The truth about Nintendo

[Zod95]

It has been 4 days and I'm still lagging behind the many and large replies to the OP and my posts. I can't continue to spend so many hours everyday and therefore I guess I will have to stop now. I'm very sorry about all of you that were still waiting for my reply, specially those that were making the first comment.

There were people that have understood and agreed with the message of the OP, others that didn't, either by not understanding it or by disagreeing with it. Some others could agree with some points while raising issues about others.

Some people praised me by the hard work and the outcome achieved eventually saying that I'm one of the most well-informed users of the forum or that I should become a professional journalist. I thank you for the nice words but I know there are here on this site people with much more knowledge than me and that could become great journalists. I'm only an amateur.

Other users had the opposite reaction, calling me biased and eventually claiming that this is a joke thread. Some told me that I was already marked forever by making such an "attack" to Nintendo while others have even tried to get me banned at all costs.

My goal with this thread was not to attack or anger anyone. I just perceived a chasm between Nintendo's actions and reputation and I felt the need to expose that in a forum full of people willing to debate, hoping that either I could prove Nintendo's reputation is wrong or Nintendo's supporters could prove me wrong regarding Nintendo's actions. Either way, the chasm would disappear.

Unfortunately, that goal was not achieved. Although the sources of the OP have been challenged (by not being 1st hand sources), none of the facts were proven to be wrong. The arguments were challenged too, but most of these attempts were misunderstandings about the OP. Others were subjective statements. Some users could manage to point out several bad practices from Sony and Microsoft but they were not even close to Nintendo's. Yet, most (if not all) of these users have maintained their positions. The chasm continues to exist either by disagreements on subjective points or by lack of willingness to see the truth.

All of you may continue to debate with each other, and I may eventually make some replies too, but I'm refusing now any commitment to reply to anyone that addresses comments to my posts or the OP.