Splatoon won’t have any voice chat support

[oniyide]

MDMAlliance said:

oniyide said:

i understood exactly what you are saying. Im saying it is dumb way they are thinking if true. Customers they have? they barely have any, the ones who are buying into Wii U now are faithful and not going anywhere. Adding a feature that is STANDARD isnt going to hurt their image, that is ridiculous, especially if said feature can just be deactivated. There reason is faulty and would explain why they are where they are at.

I disagree.  It's not like anyone knows for sure that if Nintendo did add this feature that it would help more than it would harm.  There are some ridiculous customers out there called parents.  Nintendo relies on them a good bit.  Changing that strategy is a risk that Nintendo is likely not willing to take yet.  

Even though you can deactivate the feature, parents are not the brightest customers.  Even though they love protecting their children from all the language and stuff, they likely wouldn't think of deactivating the feature when the option is there.  

The fact of the matter is that Nintendo is not confident in their ability to compete in the more "mature" gaming market if it means abandoning their "family friendly" base.  It's not a dumb decision, it makes sense that it would be a fear.  I think you're underestimating the risk Nintendo feels they would be undertaking.

edit: I'm not saying that Nintendo cannot succeed in this field or take greater gains in abandoning that image.  I am saying that there's reason for doubt.

edit 2: Not sure if you'll see this before responding, but I do think that Nintendo will need a fair amount of convincing that making this change will actually bring new customers to their system that can offset the parents who are put off by Nintendo no longer being "safe for children."  (That's a whole other can of worms)

there are people in this thread already saying, they are not gonna support it. So at the very least some sales are being lost. The strategy isnt working and you dont think parents arent buying PS4s and ONEs? They have to be with those sales.

@bolded, i agree there. They arent confident, they better get confident because again what they are doing isnt working.

You keep harping on these parents. Lets be real, parents arent buying WIi Us no one really is, sales prove that. THey are buying the kids tables, phones, and maybe PS4s and Xones. Numbers dont lie