DEAR VIDEO GAME JOURNALISTS......

[forevercloud3000]

RolStoppable said:

forevercloud3000 said:

If you don't like the game, that is your opinion. But back to what we spoke of before, that reviewer stated he DID think SS was a better game than mario........yet rated it lower. Doesn't make sense. Its value has nothing to do with the score because prices change constantly.

We were talking about the general stance that reviewers have in regards to Vita games, because that's the subject of this thread: An article about how the gaming media is supposedly more lenient on 3DS games, leading to unfair treatment of Vita games. That's certainly not the case when gaming journalists write editorials like the one I linked to, asking how a problem like Mario can be solved and using a $15 indie game as an example of a better game. There is no preferential treatment to speak of for 3DS games. If anything, the gaming media actually prefers the Vita.

Besides, it doesn't even matter much what the gaming media thinks of the handhelds, because their influence on the market is minimal at best. The article you posted was the whiny rant of a Sony enthusiast who couldn't handle to see that the market's tastes don't mimic his own and was looking for a scapegoat to blame. His opinion of the 3DS is disgusting.

The link in question was brought up in relation to our discussion about who 3DS and Vita should/are being compared to. The article shows an obvious comparison between the two, with one being the better, yet the scores of both do not reflect that. By reading the review we see they did exactly what Baramu speaks of in the OP.

"His opinion of the 3DS is disgusting"

What opinion? I fail to see where he directly mentions 3DS for anything other than for contrast sake of what is being done to VIta. Never in a bad light does he bring it up. Did I miss some sort of subliminal message that screams "I HATE NINTENDORKS" or something or is my dislexia acting up again?

 

And Media and Critics are very important to the survival of merchandise. There is a few well known tricks in advertising and market warfare. Its the same tactic politicians and the government use on the regular to sway opinion. If you say something enough people start to believe it. Once they do, its hard to get it out of their heads.Its a tactic that has been used time and time again and proves quite effective.  If it isn't stomped out immediately it stands a chance of becoming a self fullfilling prophecy. AKA...

• Developers have to go multiplatform in order to make any money
• Japanese Developers are inferior to American Developers
• PS3 is too expensive.
• PS3 has no games.
• 3DS is Doomed
• Mobile Phones are taking over Handheld Market
• 3DS has no Games
• Vita is Doomed
• Vita has no Games

It is how the great depression got started(look it up:Select Rich started a rumor the banks were out of money due to the war and started withdrawing all of their cash from the bank. Everyone paniced and followed suite causing the bank system to crash and those select reaped millions).