Nintendo/Iwata's Bias Against The West

[Zod95]

Viper1 said:
I'm sorry Soundwave but your entire concept is bogus.

Flip the script around. How many western developers are rushing in to work with Japanese publishers?

As development got harder and more expensive, working with language and time barriers, unstable foreign exchange rates, logistics nightmares, etc....it's simply more feasible and economically fruitful to work with devs/pubs that aren't 12,000 miles away.

Just another dig.

If I'm unemployed and I don't have companies rushing in to my feet that means I shouldn't get a job? Maybe not. Maybe I should think what is good for myself (and getting a job is a must) and go look for it, fight for it if necessary... rather than thinking if the world is not rushing at me maybe I shouldn't care about the world. I strongly believe Nintendo should care about american and european devs, should go look for good investment opportunities and fight for them if necessary. They've got plenty of resources to enter in any "war" they want. They just don't want to move a finger.

You talk as if Nintendo wasn't a worldwide company. There is no such thing as 12k miles away. You also ignore the evolution in communication. Telepresence and internet are surely much more improved and accessible than in the N64 era. And if Nintendo has problems with the English language (which is not a problem at all for any western company with a 10th or even a 100th of their revenue) they're the only ones to blame. You can come up with all the excuses in the world, but they are just that (excuses). When they admit they don't understand the western markets and at the same time they remove power and independence from the ones that do (Nintendo of America), it's all said.