#nintendo e3 direct

[hopeymchope]

On this Nintendo Direct day, I'm pondering how Sony's PlayStation division went from "amazing press conference events" to "sucky State of Plays"

I know Tumblr - and indeed, even myself - tend to be pretty radically anti-capitalism these days, and for good fucking reason. But right now I'm going to write about being an unapologetic consumer of marketing hype like a fucking shill, so I just wanna warn you in advance of that.

*AHEM* Today is September 14, 2023. Nintendo Direct time let's GOOOOO!!!!

Nothing will ever again be as HYPE as E3 conference presentations were at their peak, but Nintendo Direct is the closest we get these days, and today brings us another one. I feel confident there will be causes for most of the userbase to get excited during that show. But oddly, today ALSO is bringing a State of Play that is... almost sure to disappoint.

About E3: You see, in the days of E3's peak press conferences, it's hard to argue that Sony wasn't the best at that particular style of presentation. Obviously, they had famous fumbles like 2006's meme-inducing show — but it was usually Nintendo who had the most sleep-inducing E3 shows in those days. Sony managed to pivot most successfully when E3 transitioned from "industry trade show" to "mass-marketing event," whereas Nintendo was by far the least successful at ditching that "trade show" vibe.

My point is: You look at how Sony did their thing in the mid-2010s, and like... DAMN. People STILL talk in reverent tones about those 2015 and 2016 shows, but even 2013 and 2017 were powerful presentations to sit through. PlayStation even ran their own convention where they'd do utterly kickass stage showcases of their upcoming games A SECOND TIME each year - the sadly defunct "PSX," which happened towards the end of each year during its too-brief lifespan. Those presentations were ALSO fucking fire, albeit slightly toned down from their E3 shows. Sony's PlayStation division had this game on lock, not only in how the stage itself gave a grand feeling of scale but most especially in perfectly pacing out the reveals of mass-appeal titles, hardcore-geek titles, and more niche games that still managed to hold intrigue. They knew how to slooooowly reveal a game everyone would lose their minds over. They knew how to give people a buffer space after the cheering died down and let them take in something that would somewhat intrigue, maybe, but probably be more of an obligation before the next heavy-hitter smashed down.

But let's talk about where PlayStation's presentations are *today*.

I really, really want State of Play to offer the Nintendo Direct-level hype, but... Sony just utterly fucking sucks at this game. And maybe it's because they started the "digital presentation" trend, but somehow Nintendo has gone from "probably/possibly the worst at E3 showcases" to "EASILY the BEST at digital video showcases." Nintendo knows how to do the hype-ass editing where you go from a vague introductory statement to a black screen that slowly lights up to reveal some game that most of the hardcore userbase is gonna freak out over. Yet Sony can't seem to imitate that to save their lives.

PlayStation doesn't even seem to know (or more likely, doesn't care) what their hardcore users want — usually Sony shows us just one or, extremely rarely, two games that get the geeks talking. And a number of "Uh?" vagaries that are too early to really explain/understand. And some games very, very few people will care about.

Yes, of course Nintendo ALSO tends to include games that are extremely limited in their audience, but they know how to buffer and surround those titles with things that will appeal to certain significant demographics. PlayStation? Not so much. Which is particularly strange given how EXCELLENT they were are doing precisely that on live stages during the late PS3/early PS4 era.

In fairness, Sony usually at least knows what their biggest gun is. They knew that Resident Evil 4 remake was a big reveal. They still revealed it at the wrong time in their presentation and with a lack of buildup that felt pretty amateurish, but at least they knew it was a big deal and put it in an important slot.

But do I expect great things from Sony today? Not really, no. I suppose I should be grateful that they've progressively lowered my expectations to a reasonable level; I mean, I remember some people being disappointed by their E3 2017 show because 2015 and 2016 were so incredible. At least now, they've set me up to where, if they do a decent State of Play, I really *will* be blown away.

Here's hoping they surprise me. And I hope whatever your dream for the Nintendo Direct and/or State of Play is, it comes true for you.

#state of play #sony playstation #playstation #nintendo #nintendo direct #e3 press conferences #e3 conferences #video games

[gamesline]

#video games #nintendo direct #super mario rpg #super mario bros. wonder #metal gear solid #pikmin 4 #chocobo gp #e3

[grandesteartherquakedreamer]

NEW June Nintendo Direct Just announced!

