An Open Letter to Nintendo - Page 8

Jagos · 11-30-2008, 09:35 AM

But the team of Dead Space was part of EA on different projects in the first place. More than likely, they are moving on to different things in EA.

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As long as the entertainment industry is focused only on catering to the people with the most money, pirating will keep going higher and higher.

... I for one don't believe that looting on the high seas is a problem for game makers. Instead, more or less, they should stop making criminals out of people that decide to push different games to the public. If they do it through giving a full game demo or just a one stage demo, I believe free advertising works a LOT more than trying to give jail terms to distributors.

Kim · 11-30-2008, 01:29 PM

Ummm... I was talking about people downloading illegally. I would normally assume you were trying to be silly, but you quoted that line, and then in no way addressed it in any way that I can understand. But yeah, as long as most game makers act like douches, people aren't exactly gonna feel guilty when cutting down their profits.

Mirai Gen · 11-30-2008, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Jagos

But the team of Dead Space was part of EA on different projects in the first place. More than likely, they are moving on to different things in EA.

Seriously, no, they fired hundreds of people. I'm not sure if the Dead Space team is a part of that but it wouldn't surprise me.

Jagos · 11-30-2008, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by NonCon

Ummm... I was talking about people downloading illegally. I would normally assume you were trying to be silly, but you quoted that line, and then in no way addressed it in any way that I can understand. But yeah, as long as most game makers act like douches, people aren't exactly gonna feel guilty when cutting down their profits.

Well, piracy is about being on the open seas. And they get RPGs and sub machine guns nowadays.

Game piracy for the most part, isn't about making bad guys out of customers. But I'm getting off on a tangent that I could go on about for a while.

The next part was more or less about game makers such as EA who put DRM on their products to stop crap but then... It has the opposite effect of hurting their bottom line. I wonder why...? :shifty:

@Dante:
Holy crap... That's a LOT of people...

Pip Boy · 11-30-2008, 08:05 PM

I don't know why everyone hates the wii so much. After all, it has proven to be the most powerful nintendo system made thus far. I mean, even the gamecube lacked a special power the wii has shown that it has. The power to suck so freaking bad that I buy another company's system for the first time in my life. I don't regret it either. After always playing nitnendo's systems, the Xbox360 has shown an impressive array of games, well implemented online play, and a lot less gimicky bullcrap wrapped in glitter.

With the X360 I now have a dillema I never had with nintendo systems. I actually have a large list of games to choose from, and only enough money to buy some of them. With nintendo, I never had to really think about what game to get next because the choice was clear, as I would always get the good one.

As for the third party thing, Nintendo actually deserves it to a degree. Aside from making these cheap gimmicky tricks to entertain little kids and not putting a "please use responsibly" label on them for the third party makers to see, they also have a track record of being jerks to the third party companies. For example, Lucas Arts was pissed when Nintendo announced Wii motion Plus at E3 because they had been making a light saber dueling game that would have benefited from it greatly. If nintendo had bothered to tell them about it.

Nintendo could do much better for its core gamers if it just focused a little bit more on quality and a little bit less on hitting you in the head with their next childish gimicky trick. This doesn't mean they have to give up the whole innovation thing completely, it just means they have to learn to implement it well instead of going OMG I HAVE AN IDEA LETS SLOPPILY STAPLE IT TO THE NEXT SYSTEM AND MAKE MILLIONS!

Mike McC · 11-30-2008, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Dante Must Die

While I generally agree with your post, you're being really condescending by quoting him and then using him as a cypher for "gamers" in general and what you think is amusing (IE 'what I love') about their behavior.

I wasn't responding to him directly, merely using that phrase as a launching point for my mini-ranting. I do know that he had much the same veiwpoint, it's just that phrase reminded me of something I always found a bit annoying; I felt I should include it.

synkr0nized · 12-01-2008, 04:30 PM

Given the years within which Nintendo has been involved in gaming, the ever-evolving gaming industry, the quite large and varied gaming population of the world, and the growing attention various companies are giving to games and the gaming market, it's not surprising that Nintendo finally is being seen for making its bad choices while others are recognized for their good choices.

It happens.

11-30-2008, 01:29 PM	#72
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	Ummm... I was talking about people downloading illegally. I would normally assume you were trying to be silly, but you quoted that line, and then in no way addressed it in any way that I can understand. But yeah, as long as most game makers act like douches, people aren't exactly gonna feel guilty when cutting down their profits. __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy

12-01-2008, 04:30 PM	#77
synkr0nized synk-ism Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: throughout the Wired Posts: 6,857	in b4 lockololol Given the years within which Nintendo has been involved in gaming, the ever-evolving gaming industry, the quite large and varied gaming population of the world, and the growing attention various companies are giving to games and the gaming market, it's not surprising that Nintendo finally is being seen for making its bad choices while others are recognized for their good choices. It happens. __________________ Find love.

11-30-2008, 08:05 PM	#75
Pip Boy Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: A right and proper Nerd Cave Posts: 2,460	I don't know why everyone hates the wii so much. After all, it has proven to be the most powerful nintendo system made thus far. I mean, even the gamecube lacked a special power the wii has shown that it has. The power to suck so freaking bad that I buy another company's system for the first time in my life. I don't regret it either. After always playing nitnendo's systems, the Xbox360 has shown an impressive array of games, well implemented online play, and a lot less gimicky bullcrap wrapped in glitter. With the X360 I now have a dillema I never had with nintendo systems. I actually have a large list of games to choose from, and only enough money to buy some of them. With nintendo, I never had to really think about what game to get next because the choice was clear, as I would always get the good one. As for the third party thing, Nintendo actually deserves it to a degree. Aside from making these cheap gimmicky tricks to entertain little kids and not putting a "please use responsibly" label on them for the third party makers to see, they also have a track record of being jerks to the third party companies. For example, Lucas Arts was pissed when Nintendo announced Wii motion Plus at E3 because they had been making a light saber dueling game that would have benefited from it greatly. If nintendo had bothered to tell them about it. Nintendo could do much better for its core gamers if it just focused a little bit more on quality and a little bit less on hitting you in the head with their next childish gimicky trick. This doesn't mean they have to give up the whole innovation thing completely, it just means they have to learn to implement it well instead of going OMG I HAVE AN IDEA LETS SLOPPILY STAPLE IT TO THE NEXT SYSTEM AND MAKE MILLIONS!