Post by Blade Runner 07 on Apr 14, 2017 11:37:02 GMT -5
I'm just going to say my peace:
Nintendo doesn't understand, or care to understand their western market. They have been doing this product shortage shtick since the 80s, and now it has lost us the opportunity to legitimately play some of the best 8-bit titles of all time on modern hardware.
I'm not sure if it's a cultural disconnect or what. Nintendo as a company has never see games as art, but rather as toys, similar to board games. They don't make sequels as much as next iterations on games that have sold well in the last decade.
It's like Hasbro selling you a $300 Monolpoly board and make you wait over three years as they drip-feed you the game pieces. They are all the same pieces as the last board you bought, but they are shinier and newer. Worse yet, is how expensive they keep their games. Any AAA title coming out of USA/UK/CA is half the price it was at launch within 12 months following release. Nintendo games start around $59.99 and hover around $49.99 for as long as their on the shelf. This might also be due to product shortage, but that's more on the point of all this.
I was more excited for the NES Classic Edition than anything coming from Nintendo in years. More so that Breath of the Wild, but that's more due to not having a system to play it on, and being so jaded by the wait. It was hard to get too excited, but the NES Classic Edition was going to be the spark that reminded me of when I fell in love with Nintendo....
They wouldn't even let me have that.
Ultimately, this just feels like the last straw. I'm convinced that as a gamer in his late twenties, on a budget, Nintendo doesn't care about me. Obviously I'm not an easily advertised to child anymore and that was always Nintendos target demographic. Children. Nintendo Switch may introduce yet another Metroid, Mario Kart, and Smash Bros for a new generation of preteens to buy, but it's all dead to me. Too expensive, too hard to get, and ultimately, it's a consumer treadmill for kids, and nostalgic adults. I'm over it. Life goes
on. At least we have our memories...
Nintendo doesn't understand, or care to understand their western market. They have been doing this product shortage shtick since the 80s, and now it has lost us the opportunity to legitimately play some of the best 8-bit titles of all time on modern hardware.
I'm not sure if it's a cultural disconnect or what. Nintendo as a company has never see games as art, but rather as toys, similar to board games. They don't make sequels as much as next iterations on games that have sold well in the last decade.
It's like Hasbro selling you a $300 Monolpoly board and make you wait over three years as they drip-feed you the game pieces. They are all the same pieces as the last board you bought, but they are shinier and newer. Worse yet, is how expensive they keep their games. Any AAA title coming out of USA/UK/CA is half the price it was at launch within 12 months following release. Nintendo games start around $59.99 and hover around $49.99 for as long as their on the shelf. This might also be due to product shortage, but that's more on the point of all this.
I was more excited for the NES Classic Edition than anything coming from Nintendo in years. More so that Breath of the Wild, but that's more due to not having a system to play it on, and being so jaded by the wait. It was hard to get too excited, but the NES Classic Edition was going to be the spark that reminded me of when I fell in love with Nintendo....
They wouldn't even let me have that.
Ultimately, this just feels like the last straw. I'm convinced that as a gamer in his late twenties, on a budget, Nintendo doesn't care about me. Obviously I'm not an easily advertised to child anymore and that was always Nintendos target demographic. Children. Nintendo Switch may introduce yet another Metroid, Mario Kart, and Smash Bros for a new generation of preteens to buy, but it's all dead to me. Too expensive, too hard to get, and ultimately, it's a consumer treadmill for kids, and nostalgic adults. I'm over it. Life goes
on. At least we have our memories...