- Nintendo strictly prohibits employees from speaking out in Public without approval.
- Nintendo editor Chris Pranger got fired because of podcast he did a week ago
- Pranger wrote “As many of you have probably seen, I am no longer at Nintendo. I was terminated this week due to a podcast appearance I made last Monday. It was a stupid judgment call on my part and ultimately it cost me far more than I could have imagined.”
- Podcast in question:
http://www.chaingangmedia.com/ptg76/
- Pranger added on Facebook:
“spent the last week in a miserable place once the podcast began getting coverage,” he wrote on Facebook. “I was instantly scared when a coworker poked me and said, ‘Hey, you’re on GoNintendo.’ Suddenly article after article began appearing in game sites of all languages. Comments sections painted me as an idiot and the like. My Twitter started giving me hourly reminders from people meaning well and otherwise. It seemed unthinkable that I’d be let go for a single moment of poor judgment and my own misunderstandings, but here we are.”
Creator of Gears of War and longtime fan of Nintendo Cliff Bleszinsky lashes against Nintendo on Twitter for firing the guy:
Although Bleszinsky has made fun of Nintendo on several occasions, Bleszsinky worships Nintendo and he grew up with the company. He continues that he would never ever work for the company, ever.
What do you guys think, is Nintendo justified by firing the guy because he knew beforehand what he was getting into and what Nintendo doesn't allow, or is this action an exaggeration that can't be justified?
Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1