Time to come out of the Direct drought lol. And this post will absolutley flop :'D

#nintendo direct #nintendo #june direct #no e3 ddirect #info on #pikmin 4

[cottoncandyrhythmqueen]

I CANT BELIEVE I WAS FUCKING RIGHT.

#IM GONNNA LOSE MY MINDDD #in call with my bf rn we are losing our minds #PT Channel is our Nintendo direct. SS Channel is OUR E3 #I’m never gonna shut up abt dance off now never #I’m literally lightheaded oh my fuckingn god #sugary sprite demo 2 real……..

[lulu2992]

Well, E3 2023 is cancelled.

I’ve been watching the conferences every year since 2013 and, to be honest, I’m a bit sad right now…

#it feels like the end of an era :( #e3 #e3 2023 #it was predictable I guess #there will be ‘independent’ events though #like ubi forward and probably a nintendo direct #among other things #but still #e3 is cancelled

[zaptap]

i dont care what’s in the nintendo direct unless it’s splatoon related. they can stop making other games at this point, i have enough now

i GUESS they’ll probably show the botw sequel. maybe give us an actual name for it since it’s supposed to release in like half a year or whatever. botw was a good game but i really just want to play splatoon

#nintendo direct #splatoon #ridiculous how we're this close without even knowing the name... are we even this close then? #botw got its title revealed at e3 9 months from launch so i expected they'd do it for e3 but then they didnt do e3 #(technically yes nobody did e3 but other companies did Big Video Game News June still out of tradition) #i suppose if it weren't for e3 maybe they could've waited a few more months to properly show off botw. that was just the optimal moment

[megahorous]

Watched the Nintender Direct Mini!

That was pretty cool.  Nothing too exciting for me

--That one game with the blindfolded gentlewoman....how does she see...well, maybe it’s a sunglasses

--That Deer + Wolf game made me think of an indie game....those beasts are friends !

--I almost thought the pirate game [Monkey Island] was Wind Waker!  then thought “oh yeah, probably not....”

--Persona on Switch!  I don’t know much about that, but that seems like the kind of thing some people have been asking for!  I bet Joker from Super Smash Bros. might be in it

--The cake is a lie

--Mega Man Battle Network Collection!  I mostly stick with Regular Mega Man, but that’s neat if that’s your bag, baby

--I was just thinking; wouldn’t it be cool if they could do a 2nd Street Fighter Collection with IV and V !  Maybe that could be the next Capcom collection

--And Final Fight Revenge

--Sonic!  I know him.  Wonder if this will be any good

--Sheesh, Disney Animal Crossing?  Well, I guess that’s why it’s called a Nintendo Direct Minnie

--I wonder if a 1st-party focused Direct will follow shortly!  Only time will tell

#Nintendo Direct #Nintendo Direct Mini #Disney #Capcom #Mega Man Battle Network #Portal #GlaDos #Nier Automata #Persona #e3 #Switch #Nintendo #Konami #Super Bomberman #Return to Monkey Island #Sonic Frontiers #Pac-Man World

[vonaegiremblem]

Saw a Nintendo fan on Twitter complaining that Nintendo was favoring games like Fire Emblem and Xenoblade over neglected franchise Ice Climber. You know, that series with one total game from the NES that is not very fun to play, like, at all?

#nintendo #it is that season folks: that's right it's time for nintendo fans to set themselves up for inevitable disappointment #nintendo struck hard and fast today by announcing a xenoblade specific direct; which some very intelligent people have been saying #is 'tone-deaf' because reasons (the reason is they wanted to see a full direct and are mad about it) #also nintendo fans have been revealing just how little they know about game development by whining about xc3 and few3h #claiming that they are somehow taking away from other games' developments even though that isn't how any of this works! #the e3 season truly is a blessing on us all

[comixandco]

ngl starting to think there won’t be a june direct this year, og pokemon snap is such a big announcement even if it’s just an online expansion there’s no way they’d reveal it on social media if there was going to be a direct in the next fortnight

#nintendo #comix rambles #either that or the direct will be so full of cool shit that there won’t be room for it #but i feel like the june directs were always about e3 and with e3 officially cancelled so early on in the year they just aren’t going to do #it #prove me wrong nintendo

[thelvadams]

when are nintendo going to announce if they're doing a direct or not

#they usually announce their e3 direct way before now so 🤨 #is it happening or not nintendo #yes i know it's not actually e3 but everyone else is going ahead anyway so we're just waiting on you nintendo #nintendo #nintendo direct #e3

[grinbrothers]

The Importance Of E3! - Tea Time

Tea Time with Souldin premieres on 12/7/2023 at 9AM BST. Souldin talks about an E3 2023 he wishes he was reacting too whilst PangYa Golf with Style footage plays.

