| Mazzy said: When all the Nintendo fans have one game to talk about, it's no surprise that they talk about the one game shown for nearly 8 hours straight. Pachter mentioned this on his Pach Attack show at one point, and I find it true in my own experiences: Nintendo fans are the loudest minority on the internet and social media, but that simply isn't reflected in sales. The last Direct about Amiibos and Smash DLC was flooding the front page of GAF and /v/, while PGW and TGS and PSX seemed to receive much less attention despite having much bigger announcement. Put simply: Nintendo fans are childish and obnoxious online and the reception to BotW is simply an extension of that. I mean you see the video of grown ass men running to play BotW like little kids? I mean it's embarrassing, this a closed event and they're supposed to be acting professional. |
In the end all that matters is that people are talking about the game in a positive light. Thus it gets more and more poeple knowing about a game. There's a reason people tend to hold review scores in such high regard (almost embarrassingly so). Also as I mentioned, other games were there. Pokémon Sun and Moon was shown the same day as the Zelda blowout and doesn't seem to have gotten nearly as much attention. If Nintendo fans were so thirsty for games why weren't both games talked about at equal measure? And yes I did see that video, and while I do think that people should act professional in such a setting it just shows how passionate they are about playing the game.
Also GAF and/v/ don't equal the Internet. I'm sure announcements from the events you mentioned were talked about alot in other areas.
Also it just makes you look a little rude calling all Nintendo fans childish and obnoxious online. You shouldn't marginalize an entire group like that. I've seen a variety of Nintendo fans on a variety of websites make very smart comments on Nintendo (both positive and negative) and not immediately jump on the "go third party" bandwagon that people love to parade around. Also both MS and Sony have their fanboys that act "childish and obnoxious" online as well so it shouldn't come as a surprise that Nintendo has some as well.
