Nintendo responds to Xenoblade's localization efforts (along with Monolithsoft, Mistwalker)

[Doobie_wop]

gumby_trucker said:

Doobie_wop said:

Mr.Y said:

One Nintendo fan is really mad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRTkCHE1sS4

Wow, Nintendo fans turning on other Nintendo fans, what a site to behold. 

This whole thing is just boring, this has practically been Nintendo's attitude this whole generation, the difference is that their line-up for the year is much worse than their line-up of recent years and they just don't give a shit. They want the 'hardcore', they want third party support and they want more games that don't involve some form of sports or dancing to sell at least half a million units, but they aren't willing to put any effort into getting any of these things, it's the same old story, all talk and no action.

The least they could do is let a competent publisher like Atlus to take charge and just reap any benefits that come from that relationship, but they'd rather let their userbase suffer a little more until the Skyward Sword releases. Hell, the Dreamcast had a much better last year and this was all while Sega was basically on the verge of disappearing.

The way I see it they are willing, just not on Wii. They made their mind up that Wii will not be a gamer's console, and that that role will be played by Wii U.

That's the thing with Nintendo (and many Japanese companies imo) - they are very single minded. Sometimes so much that they lose touch with reality... I mean it's not like Wii U will sell as much as Wii did, not even close!

This isn't about effort, it's about commitment.  From now on, how do we know Nintendo will ever give their products the support they deserve?
Wii is not exactly a Virtual Boy, not a Gamecube either. It is in fact likely to become Nintendo's best selling product ever, besides the DS. And it has sold more software than the DS did, so in some ways it's an even bigger product for them.

The main point here is why should we, as consumers, trust a company to support its future products if it isn't willing to support its most successful one to date?

Imagine if Apple cut support to the iPhone? or if Sony cut support to the PS2 in 2005? Those would be devastating moves for any level-headed company!

Not much else I can add, I agree with pretty much everything you've said.