Nintendo throws shade at Sony, Microsoft while defending its E3 presence

Nintendo had a rough time at the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show last month. Many fans weren’t happy with their lineup, and now the company is explaining itself to investors.

The Japanese gaming publisher held its 75th annual investor meeting on June 26, and the company has published the text from a question-and-answer session it held during the event where it talked about, among other things, how surprised it was about Splatoon’s success. One of the biggest concerns that attendees had concerned Nintendo’s E3 and the perceived lack of big new announcements. In response, Mario creator and Nintendo senior managing director Shigeru Miyamoto explained the strategy for the show, and he even suggested that other companies were making big promises without fully backing them up.