This post is tardy. I have had a great yet stressful week working back at GameStop (though it was EB Games when I left it four years ago). I left to work for Nintendo as a retail rep – nothing fancy.
Five years ago, the Gamecube was trying to close the gap between third and second place, the DS was scoffed at as Nintendo’s “third pillar” next to the Gameboy Advance – a platform that dominated the handheld market. I remember interviewing with my then soon-to-be bosses and feeling like I had a grasp as to what Nintendo was trying to do and where they were trying to go. I wanted to be a part of that; to feel like I made a difference.
I remember the DS taking off, and the release of the lite. The Nintendo DS was no longer a third pillar, but more like the main hull (ships have pillars, right? Sweet!), the Gamecube was on its way to the ER, and Nintendo announced the Revolution. Motion controls and Virtual Consoles would excite me to no end for about a year, then I was driving home one day, listening to voice mail, and my boss’s boss’s boss told everyone that a revolution had been widdled down to a Wii.
About two years ago – roughly a year after the Wii had launched – I had no idea what was going on with Nintendo and I worked for them. Nothing they could possibly ever do would surprise me again because I just kind of learned to smile and nod things off like I should have expected precisely this from them. My last few months with the company, I talked with my stores more about competitors because I felt like the company I was there to represent was not representing me. It was awful.
I have not played my Wii for a number of months. I turned it on to download Super Mario Bros. for free because I got an email saying I could, but I haven’t played it at all. I do not play DS games ever, though I have some favorites on the system (why hello there, Picross!). I would trade up to a DSi, but what the crap about the 3DS(?!), I may as well wait, right?
I do not want to hear anyone complain about the Dreamcasts death at such a young age, nor Squeeeeeenix, but is there a company that you felt in tune with ever that you now feel as though they have turned their backs on you? I realize that they are a company and all that matters is the bottom line, but let us talk about being left behind while they went after a dollar instead of your heart.
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a wise decision making the “S” word a no no, this could have very easily turned into a yoichi wada bitch fest. this is a thinker, I’m gonna need to sleep on it…
ya know, I honestly can’t answer this question. the only developer that I’m truly loyal to is Tri-Ace and they don’t pull that type of shit. guess I got good taste in companies.
Not me personally, because I don’t play anything of theirs other than the occasional Guitar Hero, but Activision was supposed to have originated from the idea that it was ‘all about the games’. I’m sure Bobby Nodick has annoyed more than a few old Activision fans.
I’m an untrusting jerk, so I don’t really have much company loyalty. Makes it all the easier to deal with the bitter pain *sob*.
I guess the closest thing to this I’ve seen is Sony taking backwards compatibility out of the PS3 after making such a big deal about it early on.
oh yea. the backwards compatibility renege. that must’ve sucked.
*plays FF XII on his 60 Gig*
kenjujuu: I was actually very close to writing about my Activision hate, but it turned into me thinking more about how I’m just really bummed out with Nintendo as of late, and that sadness overshadowed my hate… for now.
darthgibblet: I can see why some would be upset at Sony for that move, but I often forget about it because I have a launch system.
breaka666: I was going to say “I have a 60 GB,” but it’s a 500 GB now.
@Breaka/Eric J: Yeah, I’ve got a 60-gig PS3 as well (picked it up the day they announced the new models would be software-only BC), my worries are more about what happens if my current model breaks. Hopefully that won’t happen for quite some time, though :D (Also, @Eric, this will sound horribly hypocritical coming from me, but what the heck do you do with 500GB of space on your PS3? Are you using it to store all your movies or something?)
Darth: I actually only have one movie on my hd, but the drive was cheap ($80!), so I figured why not?!
@ Eric J: I don’t use Home, ever, but maybe you need 500 GB for all your Steven Seagal wallpapers? Just a guess.
-Definitely Konami, they used to have some fantastic franchises, which they now farm out to Western devs.
-On a completely un-game related note, Disney have taken a dirty big shit over everything they once stood for.