Hiku said:
bigtakilla said:
Who would be informed enough to know the Wii U is ending, and that Nintendo is denying it without being a bit informed (outside japan)?
While true, it may not be a straight up lie, but it's still purposeful disception. And it's something they better stray away from because people are getting sick of it.
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Well I can only make guesses about who the info may come from if not from Nintendo, but for example the companies that supply Nintendo with the hardware inside the system. If the processor manufcturer for example has been informed from Nintendo that "we will no longer be needing any more of your processors after July this year", people would naturally come to the conclusion that they are ceasing production of the whole console.
It could also be the case of a leak from inside of Nintendo's own staff, but that Nintendo don't regard leaks as "coming from us" because they're not even sure if it was leaked from their own company or not.
And yeah, while people can't later accuse them of straight up lying, it is written with the intent to decieve. This is pretty standard corporate PR. Like I said before, Sony, Microsoft, Square Enic, etc everyone does it when they feel they need to. And I guess most people in the industry are used to it, so they don't even get upset (or surprised) when it turns out to be a "lie".
But the more we read them, the more we're able to tell the difference between what's credible or even what should be taken as a fact, and what seems suspicious and we should be cautious to believe what the statment is implying.
For exaple, people not used to these things, when they heard that "Nintendo denied Nikkei's report" their reaction is just "Thank God!" and they leave it at that.
My reaction to hearing that was that I want to read the statement myself.
When Nintendo now didn't straight up say that Nikkei were wrong, and even used the same wording as they did when Nikkei reported on the 3DS XL "that information didn't come from us", what does that tell you?
For me, I'm thinking that Nikkei are once again correct. I wouldn't bet my life savings on it, but I'm fairly convinced that's what's going on.
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