Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@DannyBoi Didn't you only want a direct for the system update? We just got a major numbered one, they wouldn't have done that if we were getting OS features any time in the next few months. There's nothing there for you.

@link3710 It went from 9.1.0 to 9.2.0. Not a major update.

I REALLY dont understand why Nintendo are being so quiet. I get the coronavirus is causing issues for them but they could at least admit what new games are coming out.

@DannyBoi

Coronavirus affects when new games are coming out. Both on the side of effecting game production directly, and on the side of affecting manufacturing, such that Nintendo is has limited knowledge of when there will be sufficient stock to anticipate an increase in sales around the release of big games.

I imagine Nintendo don’t want to say anything that would cause a fall in their stock price, more so now that they’re already volatile. So saying nothing about why there’s a lack of announcements is better than saying something.

nintendo be moving at snail speed. at least we're in the 9 day stretch for new horizons

@DannyBoi Doesn't matter, they wouldn't put out a patch for a non-critical issue just to put out a major update later that month. There's no big update coming, you're literally setting yourself up for disappointment. It's not coming.

@iKhan So why have they waited so long to do the direct?

@DannyBoi 2 weeks, what's the big deal?

@Octane Because they keepmaking us wait and wait. What the hell is going on with the direct!?! It must be finished. I don't believe Venturebeat saying there will be an indie world and a generaldirect this month. Look at all the other rumours.

There is no more maintence.

Oh we've been looking at the wrong convention for the early year Indie World:

GDC 2017: February 27th - March 3rd
Nindies Showcase: February 28th

GDC 2018: March 19th-23rd
Nindies Showcase: March 20th

GDC 2019: March 18th-22nd
Nindies Showcase: March 20th

GDC 2020: Was going to be March 16th - 20th
Indie World: March 17th or 18th perhaps?

I don't believe the general Direct March 26th though.

@Grumblevolcano What are you trying to say?

@DannyBoi Generally we've used PAX East (a week or 2 before) to guess the indie event date early in the year (February/March) but it turns out that during GDC is a more accurate indie event predictor. Hence the Indie World part of the rumour seems pretty likely.

However I don't believe the rest of the rumour as "General Direct coming [insert date]" has been a very common rumour this year and wrong every time. I'm going with April 2nd.

@DannyBoi Why does it matter when you get to see a game reveal. If it's tomorrow or next week, it doesn't really make a difference.

It's not what I want, but I'd take an indie presentation with all the good indies were supposed to be getting this year (crosscode, silksong, gleamlight axiom verge 2, sports story, SoR4 if you count that as indie) all without release dates. If we can get a presentation with release dates, that wouldn't be a terrible thing. But again, much rather have that wham bam general direct.

My favourite outcome for Indie World would be release date for the Cuphead DLC (and as a result the physical version) and announcement of Ori and the Will of the Wisps for Switch being the start and end respectively.

@Grumblevolcano There would be chaos if an indie world was announced first.

@Grumblevolcano yea i forgot to mention, an ori:WotW port would be sweet too.

@DannyBoi Well it's too late for a Direct announcement this week.