| theRepublic said: 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. |
That's the thing, you aren't just supposed to believe anything he says blindly. Never except anything at face value especially from Malstrom.
He doesn't have to back up his opinions with facts because that's what makes them opinions. You seem want him to be right all the time. But that not the motivation for his site. He's always saying he wants to learn about business. If he's always right then what is he really learning?
I think the change you've seen from Malstrom is that his Blog posts are not complete articles instead they are his moment by moment take on current events. That many blog posts on a weekly basis will never be as complete as a gradually written article.
