@Xenocity @IceClimbers Bad timing on my part.

The difference between NES and now is this thing called the internet. And Facebook. And Twitter. And who knows what else, I'm kind of old to keep up. I tried Meerkat but it seemed to go away 2 days later after Periscope came out.

So it's one thing to be secretive in the 1980's, in 2016 it's something else entirely.

It's also comepltley different to be secretive when you are beating #2 Sega into the ground and there is no #3. Now they are clearly second to Sony, and I'll give them tied for 2nd w/ MS b/c I don't like MS b/c it seems like XboxOne gets a pass even when it was doing the same numbers as Wii U, plus Ntineod has the 3DS and MS doesn't offer a handheld, just a phone nobody wants. But when you are 2nd, or 3rd, you have to try harder, not less.

And Niteod does have the means to end the silence. They have a news page, FB, twitter, Treehouse on Twitch, occasional press releases, those Nintnod Minute people on Youtube. And they also had Nintnedo Directs every 2 months. Then 3 months. And now whenever they feel like it.

If Ntnedo wants to get back into contention for 1st w/ NX they should make use of all those social media sites and get the NDs back on a schedule. Personally I'm all for getting rid of the ND's entirely - except for E3, that's different - and just posting info on Youtube, the sooner the better. W/ all the social media in the world we don't really need ND's. But if they aren't going to officially cancel them then they should have them.

Nitneod may have always been secretive back in the old days, but then for about 3 years they weren't, and they've gotten on the social media bandwagon, so the silence is extra deafening now.

Here's all the ND's, they were going strong in 2012, 13 and 14, but took that step back in 15. They need to get going again in 16 if they want NX to succeed.

http://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct/archive/

Here's there news page that gets updated 3 or 4 times a week.

http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/#all

Compare that to the Sony PS blog which gets updated 4 or 5 times every day.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/

Nintod does a pretty good job on their Twitter feed for things that are happening now, but they've never really used it for future games.

https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica

I guess I shouldn't say Nintendo is silent, they are talking a lot, they just aren't saying anything. Their Facebook page hardly ever gets used.

https://www.facebook.com/Nintendo/?fref=ts

It makes me wonder if Ntinod even has a head of social media to coordinate all of these together? I don't feel any connection between their social media sites. Here's Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/user/Nintendo

The eShop on Wii U is a tremendous step up from what they had on the Wii, so maybe NX and My Nintendo can make them feel ready to conquer the world again, by becoming enmeshed in it?