Nintendo isn't the only one skipping a presentation. There are many big name developers flat out not even attending E3.

Too many game shows a year, that's money out the bank for most devs.

Nintendo doesn't need a presentation, their console is out on the market now. They will let their games do the presenting for them.

'Is Nintendo avoiding Sony and Microsoft at E3?'

...Like a Turkey trying to avoid Thanks Giving.

Could just be cost cutting, those E3 shows can cost a ton to produce, and maybe Nintendo didn't feel like wasting that money when they can do smaller shows and Directs with the same result.

I mean Nintendo had the chance to own E3 the last two years and failed to do anything with it, we don't know how Microsoft or Sony will handle their E3, both have had suspect E3's in the past, even with console reveals, so anything is possible, but I kind of doubt Nintendo is outright avoiding them.

The first E3 without Nintendo, is like a party without a cake¡

like portal ending : the cake is a lie¡

noooooo..oooooo..oooooo

If I was Nintendo I wouldn't want to face the inevitable unfavourable comparison of putting next-gen looking games against current-gen looking Wii U ones... in addition to having all of the hot 3rd party game reveals NOT have a Wii U version.

It's already established that Wii U doesn't appeal to casuals so Nintendo needs to appeal to the core or just be content with Nintendo diehards, which would only get them 25-35 million console sales.

Wii U is in some trouble, they can't even really drop the price substantially because the controller has a fricking large touch screen in it.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau

Helix will be expensive but it's still a day one for me.

Oh, my days...
So Nadella meets with the US president multiple times to ensure AI regulations are minimal if any at all, donates to the inauguration and ballroom, and his boy not only won't regulate AI as farmers lose land and billionaires/corporations buy up farmland to build data centers...but because he's insane and compromised, he starts a war on behalf of a rogue colonial zionist state and [further] destabilizes the Middle East, restricting component access and helium supply.

Now the head of Xbox is saying the hardware pricing "could impact" next generation hardware pricing? Asha,...your boss at a minimum played a direct role in this. What are we even talking about?

Yea because a $3 trillion company can’t absorb the majority of the cost to keep the product lower for consumers.

Expensive… oh no, here comes another flop.

Could? Strange how prices rise for virtually everything we buy, yet when things settle down, prices don't come down. This has been happening in the UK probably before I was born. With that, how much is a next gen console going to cost? Look at the price of the PlayStation 5 Pro, which has been a flop for Sony. On that note, we don't need the next consoles for another 5 years.

I guarantee if people just stopped buying this kinda stuff all together. This would all be sorted within 2 weeks and everything would be back to normal.

We seen the exact same thing through the COVID period. Companies just jumped on the bandwagon realising that they can get away with charging far more under false pretences and fear mongering.

Consumers now have this fear of "you know what, I only live once. I'm going to spend all this money I earned through my hard work" Or "I only live once I'm going to take a loan out and enjoy my time here".

Silicone Valley spends literally billions of dollars researching how much they can push society to the limits to increase spending. You can research it yourself. There's published written documentation about it. Have a look for yourself into their group research into subscription programs to see how evil they are and why it's such a giant focus of current civilization. Its the very essence of corporate capitalism.

Just delay all new consoles. I could easily go another 5 years with my base PS5.

could? it's already affecting current gen pricing.

It is greed. Apple are selling at the same price, while Microsoft Surface increases 500$ per unit. Karma will tell.