Ah, fuck.
Even taking his complaints and assuming the best of them, the direct is the best format for his complaints because it
is direct. It's all the trailers with as little irrelevant time as possible. You just stop to sip your water when the japanese man is on screen, if you're not interested in a trailer, you can go for a whiz. Or you can literally just wait until the direct's over in forty minutes and skim through it.
But apparently he wants to have all the dumb skits in there, you know, waste marketing time and money for a gimmick that may not actually be good. Jingle jangle the keys for the grown adult with a five year old's attention span.
And he's talking like there was no surprises, when they just cold dropped Metroid Prime Remastered same day it was announced. The best reason to be mad at a nintendo direct is
"You bastards, I've already got plans for tonight!". I mean sure, you can count it as just a remaster, but I think most people would argue it was the highlight of the direct because it was a quality remaster.
I'd go so far as to say the only reason he hates the format is he feels obligated to be there at release. Because it's his job. And like most games industry journalists, he's not there to produce journalism about the games industry.