who attended E3 to our large-scale presentations. We also used them as a communication tool in which we broadcast our presentations on the Internet to reach out to video game fans around the globe. I believe that many are expecting us to host a similar event this year.
On the other hand, since we set out on new endeavors such as Nintendo Direct two years ago in October, we have been paying special attention to the fact that different people demand different types of information from us. For example, as video game fans are looking for information about games, it seems that they are less interested in sales figures that investors and analysts on the other hand attach much greater importance to, and distribution partners are looking for information on how we are going to market our products in the immediate future. At previous financial briefing sessions we announced information about our products, showed videos and even uploaded the recording of these events onto our website, but given that we now have an established method such as Nintendo Direct, we feel that we will be able to deliver our messages more appropriately and effectively by doing so individually based on the various needs of different groups of people.
At E3 this year, we are not planning to launch new hardware, and our main activity at E3 will be to announce and have people experience our software. Many people are certainly very interested in learning more about the Wii U titles that we are going to announce. We will use E3 as an ideal opportunity to talk in detail mainly about the Wii U titles that we are going to launch this year, and we also plan to make it possible for visitors to try the games immediately. As a brand new challenge, we are working to establish a new presentation style for E3.



First, we decided not to host a large-scale presentation targeted at everyone in the international audience where we announce new information as we did in the past.
Instead, at the E3 show this year, we are planning to host a few smaller events that are specifically focused on our software lineup for the U.S. market. There will be one closed event for American distributors, and we will hold another closed hands-on experience event, for mainly the Western gaming media. Also, I did not speak at last year’s presentation, and I am not planning to speak at these events at the E3 show this year either. Apart from these exclusive events for visitors, we are continuing to investigate ways to deliver information about our games directly to our home audience around the time of E3. We will share more information about them once they have officially been decided.
During the E3 period, we will utilize our direct communication tools, such as Nintendo Direct, to deliver information to our Japanese audience, including those who are at this financial briefing, mainly focusing on the software that we are going to launch in Japan, and we will take the same approach outside Japan for the overseas fans as well.

 

[EDarkness]

Oh, I got it now. People want the console wars and declare a winner and losers. And I thought E3 is about games and passion and joy.

Has it ever been about games, passion, and joy?

Did you not see this?

Of course I did, but aren't we talking about WHY they're doing what their doing? Which no one really knows. So there's just a discussion about what people feel is the reason why they're giving up the large stage. Lots of people have their opinion about it, but no one except Nintendo knows for sure.

 

[mclem]

i hope they can spend five minutes on each game and wario minigame so we understand exactly how they play.

Five minutes? I think that's too brief. One direct each.

 

[mclem]

Not sure where the belief that E3 is irrelevant came from. Every other thread contains at least 20+ posts saying they can't wait for E3 . Now they are irrelevant, huh?

These days? I'm fairly sure that we are irrelevant. In the grand scheme of things, that is.

 

[grimshawish]

Again....why on earth would Nintendo risk even just reducing the amount of exposure they can get from E3 at a time when they really need publicity to reach people who haven't bought a Wii U yet - not people who already know what Nintendo Direct etc is.

It'll promote Nintendo Direct. Everyone will treat Nintendo Direct like their conference anyway.

 

[mclem]

Out of interest, what games recently have you been bowled over by the spectacle enough for you to make a purchase?

There is a followup question to this, I'm just setting the scene.

None. I already said I only want a press conference due to preference.

Not the answer I expected, I've had to change the followup question!

So all that work to engender the hype you want to see... doesn't actually translate into you making a purchase?

 

[Exterminieren]

So. Nintendo has the same amount of floorspace. They're hiring out the Nokia Theatre again. They're streaming a series of game announcements.

So the only real change is that the Nokia Theatre and the game announcements are separated. And we have no idea how the announcements will be handled yet?

Tempest in a tea cup, then.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Has it ever been about games, passion, and joy?

