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Seece on 02 December 2008

I truly believe Microsoft wants its gamers to be happy. I believe Sony and Nintendo do to. Keeping console owners happy results in them sticking with their chosen console/s. So they buy more games, and tell their friends how great their console is.

 

Yes money is their main concern and getting as much of it out of our wallets as possible. But I really think though that Rare and Microsoft want us to be happy with the NXE/Avatars. Not only for their benefits .. bt because they just want us to enjoy ourselves!

 

Maybe I'm just not as cynical as you lot ..



 

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Comrade Tovya on 02 December 2008

They are corporations.... they want us to be happy so they can have our money. I think you are mistaking them for non-profit charities.



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taxman on 02 December 2008

Keeping the consumer happy is a money making rule....



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thekitchensink on 02 December 2008

Sure, they want us to be happy--because being happy means giving them money.



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jerseyboy609 on 02 December 2008

If I was a big company, I would want your money...hopefully I could squeeze every penny out



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JGarret on 02 December 2008

What Tovya and kitchensink said...keep customers happy so they can more easily part with their $$$...not because they truly like to provide happiness....well, maybe some of the employees really do, but the corporation as a whole...no.



thekitchensink on 02 December 2008

@JGarret: Miyamoto truly likes to provide happiness. Nintendo as a whole doesn't XD.



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arsenicazure on 02 December 2008

hmm.. have you heard the word "naive"



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Million on 02 December 2008
seece said:

I truly believe Microsoft wants its gamers to be happy. I believe Sony and Nintendo do to. Keeping console owners happy results in them sticking with their chosen console/s. So they buy more games, and tell their friends how great their console is.

 

Yes money is their main concern and getting as much of it out of our wallets as possible. But I really think though that Rare and Microsoft want us to be happy with the NXE/Avatars. Not only for their benefits .. bt because they just want us to enjoy ourselves!

 

Maybe I'm just not as cynical as you lot ..

 

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JGarret on 02 December 2008

@kitchensink

Exactly.

The guy is approaching 60 years old (or 50?), has made enough money to live the rest of his life without financial concerns, but wants to continue making games...he really has a passion for gaming.

As for Iwata, he´s a big ?....Well, he seems to be a better CEO than the last one.