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#youtube #pangya #grin brothers #e3 #e3 2023 #electronic entertainment expo #e32023 #super swing golf #nanka #hana #tea time #tea tasting #cinnamon and vanilla chai tea #evercade #nintendo direct #xbox showcase #grinbrothers #youtube premiere #e3 discussion #gaming discussion #wii #nintendo wii #pangya golf with style #importance of e3

[clownkiwi]

i think the way nintendo has been holding their massive game trailers and announcements this year has been. a lil weird. but i think its because they hold their trailers and announcements squarely to e3, but theyve only ever had one year where e3 hasnt happened to this point, that i just dont think nintendo was truly prepared

but now that an e3 this year was cancelled, nintendo. idk??? they seemed prepared, theyve got a plan a (regular nintendo directs in february, june, and september) & a plan b (direct mini partner showcases placed through multiple months in a year), but this year. they must've really been hoping for an e3 to happen because we got our big february direct this year, but after e3 was cancelled, nintendo just kinda placed their biggest e3 announcements throughout march-may (xeno 3 release date pushed up, splatoon 3 release date announced, botw 2 delay), but they still wanted a new direct out during the month of june (huge month for gamers)

so they just. kinda put all of their other 3rd party announcements into this direct we'll be getting later today

#ruby says clown shit #its Really Really Weird i cant tell if we'll be getting a big september direct or if they got more mini directs planned for #the rest of the year???? idk man. maybe when e3 returns next year nintendo will truly get back on their regular schedule

[templeofgeek]

Breaking down this year's Summer Game Fest announcements

Breaking down this year’s Summer Game Fest announcements

In this episode of the Temple of Geek Podcast, Myles and Forchy break down the games from this year’s shows, which included an Xbox showcase, PlayStation State Of Play, and Summer Game Fest. Temple of Geek Podcast The Temple of Geek Podcast has been around since 2012 and is hosted by a variety of geeky people from the Temple of Geek team. Here we cover all manner of geek and pop culture news and…

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#Bethesda #Capcom #Devolver Digital #E3 #Games #Gaming #Geoff Keighley #Indies #Nintendo #Nintendo Direct #Nintendo Switch #PC #Playstation #PlayStation 5 #PS5 #SGF #Sony #State of Play #Steam #Summer Game Fest #Summer Game Fest 2022 #Switch #Temple of Geek #Video Games #Xbox #Xbox Series S #XBox Series X #Xbox/ Bethesda Showcase

[britesparc]

Weekend Top Ten #535

Top Ten Foolish Predictions for Not-E3 Season

It’s the time of year when the big game companies begin to trot out their wares for us to salivate over. In times gone by, of course, this was dominated by one big thing: E3. The Electronic Entertainment Expo was the place for games publishers to lift the hem of their digital skirts and allow you to peek at the ankles of gaming future. It was, arguably, the highlight of the videogame calendar, and for a while pretty much the only game in town if you wanted to make big splashy announcements. Big, bold showcase presentations were the order of the day, lovingly scheduled around a week in June, with all the major publishers and platform holders taking a bow one by one, and reports from the show floor drip-feeding carefully curated news snippets to your gaming publication of choice.

The sands had already begun to shift before Covid, but the fact that huge in-person events were now impossible but games (and consoles) came out regardless, kinda took the edge off E3. There are loads of different expos and conventions these days, many ways for a canny publisher to seed announcements and revelations throughout the year; and, of course, this is ignoring a company’s desire to cut out the middleman entirely. Even in the beforetimes, someone like Microsoft would technically have their own showcase just outside E3, but to all intents and purposes part of the same show; nowadays, why bother with E3 at all? Just release videos online directly to your audience. It serves Nintendo and Sony especially well too, with the former’s various “Nintendo Directs” offering a charming look at their idiosyncratic offerings.

So, effectively, E3 as we knew it is dead, even if it’s not altogether joined the choir invisible. In its place, a bevvy of different publisher-specific shows, scattered liberally throughout the summer; nay, the year. In fact, by the time you read this, Sony will have had one of its very own, showing off some VR games and – woohoo! – a PC release of Spider-Man, which is genuinely the only PlayStation exclusive I’m interested in.