Yes? There was a time when I would sit through E3 press conferences and not have to sit through a stupid Usher performance or pretend that I tuned into the conference to hear about how I can watch NHL on my 360 if I conviently pay two subscriptions to do so.

I take off for E3 every year to watch a show about games and every year it caters more and more to the people who probably aren't even at home watching the show live. Its the very dedicated gamer that's taking off to watch these conferences live, not the dude who is just interested in Madden and Just Dance 4. Those people are finding out the info later and I'm left with little to be excited about and three less vacation days.

Every post E3 recently has been people talking about how bad the conferences have GOTTEN, talking about how little of E3 is about the games anymore and now people
are pretending that this is always how bad its always been. No, 5 years ago E3 was great, because the primary focus was new games. Now its bogged down by shit we don't care about and Nintendo comes along trying to get people to focus on their games and people complain and act like they love the shit we've been getting fed.

 

[mclem]

It'll promote Nintendo Direct. Everyone will treat Nintendo Direct like their conference anyway.

I do have one thought that this might also be - in part - an attempt to get people who watch E3 conferences but don't normally watch Nintendo Directs to start getting into the habit of watching Nintendo Directs - a gateway drug, if you like. I'd be interested to hear if the viewership of Directs after E3 increases at all.

 

[Toski]

Not the answer I expected, I've had to change the followup question!

So all that work to engender the hype you want to see... doesn't actually translate into you making a purchase?

It gets my attention. As I'm not entrenched in the Nintendo ecosystem, I do not make time to watch Nintendo Directs. If Nintendo has a press conference along with Microsoft and Sony, I am more apt to watch it than a Nintendo Direct. This helps Nintendo by exposing me to products I otherwise wouldn't care about, and some of them might just catch my eye.

 

[ant1532]

Has it ever been about games, passion, and joy?




Of course I did, but aren't we talking about WHY they're doing what their doing? Which no one really knows. So there's just a discussion about what people feel is the reason why they're giving up the large stage. Lots of people have their opinion about it, but no one except Nintendo knows for sure.

They say why in that and it makes sense. K I'm done here. There's nothing else to be said until further notice.
Edit. Last thing: Sessler, the new "something" is a longwinded rant irrelevant to the news story you're speaking on.

 

[EDarkness]

They say why in that and it makes sense. K I'm done here. There's nothing else to be said until further notice.

What really "makes sense"? There are so many theories out there about why Nintendo is doing what they're doing. Without being able to ask Nintendo directly any opinion is just as good as any other.

 

[equippedwithtowel]

It gets my attention. As I'm not entrenched in the Nintendo ecosystem, I do not make time to watch Nintendo Directs. If Nintendo has a press conference along with Microsoft and Sony, I am more apt to watch it than a Nintendo Direct. This helps Nintendo by exposing me to products I otherwise wouldn't care about, and some of them might just catch my eye.

If they hold a livestreamed event at the same time for the same duration would you watch it ?

 

[mclem]

It gets my attention. As I'm not entrenched in the Nintendo ecosystem, I do not make time to watch Nintendo Directs. If Nintendo has a press conference along with Microsoft and Sony, I am more apt to watch it than a Nintendo Direct. This helps Nintendo by exposing me to products I otherwise wouldn't care about, and some of them might just catch my eye.

Oh, wait. I was referring to *any* games, not just Nintendo ones in the previous query. I wasn't asking in the context of Nintendo, just in the context of pushing hype translating into members of the audience you include yourself in making a purchase.

 

[Jintor]

The thing that's cool about writing and words though, is that you can read what someone actually wrote, and then understand what they're saying if you read out the words correctly. Some people (generally around the age of 4-8) like to practice by slowing reading out the syllables and stuff. You can do it, i do believe! But it can also be confusing if you read a headline and then just stop and see what that implies and watch some guy on youtube do that.

I'm fucking dying of laughter here, haha

 

[KongRudi]

So. Nintendo has the same amount of floorspace. They're hiring out the Nokia Theatre again. They're streaming a series of game announcements.

