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[10k]

Yet, Sony and Microsoft haven't released any official information about their next-gen consoles, either, so why is Nintendo on the chopping block for releasing so little? The PlayStation 4 will most likely may not make an appearance at this year's E3, if we take Kaz Hirai's statements at face value.

You should read IGN users comments on the article about "Kaz Hirai says 'no PS4 at E3'" it's hilarious. All these users are getting mad saying "we can't let competitors get a huge lead again!" and "PS3 is old, we need new hardware".



I think the problem for Nintendo was that rumor leaks in April (Project Café) forced Nintendo to reveal the Wii U at E3 before they were ready. Apparently Retro only got a dev kit around Xmas 2010 so nothing was ready. No game trailers, no hardware specs, no actual game demo's. Nintendo probably rushed to reveal something, anything, for 2011. That is why we still know nothing about the Wii U. The problem is now Sony and Microsoft have seen the main premise behind the U and they will copy it for their next gen consoles and just add more powerful hardware. Nintendo should have and probably did want to reveal at E3 2012 and have proper game reveals, trailers, final hardware designs and specs, and release it for holiday 2012 so Sony and Microsoft would fall behind and be shellshocked.

But revealing it last year was like a country going to war against another and announcing it first lol. "hey guys, we're gonna attack you next year at this time, day, location, with these weapons and tactics".

Whereas if they did their reveal in 2012 it would have been more like "BOOM! The War is on MOFO's, what's that? You're not ready? Too bad!"

[Nin10dude712]

You should read IGN users comments on the article about "Kaz Hirai says 'no PS4 at E3'" it's hilarious. All these users are getting mad saying "we can't let competitors get a huge lead again!" and "PS3 is old, we need new hardware".



I think the problem for Nintendo was that rumor leaks in April (Project Café) forced Nintendo to reveal the Wii U at E3 before they were ready. Apparently Retro only got a dev kit around Xmas 2010 so nothing was ready. No game trailers, no hardware specs, no actual game demo's. Nintendo probably rushed to reveal something, anything, for 2011. That is why we still know nothing about the Wii U. The problem is now Sony and Microsoft have seen the main premise behind the U and they will copy it for their next gen consoles and just add more powerful hardware. Nintendo should have and probably did want to reveal at E3 2012 and have proper game reveals, trailers, final hardware designs and specs, and release it for holiday 2012 so Sony and Microsoft would fall behind and be shellshocked.

But revealing it last year was like a country going to war against another and announcing it first lol. "hey guys, we're gonna attack you next year at this time, day, location, with these weapons and tactics".

Whereas if they did their reveal in 2012 it would have been more like "BOOM! The War is on MOFO's, what's that? You're not ready? Too bad!"

But it leaked because they were getting it to 3rd party developers so thay can have time to create their games for it, it's a double-edged sword, but I think what they did is for the best.

[Crackkat]

dont see why you dont realise that this is bigger than your impatience!! nintendo cares more about success than impatience, it would be highly unwise to show microsoft and sony what the wii u can do while they're building their consoles as we speak!! its soo simple

[Auzzie Wingman]

I did not expect any reveals.

This is the Consumer Electronics.... something. This is more or less to get the word out there that this thing exists, and you should all be looking forward to it.

I mean, if the only place you show the thing is gaming conventions, you're not going very far with advertising.

[Gruff]

dont see why you dont realise that this is bigger than your impatience!! nintendo cares more about success than impatience, it would be highly unwise to show microsoft and sony what the wii u can do while they're building their consoles as we speak!! its soo simple

I never thought about that. Maybe that is one of the reasons why Nintendo is staying secret, so MS and Sony don't find out about there epic plans to taking over the gaming industry with the Wii U!

[Crackkat]

I never thought about that. Maybe that is one of the reasons why Nintendo is staying secret, so MS and Sony don't find out about there epic plans to taking over the gaming industry with the Wii U!

haha yh i really think its a reason from many, i think there may be a few more secrets than we are aware exist but who knows

[Tipzil]

didn't they say it would just be E3 Demos?

[Joshua]

I agree with TRON.
If only Reggie actually shared some new insightful information about the Wii U at CES.
He didn't really do anything other than basically repeat what was said during last years E3.

But then again, I wasn't really expecting him to do anything like that during CES of all things.
At GDC, however, it would be very different.

[Link707]

They said they weren't going to show anything so why is everyone getting hyped over it