| padib said:
I can very much see where you're coming from, and to answer your second point, in truth, I don't like everything Nintendo does and am very much a proponent of critical thinking. That's why I don't get discouraged talking to diverging opinions as much as some others you may have encountered in the past. I think what you guys are doing is important, I just think the way it's done is very hard to follow and relate to. I'm doing my best to understand some of the points of view some of the members are bringing to the table, but the sentiments of resentment towards Nintendo in this season lead to such sharp negativism that it's hard to get a clear picture of their concern. Tell you what, try this as an expirement of change in your regular pattern of life (as I believe this market is of great interest to you). Try seing Nintendo as a Company, a real company, with real people who make honest and real mistakes. Then, look at them as a Company that is trying, as much as it can, to remain ther leader in a business it pioneered above and beyond any precursor they met. I company that jumps out in glory in terms of its personality and the personality of the content it produces as compared to its competitors (though they do have their beauties as well). Then, remember that the leadership at Nintendo is in change, and that Satoru Iwata as a business man is a totally different beast than was mister Yamauchi. From these thoughts, you'll understand that some of the patterns of the past, may and (in my view most probably will) melt as ice to water when the time comes. If I'm wrong, I'll admit it, but in the mean time, really, it's much too early to tell. Give them time. If Iwata was able to revive Nintendo, can't you trust him again, even when wielding a weapon of the past? My regards to all, happy playing, happy posting. |
The reasons why there's such resentment is to me understandable. I'll tell you my case, since I don't know the other's, but I pre-ordered my Wii so I could have it day 1, because I saw the potential in the Wii, especially with sword fighting games. How great would those be?! And look at the result. We got RedSteel 1 at launch. WSR and RS 2 in 2008. And we might get a gimped Zelda in 2011. That's 4 games in 5 years, 2 okay ones, one where it's a small part of the game, and Zelda might end up gimped. 5 years of accumulated resentment, which is directed at Nintendo and 3rd parties alike.
So hope you understand that some comments might end up muddled by this rage.
And as for your last bit, again, as much as I would like to believe that is true, and I REALLY would, I can't. I'd have to make a whole thread about it though, but quickly here, from reading interviews with Nintendo execs and devs, I understood that they ACTIVELY do not want to make a mass market console, ie the successful option, and neither mass market games, like 2D mario, which I happen to love.
