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When is the next General Direct?

  • This Week

    Votes: 230 14.0%
  • Next Week

    Votes: 557 34.0%
  • April

    Votes: 192 11.7%
  • Never

    Votes: 419 25.6%
  • OT8

    Votes: 241 14.7%

  • Total voters
    1,639
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jimmer kripper

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Didn't Twitch go down for a couple hours yesterday?

And they also have to consider Youtube and Twitter and wherever else they stream Directs.
yeah it did, but I feel like the 1 mil or so people for the direct are a drop in the bucket compared to the total twitch viewers. Sony also had like 600k watching their presentation
 

Pirate Bae

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jimmer kripper

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There are too many rumored third party stuff to fit in a small Direct:

Bioshock Collection
XCOM 2
Catherine Full Body
Journey to the Savage Planet
Activision rumored lineup (Crash, Tony Hawk MW2 remaster, one of them will be there)
Virtuos's next port (rumored to be a Remedy game)
Jedi Academy/other Aspyr Star Wars remasters
Namco's Encore games (Mr. Driller, Klonoa, Splatterhouse)
Next Capcom ports (most likely DMC4)
Add 2 first party announcements to that and boom there's a mini direct
 

Doctre81

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Oct 26, 2017
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Alright, I was laughed at for suggesting this earlier and while I'm not the most server/internet savvy person out there, someone please tell me if this makes sense:

We've heard reports of slower internet and reduced bandwidth with COVID-19 forcing many to work/stay at home. Wouldn't a simultaneous global livestream put extra strain on servers and run the risk of being very unstable and choppy, and downright unpleasant? Maybe Nintendo realizes this may be an issue and instead decides to just drop the Direct as a video, rather than live stream it.
Nintendo directs aren't live...
 

Raccoon

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you have been visited by Waluigi

the post Waluigi points to has a hint about the upcoming Nintendo Direct ™

I haven't seen it yet (view them?), so I'll get to discover the wonder and mystery of waa with you
 

Raccoon

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hmmm a "mini lineup"

pikmin are mini, and mario vs dk mini is a series, right?

help me out detectives
 
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This thread + COVID social distancing + your normal amount of social distancing = the worst takes I've seen on here in a long time.

Yeesh. I'm confident a Direct is likely coming soon, but these are unprecedented times. Just go with whatever happens and be happy.

Now then. If they don't give me news on BOTW 2, we riot. But only then.
 

jimmer kripper

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Oh those are just the rumored stuff. Expect games (more likely ports and remasters) from Square, Ubisoft and Namco to fill up the summer months. And more "big" indie games like Outer Wilds etc. This Direct is definitely gonna be packed.
But those rumored stuff won't necessarily be in there
 

Ser_Kafka

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Calling out leakers/insiders and going on the attack is utterly pathetic.

Have you never told someone something, only for it to not transpire? Things change.

Also, one can easily just ignore Nate, Zippo, et al.

Have a beer and just chill the fck out.
 

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A Mini Direct after all these months would be surprising, but I just hope this means that they're going to announce games closer to release rather than them just having less games than before.
 

Doctre81

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A mini direct would cement my belief that Nintendo has a mini lineup for this year. I'm very much open to be proven wrong on that one.
They showed more games in that mini direct that had dark souls than a lot of general directs. Mini doesnt mean lack of games it means lack of time talking about them. Some of the 3rd party games probably already leaked anyway
 

Obsonet

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Nov 26, 2019
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Calling out leakers/insiders and going on the attack is utterly pathetic.

Have you never told someone something, only for it to not transpire? Things change.

Also, one can easily just ignore Nate, Zippo, et al.

Have a beer and just chill the fck out.

You can't really ignore them if you visit this thread, they are mentioned all the time
 

Ozzie

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If it's not a mini...then 10pm GMT is literally the last chance and if not, no direct until mid April if there is one.
 

jimmer kripper

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Well Jeff just said it's not a mini, interesting. Announcement today or next week it is then
 

NabiscoFelt

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Maybe Nintendo just likes to see us squirm?

Edit: A shadowdropped regular Direct would be weird, but this is a weird year
 

Sadist

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Oct 25, 2017
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Jeff seems to be pretty sure

Would be hilarious if it gets announced in like two hours and all of the hissy fits thrown about seem extra silly
 
Oct 25, 2017
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So, what's been happening during the last couple of hours?
Yeah, I wouldn't mind some clarification, myself. Is everyone freaking out over a fake twitter post again?

Nothing much actually.
Jeff Grubb doubled down on twitter today regarding his prediction for this week.
However when no twitter announcement was made at the time some users expected because PATTERNS, the thread fell into disarray.
One user decided to start keeping a public list of 'insiders' and grading them per their predictions, and the thread collectively sent him to the shadow realm for coming up with the perfect plan to convince those users never to speak to us again.
Nate made his feelings on that plan clear. An alt account showed up soon after to sass Nate for no real reason.
That shit put the thread into a worse mood. Coronavirus anxiety hasn't helped either.
And now we're at the stage where everyone just keeps telling each other to calm down even though not much is really happening and the main dudes stirring shit up are already on timeout.
Reset the clock!
 
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perfectchaos007

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Any word about the Fiscal 2019 recap/2020 outlook investors meeting being delayed? If that's the case, then a marketing delay would make more sense
 

Raccoon

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a shadowdropped full direct that's dropped on demand for quarantine would be a fittingly epic conclusion for this 4+ month saga
 
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