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Kai_Mao on 27 May 2016
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Ljink96 said:
pokoko said:

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.

That is true, but you can't change the fact that Atari did put out crap just to make money. At least Nintendo had passion behind their software development. Notice I'm talking Nintendo as individual software developers. Decisions made by their internal teams like Tezuka, Iwata, Miyamoto, Totaka, etc. A business does what it needs to stay afloat. That monopoly wasn't a good practice and I'm well aware of that. I trust Nintendo EAD. Not Nintendo as a publisher but as a developer.

Just a question. Wasn't the reason why Nintendo became more strict was to avoid giving too much power to third parties who could end up developing too many games in a short amount of time just for profits? I mean one of the reasons for the game crash in '83 was that the market became too saturated, especially when it came to crap, rushed products such as ET, Pac Man, etc. Sure the monopoly may be illegal today, but I can't imagine the gaming industry being able to recover while keeping its status quo from the early 80s. Though to be fair, there were still a lot of crappy games on the NES and there are still crappy games being released in this day and age. 

 

As as for the OT, I don't have a lot of trust in the industry. I trust Nintendo for making great games and stable consoles and controllers that can remain working for years to come (looking at the 2 PS2 controllers >.>). I trust composers like Kondo and Shimomura in creating great music. I trust the overreaction of commenters. I trust translators to miss a few things on the actual statements (poor Sakurai for being misunderstood and mistranslated for years). I also trust people not agreeing on each other's opinion.