No overreaction at all. They promised 25 games, showed 8 or so. 5 or so of those were real games, 3 of those already existing third parties with not improved graphics, Mario and Pikmin was underwhelming, is this how you present your NEXT-GEN CONSOLE A FEW MONTHS PRIOR TO RELEASE?! I don't think so.
No overreaction at all. They promised 25 games, showed 8 or so. 5 or so of those were real games, 3 of those already existing third parties with not improved graphics, Mario and Pikmin was underwhelming, is this how you present your NEXT-GEN CONSOLE A FEW MONTHS PRIOR TO RELEASE?! I don't think so.
lol, some people take this stuff way to seriously.
Alex p.I'm no fanboy. I'm just stating the obvious, Nintendo could not have done much more worse than they did. Deal with it.
This is not aimed at anyone in particular so I don't want anyone to take personal offence. We have it pretty good as gamers at the moment and have had for the past decade or so but the sneering, self important, entitled, pathetic attitude that has grown in the gaming community in that time is almost an epidemic. Not sure if it's just a reflection of modern society but it's a pretty depressing state of affairs.
Nintendos E3 was LAUGHABLE, horrible, attrocious, horrendous, stupid, boring, pure and total 🤬! I can't believe them, Microsoft and partially Sony also handed E3 over them, and they didn't take the chance AT ALL! Zombie WII U looked pre-rendered, Pikmin was underwhelming, stupid/boring mini games, underwhelming third party games like AC, no Zelda, no Metroid. I-can-not-believe-them. I hate them more than ever. Please Nintendo, FAIL HARD, you so deserve it...
This is not aimed at anyone in particular so I don't want anyone to take personal offence. We have it pretty good as gamers at the moment and have had for the past decade or so but the sneering, self important, entitled, pathetic attitude that has grown in the gaming community in that time is almost an epidemic. Not sure if it's just a reflection of modern society but it's a pretty depressing state of affairs.
This is not aimed at anyone in particular so I don't want anyone to take personal offence. We have it pretty good as gamers at the moment and have had for the past decade or so but the sneering, self important, entitled, pathetic attitude that has grown in the gaming community in that time is almost an epidemic. Not sure if it's just a reflection of modern society but it's a pretty depressing state of affairs.
Well that doesn't change the fact that the Nintendo press conference was a massive fail. Games are a mass product today, by the standards of the 80s and 90s we have tons of high quality games in many genres. But what does Nintendo contribute 2012? In the core market that is? And what is - after this conference - to expect from them in the next years?
Hard to predict, but I see a yesterday's hardware with a ton of casual games and some ports that I get on Xbox360/PS3 with a similiar performance, but with an established online community. And while the hardware performance is "meh" now, it will be downright pathetic as soon as Xbox720 and PS4 arrive next year.
So, I don't know about you guys, but I am playing videogames since 1990 and I remember the glory days o Nintendo as they were leading the industry. If you ask me, the last great console was the Nintendo 64, the Game Cube was ok and the Wii is collecting dust under my TV. That thing was fun for 10 minutes and only if casual gamer friends were around.
So, those people who are dissapointed with Nintendo now are not necessarily spoiled kids who don't acknowledge the gaming possibilities of today, but core games who expected Nintendo to return to their former glory.
Instead we got a casual gamer presentation without a single true highlight.
You can argue that Sony and Microsoft didn't have their best conferences as well, but hey, they are at the end of the longest console cylce ever with 2005/07 hardware. Nintendo had to deliver, you have to prior to the launch of a new console.
And they didn't. Worst prelaunch E3 presentation ever.
Bad for Nintendo, since I own a PS3 and a Xbox360 I can easily wait for fall 2013, but I'm asking - how can't you be disappointed with this press conference? A true gamer should be. That's my opinion.
Well that doesn't change the fact that the Nintendo press conference was a massive fail. Games are a mass product today, by the standards of the 80s and 90s we have tons of high quality games in many genres. But what does Nintendo contribute 2012? In the core market that is? And what is - after this conference - to expect from them in the next years?
Hard to predict, but I see a yesterday's hardware with a ton of casual games and some ports that I get on Xbox360/PS3 with a similiar performance, but with an established online community. And while the hardware performance is "meh" now, it will be downright pathetic as soon as Xbox720 and PS4 arrive next year.
So, I don't know about you guys, but I am playing videogames since 1990 and I remember the glory days o Nintendo as they were leading the industry. If you ask me, the last great console was the Nintendo 64, the Game Cube was ok and the Wii is collecting dust under my TV. That thing was fun for 10 minutes and only if casual gamer friends were around.
So, those people who are dissapointed with Nintendo now are not necessarily spoiled kids who don't acknowledge the gaming possibilities of today, but core games who expected Nintendo to return to their former glory.
Instead we got a casual gamer presentation without a single true highlight.
You can argue that Sony and Microsoft didn't have their best conferences as well, but hey, they are at the end of the longest console cylce ever with 2005/07 hardware. Nintendo had to deliver, you have to prior to the launch of a new console.
And they didn't. Worst prelaunch E3 presentation ever.
Bad for Nintendo, since I own a PS3 and a Xbox360 I can easily wait for fall 2013, but I'm asking - how can't you be disappointed with this press conference? A true gamer should be. That's my opinion.
And here we go with this "true gamer" crap again.
I was slightly disappointed in the conference because they didn't focus enough energy on actually making it about the Wii U - all they did was focus primarily on the games, and that's a welcomed thing but I wanted a bit more focus on the perks, the "gimmicks" if you will. What kind of media does it use? How dense is the media? i wanted specs, or at least an outright hint of how powerful it is at this juncture. I wasn't expecting a new Zelda or Metroid because those take time (especially in the case of the latter with the Other M foolishness). ZombiU does look interesting; it wasn't until that scene with the pick axe and the code input where I was genuinely interested.
Ninja Gaiden 3 - sold.
Assassin's Creed 3 - even though I've yet to play 1 and 2; sold
Batman AS: Armored Edition - sold.
F1 All-stars - sold?
There are others as well. I love Nintendo, not only because I grew up with them, but mainly because they simply aren't afraid to try something new.
Bad for Nintendo, since I own a PS3 and a Xbox360 I can easily wait for fall 2013, but I'm asking - how can't you be disappointed with this press conference? A true gamer should be. That's my opinion.
I'd find far more fault in Nintendo's from a "true gamer" point of view if Microsoft didn't spend 10 minutes of theirs talking up Internet Explorer of all things, and 20 minutes before that talking about crap that had absolutely no reason whatsoever to be at E3 instead of CES. Nintendo didn't do that great based on what they needed to do (then again, Sony needed to give a good reason to buy a Vita and they almost completely ignored it), but they still did far more than MS did and came pretty close to what Sony showed.Bad for Nintendo, since I own a PS3 and a Xbox360 I can easily wait for fall 2013, but I'm asking - how can't you be disappointed with this press conference? A true gamer should be. That's my opinion.