Hiku said:
bigtakilla said:
But trying to quell the worries and anger with disception will only lead to mistrust in the end (unless of course the rumor IS false). They have far more to lose by denying it and production actually end, than it would to just not say anything. People who initially didn't care about the Nikkei rumor aren't going to appreciate knowing Nintendo is lying to sell a few consoles, and if those people who were worried wind up buying a Wii U due to Nintendo's statement, how pissed are they going to be if production does end and the online servers are shut down in the near future?
I know I for one am getting pretty exhausted of the PR spins, the bullshit, and the flat out lies of this generation from Nintendo. When I go to a forum discussing them, I can pretty much assume the worst outcome is the one I know is going to happen with the company. How many people are they going to lose/have they lost because of that?
How many people thanks to this generation alone are going to take a wait and see approach to NX? FAR more than people who are worried about the end of production rumor from Nekkei.
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Well, this strategy has probably worked out for them in the past, or else they probably wouldn't keep doing it. They're not likely expecting to persuade the well informed audience, such as people who discuss it at length on forums and do their research, but are likely targetting the people who take announcements like that for face value. It's from Nintendo = true. That's unfortunitely how many people react, and never give it a second thought. (Not just regarding Nintendo.)
As for the ones who are more well informed and do research about similar situations in the past, they should be aware that these things happen with all companies, and you have to learn how to discern what is fact from what isn't, and what seems questionable and what seems reliable. If Nintendo announce their sold through numbers for WiiU, I have no reason to doubt them. It's when the PR is vague that you have to suspect there's a reason behind it. And some times it's just straight up lies, unfortunately. But it's also understandable at times. If they plan to announce a certain game on a certain day, and you ask them if the game is being made a few days earlier, they will deny it, or say "we currently have no plans for that." Understandable, as their plans cant get ruined as soon as any journalist asks about it.
That kinda makes me curious if they have any explanation for that. Like, "we currently have no plans for it because it's already set in motion. It's no longer just a plan." Many companies use that term as a deception, so I wonder if everyone uses that specific term because there's a way to claim that it isn't a lie
But if you look at how Nintendo have responded to Nikkei's reports, I've noticed that they may not have actually lied in the situations I've reviewed. At least in this latest case, and the report on the 3DS XL, they said things like "this information didn't come from us (Nintendo)" and "it's just speculation". Reliable information can be obtained from other sources, such as hardware manufacturers, but if the information is not oficially from Nintendo, I guess they can deem it as not trustworthy to 100%, and therefore speculatory. I don't know.
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