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On Alleged Anti-Nintendo Sentiment In The Gaming Media
Thanks to GamesAreFun for its editorial discussing Nintendo's skewed portrayal in the news media. The writer argues: "I suppose it's just trendy to bash Nintendo right now, even if the arguments for doing it can be easily ripped apart", and goes on to tackle myths on popularity ("..the GameCube has actually never fallen into third place in the overall worldwide market"), a recent half-year financial loss ("old news now... the first loss they've ever reported since going public in 1962"), and temporary suspension of GameCube production ("do they honestly think Sony or Microsoft keep up peak productions at all times?")
"I agree with the the overall sentiment described in the summary, but I didn't bother reading past the headline. "Quoting" the people you're arguing against using l33tspeak is an extremely weak-minded way of making them look dumb." ;)
That's a pity - you missed out on an extremely interesting and informative piece.
The l33tsp34k headlines in the article are little more than a joke. If you look around, there genuinely are people out there saying "N1NtEdN0 R tEh DUM3D LOL" just like that and expecting to be (and somehow actually being) taken seriously, so it's not like the jokey headlines are far from the truth. The article itself contains nothing but genuine facts and figures to debunk the "Nintendo is doomed" myth (currently) often perpetuated by the media and others who are in denial about Nintendo's true situation, and is actually a far better read than the summary here indicates.
It's also the first in a series of editorials, so there will be more worthwhile reading to follow.
"This is hardly the proudest hour for online game media, and it illustrates the need for journalists - even some of those working for large professional sites - to more effectively divide fact from speculation and opinion in their reporting."
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as far as i'm concerned, all gaming systems are worthy of at least being tried, any Hardcore gamer would agree that even the worst designed systems can have some of the best quality games, the problem is when joe blow spends his $150-$200 on a system that has his type of games on it, he often falls for the propaganda behind the system and beleives the system he picked is the best. when i bought my PS2 i became a PS2 fanboy, then i bought an X-Box cheap and started realiseing that in some areas the X-Box does exceed the PS2(other than the obvious graphic capability), but in other ares the PS2 exceeds the X-Box. i made the same discovery when i bought my CG and since then started to understand that if you depend on one system you miss out on the offerings of other systems.
now, granted some people can only afford one system and my only advice to them is to buy the system that has a game selection closest to what you enjoy (ie. GC - fun fantasy style games with a some serious gameplay elements, X-Box - Sports gamer heaven and a desent selection of more Adult-aimed games, PS2 - RPGs and racing games primarily, but its a very well rounded in terms of your selection, mostly sue to its Third Party Support)
from where i sit, there is no best or worst game system. its too bad there are few people that have come to this realisation. in the console war, the only winners are the gamers themselves
P.S. sorry if i went off topic a bit, i'm in a bit of a rant mood
/. is overrun by bed-wetting elitist nerds
let it be known, for anything other than servers, a *nix OS sucks
it isn't easy being a nintendo fan these days. i wish every eb employee would read this and actually read things before speaking out of their ass. you know the "gamecube is underpowered" and the "xbox RoXorS" and other statements that they make, yet have no clue what muti-texturing is, and immediatly believe that xbox has more MHz's so it must be better. They have no clue of the differences in the chips (PPC vs. X86, 32 vs. 64 bit, ect) and like so many others believe what advertisers tell them.
ps. "1337" speek and "xtreme" marketing really need to die. If you wern't using "1337" >8 years ago (and to get by filters) shut your damn mouth, you sound, type, and probably act like a 'tard
"You can quote me all the number games you want, but can you name 10 games that are must owns for every gamecube owner?"
Yes.
"No, but that is easily done with XBox and PS2."
But I said yes!
"If you can't do that,"
BUT I SAID YES!
"who gives a shit what the numbers say."
I do!
"I can name hundreds for the Nintendo, Super Nintendo, and Gameboy (both) -"
Me too!
"the N64 and Gamecube (at least for me) have been total failures in that area."
For you! But I can name these titles! Please ask me to name them! I'd be soooo happy to name them! I'm beggin' ya, just ask!
What the hell did Nintendo make in 1962??
Playing cards.
Have you tried Linux yet?
"Nintendo makes kiddie games"
and of course gabe from penny arcade said it best when referring to wind waker...
"...these guys think that Zelda is a game for kids. Well only KIDS would care that a game looks like it is for kids. It's like when you are 14 and your mom wants to get a picture of you on the merry go round with your little sister but you don't want to get on because it's for kids. Eventually you grow out of that phase and you can appreciate just having fun whether it be on the back of an undulating wooden horse or in front of a cell shaded video game."
Blatant bias against them in the mainstream media? Check.
Produce high quality hardware with excellent design? Check.
Described as "doomed" year after year? Check.
Still have billions in cash reserves? Check.
Not enough software? Check.
Always being trolled by moronic Microsoft fanboys? Check.
It's obvious, Nintendo are the Apple of video games.
GCHQ Quantum Insert installed. If only our tongues were made of glass, how much more careful we would be when we speak