You would need new games coming out to go to gamescon
No_Wish_3340
I would assume it’s because the only thing someone following Gamescom really cares about is Switch 2 news.
ReverBeliever
no need for Nintendo on an influencer con.
foreveralonesolo
Is game cons in general gonna die bc I don’t see the point anymore with them
acewing905
Nintendo likely does not have anything major to announce to begin with
Rumours claim the “Switch 2” was delayed to next year as well
wicktus
The leaks (albeit denied by Nintendo so who knows) were because of the people invited there not the gamescom itself
It’s a « calm » year before the switch 2. Calm for us but for them they are in absolute full focus on their next console’s lineup
I can understand skipping gamescom this year. I do hope we will have a direct in June tho ! Why not an official confirmation of the new console alongside a release windows for it for instance albeit I believe like for the « nx » it may be in september/october
suck-it-elon
Nintendo legit wants everyone to forget they exist.
Mrouleau71
I know someone joked they want everyone to forget about them existing, but has anyone else received an aggressive amount of switch ads lately? I am being buried with them and I haven’t changed my search style
Achanjati
No loss. Gamescom has long lost its appeal and over time will go the route E3 did.
Shinkopeshon
Gamescom, more like, game’s gone
FlowKom
like they always do the year before their next console release. remember when they skippe E3 in june of 2016? yeah because switch. i mean they were present with zelda. but no direct or anything
MarcsterS
It’s pretty there’s nothing really big coming for the rest of the year. I really didn’t want that 2025 rumor to be true but it seems like it’s going that way.
mlvisby
This transition period to the next system is painful. There will be a game drought near the end of this year for Switch. But between my backlog and TTYD, I will be busy. But this will be the year that Switch sales dry up, which hasn’t really happened yet for that system.
Jabbam
This subreddit has adamantly proclaimed, to the tune of hundreds of upvotes, that the exact same number of games are coming out this year that have come out in every other year. Yet every opportunity for Nintendo to announce new games they skip, either the annual early year Nintendo Direct, or Gamescom, or any sort of Twitter announcement. At this rate, I wouldn’t be surprised if they skipped the June Direct.
ClammyHandedFreak
Their directs are where they share the news now.
Married_in_Firenze
So am I.
MichaelMJTH
Nintendo announced the Switch in October before a March launch. Gamescom is before October so they won’t have anything to show.
MikeDubbz
Let’s be real, barring a surprise reveal that Metroid Prime 4 is releasing within the year, still for the Switch 1; there probably isn’t much left of note to showcase for the first model of the Switch for this year. Hell, looking to first party offerning from Sony and Microsoft reveals a pretty dry year across the board, not just for Nintendo. But I suppose that makes sense when you follow what may arguably be the best year of gaming thus far with 2023.
schiggy_693
Gamescon is a german influencer con now
FalafelBall
This what happens when you have no games coming out in 2024 lol
Aiddon
Okay, whatever
daniec1610
We can’t have shit. This is definitely a response to all the devs that leaked the Switch 2 specs.
MochaCcinoss
Probably because they have nothing to announce
chibbledibs
I’ve never heard of Gamescom
Local-Teaching-5015
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INTEL ON THE NEXT ZELDA ?????
dope415
They’ve skipped a lot this year.
kiaxxl
They’re releasing Switch 2 next year, they won’t have much to show off except remasters, 3rd party and smaller games
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Probably because of the leaks from last year.
You would need new games coming out to go to gamescon
I would assume it’s because the only thing someone following Gamescom really cares about is Switch 2 news.
no need for Nintendo on an influencer con.
Is game cons in general gonna die bc I don’t see the point anymore with them
Nintendo likely does not have anything major to announce to begin with
Rumours claim the “Switch 2” was delayed to next year as well
The leaks (albeit denied by Nintendo so who knows) were because of the people invited there not the gamescom itself
It’s a « calm » year before the switch 2. Calm for us but for them they are in absolute full focus on their next console’s lineup
I can understand skipping gamescom this year. I do hope we will have a direct in June tho ! Why not an official confirmation of the new console alongside a release windows for it for instance albeit I believe like for the « nx » it may be in september/october
Nintendo legit wants everyone to forget they exist.
I know someone joked they want everyone to forget about them existing, but has anyone else received an aggressive amount of switch ads lately? I am being buried with them and I haven’t changed my search style
No loss. Gamescom has long lost its appeal and over time will go the route E3 did.
Gamescom, more like, game’s gone
like they always do the year before their next console release. remember when they skippe E3 in june of 2016? yeah because switch. i mean they were present with zelda. but no direct or anything
It’s pretty there’s nothing really big coming for the rest of the year. I really didn’t want that 2025 rumor to be true but it seems like it’s going that way.
This transition period to the next system is painful. There will be a game drought near the end of this year for Switch. But between my backlog and TTYD, I will be busy. But this will be the year that Switch sales dry up, which hasn’t really happened yet for that system.
This subreddit has adamantly proclaimed, to the tune of hundreds of upvotes, that the exact same number of games are coming out this year that have come out in every other year. Yet every opportunity for Nintendo to announce new games they skip, either the annual early year Nintendo Direct, or Gamescom, or any sort of Twitter announcement. At this rate, I wouldn’t be surprised if they skipped the June Direct.
Their directs are where they share the news now.
So am I.
Nintendo announced the Switch in October before a March launch. Gamescom is before October so they won’t have anything to show.
Let’s be real, barring a surprise reveal that Metroid Prime 4 is releasing within the year, still for the Switch 1; there probably isn’t much left of note to showcase for the first model of the Switch for this year. Hell, looking to first party offerning from Sony and Microsoft reveals a pretty dry year across the board, not just for Nintendo. But I suppose that makes sense when you follow what may arguably be the best year of gaming thus far with 2023.
Gamescon is a german influencer con now
This what happens when you have no games coming out in 2024 lol
Okay, whatever
We can’t have shit. This is definitely a response to all the devs that leaked the Switch 2 specs.
Probably because they have nothing to announce
I’ve never heard of Gamescom
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INTEL ON THE NEXT ZELDA ?????
They’ve skipped a lot this year.
They’re releasing Switch 2 next year, they won’t have much to show off except remasters, 3rd party and smaller games
Nothing for them to announce until next console