ZenfoldorVGI said:
I do tend to disagree with you. If feel the articles you linked are more admissions than praises. Except for Brawl. Some Kotaku editors are Brawl fanboys, no doubt.
Let me assure you, Jaffe is as much of a Sony fanboy as anyone can get. He can't help it. In turn, Nintendo is his mortal enemy. What's worse, he uses the excuse that he owns Nintendo products and plays them, in an attempt to seem unbiased, when he says their products are inferior to Sonys. It's terrible and deceptive, and its a good think that the internet community recognized this long ago, or we'd see a ton of "ZOMG developer Jaffe doesnt' like the Wii," instead of a nonsuprised smirk when we hear him insult Miyamoto for not liking violent racing games with machine guns, when in all likelyhood, Miyamoto doesn't know who the fuck David Jaffe is.
I've said, Kotaku is critical of everyone, sometimes, but are critical of the Wii consistantly.
It's not Kotaku's reporting that I have a problem with, it's their anti-Wii commentary in most of their articles.
Laughing at company patents is fair, balanced, and unafraid.
Not liking Wii Fit? I could care less. I don't particularly like it either. However, acting morally offended and flaming Nintendo with every commercial they release for the thing is a different story.
The Brawl online wasn't taken too seriously. It was biased journalism, insulting the Wii. I can't tell you how many times I've heard the term "proper online" or "proper console" by anti-Wii fanboys. It's their motto. The "Brawl doesnt' have proper online" is one of two things. Biased, or ignorant. Take your pick.
I don't feel like digging up the link on the Patcher story. It's about 5 pages in. I quoted what Kotaku said, that should be enough. I didn't make it up.
While one or two editors might have liked Mario Galaxy, apparently someone there wishes Miyamoto was working on something new and different.
VGchartz community is pro Wii, because the numbers on this site are pro Wii, therefore, Wii fanboys flock here. The comments on Kotaku are anti-Wii, therefore anti-Wii fanboys flock there.
Let me reitterate, this is my opinion. I can't prove them. However, while you attempt to retalliate to every one of my assertions, I can tell you this. Biased or not, Kotaku has many more stories degrading the Wii, than any other system, and many less stories praising the Wii, than any other system. As a Wii fan, I dread clicking any link that has anything to do with David Jaffe, the Wii, the DS, or sales, because I am almost certain to see anti-Wii biased in the article and in every comment on the whole page.
I can't prove fox news is pro republican either, but I thought that would be obvious. |
What does it matter than Jaffe is a Sony fanboy through and through? That's Jaffe who doesn't have anything to do with Kotaku. The fact they like him and likes it when he talks means absolutely nothing.
If they were consistently critical of Nintendo then I wouldn't be able to casually skim two pages of stories and find that many pro Nintendo articles.
As for the anti-Wii commentary, it looks that way because Kotaku is very critical and often very sarcastic. They're like that with just about everything.
I thought the Brawl thing was pretty much fair. They got Brawl day one and couldn't get on. I'm pretty sure they actually did something similar with Eye of Judgment when it was first released in that they couldn't connect and it wasn't picking up cards well, and that they were easily copied. Does that mean they are unfair and biased against Sony?
If you don't feel like linking to the Pachter story, then don't bother bringing it up.
Is it so terrible that people want Miyamoto to work on something new? He worked on Wii Fit and Wii Sports and look what came out of that. Fuck yeah I want Miyamoto to work on new franchises.
VGChartz isn't pro Wii, the Wii is just on top. When they post the numbers, they don't pad them slightly towards Nintendo because they want to appease the fans, that's just the numbers they get.
I really don't understand why you dread clicking Kotaku. They're pretty harsh on most everybody and I'm sure it seems like they are worse to the Wii because that's the system you feel so strongly about. They have done plenty of ripping on Sony and Microsoft and they have done plenty of praising of all three. They simply get the news and then report on it. If David Jaffe happens to be the hot topic of the day, they talk about Jeffe. If SSBB is what's going on, they report on anything Brawl they can, good or bad. I don't know if you know this, but that's actually good reporting.
And it's funny you mention Fox News. They are clearly bias but they pigeon hole stories to go exactly the way they want them to go. They twists reports to appease their fanbase. They leave out information or stories that they don't like. Kotaku actually reports on everything and they do it fairly.