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How Nintendo Lost E3

Approaching Nintendo’s 2011 E3 Keynote Press Conference, rumours and leaks (strategic or not) had been circulating for weeks about what we could expect. A new console, a new controller, touch screen, portable gaming, high definition, the list goes on. It seems whatever feature you wanted from this mysterious new console...

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Ares845431d ago

That controller, hurts my hands just by looking at it.

Trunkz5431d ago (Edited 5431d ago )

If they can't allow 4, then I'm not buying it. I'd like to play something like Goldeneye where friends can't look off my screen it would be fun.

Plus they need a name change, my heart sank when he said the name during the E3 show...

Trunkz5431d ago (Edited 5431d ago )

PS: I'm a Nintendo fan out of the big 3, and if a Nintendo fan feels depressed about their next console, then you KNOW their doing something wrong considering I've owned every single console they've made.

Falaut5431d ago

In my opinion, 2 screen controllers is the sweet point.

B+ very refreshing :)

piroh5431d ago (Edited 5431d ago )

i agree with you just because of avatar :)

KonaBro5431d ago

but I can't help but see an iPad every time I look at it. Whatever the price is, it won't be cheap that's for sure.

Alos885431d ago

Just by looking at the placement of the buttons I know that controller will hurt my thumbs after about an hour.

Pozzle5431d ago

It's looks so bulky too. And the shape doesn't seem to fit with the natural shape of a person's hands. It makes sense for an iPad because you're (presumably) not going to be using it for hours on end. But a game controller? I just don't understand what the designer was going for :/

starshaped5431d ago

It hurts to hold an iPad for more than an hour in the same way you'd hold the controller, when you take into consideration that you've got to use buttons too, it hurts to think about it.

OtherWhiteMeat5431d ago (Edited 5431d ago )

Personally,I don't think E3 had any clear winners or losers, but I do think the Wii U would have looked a lot nicer in black.

Shnazzyone5431d ago

Nintendo lost e3 by being nintendo. Because if sony or MS did the exact same thing they would have won hands down. Keep telling yourselves Nintendo lost if you like. Doesn't change the fact they unveiled the most new tech and games. If you go by numbers and showmanship and are UNBIASED... Then Nintendo won.

Shnazzyone5431d ago

lots of disagrees, though no counter-arguments. This is N4G

Falaut5431d ago

I'm not going to hit disagree just yet and am down to a intelligent jostle. Please elaborate on the "...unveiled the MOST NEW tech and games" so we can begin. The reason I ask is that it is of my opinion that Ninty had nothing NEW in regards to tech AND games (because I don't think another Zelda is anything new).

perfectCarbonara5431d ago

Here's a counter argument for ya.

How did Nintendo unveil the most tech, when Sony unveiled the PSVita AND the PS3 branded 3D monitor.

Thats TWO unveilings, while Nintendo only unveiled the controller to a non-existent console.

gumgum995431d ago

@perfect carbonara

while sony did unveil more hardware, the TV isn't necessarily "new tech". That is what shnazzyone was referring to. Its a good deal for a TV, yeah, but its just one more TV. The new controller is much more different and is only comparable as far as shape and design.

plmkoh5431d ago

@gumgum

That's merely a matter of point of view, one could argue that the WiiU is a polished PS3+PSP remote play experience.

Whilst the PS TV monitor gives a new Splitscreen experience.

Personally I felt Nintendo had what It takes to "win" E3, but was extremely confused about the message and concept of the device. Basically the viewer was left asking more questions rather than having them answered, and rightly so the share prices dropped.

Nintendo are simply not good sales pitchers.

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U.S. patent examiner rejects Nintendo’s summoning characters patent as obvious: non-final ruling

The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).

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Relientk7726d ago (Edited 26d ago )

Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.

PRIMORDUS25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

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Nintendo Completes Share Repurchase and Sets Price for Secondary Offering

Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

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Deathdeliverer51d ago

Well dayum lol. Old agent orange pissing off every industry and nation.

0hMyGandhi50d ago

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

AuraAbjure50d ago (Edited 50d ago )

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

EveryPlatformGamer51d ago

LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.

-Foxtrot51d ago

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

Outside_ofthe_Box50d ago (Edited 50d ago )

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Inverno51d ago

The people should sue these companies for having to over pay cause of these tariffs.

Eonjay50d ago

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

Inverno49d ago

I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.

Killer2020UK49d ago

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️

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