kingofwale said:
bmmb1 said:
NeoStar9 said:
I guess this means no advertising at all or perhaps even less then the little bit they might have been planning. Ugh. I really dislike this. If this wasn't going to be advertised I wasn't going to bother with it. If publishers don't think their game is worth it to advertise then it's not worth my money in the end. That's the stance I've taken. I was really looking forward to Red Steel 2. Ugh. I guess it's time to remove my preorder from Amazon until I see how things play out. |
Let's see if it has advertising first. Also, imo, one shouldn't buy or not buy a game depending on whether it is advertised. Not advertising does not mean they don't believe in the game's quality, it just may mean they are stupid enough to believe what is being said by Wii detractors about Wii demographics and are afraid to lose even more money.
Buy a game if it's good, not if the publisher is smart enough to advertise or stupid enough not to.
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but the question is... whose fault is it when a game isn't advertised? Most of the advertising for games are SPONSORED by the console company, Nintendo somehow seem to be above this role and leave game developers to dry. Again, whose fault is it? Is it the game companies' fault when the gamers don't know much about their games? Nintendo is fully aware of this, and is swimming in cash, is it really asking too much to put out an ad or two to some of the better-made games? |
The one responsible for advertising is the actual publisher of the game. That publisher is Ubisoft itself. Nintendo has nothing to do with it at all unless it was the publisher or they had agreed to take over duties the way they have for Monster Hunter 3. It's not Nintendo's fault if the game doesn't get advertised. We need to look at the words (not directed at you but for many in general we need to look at this).
Main Entry: pub·lish·er
Pronunciation: \ˈpə-bli-shər\
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
: one that
publishes something;
especially : a person or corporation whose
business is publishing
Now to the root word.
Main Entry: pub·lish
Pronunciation: \ˈpə-blish\
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, modification of Anglo-French publier, from Latin publicare, from publicus public
Date: 14th century
transitive verb 1 a : to make generally known b : to make public announcement of
2 a : to disseminate to the public b : to produce or release for distribution; specifically : print 2c c : to issue the work of (an author)
It seems to me that many of these companies are only doing the "distribution"aspect of the word while ignoring the rest of the meaning. This most certainly isn't the job of Nintendo when it comes to 3rd party games.
