Spike’s Xbox focus casts Nintendo’s ‘no E3′ decision in a new light

With the long hype train to E3 now finally, painfully, tangibly entering its last stretch of track, we’re getting a much more solid idea of how we’ll all be consuming the big happenings from the show floor and the company conferences. Of course some of us will be there in the flesh to experience things first hand, but most of us (myself included) are not so lucky and will be watching from home.

Even with the Xbox stuff being exclusive to Spike, one would imagine the official broadcast would still include all the Sony and Nintendo stuff right? Well not exactly.

[NYC_Gamer]

I'm watching E3 on GT anyway though

[HyperBear]

Yeah same here. If I got Spike TV in HD through my cable provider then I might opt with that, but Spike are broadcasting the same thing as what GT is streaming, and I'd rather have an HD feed from my PC rather than a standard 480i/p "fuzzy" channel on my TV :D

[Minato-Namikaze]

Will they show commercials, i remember G4 used to show commercials during the conferences.

[xHeavYx]

Nice try M$, already trying to control what people watch with your Cablebox One.
I'll just leave this image here
https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW50...

[Plagasx]

What do you mean "fuzzy 480i/p"? Spike has HD..

[UNGR]

I thought most people would have avoided the Doritos king with a ten foot pole by now. I think I'll go with Rev3, or just watch the Xbox stream to get the games and go, get the PlayStation stuff from Rev3 most likely as well. I'll grab all the details after on N4G.

[dedicatedtogamers]

I'm gonna watch online. I'm sure there will be plenty of streams to choose from.

The N4G comment sections are going to be an absolute killing floor on June 10th, especially after both Sony and Microsoft have finished their conferences and we can compare.

tbh, I think Nintendo will quietly clean up the most at E3 while Sony and MS duke it out, but that's just, like, my opinion, man.

[PopRocks359]

Only time can tell. I get the feeling both Microsoft and Sony will find a way to impress their respective fanbase and Nintendo (hopefully) will find a way to pleasantly surprise the rest.

[Anon1974]

Has Spike ever broadcast anything but the Microsoft presentation at E3? I remember I watched the Microsoft bit on TV, and then when it came to find the Nintendo and Sony presentations on Spike, I simply didn't see them on the schedule anywhere and ended up watching on my PC.

[Themisterphenix]

Here is on game I know I'll be at E3 found this my self!Killer Instinct reboot is real!
http://n4g.com/news/1270810...

[Docknoss]

This is so ignorant! When has Spike ever showed a Sony or Nintendo E3 Conference? Never! its always been a Microsoft only on Spike. Sony and Nintendo have always been G4TV.

[darkvenom]

screw spike tv and micro$soft!,nothing they show will make me want an xbone,will be watching the sony conference on my vita.

[theWB27]

Which invalidates your opinion...which makes it weird you'd even click on an Xbox article if you've already made your decision before everything is concrete...including all of the PS4 news not being set in stone.

[UNGR]

Why do we let this fanboyism run rampant? Are we this stubborn we won't even let them show their games? Come on people, give them E3, then make your final decision. Ignoring an entire console from one very poorly communicated reveal is childish. Let em show you what they have at E3, it's the least you could do.

[mananimal]

@UNGR

You said------"Why do we let this fanboyism run rampant? Are we this stubborn we won't even let them show their games? Come on people, give them E3, then make your final decision. Ignoring an entire console from one very poorly communicated reveal is childish. Let em show you what they have at E3, it's the least you could do."

I say NO!, Ive seen enough, dont care how great the games are, dont care if they gave Xbox One away for FREE.......burn in Hell Microsoft, the end.

[nukeitall]

@UNGR:

You are among a niche group here on n4g.com. mananimal and darkvenom is the common approach here on n4g.com.

Blind fanboyism followed by fangirls. If it ain¨t Sony it will be attacked, be it PC, Wii U and especially Xbox One.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

^^^

nukeital is hypocrisy at it's finest. This is coming from someone who said that he wouldn't buy anything anti-consumer when the PS4 was rumored to block used games to actually likening the idea as long as there are "benefits" when there were strong indications that MS might have a used game fee. He is also one to spin positive Sony news in to a negative... talk about blind hate and fanboyism...

[solidjun5]

"Blind fanboyism followed by fangirls...."

Oh the irony.

