Scott
08-03-2008, 12:08 AM
Does anybody know when a company has completely turned its back on their base audience? I haven’t been able to pinpoint the exact moment, myself, but I imagine that it would have to be somewhere before your company’s president apologizes. Unfortunately, that is exactly what Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata did.
“”We are sorry about [the E3] media briefings, specifically for those who were expecting to see Nintendo show something about ‘Super Mario’ or ‘Legend of Zelda.” said Iwata in an interview with Forbes. Nintendo’s top dog continued on to explain that the “big titles” that the public was clammering for take a really, really long time. “However, the fact of the matter is the so-called ‘big titles’ need a long, long development period… We really didn’t think this year’s E3 media briefing was the time to do so.”
While it may be a half-assed way of saying “our bad”, it does sound like Nintendo may be starting to realize that their little… thing… that was held last week pissed off a lot of people. But to address Iwata’s comments directly: We weren’t “expecting” a new Mario, or Zelda (we were expecting Kid Icarus). What we wanted was to know that Nintendo hadn’t completely forgotten about their base audience by showing us some titles that pushed the Wii’s limits and promised an engaging, engrossing experience. What did we get?
Link (http://www.bingegamer.net/index.php/2008/nintendo-were-sorry)
And they should be sorry.
“”We are sorry about [the E3] media briefings, specifically for those who were expecting to see Nintendo show something about ‘Super Mario’ or ‘Legend of Zelda.” said Iwata in an interview with Forbes. Nintendo’s top dog continued on to explain that the “big titles” that the public was clammering for take a really, really long time. “However, the fact of the matter is the so-called ‘big titles’ need a long, long development period… We really didn’t think this year’s E3 media briefing was the time to do so.”
While it may be a half-assed way of saying “our bad”, it does sound like Nintendo may be starting to realize that their little… thing… that was held last week pissed off a lot of people. But to address Iwata’s comments directly: We weren’t “expecting” a new Mario, or Zelda (we were expecting Kid Icarus). What we wanted was to know that Nintendo hadn’t completely forgotten about their base audience by showing us some titles that pushed the Wii’s limits and promised an engaging, engrossing experience. What did we get?
Link (http://www.bingegamer.net/index.php/2008/nintendo-were-sorry)
And they should be sorry.