Big game convention presentation - HUGE SUCCESS! New important hire! Amazing Box Art!!
Hi Everyone!,
Earlier this week the team at Intellivision had the opportunity to do a 10 minute presentation during the big E3 (Electronic Entertainment Exposition) worldwide video game convention. E3 normally takes place at the Los Angeles Convention Center and is the place where big publishers, developers and manufacturers gather to show off their products to retailers, distributors and the press. In 2019, Intellivision took part in E3 and it's the place where we first showed Amico to the media and retailers for the first time (from there, the retailer pre-orders and purchase orders started rolling in!). Because of the virtual nature of the show this year, it gave Intellivision an opportunity to get in front of hundreds of thousands of people from around the world that were hearing about Intellivision Amico for the very first time.
For those who may have missed it live during E3's broadcast, here is the presentation in its entirety (if you missed the announcement, please make sure to sign up to our mailing list at Intellivision.com).
https://youtu.be/5QZcAe80uCs
Please take a few moments to go through the HUNDREDS of positive comments that were left in the comments section of this video! You'll notice that less than 1% of the people who viewed the video gave it a thumbs down. In the video game industry... that is almost unheard of! :)
Please make sure to check out what the hosts of E3 thought about the presentation. I've cued it up to the exact spot (as the entire E3 presentation that day was over 8 1/2 hours!). These folks are all famous game journalists and YouTubers/Influencers.
https://youtu.be/2LJdLhmZiPs?t=6475
E3 was broadcast live around the world on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter & TwitchTV. They pushed our presence there to millions of people on their social media & mailing lists!
Some journalists and YouTubers called the Intellivision presentation the "Best" and "Most Exciting" of the entire show! Pretty impressive considering the likes of Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo, Capcom, UbiSoft and many others all presented as well.
So many great articles have been coming out about Amico this week. Here is just a small taste of some of the worldwide press coverage we've received. This particular article states: "The Amico is arguably the most interesting announcement to come out of E3 this year, but it is a welcome one since it is the perfect device for people to easily share their love of gaming with those around them."
https://www.cgmagonline.com/2021/06/14/intellivision-amico/?fbclid=IwAR0t50Kr2QuAFGcQ_gHor4T0mjttd5D0j4R4UnFRwAR8ss2h99NgHLAu8nk
Check out what one of our retail partners Best Buy had to say about it!
"It’s clear to see, the Intellivision Amico is a gaming system that is fun for the whole family. Its games will be fun and easy to pick up and play for everyone, regardless of their skill level. There are so many great games that I’m excited to play and can’t wait to get my hands on. There truly is something for everyone on Amico."
https://blog.bestbuy.ca/video-games/intellivision-amico-makes-its-e3-debut
In other news... Intellivision recently hired Chuck Labella who was the former Vice-President of NBC/Universal Television! Chuck comes on as our Vice-President of Entertainment Acquisition. Chuck was the producer of such smash TV shows such as The Apprentice, Celebrity Apprentice, The Voice, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and America's Got Talent... just to name a few! WOW! Here's a recent article from a big Hollywood/Entertainment publication & website:
https://www.thewrap.com/intellivision-chuck-labella-entertainment-acquisition-amico/
And finally... we've been showing off some of the incredible art that will be appearing on the boxes of our physical game products (which will be sold in stores around the world). We decided to go with a very retro looking box art style from the 70's & 80's. Hand painted watercolors, markers and mixed media styles. The reception has been absolutely AMAZING so far! People really love the look and mention how much these are going to stand out on a shelf compared to everything else currently out there. I'm interested to know if you have a favorite. Let me know your thoughts below.
BIPLANES
MISSILE COMMAND
EVEL KNIEVEL
MOON PATROL
DYNABLASTER
As always, thank you for your time and catching up on what we're doing here at Intellivision. Our toughest challenge right now is securing all of the necessary electronic components to go into production. There are over 700 parts that make up an Intellivison Amico and over 100 of those are electronic components. As I'm sure a lot of you are aware, there is a worldwide chip, component and manufacturing crisis going on right now which is driving scarcity and causing everything to be backed up and to rise in price. Even shipping from overseas has doubled and tripled over the past few months. You may have even heard that Sony is having to redesign their PlayStation 5 because of it! We value each and every hard earned dollar from our investors and rest assured we are all working as hard as possible to ensure success for everyone. Thank you all so much for your support, understanding and excitement moving forward!
We can't wait for you to play Amico!!!
Tommy Tallarico
CEO / Intellivision Entertainment