[ps3_pwns]

i agree xbox one sucks. why get an xbox one when you can get a ps4? ps4 is technically an dlogically the best. dont know why people are trying to fight logic and the right choice. then again theres tons of peopl breaking the law going to jail doing silly things when the ogical thing to do is to get a job and not steal lol.

[UNGR]

That was so un-biased. I think people can really learn from you. Even your name is completely objective to this conversation! Sarcasm.

This is what's wrong with this community folks.

[Docknoss]

And your Single minded Ideology is why no ome will ever take you serious in life. Congratulations bottom feeder

[Soldierone]

Microsoft pretty much owns Spike TV. Thats why they wont air the Sony conference.....

Same with NBC, which owned G4....

[HammadTheBeast]

WTF they don't air it?!

[Soldierone]

Not the Sony conference. They show the Microsoft one though.

They blame TV schedules or something stupid. I mean Spike TV really has important tv shows and everything..... ha

[Nevers0ft]

The article makes a fair point, although I never understood why so many people thought the sky was falling in when Nintendo announced that they wouldn't be doing a huge press event for E3 in the first place. Having a large presence on the show floor, coupled with Nintendo Direct and the Best Buy "tour" seems a pretty inspired way of announcing the upcoming 1st/2nd party games for 2013.

[Minato-Namikaze]

Because of how little the Wii-u was/is selling. It was obvious to think that ninty was trying to hide the wii-u from the new consoles and that they didnt want to get over shadowed. If it turns out good for them them great but if it doesnt people are gonna jump on them again. MS has kinda taken then heat off of them since the XB1's reveal.

[Godmars290]

Because E3 is in the general public eye.

Pointed this out before, but Nintendo Direct events are called direct events for a reason. I just don't see how they can reach new customers when you have to have Nintendo product to watch them on.

[Mikito11]

What are you on about?..

Nintendo Direct is just the name of their video streaming events.

You can watch it on PC, phone ect.. You don't need to own anything from Nintendo to watch it..

[GameCents]

Logic fail.

[AllroundGamer]

MS showed Spike some $$$, well they will need any help to try to sell that water cooler to (dumb) people... (like those who will disagree with me :)) )

[Mr_Nuts]

Why can UK people never get ONE channel to broadcast E3 on the day they have it. They have the VGA's but only a week after they've been on making it pointless.

We have over 900 channels on Sky, I'm sure one channel for 1-2 hours can be spared

Quite ironic that Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story is being shown when Sony's conference is supposed to be on. If Sony are the underdogs, Average Joe's, then Microsoft must be Globo Gym Purple Cobras and despite having all the money and the flashy high tec stuff what happens in the end...they loose

[HammadTheBeast]

Just use Ustream. OR even IGN.

[dumahim]

I really wish youtube could get a live stream. All these other live stream services seem to get a bit iffy when thousands of people start watching.

[stuntman_mike]

it's a shame the old gaming shows like bad influence and thumb bandits?? aren't on any more. i'm sure they would have shown it:(

I'll watch it on Ustream probably anyways.

[rainslacker]

I've never been a fan of G4 myself, but they were good for something 4 days out of the year with their huge amount of E3 coverage and uninterrupted conferences.

[SOULJER]

Spike TV is trying to help Microsoft rope up some suckers. Fruity Geoff lying about sony. Hope at E3 he finally comes out the closet.

[HammadTheBeast]

LOL

[WhatchaTalkinBout]

oh lovely more spike tv more Geoff Keighley trying to shove everything micosoft down our throats...this should be interesting to see with the xbox one.. every year its a dud. fans and gamers alike know it.. money can make anyone turn into a puppet....

[OC_MurphysLaw]

In fairness to the Sony bit... Spike last year had very similar hours of coverage to what they have this year. Last year Sony was covered by G4TV, not Spike. If you really want to be angry about this, be pissed at G4TV for becoming a "guys" channel and showing crap re-run movies, Cops and other less relevant programming over game coverage.

[solidworm]

Spike is a poor channel with awful viewing figures, good news is you will be able to watch it on your XBONE along with another 100 crap channels. Personally I will be too busy playing GAMES on a ps4.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

unless you are a developer...which I highly doubt given your responses the only thing you will be playing with is....NOT a PS4 given it won't be out till "Holiday 2013"

But I will agree that Spike is rather craptastic.

[punisher99]

To be honest though. I didn't even think people actually watched this on TV anyway. Most people are at work during the day. I personally always watch it online.