So the only real change is that the Nokia Theatre and the game announcements are separated. And we have no idea how the announcements will be handled yet?

Tempest in a tea cup, then.

Nope. Huge change.

At the theatre only investors will be welcome.
The press briefing is only behind closed doors.

You'll not get to see stuff beeing announced. A 'select few' journalists will be allowed behind closed door, where Nintendo control the flow of information, maybe they will be shown something cool, but is not allowed to talk about - and they'll also control wich journalists is welcome.
And after that you might get their impressions from that closed sessions.

On podcasts, gaming-shows, etc. Nintendo-fans will be left out pretty much this year, unless some of the hosts come across some of their games on the showfloor.

 

[Toski]

If they hold a livestreamed event at the same time for the same duration would you watch it ?

Depends on the format, I would say probably

Oh, wait. I was referring to *any* games, not just Nintendo ones in the previous query. I wasn't asking in the context of Nintendo, just in the context of pushing hype translating into members of the audience you include yourself in making a purchase.

The answer is still none. Maybe if I was able to see the MGS2 trailer live...

 

[ant1532]

Nope. Huge change.

At the theatre only investors will be welcome.
The press briefing is only behind closed doors.

You'll not get to see stuff beeing announced. A 'select few' journalists will be allowed behind closed door, where Nintendo control the flow of information, maybe they will be shown something cool, but is not allowed to talk about - and they'll also control wich journalists is welcome.
And after that you might get their impressions from that closed sessions.

On podcasts, gaming-shows, etc. Nintendo-fans will be left out pretty much this year, unless some of the hosts come across some of their games on the showfloor.

Hahahaha you just spat out false info left and right and I said I was done but my lawd hahaha this shit better be satire

 

[Exterminieren]

You'll not get to see stuff beeing announced.

Wait. You don't think there'll be some mechanism Nintendo will use to announce software to gamers?

Christ. Even the most cynical posters have said that there'll at least be a Nintendo Direct or something.

 

[mclem]

Nope. Huge change.

At the theatre only investors will be welcome.
The press briefing is only behind closed doors.

You'll not get to see stuff beeing announced. A 'select few' journalists will be allowed behind closed door, where Nintendo control the flow of information, maybe they will be shown something cool, but is not allowed to talk about - and they'll also control wich journalists is welcome.
And after that you might get their impressions from that closed sessions.

On podcasts, gaming-shows, etc. Nintendo-fans will be left out pretty much this year, unless some of the hosts come across some of their games on the showfloor.

Also, Reggie will personally kill and eat a reporter an hour - selected at random - if they stray into the Nintendo booth.

 

[Chindogg]

So. Nintendo has the same amount of floorspace. They're hiring out the Nokia Theatre again. They're streaming a series of game announcements.

So the only real change is that the Nokia Theatre and the game announcements are separated. And we have no idea how the announcements will be handled yet?

Tempest in a tea cup, then.

Nintendo Direct is really an E3 press conference.

 

[Takamura-San]

you are inferring that at a press conference you aren't being spewed PR bullshit and that there is some in depth q&a with them. what press conferences are you watching...

I'm not inferring that. I was mostly asking in general.

 

[jWILL253]

no one is saying that. nintendo is going to be at E3

And yet...

He says that just doing ND's are bad because it's an echo chamber and doesn't reach a broader audience, but how would an E3 conference be any different? The average consumer doesn't give a shit or probably even know what E3 is. That's an event that the core gamer cares about. And the only other people that care about that are distributors, and Nintendo is taking care of them with a closed door meeting.

I think Sessler is still living in a time when E3 meant a lot more than it does now. It's just another show at this point. It's still the biggest show of them all, but it's not the grand slam event that it was years ago. We've seen companies holding more and more conferences before and after E3 to show their games instead of just holding them all back for E3.

If it is so important, why did Sony announce the PS4 before E3. Why is Microsoft having an event just weeks before E3 to announce their new hardware? Last year Nintendo waited until after E3 to announce the 3DSXL during a Nintendo Direct.

