Oddworld creator apologizes for remarks made about Satoru Iwata, more

[Darashiva]

Alkibiádēs said:

Darashiva said:
Poor choice of words regarding Iwata, but I don't see anything wrong with the rest of what he's saying. He's correct in that some of Nintendo's way of thinking is outdated and needs to change. Of course, he was clearly wrong when he said that he thinks the Switch will be unsuccessful, but so what? That was just his opinion. People have been wrong about things like that on almost every new console that's released, so I don't see why that would matter to anyone.

He was wrong about:

- The specs of the Switch (he said it only had 2GB of RAM when it has 4GB)

- Nintendo using cartridges being a mistake: did he forget about the PSP fiasco with the UMD? Rampant piracy, awful loading times, easy to break, etc.

- The Switch being unsuccesful. It was already obvious by April that the Switch would be a success. 

- He was wrong (and distasteful about Iwata)

- He's wrong about Nintendo not advertising games unless they release on the same date as other versions. 

- He's wrong when he says the Wii wasn't succesful. 

-The specs of a console isn't really something  major to get riled up about. He was wrong about them. I don't see any reason to really care about that.

-Using cartridges could have been a mistake since you can never really tell these things beforehand. How does the PSP relate to this? None of the other current home console's use cartridges besides the Switch either.

-The success of a console is never set in stone even after release. Many console's that have had excellent launches and a lot of hype surrounding them before and during release have gone on to fail in the end. I don't think the Switch will fail, but it's never a certain thing that a console will be a success in the long run.

-I already said what he said about Iwata was a poor choice of words, so yeah, I agree on that.

-I have no clue about Nintendo's advertising, so can't really say much about that. 

-Where did he say the Wii wasn't successful? I only read that he said it wasn't the best environment for many third party developers, which is correct. If he did say that somewhere, then yeah he's wrong.

Maybe he talked some of these things in the video, but I don't have the time or really even the interest to watch the whole thing.