| kupomogli said: If any of the mild jokes from @FrostbiteEngine at Nintendo's expense offended you in even the slightest, then maybe you shouldn't be on the internet. You're way too sensitive. |
It's funny how this attitude is only ever taken by people who weren't directly insulted. This isn't about offense, it's about respect. Not of Nintendo, but of gamers. Making "We've just finalised our engine for current system X, and it's incredibly well optimised" as an April Fools joke is beyond atrocious. It's the equivalent of, for instance, Microsoft announcing that they're launching the Xbox One in Japan tomorrow and it's coming with three games from major Japanese franchises bundled, at a low price. Such an announcement would not be an April Fools joke, it would be Microsoft making fun of Japanese gamers for a laugh.
Frostbite weren't mocking the Wii U itself, nor were they mocking themselves, or Nintendo. They were mocking gamers who would dare to want the Frostbite engine, and games made using it, on their platform of choice. And going "maybe you shouldn't be on the internet, you're way too sensitive" is pretty much the equivalent of saying to the rape victim "maybe you shouldn't be walking through that area at night, you're too easy to rape", and letting the rapist off without criticism. Obviously, the rape analogy is an extreme version, and there's no equivalence between rape and mockery, but it's the easiest way to demonstrate the absurdity of the attitude - by taking it to its logical extreme.
