Ah yes, Arlo summarises my thoughts on the Direct drought well.
We don't know what big games Nintendo has planned for the rest of the year, and the release windows for these games typically range from several months, to half a year, to even years later after initial reveals. The fact of the matter is: If they don't announce any big games here, then it's looking grim for major releases in 2020. At the absolute latest, assuming no shadowdrops, the big games of this year would have to be revealed by E3's time and come out by November-December.
We're like three months from E3. The time crunch is evident. If it's not the 26th, I really don't think we're gonna get one until E3's usual timeframe in June.
And he also goes on to say that given the drought, and given this small window for big announcements to release by the end of this year, expectations have been skewed toward the higher end of the scale. And if after all thus time their planned releases were just ports, sports titles, and indies? There will be a lot of disappointment.
I suppose in case that happens we'll have another Direct in 3 month's time to kinda hold out for, but the entire situation is just entirely on edge. It can easily bring people back onto the speeding train of hype or send them flying off of it and into the desolate desert of disappointment, and we have nothing else tp blame but the speed of said train in question and what time it'll arrive at our destination.
But anyways, here's to hoping.