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I don't really understand the people defending Nintendo here. Sure, why they're doing this is completely understandable, but that's about it. From consumer-perspective, this is just unacceptable and they should do whatever they can to resolve the situation. From my point of view, the simple fact is that everyone else can offer better service than Nintendo in this regard, and I don't care why it is so.

Also, German laws suck.



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Zkuq said:
I don't really understand the people defending Nintendo here. Sure, why they're doing this is completely understandable, but that's about it. From consumer-perspective, this is just unacceptable and they should do whatever they can to resolve the situation. From my point of view, the simple fact is that everyone else can offer better service than Nintendo in this regard, and I don't care why it is so.

Also, German laws suck.

Nobody is defending Nintendo adherence to the law (well, one guy did it seems).  But Nintendo can't be held at fault for the law being in place to begin with either.

Should they work to find a means to address the problem?  Of course.  And why should anyone think they aren't?



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hunter_alien said:
Maybe they should move their HQ?

No matter how you put this, its still a fuckup from Nintendos part, and yet another reason why they will always remain behind their competitors, when it comes down to online services.

Move their HQ?  Just pick up several hundred Germans and repost them where?   And at what cost?  You make it sound like it's a simple thing to do.

And how is it a fuck up on their part?  They didn't write or enact the law.   If a major distributor wanted to sell alcohol in Saudi Arabia but the law won't let them, is that somehow the distributor's fuck up?

 

 



Terrible analogy. In that case they wont open shop in Saudi Arabia. But Nintendo operates in the EU, yet they dont manage to offer the same quality (in online services) as their competitor. They compromise, so the alcohol firm is selling light bevregaes in Saudi Arabia.

It doesnt really matter, the fact is that they could only gain in the longrun, if they changed their HQ, yet they cripple the WiiUs online capabilities, at a time, when both XBL and PSN are gathering steam, and pretty much destroying them.

No matter what the argue is against it, the fact remains, Nintendo is doing a terrible job at catching up in this department, and the gap is only widening



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hunter_alien said:

Terrible analogy. In that case they wont open shop in Saudi Arabia. But Nintendo operates in the EU, yet they dont manage to offer the same quality (in online services) as their competitor. They compromise, so the alcohol firm is selling light bevregaes in Saudi Arabia.

It doesnt really matter, the fact is that they could only gain in the longrun, if they changed their HQ, yet they cripple the WiiUs online capabilities, at a time, when both XBL and PSN are gathering steam, and pretty much destroying them.

No matter what the argue is against it, the fact remains, Nintendo is doing a terrible job at catching up in this department, and the gap is only widening


  Gotcha.   It's Nintendo's fault for establishing their HQ in a country that would later to pass a law that would cripple their future online shop.  You know, back in 1990 before anyone really knew what an online store was?



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Viper1 said:
hunter_alien said:

Terrible analogy. In that case they wont open shop in Saudi Arabia. But Nintendo operates in the EU, yet they dont manage to offer the same quality (in online services) as their competitor. They compromise, so the alcohol firm is selling light bevregaes in Saudi Arabia.

It doesnt really matter, the fact is that they could only gain in the longrun, if they changed their HQ, yet they cripple the WiiUs online capabilities, at a time, when both XBL and PSN are gathering steam, and pretty much destroying them.

No matter what the argue is against it, the fact remains, Nintendo is doing a terrible job at catching up in this department, and the gap is only widening


  Gotcha.   It's Nintendo's fault for establishing their HQ in a country that would later to pass a law that would cripple their future online shop.  You know, back in 1990 before anyone really knew what an online store was?

ehm... they could have seen this coming for years? That's like turning a blind eye, good business strategy.



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weaveworld said:

ehm... they could have seen this coming for years? That's like turning a blind eye, good business strategy.

Again, why don't Sony pack up and move away from japan?

I mean, they could have seen the yen getting strong for years.



Barozi said:

What was the deal with violent movies again? You can only enter a rental store when you're 18+ or something?

And that doesn't count for games that are rated?

Just asking...



weaveworld said:
Viper1 said:
hunter_alien said:

Terrible analogy. In that case they wont open shop in Saudi Arabia. But Nintendo operates in the EU, yet they dont manage to offer the same quality (in online services) as their competitor. They compromise, so the alcohol firm is selling light bevregaes in Saudi Arabia.

It doesnt really matter, the fact is that they could only gain in the longrun, if they changed their HQ, yet they cripple the WiiUs online capabilities, at a time, when both XBL and PSN are gathering steam, and pretty much destroying them.

No matter what the argue is against it, the fact remains, Nintendo is doing a terrible job at catching up in this department, and the gap is only widening


  Gotcha.   It's Nintendo's fault for establishing their HQ in a country that would later to pass a law that would cripple their future online shop.  You know, back in 1990 before anyone really knew what an online store was?

ehm... they could have seen this coming for years? That's like turning a blind eye, good business strategy.

Considering the law was originally aimed at TV broadcasts, I don't see how they expected it would affect them.

It should also be noted that the regulation is already under heavy scrutiny and may be overtuned later.

 

For those pushign for them to just move their HQ, would you move your entire HQ if there was a chance the regulation may be removed after you moved?



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weaveworld said:
Viper1 said:
hunter_alien said:

Terrible analogy. In that case they wont open shop in Saudi Arabia. But Nintendo operates in the EU, yet they dont manage to offer the same quality (in online services) as their competitor. They compromise, so the alcohol firm is selling light bevregaes in Saudi Arabia.

It doesnt really matter, the fact is that they could only gain in the longrun, if they changed their HQ, yet they cripple the WiiUs online capabilities, at a time, when both XBL and PSN are gathering steam, and pretty much destroying them.

No matter what the argue is against it, the fact remains, Nintendo is doing a terrible job at catching up in this department, and the gap is only widening


  Gotcha.   It's Nintendo's fault for establishing their HQ in a country that would later to pass a law that would cripple their future online shop.  You know, back in 1990 before anyone really knew what an online store was?

ehm... they could have seen this coming for years? That's like turning a blind eye, good business strategy.


Exactly... or they could change it now. Never the less, even if Viper1 is hating the idea, Nintendo is slacking thats the short and best answer, to why this issue even exists.



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VicViper said:
weaveworld said:

ehm... they could have seen this coming for years? That's like turning a blind eye, good business strategy.

Again, why don't Sony pack up and move away from japan?

I mean, they could have seen the yen getting strong for years.


Again to whom? We're talking about Ninty in EU, stop spinning the problem like a Sony executive.

Nintendo doesn't need to leave, they are working to find a way around the problem but they're just a bit late and they deserve scorn for that.

On the other hand great business strategy on Ninty's part! I can see all parents in Europe thinking: "yay a violence and porn free console for ze kids!"