Sarge034 said:
Went mostly AFK, hu? You a mod or the web admin? You know my viewing habits? Just because YOU didn't see me doesn't mean I wasn't here.
I didn't say you weren't
here but you certainly were a lot less active than in previous years. Either way you were still absent from forum posting. There are a lot of people who lurk here and rarely post. Still doesn't make them less afk.
You wanna know why those three people (including me) called you a fanboy? Because you are.
And so is everyone on this forum. Someone is a fanboy of SOMETHING. Regardless of it being Nintendo or otherwise. It's not the fact that you are calling me a Nintendo fan. It's the way you are using that to somehow leverage your argument.
In my first post, the one you responded to, I alrady admitted MS and Sony were also in a new console dev cycle and the first words outta your mouth were to the effect of "Wut about MS and Sony? They're doing the same thing. LEAVE BRIT, I mean, NINTENDO ALONE!!!" If you can't, or choose not to, comprehend what's being said how can there be a discussion?
This comment right here is why I'm taking umbrage to your entire attempt at "discussion". It's so full of blatant mockery that it isn't actually going anywhere. I never said anything of the sort of "Leave Nintendo alone". I was confronting you about an opinion that I personally feel doesn't really hold up in light of the fact that what Nintendo is doing is the norm of practically every single hardware business out there. And instead of actually arguing me over these points you are brushing off my opinions with "Oh man here comes the NDF"
Yes, these are ALL just opinions. That's the point of a forum, to express opinions. You attacked my opinion with your opinion and I rebutted with an opinion. Odd, right?
"Attacked"? This isn't an attack. This is me doing basic argument and discussions. You can either debate it with me, or leave. But nobody here is attacking you. You make a comment, expect for people to rebuttal it.
But the difference between the Wii U and the Xbone is that the Xbone is fundamentally flawed as a system.
Again, that is completely subjective. You have some users on here who will argue that the Wii U is a fundamentally flawed system.
There are problems with it at a basic os level that can not be fixed. For example, the UI is almost un-navigate able when you try to use other features when playing a game. These are core os things so the only way to "fix" them is to start from scratch.
The Wii U on the other hand is a great piece of hardware and software.
And again I know plenty of users who will say not only the opposite of that but also back it up with specs. That is not to say that the Wii U doesn't have great hardware and software, but it isn't exactly up to par horse power wise with it's cometitors. Whether that affects enjoyability or not is entirely subjective to the user playing it.
And is the pissing contest MS and Sony have not enough of a reason? If MS comes out with a console and Sony doesn't it makes Sony look like they're slower or worse than MS, but Nintendo isn't in that pissing contest. Nintendo is already out of time with the other two's console cycles. I say they capitalize on that freedom.
Just because they aren't in direct neck to neck competition with Sony and Microsoft doesn't mean in the slightest that they should release a console 8 years later after the competition already did. They may be out of the way, but they are still in a console competitive market.
These three answers go together. As for the IPs you listed, those are a whopping 4 games in contrast to the landslide of Mario cart, Mario party, and other rehashes Nintendo relies on. Oh wait, there's more! More rehashes in the list of games coming out this summer, that is. Color me unimpressed.[/quote]
A landslide of rehases? Like what exactly? Mario Party hasn't seen another game in practically years. Same as basically every other franchise Nintendo has. Starfox hasn't seen a new game since the Gamecube era. What exactly constitutes as a rehash? You say this in light of the fact that most of the new IP released on other consoles are essentially the same thing with a new coat of paint. But I guess as long as shooting clone 1 has a mustachioed white dude while clone 2 has a grizzled white dude they are totally unique. And if a "landslide" of rehashes involve game installments spaced out in 4-6 year intervals then I wonder what your opinion is on other games like Assasins Creed.
Your last point is actually an interesting one. I did suggest that some of those console devs go to 3rd party tech support, didn't I? Western devs have abandoned the Wii U because the architecture and controllers are so different. They can code one game and tweak it to run on the Xbone or PS4, but not the Wii U. What if they set people to making a dev kit for the Wii U that was more western friendly instead of just turning their noses up at them? THAT, that right there, is the money maker I think (in terms of the console division, of course Nintendo handhelds are their bread and butter). If you bring in the western devs again Nintendo can compete in the areas it's strongest; FPS, resolution, et all instead of being segregated by not having as many games.
Every single console generation Western Devs have had wildly different reasons for why they won't support Nintendo. Last gen it was being destroyed by Nintendo first party IP. This year is't weird harware- which is hypocritcal considering how that didn't stop them even a little bit from making games up the ass for the Play Station 3 which is notorious for being the most hair pulling console to develop for to ever exist.
Also what is "Western friendly" development. You either know how to code for hardware or you gtfo. They had dev kits for the Wii U for practically a year and it isn't Nintendo's fault that they sat on it until Sony and Microsoft gave them dev kits.
And the ever classic internet armchair business man/woman who has no info on anything in regards to a companies financials telling said company how they should run their business based on opinions.
As I said before, these are all just opinions. Unless, of course, you have any of that information...
But I would caution you not to assume you know the person behind the handle. I could have an MBA, I could be part of Nintendo venting in anonymity, I could be a plumber who wears red overalls and saves princesses. You just never know.[/quote]
