Soundwave said:
Aielyn said:
That article was full of nonsense being put into Miyamoto's mouth. If you ignore all of their "explanations" of what he means, and all of their contextualisation that is entirely their own, Miyamoto's words actually say something different.
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"[These are] the sort of people who, for example, might want to watch a movie. They might want to go to Disneyland," he said.
"Their attitude is, 'okay, I am the customer. You are supposed to entertain me.' It's kind of a passive attitude they're taking, and to me it's kind of a pathetic thing. They do not know how interesting it is if you move one step further and try to challenge yourself."
"In the days of DS and Wii, Nintendo tried its best to expand the gaming population," he said.
"Fortunately, because of the spread of smart devices, people take games for granted now. It's a good thing for us, because we do not have to worry about making games something that are relevant to general people's daily lives."
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First he says that there's no point focusing on the consumer that just wants to passively be entertained. They interpreted that to mean "no point focusing on casuals". Which is nonsense. He's saying that games should be about gaming, not about a story that you watch. He's criticising development of games that are really nothing more than somewhat-interactive movies, and praising games that engage the player.
Most so-called "casuals" like games that are easy to get into, not necessarily ones that don't challenge you. Wii Sports Bowling is easy to play, but getting a 300 isn't easy. NSMB Wii had a lot of hidden depth, but families could play it easily.
Then they've interpreted comments along the lines of "we wanted to make sure that gaming was expanded, hence the DS and the Wii" followed by "now you can even do it on phones" as an indication of no need to "reach out" to those customers... but that's not what he said. What he said was that gaming has been broadened, now, so they don't need to introduce people to gaming - they're already there. He's praising Nintendo for starting the trend of gaming into the mainstream, not saying that Nintendo doesn't need to try to capture the mainstream anymore.
The article is full of the stupid "hardcore" media crap - elitism meets ignorance. |
His comments speak for themselves, not sure why you feel the need to interject your own agenda.
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Because the article authors already injected theirs. Have gaming journalists ever proven themselves more reliable than forum members? Really?
