pokoko on 27 May 2016
| Ljink96 said: I trust Nintendo and Level 5. I really don't have a bad trust relationship with them. I mostly trust the developers who talk more about making a game than how well it'll sell or how much money they're making off it. That, to me, takes out the genuine care for game developing. Notice Nintendo and Level 5 rarely talk about how much money their games make, only occasionally releasing sales figures for PR use. To keep it short, I trust Japanese developers over western ones because of course there's a financial side to every business, it is the core of every business. But if a company can be more open about the product they're making, they approach game development much differently. Atari to NES is a prime example in terms of software. Where Atari was focused on putting out crap just to meet a deadline and make "guaranteed money", Nintendo just made fun games. The success came out of their passion. |
I'm sorry but that's really wrong. Nintendo of the NES era was one of the most cut-throat businesses in video-game history and a lot of their success came from that. For example, they were able to carve out a near monopoly in North America by forcing third parties to sign exclusive contracts, a clause which was eventually determined to be illegal in the US. Many of their moves were without a doubt anti-consumer.
