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Nintendo Direct Speculation |OT7| March Madness
- Thread starter chase beck
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Listen, I love Animal Crossing and I'm obsessed with it. But this notion that EVERY Switch fan should buy and love that game because nothing is out is so bullish. There are people that are allowed to not like AC and be upset that Nintendo isn't talking about ANYTHING else from their first party April onward.
Will the Pattern Police at least let you work from home?
That's probably the key issue many have, yeah. I mean, I want one, too, exactly because of this. I'm fucking bored. I play Monster Hunter World pretty much all day long and haven't used my Switch a lot since ... end of february, I think, since beating Fire Emblem Three Houses twice. Played the Trials of Mana Demo, which I don't like on Switch, for around 5 hours, but aside from that, the platform is pretty unappealing right now to be completely honest.
Not that that really changes anything, I'll still buy XenoblaDE et al whenever we hear about them coming out, but I can't say I like the idea of waiting so long for Nintendo to announce something new again.
AC sold over 1,8M copies on the first day, and the Switch sold ~400k units. Why should they do any other marketing?
Guess this was the plan always, and April will start the new financial year with a direct.
Do you seriously believe he made one up?
No good journalist will expose their source by completely laying out the nature of that source. That's an absurd expectation.
Yeah I was mainly joking. I have no interest in AC. I have a ton of stuff to play right now though so I'm not too unhappy about a lack of a Direct (outside of being upset for this community).
Is there a specific piece of information that has everyone convinced of no Direct his week or is it still yarn on a cork board theories of madness
I think the Venturebeat article said that the Nintendo Japan playlist for Directs was updated last week and I think Zhuge retweeted what Venturebeat had reported on. So either its getting announced later or some last minute changes occurred lol
I don't follow Sony nor Microsoft as much (bc I don't own a PS4 nor Xone). Have they been more vocal about their 2020 lineup?
Mostly madness but the suggestion was it would be tomorrow if it was this week, and we passed the typical announcement time for that to be true.
Zhuge already said he didn't retweet it as a confirmation. So the retweet didn't mean anything.
It's too late in the week without it being announced.
Eh, wasn't it the fact that someone leaked the Nindies direct suggesting there was a General Direct planned for the week next to that one?
If it doesnt happen at 11, it could happen tonight like the AC announcement. And if it doesnt happen at all, people legit need to stop freaking out. Things will be ok.
Assuming they announce nothing until E3 youd be right, maybe, but we've had releases including 2 this month
I'm happy you're happy with Animal Crossing, and I never said Ring Fit Adventure wasn't well made. If you're content with Nintendo's first party output I'm happy for you.
So you're really going to argue getting Animal Crossing is equal to BOTW, MK8D, ARMS, and Splatoon 2? All of those games came out in the first 5 months after the Switch launch.
Oh damn. Nvm then.
Well...it is really odd Nintendo has been so silent about their games especially when Xbox has been open about their next gen plans and Sony has been pretty open about their games like Ghost of Tsushima and FF7 Remake along with some long awaited details on PS5
Dunno what to make of it. He still seems confident instead of backpedaling and making excuses for why his info was wrong. I like his style.
Possibly, but even people in this thread predicted the Nindie one due to GDC.
I'm wondering a Mini Direct is on the cards. Nintendo and other publishers probably have plans in place for releases in May, June, July (I don't think we're getting an April retail title, though I've thought that for a while). A Mini which announces those titles, with a request for patience for the rest of 2020 might happen. Projects due for the next few months are likely either finished or nearly-finished, while anything further out will be up in the air.
I guess the issue here are physical sales, but currently, in the UK at least, delivery services and online videogame retailers are currently operating, with some slight delays to delivery. Nintendo (and others) always have the option to simply launch products as best they can - digitally on the eShop with physical stock selling through their own website and through other online retailers for delivery - but there are a lot of moving parts from here on out that are going to be disrupted.
That starts at the development end for products due later this year, but physical supply chains are also going to be disrupted. Getting consumer electronics to market on time will hardly be the priority of any government, after all, and the more people that get sick, the more of us need to take time off work. That includes people in warehouses and couriers etc who would keep these supply chains going.
I guess the issue here are physical sales, but currently, in the UK at least, delivery services and online videogame retailers are currently operating, with some slight delays to delivery. Nintendo (and others) always have the option to simply launch products as best they can - digitally on the eShop with physical stock selling through their own website and through other online retailers for delivery - but there are a lot of moving parts from here on out that are going to be disrupted.
That starts at the development end for products due later this year, but physical supply chains are also going to be disrupted. Getting consumer electronics to market on time will hardly be the priority of any government, after all, and the more people that get sick, the more of us need to take time off work. That includes people in warehouses and couriers etc who would keep these supply chains going.
You know it's desperate times when we are relying on a guy named Jeff Grubb as a source of hope.
There is no need to prop up these tiny side projects and ports. Animal Crossing does not make a good first half of the year in most people eyes. The first 6 months of the Switch launch included BOTW, MK8D, ARMS, and Splatoon 2. The output since that year has dropped off considerably.
no.
both of them are in a game of chicken to announce their next consoles but its not like there has been a glut of information on the their ends either. People were expecting a PS5 blowout in February...never came lol.
There are legit very few games I am looking forward to beyond FF7R release (maybe Cyberpunk...but I bounced off of the Witcher soooo). It sucks but its not the end of the world either. With Nioh 2, AC and then P5R and then FF7R...I should be straight for a good while...so not getting new announcements is not the worst thing ever either. I know money is tight for many but if you are truly feeling the burn then maybe yall need to find another hobby or diversify your bonds...er gaming taste.
No need for that.
Mods, it's time to close this thread for a few hours. Some people reeeaally need to calm down a bit.
To all of you who are saying it will be announced like AC Direct:
AC Direct was announced on Tusday and aired on Thursday
If it would be announced like AC Direct that will be exactly 24hours before actual Direct happening. That's too late imo, keep in mind it's always about 32hours before.
AC Direct was announced on Tusday and aired on Thursday
If it would be announced like AC Direct that will be exactly 24hours before actual Direct happening. That's too late imo, keep in mind it's always about 32hours before.
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