If E3 is as important as it once was, why do all of the big 3 have their own event for their biggest announcements?

That's true. Still, what I quoted, that the mainstream press doesn't care about E3, is 100% incorrect.

No one in the real world watches E3 anyways. Nintendo Directs though, are edited into episodes of The Voice.

These days? I'm fairly sure that we are irrelevant. In the grand scheme of things, that is.

The video game Press hasn't cared about Nintendo in eons.

The mainstream press doesn't care about E3.

The mainstream press knows what E3 is, and they will cover it, just not as thoroughly as your general enthusiast site. You'll read about it in the Technology section of your local newspaper. Microsoft is in my backyard, so people in Washington know what E3 is. This whole "screw E3, they don't matter" thing is completely incorrect. Nothing has changed. E3 is as big as it's ever been. It seems irrelevant because we've been stuck in an eight-year generation.

Besides... anyone who uses that argument to justify Nintendo's insular thinking only cements Sessler's "echo chamber" argument...

 

[mclem]

The answer is still none. Maybe if I was able to see the MGS2 trailer live...

You do sound like you're kind of impossible to sell to

I mean, there's nothing inherently wrong with that, but it does seem like pursuing your dollar is more effort than it's worth.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Nope. Huge change.

At the theatre only investors will be welcome.
The press briefing is only behind closed doors.

You'll not get to see stuff beeing announced. A 'select few' journalists will be allowed behind closed door, where Nintendo control the flow of information, maybe they will be shown something cool, but is not allowed to talk about - and they'll also control wich journalists is welcome.
And after that you might get their impressions from that closed sessions.

On podcasts, gaming-shows, etc. Nintendo-fans will be left out pretty much this year, unless some of the hosts come across some of their games on the showfloor.

Why in the living hell do you think Nintendo would go to E3, let the press play their new games, and then tell them they can't report
on them? All E3 is about is video game impressions. There is three days of coverage about how the games play after the conferences, but for some reason Nintendo will think its a good idea to only invite certain people to their private press event and then demand they don't talk about what they saw? Get real.

 

[Mr. RHC]

I'm fucking dying of laughter here, haha

I find it rather provocative, not a good way to have a serious discussion.

Nope. Huge change.


You'll not get to see stuff beeing announced.

I think you are mistaken here. This being the case is highly unlikely. There still will be Nintendo Directs.

 

[Exterminieren]

This is the thing. The only context that a Direct was mentioned was for Japan... which is pretty much what they did last year after E3.

We have no fucking clue what they're doing for NA. It might be a standard Direct, it might be an all-singing, all-dancing Direct with celebrity guests and hype explosions, it might be broadcast on Spike, it even might be a live event streamed with a smaller, tighter focus and wall-to-wall games. We have not the first clue. We have no context, and no precedent.

Which makes the arguments that it'll be a standard Direct announced 30 seconds ahead of time as part of the plot to crush the gaming media under foot seem a little specious, but hey ho.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

And yet..
The mainstream press knows what E3 is, and they will cover it, just not as thoroughly as your general enthusiast site. You'll read about it in the Technology section of your local newspaper. Microsoft is in my backyard, so people in Washington know what E3 is. This whole "screw E3, they don't matter" thing is completely incorrect. Nothing has changed. E3 is as big as it's ever been. It seems irrelevant because we've been stuck in an eight-year generation.
Besides... anyone who uses that argument to justify Nintendo's insular thinking only
cements Sessler's "echo chamber" argument...

E3 certainly matters. The part that doesn't matter is the fact that its live. The vast majority of people who play video games aren't watching those conferences live. Theyre at work. Its at 11AM on a tuesday. They're getting the news later through news outlets. Which wont change if Nintendo is letting the press privately play their games.

 

[Alexios]

Nope. Huge change.

At the theatre only investors will be welcome.
The press briefing is only behind closed doors.

