| pokoko said: Another one for the Nintendo hate list, huh? As for Greenlight, there are plenty of valid criticisms, but the project had good intentions. Even Steam has said that it's not working out the way they wanted. They've learned that people often vote for some pretty stupid reasons. Greenlight probably won't be around much longer, I would imagine. In contrast, Nintendo's restrictions were just messed up. They were the results of apathy and arrogance toward the indie community. I have no idea how anyone could argue otherwise. It was a big, fat, "we got Mario and Wii Fit, we don't need you." |
Let me get this straight.
Valve made a mistake, but their mistake was born from "good intentions," so they get a pass, even though they have yet to fix their mistake. It's okay; they should be praised for their attempt because it had "good intentions." Doesn't matter that their service is terrible.
Nintendo made a mistake seven years ago. Evidently you believe this mistake was born from malice or apathy, rather than ignorance and inexperience. You sure don't seem to think Nintendo had "good intentions" when designing WiiWare. Regardless, that mistake has been rectified, and then some. Nintendo has created arguably the most indie-friendly platform available to developers. Yet they deserve the scorn and comtempt of the community because of their failed, now-defunct policies of yester-year.
Nintendo fixes their problem, gets bashed. Valve does nothing to fix their problem, gets praised for trying.
Man, some people will just never give Nintendo any credit for doing anything positive.