This makes it quite hard to know exactly when to do one of these increasingly-stupid “prediction” posts. But I figure, if Sony is first out the gate this summer with its show this week, and with Microsoft’s big flourish on June 12th, now seemed as good a time as any. Of course, as I feel increasingly disassociated from the concerns of the wider game industry, it does feel a bit pointless anyway. But I’ll soldier on, at least for now.

The essential gist of my gaming life nowadays is that I have Game Pass. There’s a mixture of big AAA games and smaller, quirkier indies, and really that satisfies me. I’ve got Halo and Forza and – eventually – Starfield, Fable, Perfect Dark, Avowed, and a whole lot more besides. Every now and again I’ll buy something – a Cyberpunk here or a Lego Star Wars there. Quite a lot of big games eventually make their way to Game Pass – Mass Effect or Assassin’s Creed. And, like I say, tons of indies, like Goose Game or Unpacking or Townscaper or Turnip Boy or, well, loads of stuff. So this has kinda taken the edge of my breathless anticipation for future games, because I know there’s a lot of stuff on its way and I’ve got a lot of stuff to play in the meantime. And – as I’ll discuss later – a lot of my bucket list things have now been announced.

Anyway, this is all a load of bollocks. They’re going to announce games and features over the next couple of weeks, and this is a list I’ve pulled out my arse of some of the things they’ll say. Enjoy.

All those sexy Game Pass features I want: I don’t think we’ll see Xbox’s fabled “streaming puck” hardware very soon, but I do think they’ll announce improvements to Game Pass, including a family plan and the ability to stream any digital game you own. Will they do away with Gold while they’re at it? I don’t know, but if they did I think they’d have to somehow introduce a cheaper tier of the service.

Surprise Xbox exclusive, surprise Game Pass addition: so with Starfield shifting to 2023, I think this Christmas will be pretty barren for Xbox; Forza Motorsport will be there, but I’m not sure if they’ll have another first-party heavy-hitter (Hellblade and Avowed will both be first half of next year I reckon). But there will be something: a surprise Xbox game. Wolfenstein 3? Banjo Kathreeie? Something we’ve not really heard of will drop. And, to further shore up the gap, they’ll announce a major third-party game will hit Game Pass day one. Something like Sonic Frontiers or Gotham Knights.

Zeldas all over the shop: first off, Breath of the Wild’s sequel will get a formal title. I think rather than a “2” or whatever, it’ll be some play on the original title; Breath of the Sky? Force of the Wild? Something like that. And this, of course, is 2023, but we’ll get more Zelda before then: re-releases of all the classic 3D games this Christmas. I also think they’ll announce some other new game, maybe this Christmas, maybe next year, like a stylised 2D remake of one of the SNES games or something.

Pikmin 4eva, Metroid 4neva: it’s taken a million years, but I finally think we’ll finally see Pikmin 4. And what’s more, I think it’ll be out this Christmas, a big Nintendo first-party title. Their other, long-awaited game? Well, I just don’t think we’ll hear any more about the new Metroid Prime this year.

The Star Wars games you’re looking for: we already know that the Jedi Fallen Order sequel is called Jedi Survivor. I think we’ll see proper gameplay this month. I also think we’ll get first glimpses – but not much more – of Respawn’s other Star Wars titles. I’m gonna totally make it up and say: one is a third-person tactical squad game set during the Imperial invasion of Mandalore (Star Wars: The Purge of Mandalore?); the other a fast-paced mission-based FPS set in the early days of the Rebellion (Star Wars: Rebel Agent?).

Sony announces a brand-new IP: they basically want a Destiny or something, yeah? And I think that’s what they’ll announce: a fantastical sci-fi shooter with some kind of live-service element. I don’t think it’ll be free to play; I think they’re fairly wedded to their “buy a big game outright” model. But I think it’ll look the business, graphics-wise. On the other hand, don’t they own PlanetSide? Maybe they’ll reboot that.

More LucasArts loveliness: buoyed by the reception afforded to Return to Monkey Island, LucasArts (or are they Lucasfilm Games again? I forget) will announce remakes or pseudo-sequels to some of their classic adventures. A new Loom? Sexy 4K Sam and Max? That sort of thing. and as for Monkey Island: we’ll get gameplay footage and a release date. I kinda hope it gets a proper physical release on all formats, to go with the physical copies I’ve got of all the other games (well, most of them – I don’t think I ever had Tales of Monkey Island).

Sim-ples: Sims 4 is big business but it’s getting on a bit. Can we get a new one? Yeah, let’s say EA announces The Sims 5. It’s prettier, a bit easier to control on console, and has a kind of cut-down mode for younger gamers (my daughter just likes the act of making a family more than anything else). But how’s about this: they also announce a brand-new Sim City game. It’s overdue! Skyline is stealing all its thunder!