You'll not get to see stuff beeing announced. A 'select few' journalists will be allowed behind closed door, where Nintendo control the flow of information, maybe they will be shown something cool, but is not allowed to talk about - and they'll also control wich journalists is welcome.
And after that you might get their impressions from that closed sessions.

On podcasts, gaming-shows, etc. Nintendo-fans will be left out pretty much this year, unless some of the hosts come across some of their games on the showfloor.

Way too many assumptions in here. If an embargo is announced go ahead and call it out, guessing one will be enforced for everything just to make this change sound as bad as possible is silly at this point.

As if with a normal conference they couldn't also save things for post-conference press events and embargo those just as well. Though in the past they didn't, like the Smash Bros stuff or the Skyward Sword panel.

And what's so different about it being closed doors from the POV of a journalist? Surely not every E3 visitor fits in whatever area they have usually rented out for their conferences, they still get to choose who goes in those, and they will choose who goes in this E3 press event too. Sounds like business as usual, except we might not get what they get live and instead get different announcements for us, online and in specific hours as always. I guess journalists might get sneak peaks of stuff that are too early for the general audience to see as part of it too, instead of in post-conference press events, big deal.

And why would they embargo hands-on impressions (and how, those will still be on the showfloor, surely they won't bother regulating who gets a go and have them sign contracts on the spot, unlike invite only event)?

All the assumptions you and others make about how this could be bad could just as easily be made if they hadn't announced the change and still went with a conference. It could be shitty, limited, with everything new shown in post-conference press events and embargoed to hell and back and it'd be just as much of an echo chamber since there's no interaction or filtering going on there either, that comes later, possibly even post-E3 when they discuss what they've seen and played and how it all compares, which they will do regardless of how Nintendo presents it all.

And of course E3 matters, hence Nintendo saving 2-3 known big reveals for it plus who knows what else. Obviously nothing will top two all new platforms but that can't be helped regardless if they do a conference or not.

Well, I'm curious to see how you guys will spin a bad Nintendo showing being because of the changes. Cos for that to happen they must have some amazing content only brought down by the change in format. Cos if they don't have amazing content then I don't see how it would be saved by a normal conference. While if they do have amazing content I'm sure it will be relayed to any outlet that would relay a conference. So yeah. We'll see.

 

[jWILL253]

E3 certainly matters. The part that doesn't matter is the fact that its live. The vast majority of people who play video games aren't watching those conferences live. Theyre at work. Its at 11AM on a tuesday. They're getting the news later through news outlets. Which wont change if Nintendo is letting the press privately play their games.

Semantics. Whether people watch it live, or they read about it after they get home from work, they'll still know what E3 is.

Gaming is mainstream, you guys...

 

[equippedwithtowel]

The answer is still none. Maybe if I was able to see the MGS2 trailer live...

Your sarcasm is noted?

You're being sarcastic right.

 

[Toski]

You do sound like you're kind of impossible to sell to

I mean, there's nothing inherently wrong with that, but it does seem like pursuing your dollar is more effort than it's worth.

Its not that I'm impossible to sell to, it just has to be at the right time and place.

For example, this year is terrible trying to sell 360/PS3 games to me because I'm building a PC and will buy either a PS4 or Durango. While I may not get drunk off the hype of a single game, a well focused press conference aimed at my wants would make me care more about the products. The first couple years of the 360 were golden in my eyes.

Your sarcasm is noted?

You're being sarcastic right

No?

I was not able to watch the MGS2 trailer live so I can't say I would go down to gamestop right that second and plunk down money. As a matter of fact, I owned a Gamecube years before I owned a PS2, so the trailer by itself didn't sway me to buy it.

 

[equippedwithtowel]

Semantics. Whether people watch it live, or they read about it after they get home from work, they'll still know what E3 is.

Gaming is mainstream, you guys...

So... Nintendo is going to be at e3.

Which is good for them because it's still relevant.

