It is time for Shigeru Miyamoto to retire (Malstrom)

[theRepublic]

Onyxmeth said:

liquidninja said:

theRepublic said:
Malstrom needs to learn to read. Nowhere was he arrogant. Nowhere did Miyamoto blame consumers. He wants to learn from the mistakes in that game to make a better game.

Malstrom needs to stop blogging so much and work on those articles he claims are coming. He has been making factual errors and now this. He needs to evaluate what he is doing, because lately he seems to think that everything he says is the gospel truth.

How? What did he write that gave you that impression? This has to be at least the fifth time I've seen someone on here express that impression of him.

What I think is going on is that some Nintendo fans have been been treating everything he says as the gospel truth and now that he's expressing unfavorable opinions and analysis of Nintendo's business it's no longer to Nintendo fan's advantage to treat his material that way. Now he's a "old school, nostalgic, random, blogger, who, doesn't know anything about games". Well, he is the same guy who was rooting for Nintendo back when it looked like they were starting a revolution. His only mistake was thinking that Nintendo was serious about it.

I noticed that also. I haven't seen Malstrom change one bit. He's still up the ass about disruption and Blue Ocean strategy, and he's as black and white as ever in what is right and wrong. I really think many people were only happy that he was in Nintendo's corner and weren't really paying attention to him. I must admit I thought he was quite the fanboy for a while and figured he was always creating things to place Nintendo into a good light. Obviously that's not the case.

I don't agree with Miyamoto retiring, but he brings up some good points, and frankly this is exactly what all of his pro-Nintendo shit sounded like also. It was cocky and brash and Nintendo fans supported it and ate it up until he turned on them.

Remember when this guy was praised for taking the unfavorable position and predicting success for the Wii when everyone else said it would fail? He based that on the same principles and lessons that is now telling him that Nintendo is doing something wrong. Maybe he's right or maybe he's wrong, but for those of you that listened to him before, why shut him out now? Why not actually pay attention to what he says? He is after all the one analyst that got it right.

I've seen a lot of change in Malstrom.

He started out by writing articles showing that Nintendo was following Blue Ocean Strategy or Disruption.  He then went on to explain what might happen to the industry according to the theory.  Yes, his writing style was goofy, over-the-top, and he liked to insert himself into the articles to argue with imaginary people who only have weak straw men for arguments.  On the other hand, he was the only person talking about the business strategy that Nintendo themselves said they were using.  For that reason, he caught on.  Especially since this site is more about sales.

Since that time, he started his blog.  Instead of focusing on business strategy, he has been commenting on anything and everything in video games, and in the process, has allowed his own personal bias to start leaking into his writing.  The recent stuff I have seen from him seems colored by his like or dislike for particular games.  He doesn't back up his opinions with facts either.  Look at what he did in this piece.  He quotes Miyamoto, and then goes off on a tangent that is completely unsupported by the quote.  I'm tired of the unsubstantiated claims that we are just supposed to believe.  When you actually look into them, they are just not true.