The truth about Nintendo

[Zod95]

Spazzy_D said:
I will say the attack on Nintendo for continuing to make platformers is laughable. New Super Mario Bros. sold 27 million copies, Nintendo will continue to make platformers as A.) their is a demand and B.) they have a reputation and experience in doing so.

It's like if McDonald's decided to stop making Hamburgers because, according to modern tastes, more people are eating Subs. Now, that may be the case.... but McDonald's is known as a hamburger restaurant and their are still millions of people who want hamburgers. Why should McDonald's, in that case, stop making burgers?

A lot of people justify their dislike with many different products this way. Same thing with Xbox being a "shooter box." If there is a market, and you have the expertise, you exploit it.

There's no attack for Nintendo continuing to make platformers. Can you tell me where that is written?

 

Spazzy_D said:

I can't quote anything, work computer is acting funny, might reply more in depth when I get home.

One thing though, you used sources to help give legitimacy to your points, but you didn't use any citations. I can't see where you are backing up your opinions with facts

Ctrl+F is your friend. I just didn't want for this to seem like a master thesis (as some people even called it).

 

Spazzy_D said:

and a lot of your points seem a lot more like opinions. It is your opinion, for instance, that a game like Uncharted is a better game then New Super Mario Bros. Now, I would tend to agree with that, but that doesn't make it fact. Without game budgets, we can also not truly know how much money a company is putting into their games. Compile this information then we can talk.

Sony was also never cutting edge until the PS3, and has often used their systems as a Trojan horse to insert their other products into your home (like Blue Ray) which I always found somewhat malicious. Like I said before, business are not out to help us, nor do they owe us anything.

"Note that I’m not taking into account tastes when referring all those games earlier (like the Guinness book is not about the best people in the world). I’m just focusing on objective remarkable achievements of some games that could have only been done with effort/time/money. If the game X is beautiful or if the game Y is fun, that is already subjective (about tastes)"

Sony was always cutting-edge. Maybe not cutting-edge in graphics until the PS2, but that's a different matter. Don't you think GT1 and GT2 were cutting-edge?