 

[KongRudi]

Why in the living hell do you think Nintendo would go to E3, let the press play their new games, and then tell them they can't report
on them? All E3 is about is video game impressions. There is three days of coverage about how the games play after the conferences, but for some reason Nintendo will think its a good idea to only invite certain people to their private press event and then demand they don't talk about what they saw? Get real.

Because that's how closed events work.
You can report something, but not all.

If it were a open event Nintendo would not control what footage is taken, what they can talk about, etc.

This is what Iwata said:
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"Instead, at the E3 show this year, we are planning to host a few smaller events that are specifically focused on our software lineup for the U.S. market. There will be one closed event for American distributors, and we will hold another closed hands-on experience event, for mainly the Western gaming media."
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This is what Charlie Sciletta in Nintendo said:
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Beyond the news that will be communicated through Nintendo Direct videos in the run up to E3, at the show itself we're hosting two smaller events on Tuesday morning before the LACC opens instead of just our traditional one event. A media event and a partner presentation will both occur that morning. While the audiences will be different between the two events, both will occur on the Tuesday morning of E3 (June 11) which is the date and time period the public has come to expect for Nintendo to deliver E3 news.

At the Nokia theater we'll meet with business partners (retailers, publishers, analysts, etc.) from the NOA territory and discuss our plans for driving the business and providing tailored information that this group finds useful to their operations. Nintendo has done these same type of business meetings at past E3 shows, but has not in the past few years. This year we are returning to that business partner meeting format. New this year at our booth in the LACC, prior to the show opening, we'll invite a small group of media to play our games. We will have a strong line-up of beloved franchise experiences available for immediate hands-on play. We are continuing to consider exciting new ways to bring the news of our games and information directly to the players at home during the E3 timeframe, and will have more to say about that at a later date."
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[Zen_Arcade]

Semantics. Whether people watch it live, or they read about it after they get home from work, they'll still know what E3 is.

Gaming is mainstream, you guys...

Wow, I don't think I've ever seen anyone miss the point more. If the majority of these people aren't finding out about the news live when it happens, then why does it even matter if they hold a live conference? Either way in this situation people are getting the news from E3 by going on news sites later...which should be exactly what happens when these outlets get hands on time with the games and put their impressions up on their site.

Either way most people are getting the news later. The live conference doesn't mean anything to anyone except the dedicated gamer who takes off from work specifically to see it live. The vast majority of people aren't viewing it live, so what does it matter if they hold a live conference?

 

[Exterminieren]

Because that's how closed events work.
You can report something, but not all.

If it were a open event Nintendo would not control what footage is taken, what they can talk about, etc.

We are continuing to consider exciting new ways to bring the news of our games and information directly to the players at home during the E3 timeframe, and will have more to say about that at a later date."

We are continuing to consider exciting new ways to bring the news of our games and information directly to the players at home during the E3 timeframe, and will have more to say about that at a later date."

We are continuing to consider exciting new ways to bring the news of our games and information directly to the players at home during the E3 timeframe, and will have more to say about that at a later date."

That doesn't suggest to me that we're going to hear nothing from Nintendo at E3.

E3 isn't an open event anyway. I couldn't walk in off the street and play the next Mario.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Because that's how closed events work.
You can report something, but not all.

If it were a open event Nintendo would not control what footage is taken, what they can talk about, etc.

This is what Iwata said:
--- 8< --- chop chop --- 8<---
"Instead, at the E3 show this year, we are planning to host a few smaller events that are specifically focused on our software
lineup for the U.S. market. There will be one closed event for American distributors, and we will hold another closed hands-on experience event, for mainly the Western gaming media."
--- 8< --- chop chop --- 8<---

This is what Charlie Sciletta in Nintendo said:
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Beyond the news that will be communicated through Nintendo Direct videos in the run up to E3, at the show itself we're hosting two smaller events on Tuesday morning before the LACC opens instead of just our traditional one event. A media event and a partner presentation will both occur that
morning. While the audiences will be different between the two events, both will occur on the Tuesday morning of E3 (June 11) which is the date and time period the public has come to expect for Nintendo to deliver E3 news.

