Last week I wrote an article for the ++GoodGaming Destructoid Blog entitled, "A Farewell to Third Parties" or "The Nintendo Reap & Sew Show." Almost immediate after posting there were comments pointing out that I am a 'Nintendo hater' spewing rampant fanboy-ism on the death of Nintendo.
http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/bauhouse/-a-farewell-to-third-parties-or-the-nintendo-reap-sew-show--155569.phtml
For those that spent the time to actually read my article, I wasn't saying Nintendo was 't3h d00m3d', but I was pointing out that Nintendo has left themselves open and alone by opening up their 'sparse release date' model on a casual consumer unaccustomed to spending $500+ on consoles and accessories. This lack of support, like it or not, makes the average consumer confused, irked and dismayed in the same way consumers felt with Sega's CD, 32x, et all add ones.
I never said Nintendo was closing up shop. But what I did say is that the finger pointing will begin and the executive firings will be coming soon. Well, whatta ya know, this past Friday, Nintendo vice president of corporate affairs Denise Kaigler announced to IGN that she would be vacating her position in order to spend more time with her family"
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/21/nintendos-denise-kaigler-steps-down-to-spend-time-with-family/
As a family man myself that works in a corporate executive position, I know what 'spending more time with family' means. It means that, 'this forced termination has come faster than expected and I didn't have time to line anything else up.' I also know, as a father of two, that making mid-six-figures a year for your kids is infinitely more important for executives in her tax bracket than spending 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at home with your kids playing Pokemon or going to the park to socialize.
While I have never met her, I am sure Denise is a very nice person, a wonderful mother and a very competent executive. But this termination is just the start of many more across Nintendo of America's executive board. Nintendo's third place finish this holiday may not impact the casual-Wii-lover/commenter, but when it comes to investors money you can rest assured that Nintendo's recent trend of missing projections and losing exclusivity of their premiere hardcore games is going to be devastating for some of the higher ups in Seattle.
Now, please, feel free tell me how absolutely retarded I am in the comments below. I mean, seriously, who likes an ex-industry executive who is talking about the games industry like a competent and educated adult?
That's my bad :(
EDITORS NOTE: My intention is not to try to be mean, or a fanboy, or a troll here on this blog by pointing all of this history-repeating-itself-nonsense out. But that won't stop commenters from thinking I'm an a-hole for pointing out that Nintendo is going to be handing out a lot more pink slips in 2010 than they will A-List First party titles. 
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DO NOT SPEAK TO ME! DO NOT ALTER YOUR NORMAL HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN ANY WAY. YOU KNOW NOT THE ELABORATE CRITERIA BY WHICH YOU ARE TO BE JUDGED. IGNORE MY PRESENCE AND GO ABOUT YOUR EARTHLY BUSINESS.
IGNORE ME!
The most the average person actually knows about Nintendo's staff is that they go to the Electronics Arts Expo to make fucking tools of themselves, in all honesty. Their world is a foreign thing to us otherwise.
I'd also like to know what "big former exclusives" are jumping ship to other consoles. Please, enlighten us. No More Heroes? Whoa, nelly! Hold the phone! Nintendo lost No More Heroes! It's surely a sign of things to come! A quick-and-dirty up-port of a two-year-old game that is receiving a sequel at the same time as this port's release. What does that sound like? Oh, hey! That sounds like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex! The difference here is that Call of Duty is actually a significant franchise and No More Heroes is a drop in the pond.
I don't care how "intelligent" you try to act, though playing the "ex-insider" card was a nice touch. All you are doing is fear mongering based on gut feelings. Your opinions are not based on any shred of logic. No one is going to take you seriously. It doesn't help that every other day there is some brilliant original thinker portending Nintendo's dire future. Meanwhile, there are companies with real problems that get a pass because, hey, at least they don't make casual shovelcrap! Right fellas?
Where's your credibility? If you have inside info, share it. Don't make baseless predictions and then act like you are doing some great service to the community.
Granted, the releases have been sparse on both the first- and third-party front, but the notion that Wii consumers don't buy software is bunk. It has been bunk since day 1. Just because games don't chart in the top 10 or 20 for the month doesn't mean there aren't significant sales under the radar.
Other than that, I don't know how to place it. From what I've seen, anyone who's closing up shop hasn't had a stellar track record for recent titles, whether games are bad or marketing is bad.
I'd rather rant on how devs can just throw possibly excellent games out in the open and do little to nothing to promote the game, but that's just me.
You have the right to your opinion, but so do we, and my opinion is that everything you've said so far just seems off base, sometimes to the point of ridiculousness. I mean, you basically said that Nintendo would be the cause of the fall of the entire games industry. You said this right after the launch of both Modern Warfare 2, the fastest selling game of all time, and New Super Mario Bros Wii, a game that no one on the planet seems to be able to hate.
Anyway, I'm glad you're still posting, and am looking forward to the continued discussion. It would be really interesting if you turned out to be right, or if you somehow convinced me that you were at least sort of on the right track.
So, executives leaving the company does not always equal a financial apocalypse.
Or, in the case of someone actually managing their money wisely, it may be a genuine personal decision. If you can manage not to live paycheck-to paycheck with six figures, as Mrs. Kaigler certainly may have for several years now, I could for see not needing to work, because money isn't of intense concern.
And its certainly nice o have your opinion. Feel free. But please realize that people write that same article, reworded, re-reasoned, repurposed, nearly literally once every week. And with about as much assertion of personal presence or background. Maybe it seems like a great article to you, but posting it on Destructoid? You're just filling a very impersonal seat.
If you want someone to respect your opinion via your station, or ex station, I would advise establishing who you are and why you think we should care! Introductions blogs are a nice way to do so. Otherwise, with your self branding and subtitling comes of, at least to me, as incredibly aloof and, dare I say, pretentious.
Welcome to Destructoid! Don't suck...anymore.