"The Know" opinion about Angry Joe Nintendo rant

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bananaking21 said:

Rab said:

MS and Sony charge you to play games online! *sound of crickets*

and now all the flack and criticism MS got for charging for XBL for the past 2 generations never happened? they always got flack for it. and Sony got criticized for it as well, to a lower extent because A) MS did it for the past 2 gens before it B) it was announced right at the same time as the MS DRM fiasco, which made it seem like less of an issue and C) Sony already showed that they offer way more value then what you pay for in the PS+ instant game collection. yet they still got some flack for it.

whats baffling here is that you got a bunch of blind fans defending nintendo's greediness and complete lack of anti consumer behavior, just because they are nintendo.

I suppose it's because you don't identify at all with Nintendo fans that you see it that way.  You're making it seem like "Nintendo never gets flack for anything wrong they do, but Sony and Microsoft would because they have normal fans and Nintendo fans are crazy."  Nintendo constantly gets flack for things they do, just as Sony and Microsoft would.  At the same time, there are plenty of Sony and Microsoft fans that defend everything they do.  It's a matter or perspective, so this isn't a "Nintendo" thing or a "Sony" or "Microsoft" thing.

Also, you worded your last sentence incorrectly.  You mean "lack of pro-consumer behavior" becaus a lack of anti consumer behavior would mean that they don't do this often.  I will also point out to you, and to others who are saying this is anti-consumer, it isn't anti-consumer for Nintendo.  The freedom someone has to post Nintendo's content online has nothing to do with the actual consumer-base.  If you want to go with the indirect route, you can then go off and say that Nintendo's partnership with DeNA is anti-consumer.