At the Nokia theater we'll meet with
business partners (retailers, publishers, analysts, etc.) from the NOA territory and discuss our plans for driving the business and providing tailored information that this group finds useful to their operations. Nintendo has done these same type of business meetings at past E3 shows, but has not in the past few years. This year we are returning to that business partner meeting format. New this year at our booth in the LACC, prior to the show opening, we'll invite a small group of media to play our games. We will have a strong line-up of beloved franchise experiences available for immediate hands-on play. We are continuing to consider exciting new ways to bring them
news of our games and information directly to the players at home during the E3 timeframe, and will have more to say about that at a later date."
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Are you forgetting about the three days after the conferences when E3s show floor is open and anyone there can play the same things the press is getting a private screening of? All that's happening is the press is getting time with the games before anyone else at E3.

 

[ant1532]

Because that's how closed events work.
You can report something, but not all.

If it were a open event Nintendo would not control what footage is taken, what they can talk about, etc.

This is what Iwata said:
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"Instead, at the E3 show this year, we are planning to host a few smaller events that are specifically focused on our software lineup for the U.S. market. There will be one closed event for American distributors, and we will hold another closed hands-on experience event, for mainly the Western gaming media."
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This is what Charlie Sciletta in Nintendo said:
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Beyond the news that will be communicated through Nintendo Direct videos in the run up to E3, at the show itself we're hosting two smaller events on Tuesday morning before the LACC opens instead of just our traditional one event. A media event and a partner presentation will both occur that morning. While the audiences will be different between the two events, both will occur on the Tuesday morning of E3 (June 11) which is the date and time period the public has come to expect for Nintendo to deliver E3 news.

At the Nokia theater we'll meet with business partners (retailers, publishers, analysts, etc.) from the NOA territory and discuss our plans for driving the business and providing tailored information that this group finds useful to their operations. Nintendo has done these same type of business meetings at past E3 shows, but has not in the past few years. This year we are returning to that business partner meeting format. New this year at our booth in the LACC, prior to the show opening, we'll invite a small group of media to play our games. We will have a strong line-up of beloved franchise experiences available for immediate hands-on play. We are continuing to consider exciting new ways to bring the news of our games and information directly to the players at home during the E3 timeframe, and will have more to say about that at a later date."
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Oh my gush yr serious! hahahahhahaha

 

[equippedwithtowel]

Because that's how closed events work.
You can report something, but not all.

If it were a open event Nintendo would not control what footage is taken, what they can talk about, etc.

This is what Iwata said:
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"Instead, at the E3 show this year, we are planning to host a few smaller events that are specifically focused on our software lineup for the U.S. market. There will be one closed event for American distributors, and we will hold another closed hands-on experience event, for mainly the Western gaming media."
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This is what Charlie Sciletta in Nintendo said:
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Beyond the news that will be communicated through Nintendo Direct videos in the run up to E3, at the show itself we're hosting two smaller events on Tuesday morning before the LACC opens instead of just our traditional one event. A media event and a partner presentation will both occur that morning. While the audiences will be different between the two events, both will occur on the Tuesday morning of E3 (June 11) which is the date and time period the public has come to expect for Nintendo to deliver E3 news.

At the Nokia theater we'll meet with business partners (retailers, publishers, analysts, etc.) from the NOA territory and discuss our plans for driving the business and providing tailored information that this group finds useful to their operations. Nintendo has done these same type of business meetings at past E3 shows, but has not in the past few years. This year we are returning to that business partner meeting format. New this year at our booth in the LACC, prior to the show opening, we'll invite a small group of media to play our games. We will have a strong line-up of beloved franchise experiences available for immediate hands-on play. We are continuing to consider exciting new ways to bring the news of our games and information directly to the players at home during the E3 timeframe, and will have more to say about that at a later date."
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