Hvorimod Microsoft, Sony, Ubisoft og EA holder stædigt fast i det gamle pressekonferenceformat, så er Nintendo overgået til en produceret, tilrettelagt Direct-udsendelse i stedet, noget som nogle elsker, og andre ikke bryder sig om. Særligt i år var udsendelsen kontroversiel, og derfor lader det til at Nintendo nu er mere åbne overfor at overgå til et andet format i fremtiden.
I et interview med GamesBeat fortæller Nintendos Senior Director Charlie Scribetta, at formatet kunne ændre sig.
"We think that Nintendo Direct recently has been a nice way to do it because we're able to package interviews and gameplay and fine-tune it, so it's a nice tight presentation. It's an efficient use of time. It's a good way to bring these games to life in a video format. In the future, we might go back to a presentation. We might stick with video. We might do something completely different. But it'll all be based on what we have to show that year."
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