By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Nintendo - Nintendo lays off 320 workers in Europe, despite speaking against the practice last year

its not hypocritical.

last year he was speaking about developers those lay offs are not developers.



Tsubasa Ozora

Keiner kann ihn bremsen, keiner macht ihm was vor. Immer der richtige Schuss, immer zur richtigen Zeit. Superfussball, Fairer Fussball. Er ist unser Torschützenkönig und Held.

Around the Network

Localization teams? Bleh. But I like localized games :(



Things are getting mixed up here.

Nintendo Japan said the thing about keeping the emplyees, not europe and it refered specifically to developers.




Was expected with the way their product is performing over there.



They meant Japanese employees, not American/European employees.

All of Nintendo's games but a small handful are made in Japan, that's the core of the company, employees of NOE or NOA don't count (not saying this is right or wrong, but that's Nintendo logic I think). American/European staff are expendible. 



Around the Network

It sucks that they had to let go of so many people, but Sony and MS did the same a few years/ months ago...so slimming down seems to be a necassity in this day and age.



orniletter said:
It sucks that they had to let go of so many people, but Sony and MS did the same a few years/ months ago...so slimming down seems to be a necassity in this day and age.


they fired people because they dont work good. fireing people in germany isnt cheap, they have good reasons for that i guess.

it sucks for the people, but they shouldnt have a problem finding a new job.  if u are under 50 and able to read getting a new job in germany isnt  problem, and if they dont find something new, we have a good social system, they dont have to sleep in the street, blwoing peole for foodmoney...



Mr Puggsly said:
WhiteEaglePL said:
Fusioncode said:
Well WiiU is bombing in Europe. Not surprised.


Still doing better than the X1 over there

Not really. The Wii U has been on the market longer, is bundled with its best selling game, yet the gap is only about 460K in Europe.

The X1 easily took the US from Wii U and it'll take Europe as well. FIFA 15 should help make that happen.


Fifa 15 is WIi U's worst enemy in EU. But the second best game should retake the land



WhiteEaglePL said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Not really. The Wii U has been on the market longer, is bundled with its best selling game, yet the gap is only about 460K in Europe.

The X1 easily took the US from Wii U and it'll take Europe as well. FIFA 15 should help make that happen.


Fifa 15 is WIi U's worst enemy in EU. But the second best game should retake the land

But then Wii U has to worry about Fifa 16 and potentially Fifa 17! There are also some noteworthy X1 exclusives coming down the road. If MS stays competitive then Wii U will lose Europe.

Mario Kart gave the Wii U a nice boost, Smash Bros will help too, but those are the biggest titles Wii U will ever get. The X1 is just getting started.



Recently Completed
River City: Rival Showdown
for 3DS (3/5) - River City: Tokyo Rumble for 3DS (4/5) - Zelda: BotW for Wii U (5/5) - Zelda: BotW for Switch (5/5) - Zelda: Link's Awakening for Switch (4/5) - Rage 2 for X1X (4/5) - Rage for 360 (3/5) - Streets of Rage 4 for X1/PC (4/5) - Gears 5 for X1X (5/5) - Mortal Kombat 11 for X1X (5/5) - Doom 64 for N64 (emulator) (3/5) - Crackdown 3 for X1S/X1X (4/5) - Infinity Blade III - for iPad 4 (3/5) - Infinity Blade II - for iPad 4 (4/5) - Infinity Blade - for iPad 4 (4/5) - Wolfenstein: The Old Blood for X1 (3/5) - Assassin's Creed: Origins for X1 (3/5) - Uncharted: Lost Legacy for PS4 (4/5) - EA UFC 3 for X1 (4/5) - Doom for X1 (4/5) - Titanfall 2 for X1 (4/5) - Super Mario 3D World for Wii U (4/5) - South Park: The Stick of Truth for X1 BC (4/5) - Call of Duty: WWII for X1 (4/5) -Wolfenstein II for X1 - (4/5) - Dead or Alive: Dimensions for 3DS (4/5) - Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite for X1 (3/5) - Halo Wars 2 for X1/PC (4/5) - Halo Wars: DE for X1 (4/5) - Tekken 7 for X1 (4/5) - Injustice 2 for X1 (4/5) - Yakuza 5 for PS3 (3/5) - Battlefield 1 (Campaign) for X1 (3/5) - Assassin's Creed: Syndicate for X1 (4/5) - Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare for X1 (4/5) - Call of Duty: MW Remastered for X1 (4/5) - Donkey Kong Country Returns for 3DS (4/5) - Forza Horizon 3 for X1 (5/5)

TreeTurtle said:
WhiteEaglePL said:
Fusioncode said:
Well WiiU is bombing in Europe. Not surprised.


Still doing better than the X1 over there


this

Agreed. Bombing should mean the competition is destroying it. The ps4 isn't destroying it and the xbox1 is doing even worse. They are doing average in Europe.