kingofwale said:
RolStoppable said:
What's that supposed to mean? You own DS games? Someone bought you a game as a gift, but for a system you don't even own? Or you own shovelware for systems you do own, the PSP and PS3? If that's the case, this isn't solely a Nintendo problem then. And again, the Seal of Quality had not much to do with quality. It just showed that the game was officially licensed by Nintendo and had quality control to the extent that it hadn't bugs that made games unplayable. The games still could be crap. |
yes, I have the misfortune of getting DS games I have absolutely no interest in even opening. I suspect it was picked out of discount area with other garbages games.
Funny how I don't remember I mentioned it was a "soley" a Nintendo problem.
*bolded part* sounds like some kinda of quality control, and that's good enough for me. |
If someone is giving you games for a system you don't have, then perhaps you should (politely) inform them that you can't use it. Alternatively, there's always ebay. Besides, if you don't have a DS, then there wouldn't be any DS games you're interested in opening, right?
As to RolStoppable's point, he did insert a qualifier in his statement: "If that's the case, this isn't solely a Nintendo problem then." Further discussion of his hypothetical, by him or you, is useless unless you tell us whether the condition has been met, i.e. "is there shovelware on the PSP or PS3?" If the answer is no, then your previous point about Nintendo needing quality control standards has some merit to it, assuming the lack thereof has proved to be a problem. As many of us have argued, that has not proven to be the case so far, so you still need to bring forth some data to convince us otherwise.
If the answer to that question is "yes", then we must ask whether Sony's lack of quality control standards has proven harmful to consumers, beginning with the original PlayStation, which is when they first loosened restrictions. Judging by the fact that millions of people purchased Playstations, Playstation 2s, Playstation 3s, and Playstation Portables, I would argue that the answer is a definite no, as they would not have repurchased another system if they were sufficiently scalded by the playstation family's avalanche of shovelware.
Recall also that by the terms of your own argument, those who check reviews do not include the "soccer moms" of the world. There is nothing to indicate that they checked reviews back then either. Therefore, since shovelware has not proven particularly harmful to Sony's products, and since there is nothing to indicate that it will prove to be more harmful to Nintendo's products, your argument must fall, unless you can offer some proof that the above statements are false. As they say in the Phoenix Wright games, "evidence is everything."
Finally, I believe Nintendo does still exercise the same amount of quality control over its products today that it did when the Seal of Approval existed. Nintendo's own factories are where all Wii and DS games are manufactured. They know whether or not the product boots, doesn't damage your system, etc. In other words, they're still using the same process they used to give games their Seal of Approval: they're just omitting to paste it on the cover of all their games now. As GlingGling pointed out earlier, it was only printed for public relations purposes. It is no longer needed. Therefore, it was allowed to die.
Edit: And I agree with vaio. That was deep.
