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AgentZorn on 30 June 2013
leedlelee said:
While it may affect Nintendo more so than some other developers/studios, you would be hard pressed to convince me that they are the only ones under the crosshairs of gaming journalism...
There's hardly any journalism happening in the industry anymore...


True, but Nintendo seems to be recieving more flak. I think that the "NIntendo won't be at E3" is probably what made Iwata flip the table. 



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Lonely_Dolphin on 30 June 2013
AgentZorn said:
leedlelee said:
While it may affect Nintendo more so than some other developers/studios, you would be hard pressed to convince me that they are the only ones under the crosshairs of gaming journalism...
There's hardly any journalism happening in the industry anymore...


True, but Nintendo seems to be recieving more flak. I think that the "NIntendo won't be at E3" is probably what made Iwata flip the table. 



Heh, I was gonna say this. Good thing I read the entire thread! The funny thing is Nintendo was more at E3 than anyone else, or rather they got people closer to it than any other.

Mythmaker1 on 30 June 2013

It's not just them. There is no grand conspiracy among news outlets to destroy Nintendo, it's just them being lazy and pandering.

Remember the "confirmation" of COD:G Wii U a few weeks back that literally EVERYONE reported on? Or the accusations that Sony lied during their press conference because an anonymous source said so? Or the rumor that Microsoft's family plan was only an hour-long trial which persisted even after Microsoft representatives said it was untrue? Or the wave of negativity that flowed Microsoft's way based on the RUMOR their console would be always-online? At least that last one was justified, because Microsoft was deaf enough to ignore the negativity being hurled their way, but the rumor took on a life of its own long before Nintendo officially gave it birth.

And people act like this is always one-way. Remember the ABSURD level of coverage that came about because of rumors about Retro at E3? Or how Nintendo only had to announce the EXISTENCE of a 3D Mario game to be shown at E3 for everyone to go crazy speculating?

This happens to everyone. Nintendo is not special in this regard.



I believe in honesty, civility, generosity, practicality, and impartiality.

EricFabian on 30 June 2013
bananaking21 said:
how do we know that this isnt an inaccurate report as well?


we never will



chriscox1121 on 01 July 2013
Mythmaker1 said:
It's not just them. There is no grand conspiracy among news outlets to destroy Nintendo, it's just them being lazy and pandering.

Remember the "confirmation" of COD:G Wii U a few weeks back that literally EVERYONE reported on? Or the accusations that Sony lied during their press conference because an anonymous source said so? Or the rumor that Microsoft's family plan was only an hour-long trial which persisted even after Microsoft representatives said it was untrue? Or the wave of negativity that flowed Microsoft's way based on the RUMOR their console would be always-online? At least that last one was justified, because Microsoft was deaf enough to ignore the negativity being hurled their way, but the rumor took on a life of its own long before Nintendo officially gave it birth.

And people act like this is always one-way. Remember the ABSURD level of coverage that came about because of rumors about Retro at E3? Or how Nintendo only had to announce the EXISTENCE of a 3D Mario game to be shown at E3 for everyone to go crazy speculating?

This happens to everyone. Nintendo is not special in this regard.

Nintendo by far gets the most criticism than the other two.  The media treats them completely different than the others.  Do you want me to post vids from GT's coverage of Nintendo.  It's ridiculous.




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Gnac on 01 July 2013

Iwata: (scowls)



WHERE IS MY KORORINPA 3

Mythmaker1 on 01 July 2013
chriscox1121 said:
Mythmaker1 said:
It's not just them. There is no grand conspiracy among news outlets to destroy Nintendo, it's just them being lazy and pandering.

Remember the "confirmation" of COD:G Wii U a few weeks back that literally EVERYONE reported on? Or the accusations that Sony lied during their press conference because an anonymous source said so? Or the rumor that Microsoft's family plan was only an hour-long trial which persisted even after Microsoft representatives said it was untrue? Or the wave of negativity that flowed Microsoft's way based on the RUMOR their console would be always-online? At least that last one was justified, because Microsoft was deaf enough to ignore the negativity being hurled their way, but the rumor took on a life of its own long before Nintendo officially gave it birth.

And people act like this is always one-way. Remember the ABSURD level of coverage that came about because of rumors about Retro at E3? Or how Nintendo only had to announce the EXISTENCE of a 3D Mario game to be shown at E3 for everyone to go crazy speculating?

This happens to everyone. Nintendo is not special in this regard.

Nintendo by far gets the most criticism than the other two.  The media treats them completely different than the others.  Do you want me to post vids from GT's coverage of Nintendo.  It's ridiculous.

That'd be great, actually. I remember seeing the criticism of GT on Nintendo after I watched that segment, and I didn't understand what the issue was.

Maybe not vids, exactly, but what specifically they said that people had issue with.



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Fusioncode on 01 July 2013
chriscox1121 said:
Mythmaker1 said:
It's not just them. There is no grand conspiracy among news outlets to destroy Nintendo, it's just them being lazy and pandering.

Remember the "confirmation" of COD:G Wii U a few weeks back that literally EVERYONE reported on? Or the accusations that Sony lied during their press conference because an anonymous source said so? Or the rumor that Microsoft's family plan was only an hour-long trial which persisted even after Microsoft representatives said it was untrue? Or the wave of negativity that flowed Microsoft's way based on the RUMOR their console would be always-online? At least that last one was justified, because Microsoft was deaf enough to ignore the negativity being hurled their way, but the rumor took on a life of its own long before Nintendo officially gave it birth.

And people act like this is always one-way. Remember the ABSURD level of coverage that came about because of rumors about Retro at E3? Or how Nintendo only had to announce the EXISTENCE of a 3D Mario game to be shown at E3 for everyone to go crazy speculating?

This happens to everyone. Nintendo is not special in this regard.

Nintendo by far gets the most criticism than the other two.  The media treats them completely different than the others.  Do you want me to post vids from GT's coverage of Nintendo.  It's ridiculous.

Did you watch Geoff Keighley's interview with Reggie? It was brutal, especially compared to the softball questions he lodged at the others. 



Sigs are dumb. And so are you!

Hynad on 01 July 2013
Nem said:
Well, it is true the media is very opinated towards nintendo.

Nintendo direct was a great move though. I prefer to have the information delivered to me first hand, than it going through the skewed media gatekeeping we see these days.


I agree that Nintendo Direct is a really good idea. But I would like if they'd make their presentation of it a little better.



Conegamer on 01 July 2013

It's understandable. That's what the Directs are for, no?



 

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