Nintendo's E3 Demos Heading to Best Buy

[Innegativeion]

I dont know, didnt follow Ouya closely as i already got an andoird gaming device. Its called a phone.
Nintendy woudl be the small and forgotten during this years E3 because everyones eyes are on PS4 and Xbone atm. They are trying to drag attention to themselves in any way they know how, desperately, and thus cave in to breake the E3 rules of being industry only and publicly releasing them, hoping for more attention than they deserve.
Once again, i dont say that is bad that they did that, just desperate.

"Desperate" is certainly not the term. I also think your assertion that PS4 and Xbone being the only things people are hyped about, are completely false.

Especially for the Xbone, which did a pretty good job of killing its own hype with its own reveal, especially outside of the Americas.

Meanwhile support for the Wiiu has been stronger than ever since that reveal, and Nintendo's been hyping its E-3 presentation for months. It's also got an all-star lineup (New 3d mario, new zelda AFAIK, more footage of already announced titles, new RPG by monolith soft, Super Smash Bros. 4 screens, etc. etc.) and even without e3 Nintendo always stands to make a handsome profit from 1st party titles.

In fact, e3 often hurts developers in the investors department, ironically.

Desperate would imply Nintendo is losing hope in their own product, or that offering a consumer-friendly service such as the Best Buy thing, with little cost to themselves, is an extreme measure. I'm quite confident Nintendo isn't worried.

Besides, there are no "rules of e3", as you put it. It hasn't always been press only, you know. Besides, you seem proud of Android for doing the same damn thing!

On the other hand OUYA did it right - publiec(sic) E3 and an actual fight for consumer rights instead of just "hey look at the bone were waving".

A public e3. Which is what Nintendo is doing; a public press conference via streaming.

 

[Strazdas]

"Desperate" is certainly not the term. I also think your assertion that PS4 and Xbone being the only things people are hyped about, are completely false.

Especially for the Xbone, which did a pretty good job of killing its own hype with its own reveal, especially outside of the Americas.

Meanwhile support for the Wiiu has been stronger than ever since that reveal, and Nintendo's been hyping its E-3 presentation for months. It's also got an all-star lineup (New 3d mario, new zelda AFAIK, more footage of already announced titles, new RPG by monolith soft, Super Smash Bros. 4 screens, etc. etc.) and even without e3 Nintendo always stands to make a handsome profit from 1st party titles.

In fact, e3 often hurts developers in the investors department, ironically.

Desperate would imply Nintendo is losing hope in their own product, or that offering a consumer-friendly service such as the Best Buy thing, with little cost to themselves, is an extreme measure. I'm quite confident Nintendo isn't worried.

Besides, there are no "rules of e3", as you put it. It hasn't always been press only, you know. Besides, you seem proud of Android for doing the same damn thing!

On the other hand OUYA did it right - publiec(sic) E3 and an actual fight for consumer rights instead of just "hey look at the bone were waving".

A public e3. Which is what Nintendo is doing; a public press conference via streaming.

Thats why the pools say that 59% are excited and 44% are enthusiastic about Xbox one?[footnote]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.408771-Survey-Says-UK-Underwhelmed-by-Xbox-One Also false titles yay[/footnote]
Escapist is NOT a representation of the average gamer. we are, as Susan best put it, Weird and happy about it. Does not mean that Xbone will cater to us.

SUpport for WiiU was a templorary jump from the raging people because kinect is evil. it wont last. Such "Statements" from gamers never last. Most people forgot ME3 by now even though at that time it was some sort of volcanic eruption.

Nintendo has already lost hope, remember them begging themr costumers to buy it?[footnote]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.407041-Nintendo-Urges-Wii-Owners-to-Please-Please-Upgrade[/footnote]

Bestbuy service is an extreme measure when it comes to E3 being given them iddle finger. There are plenty of E3 rules, both official and unwritten.
Streaming E3 is not public. PAX is public. Ouya parking lot conference is public. E3 is not.

 

[Strazdas]

3D Mario games are anything but generic. Seriously. Three out of the last five 3D Mario games are among the most acclaimed games of all time: Mario 64, Galaxy and Galaxy 2. Even 3D Land, a handheld title, got near universal praise from reviewers, if not quite the same level of adoration as Galaxy. You're talking out of your arse if you think that either Mario is generic, or that people don't care about Mario games. 3D Land is the highest selling 3DS game for a reason.

People care about mario games that are generic. That is the main problem for Nintendos success with beating dead horse again and again.

Who are these 'big boys' you're talking about? Sony and Microsoft? Both of them sold both less hardware and software this generation compared to Nintendo. Neither of them are making as much pure profit from games, and are having to subsidise their gaming divisions with other departments. When it comes to 'big boys' in gaming, Nintendo is the biggest one of all.

Apples and oranges. different audience. if i sell more cars i will not become "big boy" in gaming.
Also last generation is last generation. Look at WiiU and its sales.

So any pro-consumer stance taken by a company must automatically be desperation on the part of that same company I applaud your logic. Not for any merit it has, but simply because of how bizarre your thinking is.

No. A stance that is pro-consumer only in hoping to grab more attention during an event when attention will be focused elsewhere is desperate.

They're going to give consumers the chance to play (most likely) demos for 3D Mario, Mario Kart and Smash Bros. How is that anything other than a massive win for everyone involved?

Because not everyone likes the most famous man in all the world. This remidns me of those Alpha stage sales. hey instead of hiring testers we will give you the game and let you sort out the bugs, and yeah you will have to pay us for it.

Eggsbox $3.60? Never heard that one before. Can't say it's a particularly witty pun, but oh well. I'll give you a gold star for effort.

really? thats a very very old joke.

The Wii showed us that market domination means a pretty big deal, given that both Sony and Microsoft are still trying to ride the tails of the motion control craze Nintendo kickstarted. Dunno if you noticed, but the Xbone comes shipped with a mandatory Kinect 2, and the PS4 has Move built into the controller.

fair enough, a luck connected with new niche of audience for Wii has managed to get other silyl folk try to replicate the fame. except that it never works. games trying to be COD v2 never succeed. thats because copying a product that already exist does not make it popular. and while lastgen was quite unique this new one will be a homogemous all in one mass.

Capcha: Pants on the ground
wait, shouldnt they be on the head?