Nintendo has a communication problem with it's Fanbase.

[dharh]

RolStoppable said:

dharh said:

The problem with your example is that SONY does not own the rights to Crash Bandicoot, Activision does.  Pretty much everything being complained about Nintendo are franchises they definitely own.

On the other hand, people are definitely fighting over the new direction of God of War.

It's an example the OP listed. An example of Sony listening to its fanbase. But it's not like it stops there. In recent years Sony tanked SOCOM, Twisted Metal, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royal, The Order 1886, the Vita on the whole... the point is it's easy to come up with a lengthy list of negative examples for the console manufacturer that the OP mentioned as what Nintendo should strive for. Since I am at it, neither Shenmue or Final Fantasy are Sony IPs, so what's left of the four examples the OP listed is The Last Guardian which has gone through development hell and isn't a positive example at all when you really think about it. It's an example of ill-advised gamer gratitude because people are now grateful that the game is coming out at all; Sony messed it up, then fixed their mess after a long time.

And on the other side of the argument the OP managed to omit Zelda. It's a bad thread. It's terrible. It's incredibly onesided. It's a good example of starting with a conclusion and then cherrypicking the facts that fit said conclusion. The point I am making isn't that Nintendo is flawless, it's that the thread is garbage.

We can definitely agree that the thread is garbage.