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Mr Khan on 23 April 2009

I was wondering exactly how long it would take for someone on the journalist end to propose a moratorium on Nintendo. Certainly many commenters i've seen have promoted this idea ("why are we talking about them anymore? They're not a game company"), but i was waiting for someone higher up to say that

 

Though ultimately it was only partially trolling. It does raise a legitimate point in saying that Wii does muddy the picture of how one discusses "video games" and "video gaming," you can't say that "exclusives are dead," because Wii's library is mostly exclusives. You can't talk of the death of Japan since, on the Wii, Japan still rules. You can no longer paint the industry with a broad stroke



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Finnbar on 23 April 2009

God its even in the name that they make games.. how do u argue with that?
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hsrob on 23 April 2009

Isn't this just "The Wii is a toy" argument, dressed up in slightly different clothing?



Old Rock on 23 April 2009

So...because Nintendo makes games of different genres, they can't be considered as a gaming company? ...I don't get it

It probably would've been better if he made more valid points.



 

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saicho on 23 April 2009
boxydancer said:

man I miss Stone Cold Steve Austin...

On Topic: Since PS3 and 360 are both pisioned as Multimedia Entertainment Hub, does hat mean no one is making a video game system anymore?

 



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Masakari on 23 April 2009

Well, they still do videogames, but they have changed as a company, and stopped catering to the "hardcore". I would say that Nintendo and the Wii/DS is more a "toy/superficial entertainment" mentality than anything else.



mike_intellivision on 23 April 2009
phisheep said:
Oh, that's a really good idea.

While we're at it, why don't we change the New York Times book list to exclude Harry Potter, and let's take Bill Gates off the Rich List because he made his money with software which let's face it isn't a real product.

And we can take Mount Everest off the highest mountain list because it doesn't start at sea level and change the result of a cricket match because we don't like the umpire.

Yeah.

Lists and comparisons are like accounting. They're either honest or not, and once they are dishonest they don't tell you anything useful.

Bah, humbug.

Actually, the NY Times did exactly that. It created a children's literature list to move Harry Potter books off of the main fiction list -- which it dominated.

And given how many adults read those books, it made as much sense as this rant from Kombo.

 

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