Before I run out of space, other things I think we’ll see: lightning round! The new Assassin’s Creed will get a massive push. We’ll get a trailer for Indiana Jones, which I do actually think will be Xbox exclusive. We’ll see something more of the Knights of the Old Republic reboot. More Suicide Squad, and another game based on a DC character – maybe Wonder Woman. God of War: Ragnarok, which I still think will be a 2023 game. More of Alan Wake 2. More of that Avatar game. Oh, some kind of Halo single-player content. And – of course – an ingenious and hilarious Devolver Digital presentation, which will be, essentially, a blackly comic sci-fi short film.

Something totally ridiculous and crazy: I’ve been doing this for ages now, and I’ve done a list like this nearly every year, and I’ve always made unrealistic predictions based on stuff that I just want. These have always included a new Fable, a new Perfect Dark, and a sequel to Monkey Island by Ron Gilbert. Amazingly, all of these things are now happening – even the Monkey one, which I thought was borderline impossible. So what ridiculous pie-in-the-sky things do I have to hope for? I mean, they’ve even brought back Zool, for god’s sake (put it on Game Pass!). A brand-new Duke Nukem? A Tiberium Sun/Red Alert 2 remaster? The revival of Project Gotham? Dizzy?! Look, let’s keep it simple; as I say, I’ve been doing this for so long, things are gonna get cyclical. So how about we revisit one of my first oh-god-they’re-really-making-it things, and say that Microsoft announce – wait for it – Crackdown 4. C’mon, you know you want it.

#top ten #e3 #state of play #xbox and bethesda #nintendo direct #games #gaming #preview #showcase #game pass #psvr #crackdown

[boricuaxplay]

Creo que el Nintendo Direct sera del 14 al 16 de Junio. Que crees que veremos en el Direct?

I think the Nintendo Direct will be from June 14 to the 16th. What do you think we will see?

#nintendo #nintendo switch #nintendo direct #direct #switch #e3 #e3 2022

[shuttershocky]

Since E3 is now officially dead, what's your opinion on gaming conventions and their function/place in the industry, etc?

I'm curious about your opinion as someone who works in the game industry and also just a consumer.

Well I'm just a low level employee so I've never gone to big trade shows or conventions / conferences like E3, PAX, or GDC like my bosses or my friends have, my sole experience is with local conventions.

I've never gone to a convention as a visitor either. I've always been an exhibitor in those and man do they get exhausting—it's 3 full days straight of total sensory overload from booming music to gigantic crowds that you can't step away from since you've got to man your booth. That said, these public events are the only ones that will continue on into the future, aside from events like GDC that are more about the trade of game development rather than as marketing for games.

As time passes, I see less and less reasons for closed event trade shows, to be honest. E3's been dead way before this official announcement. As soon as Nintendo pivoted to making their Direct presentations, that was the beginning of the end for E3, since it meant big publishers can stream everything online now while having complete control over the whole show. With E3 being a closed event which essentially relied on game journalists to be their marketing for the public, it was bound to fall behind once social media made following news ever easier.

On the other hand I think conventions still have their place, especially when you show up with a demo. While lining up a bunch of people to go try out your game won't get you nearly as many views as marketing it online, there's just something special to the live interaction (both as part of the audience and as a developer) that builds hype like nothing else does.

Also, the short time between you're allowed in to set up your booth but the visitors aren't allowed in yet is when all the cool perks of being an exhibitor happens. (And the afterparties of course, but those aren't meant to be shared)

One really fond memory I have is back in 2018, Capcom was bringing Devil May Cry 5's demo around the circuit convention, including one I was in. Since I was an exhibitor we were there hours before the audience would be allowed in, which meant that as soon as Capcom finished setting up, DMC5 would be right there without a line.

I put up our posters and laptops as fast as I could and ran on over, only to find two other guys there with one of them already playing the demo. As the first guy finished, clearly an old fan from how quickly they got the hang of Nero, he turned around with this light on his face and said "It's... It's really good!"

And when a series has been gone for ten years with a controversial Western reboot in the middle, it feels so reassuring to see someone who has just as much riding on this as you do tell you it's good while handing you the controller. There's a real spark of magic in that kind of interaction that no Direct can replicate.

I also got to take a selfie with Igarashi of Castlevania fame, hat and all. Fuck yeah.