[rainslacker]

The people that are most likely to watch this anyways will know where to find it. I doubt it'll hurt Sony in any way. Probably hurt Spike TV more, since it's probably the highest viewership they'd get the whole year anyways.

[Summons75]

They think they aren't at E3 lol 2 giant booths, a giant nintendo direct, and an open conference for press to play the demos say otherwise.....oh not to mention best buy demos for fans.

oh spike stick to replays of 1000 ways to die and ufc

[CouldHaveYelledUiiW]

But
"Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" is a great American Classic. (jk)

All of these Pre-E3 stories are annoying me-
I want E3 NOW!

[Sarobi]

Spike really sucks to be honest. I didn't get to catch the Xbox One reveal live, so when I got home I turned on Spike and apparently there was suppose to be a re-air of the event... after sitting through an hour and a half of their scheduled crap... they didn't even re-air the event.. complete BS.

[bobacdigital]

"Because E3 is in the general public eye.

Pointed this out before, but Nintendo Direct events are called direct events for a reason. I just don't see how they can reach new customers when you have to have Nintendo product to watch them on"

ROFL .. E3 is not the general public eye... new customers dont watch E3 at all let alone spike ... New customers are influenced by their friends who are most likely avid gamers... Times have changed twitter and facebook and all sorts of social media will link to Nintendo direct like crazy.. Social media is free advertising and once Nintendo posts their direct or talks about their exclusives it will be all over the internet..

If they weren't holding a stage show maybe 5 to 8 years ago before social media really started taking off to the levels it is now I would be worried... But with the 2 private shows for analysts and bloggers along with a huge booth at E3 paired with Directs online .. there will be enough footage on the internet to keep people busy enough to not even know Nintendo didnt have a stage show.

[Hicken]

Actually, E3 gets massive exposure through more traditional channels. While Nintendo Directs may be available anywhere, what transpires there won't be picked up by the likes of CNN and FOX and MSNBC. The contents of the pressers and what's at the booths at E3 will be detailed in national newspapers, something that won't happen with Nintendo's Directs.

You're also wrong about people not watching on Spike, as there will be quite a few watching. And since it's summer and school is out- and Spike can appeal to teenage boys rather well- expect plenty of teens with nothing better to do(especially if they've got any idea E3 is coming... which they will, if they've already been watching Spike) to tune in.

What you're doing is trying to say that the Direct would give Nintendo more exposure than E3.

You couldn't be any more wrong about that.

[bobacdigital]

Nintendo is going to have a large booth with several stations for the Wii U and several games.. So I fail to see how CNN or Fox are going to miss the massive Nintendo sign and section on the show floor...Also Nintendo will packing a few select Best Buys with demo units and games that have yet to be released.. that will create general buzz among local news stations when the lines build up.

Every single gaming website is going to link or cover Nintendo Direct.. So I fail to see how that wont garner a large amount eyes on them... Also bloggers / gaming sites will be invited to one of two smaller stage shows and will be writing about hands on stuff... Are you telling me CNN, FOX, or NBC wont be invited to the smaller presentations?

I simply stated that they are covering every avenue they can and will garner enough coverage.... Whether it is more or less will be up to the viewers and readers at home.

[Campy da Camper]

Hey, all MS has to do is announce I can play games on Xbox one with no kinect. That right there with some exclusive games would probably get me to buy one. As it stands, Sony has me lock, stock and 2 smoking barrels. All the 1st party games with no required camera is win win win.

[MultiConsoleGamer]

Spinning this against Nintendo when Sony is the one hurt the most by this decision. At least Nintendo still has Nintendo Direct.

The author claims that ignoring Sony is a case of bias (which it is) but ignoring Nintendo somehow has something to do with the timing of their E3 plans. These plans have been in place for a while, making this whole assumption nothing more than spin. If anything it's a case of bias against both companies.

BTW, this is another example of the M$ payola machine at work.

It begins...

[PerryCaravello]

Spike is rooting a little too much for microsoft. It's obvious though.

[GraveLord]

Everyone sees these online anyway. The conferences themselves aren't as important as the announcements within them.

[Fergusonxplainsall]

Spike TV sucks all day.24/7

Don't see that ending anytime soon.
I miss Tech TV. G4 is now a ghost of it's never formed self.

[mudmax]

I don't even have cable anymore, who needs it. Youtube and Netflix got everything I need. And I can watch new movies on my WiiU threw amazon video.