Miyamoto: Violent games may damage “the potential of what games can do”

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LordTheNightKnight said:

MontanaHatchet said:

Sempuukyaku said:
I'm also noticing that the people who have issues with what Mr. Miyamoto said also have pretty low VG$ numbers. I'm not going to say that they're trolling...YET. But there is a concept with spades and spades....

Alright, just shut up.

Look, I don't agree with either side (those defending Miyamoto and those against him). I think he's a great developer, and I agree with his point here; although I believe he has no real basis to make it. However, making pot shots at any degree to those who disagree with him is just pathetic. Seriously, VG dollars? That's just so lame. A lot of people in this thread need to fully understand what he's really saying, sure, but a lot of people also need to hop off their high thrones (while at the same time removing themselves from the base of Miyamoto's throne).

I think there might be something there. They're blaming the man for putting them down. They're striking out against a percieved socio-economic adversary, and asserting their rights as the common man.

Or it's just a coincidence.

 

 

But don't you think it's interesting... that having a low VG$... leads to communism?

I could not care less about Shigeru Miyamoto. I don't praise game gods and I don't go running around calling devs "geniuses". However, what he said about violent games is pretty clear. He is not saying not to make them, he is saying not to be bound by them. You can make 10 violent games but you should have at least 3 other titles that deviate from that formula.

Just because Miyamoto hasn't made too many excessively violent games doesn't mean he knows nothing about them. For God's sakes, he's been in gaming for like 30 years.....30 YEARS!