Nintendo is good at two things: Marketing itself to non-gamers, and patronizing the hell out of proper gamers. Corporate Affairs VP Denise Kaigler is towing the corporate line perfectly, confessing that Nintendo can't please the core gamer, but that's simply super duper!
"I will give you that hardcore gamers have an insatiable appetite for everything Nintendo," she admits, "and we love that! We love that. When we get to a point where core gamers say, 'OK, Nintendo, enough! We don't need any more games from you guys ...' None of us wants to be put in that position, right?
"We don't want your appetite to ever be satisfied, because when we satisfy you, it's time for us to go [dusts off hands], 'OK! Let's go on home now!' And none of us wants to go home. So there's this sort of fun ... relationship, I think, that's happening between Nintendo and the hardcore gamer — which we enjoy and hope that the core gamer enjoys it."
I have got to admit, that is some seriously impressive spin. Quite why Nintendo's executives never went into politics, I do not know. Nintendo can't and won't ever truly appeal to us again, because it keeps our fun relationship going. Treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen. I'm pretty sure that's how Chris Brown got started.
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9:00 AM on 05.13.2009
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'"I will give you that hardcore gamers have an insatiable appetite for everything Nintendo"'
Oh, that's it.
"We won't give you good games because once we give you good games, you won't want more. Its muuuch better to tell you they are coming and keep you guessing while shoveling out crapware too our real customer base...Grandpa Simpson over there."
I think thats a fair translation of what was said...
I mean, they will soon say that Wii Sports has the best story ever told in a videogame because it has no story, mark my words.
WTF is a proper gamer? If you buy a game and play it, then you're a gamer period. Can we please just stop using all these stupid "buzz words" to describe what kind of gamers we are. We're all just gamers, no matter if you're just starting out, or if you have been gaming for years now.
In any case, I have a Wii... and just because I have a Wii doesn't mean I hate or like Nintendo or agree with everything that's said--I just enjoy a few games and that's good enough for me since I don't feel the need to have to *LOVE* every game in the Wii catalog.
I do think there's still plenty of work to be done by Nintendo, however. And we HAVE had a bit of a Nintendo-drought last year...
assholes.
*watches more dust collect on the wii*
Nintendo is a corporation before anything else. And that means chasing paper.
Am I dissapointed that I'm no longer Nintendo's target demographic? Sure. But do I hate them for rolling with the punches and coming out stronger? Hell no.
If we just stopped talking about them, all at once, I'm sure they would do something. For now, they get what thay want, we're talking about them.
Also, <3 <3 <3 <3 the Chris Brown reference, especially because they got back together. It's not brutal however, so it gets 2 out of 4 monocles in terms of sauciness.
English is weird.
Anyway, this is pretty stupid crap coming from Nintendo. The fact that they're hemorrhaging lifelong fans at a critical rate this generation alone doesn't seem to concern them as they get new blood day by day. I mean, they outright refuse to recognize their position as a joke/fad in the industry. As much as I hate to use the terms casual and hardcore, they're not catering to the audience they used to. No one's taking the system seriously so it's riddled with pure crap and they're doing absolutely nothing to stop it.
Anyone else notice they removed "of quality" from the Official Nintendo Seal? =\
You gotta appreciate PR and Marketing for giving lights-out bullshitters a legitimate career path.
All you complaining assholes just got trolled. You all love getting catalogued as hardcore and prefer going along what the gaming media jerks feed you instead of looking for what its true. There's good games and bad games, casual and hardcore is an illusion of marketing departments.
Most of the Nintendo administration had no experience with video games at all when the NES first appeared. I think they did pretty well for themselves back then.
The smart ones aren't worried about finding actual good games on the system (we are playing them), we're just worried about Nintendo's awful attitude, and in a way, it does effect us (less "character" exclusives, and more Wii Music bullshit).
I would contend that Nintendo did "ok" considering their only rival back in the NES, and even SNES days was the poorly run Atari, and later Sega (who failed miserably right after the Genesis). They even had their "failed peripheral frenzy" back in the NES days, and I would say a lot of their success came from companies like Capcom, and Square making original, groundbreaking games that had never been seen before. Nintendo didn't have to do much back then (in terms of actual competition), so they were destined to succeed. Then, they kind of waned when a real competitor stepped in (Sony), and the PS2 versus the Gamecube was probably the biggest slaughter of all time. Then, they started getting even more casual friendly, pushed the DS Lite hardcore into almost every home in America, pushed things like Wii Sports onto old people and toddlers, and the rest is marketing genius history. "Most sold" doesn't mean "quality". I think taking the "of quality" off the seal is representative of their new strategy. Of course, I don't want the typical "megaStryke backlash rage" (but would love an "educated megaStryke retort"), and will note I do actually like the Wii.
But these assholes have nothing to do with the product being released. They are just PR whores who get their marching orders from Japan. They do nothing but spew BS and collect a paycheck.
I think people should drop the "Nothing worth playing on Wii" nonsense to start. I mean, at least 2 really good titles come out each month, be it wii ware or retail. Sure, the other 50 games that same month are utter shovel ware, but how many games can you really buy and have time to play.
Don't take this as me defending the Wii though, because that is not my intention. I just think people should drop the bull crap, because that it all that it is.
Keep beating us down, Nintendo. We like it that way.
She's right, you know. :)
Agreed
Oh, yeah. That's me. Can't get enough of that...Nintendo.
You have to hand it to her, though. It's a good way to turn the issue around.
Nintendo of America makes games? I never knew! Surely what ever some casual hippie woman from there says should be seen as law!
Digest your information, DToiders. Not everyone's out to get you!
So how about that Punch Out!!?
"megaStryke backlash rage"? "Educated megaStryke retort"? I should feel honored that my mood swings have become famous.