lastsonbackup

@bane122: Do you fail to realize the value that E3 has to the gaming consumer?

Nintendo Direct only caters to Nintendo fans. People who don't know about Nintendo Direct aren't going to know what Nintendo is showcasing. However, they will at E3...wait...nope, not for Nintendo.

I saw today's Nintendo Direct. Trash. New Mario and Sonic Olympics? Zelda, Oracle of Ages and Seasons? Pikmin 3? Come on. These games only appeal to hardcore Nintendo fans. Nintendo has lost it's interest in hardcore gamers who want fighters and shooters to play on their console. Instead, they focus on casuals who want the latest installment of Mario Party and the other Nintendo exclusives.

But wait, you want to play some 3rd party games? Forget about playing it on the WiiU. They are milking Zelda and Mario over and over down our throats until we suffocate on them. Rehashing the exact same game. It's absurd.

There are reasons why EA isn't going to be developing for Nintendo. Nintendo doesn't cater to other markets. They don't cater to 3rd party developers. Only to casuals who love their franchise exclusive rehashes of Zelda and Mario.

I'm sorry, but give me interest to watch your Nintendo Direct. I don't want to see more milking of the Zelda and Mario franchises.

And failing to embrace the smartphone gaming market is another thing that will screw Nintendo over in the long run.

@wintersnowblind: Your argument is completely irrelevant to the smartphone gaming market.

Don't brush aside that smartphone gaming is dominant.

To quote someone that I thought made an excellent point on a forum read I did -

"Smartphones have yet to become ubiquitous in Japan, but they are becoming the handheld gaming device of choice in every other major market. Nintendo's stubbornness to embrace this platform will eventually bring them down."

With a terrible console approach, they need to do something. 3DS focus won't do it.

To keep this short, Nintendo's handheld 3DS gaming focus will be horrendous for the company in the long run, considering they are fighting a market dominated by smartphone gaming.

Quoting the IGN article -

"Prolific Youtube channel owner Zack Scott has posted on Facebook about the demands. "I think filing claims against LPers is backwards," he writes. "Video games aren't like movies or TV. Each play-through is a unique audiovisual experience. When I see a film that someone else is also watching, I don't need to see it again. When I see a game that someone else is playing, I want to play that game for myself! Sure, there may be some people who watch games rather than play them, but are those people even gamers?"