felixader said:
Tom Phoenix said:
If Nintendo cares even remotely about it's customers, it will give the option to turn off SpotPass.
Exactly.
And i have to say that i am extremely shocked that Nintendo even considers the possibillity of Ads on one of their Consoles.
Nurb said:
If this or any gaming device is going to give the owner unsolicted advertizing it should be sold a lot fucking cheaper, I'll tell you that.
The Corporate age of gaming sucks.
Wow...this is just pathetic. I wish Mr. Iwata hadn't said anything at all. This article is completely misleading and out of context. I guess that's what you get as the president of a company for trying to be honest. He says the word "spam" and everybody perks their ears and starts qqing to all their friends and on their internet forums without the slightest understanding of what the discussion was about or the context the word was used in.
For all of you who don't know, this section of the interview was all about how Nintendo will be investigating the use of advertisements on the 3ds. (just like the Xbox dashboard has, and I'm sure the Playstation home has as well, though I can't say for sure since I don't own a ps3) Given the fact that they will be streaming 3d tv in Japan on the device, (and possibly other areas as well) this was as obviously going to happen as the sun rising in the morning, and anybody with the slightest clue knew it. Mr. Iwata brought up the topic of spam himself, with no provocation from the audience, only to make a point about how they will be extremely careful with the ads and keep them to things that gamers will be interested in seeing. By spam, he didn't mean massive quantities of advertisements on male enhancement or breasts etc.- he simply meant any advertisement that didn't appeal to the user. All the comments about 3d dicks and tits are indicators of the maturity level of the users here, which is quite sad given the Escapist's emphasis on culture and improving the gaming community.
For those of you coming away from this article thinking the 3ds is going to be basement hacked, that wasn't the point, and if Mr. Goldman thinks it was, which I sincerely hope he doesn't, then he has completely misunderstood Mr. Iwata, and his article is thus flawed. I'm no expert on the subject, but I personally consider hackers to be very unlikely given the lack of return the effort has to offer. I don't think it will ever be practical from an economic standpoint- even if you do succeed you're not likely to infect more than a handful of devices. This only leaves the giant tools who would waste away their life and risk a lawsuit to get their 30 seconds of fame.
