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Jeff Grubb: “Nintendo is not planning a new Direct at all for now”
- Thread starter Atheerios
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Interesting strategy. You would think Nintendo would go all out hype wise to combat the 2 new system releases coming out this year by Sony and Microsoft. I guess they're content to just ride out the success they're currently experiencing. Hope it pays off...
No need for console war BS. Sony and Microsoft haven't even revealed their first party lineups yet. Covid is also affecting all 3 of them.
I should edit my post since it was posted in haste and based on the final line of OP and the thread title, which stopped at "at all".
Will be interesting if Sony has the same issues or not. Who's better prepared for business to continue in a crisis?
It is not interesting, it is logical. You can not beat the hype that comes with a new console, facing there is getting muddled in their terrain. Better save energy.
Sony has already been affected. For one thing Ghosts of Tsushima was meant to get its blow out as an IGN First in April.
Exactly. People around here get their expectations up way too high for these directs. Nintendo just shadow dropping the announcements is far more interesting to me.
Yes. Know. Jeff spells them out in the article.
Well I meant a couple besides those, some certain ones that have been hinted at before.
I mean there's nothing new here. I wasn't expecting a direct until September or October the earliest. Directs will resume at some point
well keep hoping, 2020 is the year that just keeps on fucking giving :/
LMAO. I hate the title to this. Grubb's article is like "let's talk about all three major companies" and somehow this became "there's no Direct coming".
There was a nindies direct just a couple months ago, and the mini direct also had 3rd party announcements like Burnout paradise and borderlands
Hope the Mario Remaster Collection is really good, otherwise this has been a pretty mediocre year for releases. Not bad - just not super exciting.
I really wonder if Nintendo will move up Metroid Prime Trilogy for this year.
I don't think anybody should doubt this, Nintendo always has something in store.
Third party, no that's a different story. Every one of them are unpredictable as hell. Can Capcom really have nothing for the rest of the year for Switch? God knows.
But like, you do still think it's there and coming at some point right?
Capcom might not have any more Switch games ever besides Mega Man X9 and legacy collections
There could be an MvC or arcade game collection this year
Yes. It absolutely exists. It'll be out before Prime 4. That's all that can be said for certain.
The Switch be like
I'm mostly kidding, but the dearth of big first party games on Switch has been one of the biggest surprises for me.
I kinda wonder, if Nintendo say finds that this individual announcements style works better for them, will they even have incentive to go back to directs
Yea of course they will. Directs have worked great and also tie into 3rd party relationships.
Except this isn't about trying to combat the PS5/XSX, Covid has messed everything up not just for Nintendo, but for Sony and MS as well, see the "Sony's PS5 event might not be on June 4th anymore and it won't show as many games as they were originally going to" thread.
Love to see people reading this as "no more Directs ever." Y'all panic over everything.
Directs will come back in time, I'm sure.
Directs will come back in time, I'm sure.
Directs work well but what's the chance a Paper Mario trailer would've gotten this many views if it was merely one announcement of many? I do agree that they'll wanna keep directs for smaller third party titles, but will there still be incentive to announce their big first party titles this way? They also don't have to spend a ton of time coordinating stuff like this
This has more to do with Nintendo being hit harder by COVID-19 than the other two.
they had one of their biggest sales successes ever two months ago and announced a new game this weekThe Switch be like
I'm mostly kidding, but the dearth of big first party games on Switch has been one of the biggest surprises for me.
To be honest, I don't want directs anymore. They gone full pr since iwata passed away, don't really hold the same charm. It's time to evolve again Nintendo.
If a new Megaman was due to release this year, they would have announced already. I think it's pretty late for that.
But they can announce more last gen ports. DMC, Dead Rising or maybe even Lost Planet. Would they, though.
You don't understand, the switch has no games unless we have announcements from every first party franchise every week
Sometimes
I just can't. Just punch me in the face please. Reading these comments...
The cliffhanger i heard, but there where so many games and remasters that hinted at things that never where. Also: its a nomura thing, he does not want to end things finished =P
But if a insider hinted at it, shure, then i get why people expect it.