No trailer at E3 LOL @ SE

[Crysten]

I think it's a pretty good idea myself. E3 is covered mainly by a lot of mainstream sites/Spike TV and honestly, expecting those guys to be covering 2.0 in much depth at all when they'll be pretty much covering Halo 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and all your usual "Bro" games is pretty much a crapshoot, trailer or no.

August is pretty much the best time to show off the game in it's 2.0 state for a number of reasons. First, Gamescom AND PAX Prime are both happening in August. At the same time, and to me this is the kicker, both of those shows are public events. What better way to show off the game to potential new players by actually putting said game into consumers hands, rather than at the industry standard trade show where most mainstream journalists aren't going to give a shit? Thirdly, PAX and Gamescom may not be covered by mainstream media per se, but it's still going to get a giant spotlight on any gaming website worth it's salt.

Add the Tokyo Game Show for the Japanese playerbase in September and yes, I've no doubt Yoshi-P will keep his word when he means a flood of information. I think he's made a very smart decision here, honestly. Flood everyone with info at those two conventions, and get the extra couple of months to add some extra spitshine. Win-win.

[Picoman]

I think its a brave decision to sit on a trailer that has this amount of hype from such a small dedicated player base. This trailer needs to be well timed and quality.
Thinking about it, after originally being sad, i think it will work out for the best. Lets hope us, the devoted player base, gets some juicy infos out of Yoshi-P over the next few days.

[Starlord]

I think its a brave decision to sit on a trailer that has this amount of hype from such a small dedicated player base. This trailer needs to be well timed and quality.
Thinking about it, after originally being sad, i think it will work out for the best. Lets hope us, the devoted player base, gets some juicy infos out of Yoshi-P over the next few days.

I agree, and its not like were not getting nothing from it, even if its just interviews it self, not to mention the site will probably have at least something we don't know about.

[neorei]

[Dawiichan]

Looking back on the past how many months, I think its safe to say we won't be getting any decent info, the only screen we have seen of 2.0 was back in September when they announced it and that was most definitely a bullshot.

I think that's why I'm so disappointed about this, E3 was a good chance for them to show off 2.0, screens, UI changes, videos etc and they have seemed to just give us the finger instead.

People suggesting that SE know what's best for their game are clearly forgetting the launch in 2010.

When did they say the trailer was going to show UI changes, videos, etc? When did they say they weren't going to do anything at E3? Why do people over-react so much?

We don't even know what they will show us from interviews or from their own sources.

[darkstarpoet1]

i'm not going to rage over it not being shown, but i do want to add my impressions on it.

1. it's quite ballsy to decide the week before e3 to pull out and decide to not show the trailer because e3 is the biggest console/na game conference.

2. i think this will hurt in getting na players interested in the game again. i know quite a few people that looks at e3 as the only gaming conference held. i know it's not, but when i think about one this is the first i think of.

3. i understand they say they had the trailer ready and i believe that, but how many of the people that haven't been following this game's changes will know?

4. if someone is looking for a reason to hate on the game this is just another perfect opportunity for them to do so and report without care for any facts. the people that do not know better will believe anything that's stated bad at this point.

5. i was looking forward to seeing the trailer and i understand that they decided to hold off, but it's just one more of those not meeting deadlines that worries me about getting people to actually come back to the game and promoting the game on the consoles.

6. i'm one of the many that has been logging in less and less the last month or so after playing this game without a break at all since the original release. i was waiting on e3 and the flood of information that was supposed to start then to energize and get me excited about the game again. i guess now it's just keep playing once every few days for a few minutes and keep waiting like i have been lately.

i guess what this says is that i'm not mad and i do understand their reasons for holding off, but i'm not gonna say that i am not really disappointed and that it's just one more thing to worry about with the future of the game in general. i really hope yoshi and his pr team have a solid plan and can pull a rabbit out of their hat because they are really putting the fate of this game in some shock and awe promotion that only gives them a few short months to create a massive buzz and get the second release a success. i hope the best for it, but i feel like they are taking some major chances. i'll just hold off judgement for the promotion they put out and hope to see some stuff that makes me say "omg i have gotta start playing this game" because anything less than that is not going to get the much needed response.

[Zahak]

We don't know anything \O-o/

[Firon]

I don't think folks are sad they cant see it now...its more so that they are sad SE will be missing out on the nice marketing that can come from e3. I could care less if I see this trailer now or later tbh either way we will see it eventually and 2.0 will be here before we know it.

I'm not picking at you but 90% of you don't understand E3 is not pc game friendly THEY DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED SECTION FOR PC GAMES. Go look at the line up for pc e3 games its so small it stupid. The best places to show off pc's games is Pax and GC.

[darkstarpoet1]

I'm not picking at you but 90% of you don't understand E3 is not pc game friendly THEY DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED SECTION FOR PC GAMES. Go look at the line up for pc e3 games its so small it stupid. The best places to show off pc's games is Pax and GC.

i do understand that and you are correct about e3 not being the best place for pc games. we also have to remember it is the place to go for console games(xiv will be on ps3 unless they changed that) and that this is the biggest north american show around even though there's many other game shows around.

[Firon]

i do understand that and you are correct about e3 not being the best place for pc games. we also have to remember it is the place to go for console games(xiv will be on ps3 unless they changed that) and that this is the biggest north american show around even though there's many other game shows around.

Right but they will be showing this stuff off for pc not on console.