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Following on from Nintendo's withdrawal from ECTS and host their own show at a later date, Sony have now decided to do the same.
Sony say that their show will be more aimed at the consumer, rather than the trade. I don't know about Nintendo's, but I assume it's the same.
Now - is this a good thing? Personally, I love dedicated consumer-targetted shows. I used to have a heck of a time with mates at the 'World of Commodore' and 'World of Amiga' shows.
I can see how both companies would like to have shows dediacted to their own machines, with no distractions; and I can see that fans of each company will probably love it - I personally would love to go to a PlayStation show, especially if there is a UK-specific event.
But...
a) Is it wise to completely snub a *trade* show in this way?
b) Both companies have good 3rd-party support, but will this continue unaffected if they snub trade events?
c) Are the companies wise to avoid the show with Microsoft and their X-Box presence? Should they not be putting in a strong show?
Discuss please...
Sony say that their show will be more aimed at the consumer, rather than the trade. I don't know about Nintendo's, but I assume it's the same.
Now - is this a good thing? Personally, I love dedicated consumer-targetted shows. I used to have a heck of a time with mates at the 'World of Commodore' and 'World of Amiga' shows.
I can see how both companies would like to have shows dediacted to their own machines, with no distractions; and I can see that fans of each company will probably love it - I personally would love to go to a PlayStation show, especially if there is a UK-specific event.
But...
a) Is it wise to completely snub a *trade* show in this way?
b) Both companies have good 3rd-party support, but will this continue unaffected if they snub trade events?
c) Are the companies wise to avoid the show with Microsoft and their X-Box presence? Should they not be putting in a strong show?
Discuss please...
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Batistuta wrote:
> As u told me once, Nintendo are not in competition with anyone else.
> So they will not be worried about the X-box.
I'm not necessarily speaking from a 'competition' point of view though. The fact is that, although the trade already know about PS2 and GameCube, will they think negatively of Nintendo and Sony for not showing up?
It's not so much about scoring points off of each other, as maintaining industry respect.
> I wouldnt say Nintendo are completly snubbing tadeshows
> though. They have the biggest floorspace at E3.
That's three versions of that I've heard now. I read on the web that MS have by far the largest area, then I read that Sony did, and now I hear that Nintendo have! :-)
> As u told me once, Nintendo are not in competition with anyone else.
> So they will not be worried about the X-box.
I'm not necessarily speaking from a 'competition' point of view though. The fact is that, although the trade already know about PS2 and GameCube, will they think negatively of Nintendo and Sony for not showing up?
It's not so much about scoring points off of each other, as maintaining industry respect.
> I wouldnt say Nintendo are completly snubbing tadeshows
> though. They have the biggest floorspace at E3.
That's three versions of that I've heard now. I read on the web that MS have by far the largest area, then I read that Sony did, and now I hear that Nintendo have! :-)
As u told me once, Nintendo are not in competition with anyone else. So they will not be worried about the X-box.
I wouldnt say Nintendo are completly snubbing tadeshows though. They have the biggest floorspace at E3.
I wouldnt say Nintendo are completly snubbing tadeshows though. They have the biggest floorspace at E3.
Following on from Nintendo's withdrawal from ECTS and host their own show at a later date, Sony have now decided to do the same.
Sony say that their show will be more aimed at the consumer, rather than the trade. I don't know about Nintendo's, but I assume it's the same.
Now - is this a good thing? Personally, I love dedicated consumer-targetted shows. I used to have a heck of a time with mates at the 'World of Commodore' and 'World of Amiga' shows.
I can see how both companies would like to have shows dediacted to their own machines, with no distractions; and I can see that fans of each company will probably love it - I personally would love to go to a PlayStation show, especially if there is a UK-specific event.
But...
a) Is it wise to completely snub a *trade* show in this way?
b) Both companies have good 3rd-party support, but will this continue unaffected if they snub trade events?
c) Are the companies wise to avoid the show with Microsoft and their X-Box presence? Should they not be putting in a strong show?
Discuss please...
Sony say that their show will be more aimed at the consumer, rather than the trade. I don't know about Nintendo's, but I assume it's the same.
Now - is this a good thing? Personally, I love dedicated consumer-targetted shows. I used to have a heck of a time with mates at the 'World of Commodore' and 'World of Amiga' shows.
I can see how both companies would like to have shows dediacted to their own machines, with no distractions; and I can see that fans of each company will probably love it - I personally would love to go to a PlayStation show, especially if there is a UK-specific event.
But...
a) Is it wise to completely snub a *trade* show in this way?
b) Both companies have good 3rd-party support, but will this continue unaffected if they snub trade events?
c) Are the companies wise to avoid the show with Microsoft and their X-Box presence? Should they not be putting in a strong show?
Discuss please...
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