RolStoppable said:
It's because we are old. We are long past the point of getting hyped for anything that is more than two months away from release, that's why late announcements don't bother us. Games we can play right now have much higher priority than talking about games that get released in the future. What we gain from this situation is entertainment value from posts such as yours. The outrage and subsequent defense for the outrage is a sight to behold. Many of the arguments resemble the time before Switch launched, such as two months aren't enough time to properly market a new console. But Nintendo waited until less than two months before launch with their proper presentation for Switch and that didn't hurt them. The reason why the current waiting game won't hurt Nintendo either is because there are 20+ new game releases for Switch each and every week. People who want to stay engaged with Switch can choose from hundreds of quality games and there's something new all the time. That being said, Nintendo's current strategy is less than ideal. But there's a difference between being able to do better and messing things up. There's also a difference between subjective and objective complaints which is why you and others get ridiculed; any attempts to qualify the complaints as objective usually fall flat on their face instantly. |
Very well said Rol, I'm also belonging to the old folks and at our age we usually don't have so much time anyway for playing games. Sometimes we are even happy when there's nothing new so we can finally work-down some of our pile of shame or simply buy an older game we missed. Incl. indies, there's more to play than you have time. I personally even like if we still have surprises in our internet and social media age. I actually like late announcements that hit us from nowhere. Nintendo holidays titles release in late October at the earliest, usually in November and December, so an announcement in September is early enough, seriously. Times have changed, it's not necessary anymore to advertise a title months or even a year before release. If you have a big title, the day it is announced, social medias and the internet explode and it continues until release - more than enough advertisement! The mass market doesn't care anyway, often they see new games only if they go to Amazon, Gamestop, etc. and if an upcoming game appears there months ahead of release, they will forget about it anyway in the meantime.
