This article... man. Who *didn't* see this coming from a mile away?

astrosmash said: famousringo said: Avinash_Tyagi said: Squilliam said: Its not a perfect piece but it actually does raise some interesting points. Perhaps Malstrom is following his own advice and providing substance rather than fluff, banter and hate? Oh he's always been doing that, its just that some people don't like hearing the substantial truth Oh come on. You've got to admit that Malstrom likes to write in a needlessly abrasive style. I'm not sure if it's because he thinks it will get him more attention or if he's just an obnoxious person. His last couple of articles have been more conciliatory. I hope he realizes that his old tone made it easy for people to discount his arguments and his new tone is more likely to earn him credibility. As for the content of this article, I think he raises some good points in this one. Especially with regards to user-generated content and Nintendo being skittish with its own 'revolution.' I understand that they walked into this being a little nervous about the risk they were taking, but now that they're raking in the billions they can afford to move forward with more confidence.   Not too long ago Malstrom wrote a blog entry that he was finished writing about the game industry. Despite that post he has been writing as much as ever - more so even - though much of it with  the conciliatory tone you mention. I think what has happenned is that someone has taken over as a ghost writer for him, probably doing 50% to 80% of his posts. This would explain not only some of his sudden stylistic changes, but also why there have been times he writes seemingly contradictory statements from one day to the next. (say what you will about Malstrom, he usually is consistant in his opinions)

I don't think he's contradicted himself, in fact one person emailed him about what they thought was a contradiction and he pointed out how it was not.

Also the concilatory tone of his recent articles have been more becuase he's responding to email rather than any change in his opinions.  His email responses are usually more courteous than his personal rants.

If you're interested my opinions then PM me.

hmm..

funny how Malstrom says in this text, that user generated was not what customers wanted, but in a different one says that random generated content would be good for a new Mario...

if there is anything that's worse than ugc it's rgc

btw.. he (indirectly) says in this text, that Monster Hunter 3 tri- is not what people want

I understand the sentiment he's trying to make there. It may be a game that people want, but its not a game that people want from the Wii. It's the wrong solution to sagging Wii sales, as it's not a long-term solution

User generated content is not random content. User Generated means that the user is simply given the tools to make theirn own content. Random content is content just randomized. User generated implies no content, while random is content that is random. His proposal is like a better Left 4 Dead (funny, that game sucked because it was shallow and had nothing in it). Basically, the game is prefesionally made like all 2D Mario games, but the game can change. More or less Toad Houses appear and Hammer Bros will come if the player takes to long and doesn't conqure areas. The game world changes, but there is still content. This is why the approach could work.

Randomly generated content is very different than user generated content, in the former, its still the game that has control over what is generated, in the latter its the user, he's opposed to making the user have to create the content.

LMAO. I bet he'd be good at parties. I love this guy's blogs. Will Wright whispered it into his ears ;)

megaman79 said: Squilliam said: Its not a perfect piece but it actually does raise some interesting points. Perhaps Malstrom is following his own advice and providing substance rather than fluff, banter and hate? Squlliam likes it bcoz Malstrom hinted at Nintendo's business failures.

This and another thing: it looks like finally Malstrom discovered that in times of crisis Nintendo could use those dirty, stinking, cursed hardcore gamers whose he previously wished the extinction

The only thing that never changes is his attitude to think he's Nintendo's saviour, but we can't do anything about this, his EULA says we must accept him "as is"...    

Alby_da_Wolf said: megaman79 said: Squilliam said: Its not a perfect piece but it actually does raise some interesting points. Perhaps Malstrom is following his own advice and providing substance rather than fluff, banter and hate? Squlliam likes it bcoz Malstrom hinted at Nintendo's business failures. Squilliam said: No I liked it because: A: It wasn't negative towards any party really. B: It was shorter and more to the point, so it has a better fluff/content ratio. C: It provides an interesting perspective outside of the recession as to why the Wii sales are thus. It doesn't mean hes right, but it does mean he raises some good points. This and another thing: it looks like finally Malstrom discovered that in times of crisis Nintendo could use those dirty, stinking, cursed hardcore gamers whose he previously wished the extinction The only thing that never changes is his attitude to think he's Nintendo's saviour, but we can't do anything about this, his EULA says we must accept him "as is"...

Not sure if serious, but what ever.

The "hardcore" would never accept Nintendo. Nintendo should never please these people as they will never accept Nintendo, even if they did cater only to them. Also, Nintendo will be fine either way. Even without momentum, they are still whipping the floor with their competators (pretty sad actually).