No Revolution at E3 (time for a throat slitting...a rant)

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Originally Posted by gekko

Sony and Microsoft can fight each other for magazine spreads and web space. Let it happen. All Nintendo needs to do is ensure the public that they can, and will be able to compete. By displaying a graphically-rich video and throwing around a few facts here and there about the console, they can do enough to keep people wondering about what they are hiding. Then, in a few months, when all the hype for Sony and Microsoft's new toys die down, they can reveal the Revolution, in a special press event where they have complete control. No competitors products interfering, no comparisons between which system stole the show. They get all the press, all the magazine covers, all the front page stories to themselves. People would have to be blind not to notice.

hmm... that plan sounds kinda familar.
*tries to remember how well that strategy went*


thing is tho, it pisses people off when the other companies give people what they want to hear, and nintendo never seems to. and the more people nintendo pisses off, (be it for a valid reason, or a BS reason like not wanting people to steal ideas) the more people that begin to look elsewhere.

[Dark Samurai]

Originally Posted by gekko

Sony and Microsoft can fight each other for magazine spreads and web space. Let it happen. All Nintendo needs to do is ensure the public that they can, and will be able to compete. By displaying a graphically-rich video and throwing around a few facts here and there about the console, they can do enough to keep people wondering about what they are hiding. Then, in a few months, when all the hype for Sony and Microsoft's new toys die down, they can reveal the Revolution, in a special press event where they have complete control. No competitors products interfering, no comparisons between which system stole the show. They get all the press, all the magazine covers, all the front page stories to themselves. People would have to be blind not to notice.

They just have to make sure they can follow up on the hype.

Thats probably what Nintendo was planning to do anyway...

Thats what SpaceWorld's for... heheheh

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thats if there even is a spaceworld, past couple years there hasnt been one has there?
Has there even been a spaceworld since 2001?

Anywho, even if there is one this year (which it doesnt seem like they do that show anymore). i have strong doubts that they'd show it then either. i think first showing of nevalution will be at E3 06

[MuGen]

I don't know why so many of you guys are trying to justify their means of competing. They are NOT going to show the Revolution or even hint about it's concepts or aspects at E3. The way I see it, major fans of Nintendo are trying to justify their competitive edge by saying they will be showing snippets and footage of game demo's on the Revolution.

Right now... that means crap. Showing demo footage of Revolution games will mean nothing to press and gamers when they've got 2 totally capable consoles playing the same footage ON THE CONSOLE in the PS3 and X360. Both MS and Sony are making their consoles playable at E3, so showing game footage for the Revolution will do no justice to them not showing the Rev at all. So... that in terms of hype... goes out the window.

If I were press, and was watching game footage for all 3 consoles, and Nintendo Rev footage being played on a film strip.... I'd be turned off....The other 2 consoles at the moment are playing the footage on the hardware, showing it's full capability and not what is expected of the console.

Face it, the whole purpose of hype for E3 was to have a 3 way battle. But if Nintendo can't even compete with the hardware showings of E3, they will lose a lot of interest.

[TheGame]

Woah, Dan and Jonbo sounding pissed at Nintendo in the same thread?! @_@

*gets another sign of how long he's been gone*

Anyway... Nintendo 'doing their own thing' hasn't worked before, and I don't expect it to work now. Them holding back is only a attempt at building up hype again. The people don't want hype, we want raw facts. If the 'revolution' is so small that other companies can steal their ideas this late in the process, what makes Nintendo think they won't just take the idea and introduce it to a bigger audience 6 months after all the systems come out?

Nintendo is lucky to have such good first party games (though they were dumbed down last gen), because that's the only reason people will stick with them. Gamecube's 3rd party support probably won't get any better next gen.