Last month, for the second year running, Nintendo abstained from the three-way press conference battle royale at E3. Instead, it focused on a pre-recorded ‘Digital Event‘ presentation that was streamed online, as well as a Super Smash Bros. tournament and numerous demos livestreamed by its renowned Treehouse team throughout the week. Was it the right move? Perhaps._At Nintendo’s latest annual shareholder meeting, the company said its Digital Event livestream hit 4 to 5 million views, while its Treehouse coverage “numbered in the tens of millions.” Shigeru Miyamoto, the video game designer behind Nintendo classics such as Mario, The Legend of...

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