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Blizzard are the Apple of the gaming industry. They can pretty much get away with anything because the people that like them REALLY like them and those that don

Blizzard are the Apple of the gaming industry. They can pretty much get away with anything because the people that like them REALLY like them and those that don't are just not very interested. And due to this they can get away with some really, really shitty things, and have done. But this particular event may be their reckoning.

shrimp_emoji 7y ago
=3= Mmmm, Nintendo's more "the Apple of the gaming industry". Super-closed, walled garden ecosystem, stubbornly oblivious of and draconianly IP-protective in response to online phenomena of game streaming (to the frustration of their more aware American branch), etc. Also, did any computing company eventually turn their products into slot machines? Because Konami would be the THEM of the gaming industry: https://www.polygon.com/2019/10/12/20911313/silent-hill-slot-machine-konami https://www.polygon.com/2019/10/12/20911313/silent-hill-slot...
- aphextim 7y ago
  The vibe I get from the Nintendo direct showcase is at least straightforward and honest. You have some middle aged businessman in a suit who clearly doesn't play any video games. They shove game after game at you without too much fluff or politics. They don't explicitly say this but in my head I hear, "We want to sell a shit ton of games and make a ton of money from you, look at this game, this game and this game! Oh we aren't done check out nostalgia game 1 and 2!!" I find that sort of honesty refreshing when companies like Blizzard, appear to champion social causes in order to gain a mass following to sell games, rather than sell a good solid game without the political fluff piped in.
  - HeWhoLurksLate 7y ago
    I agree. I like Nintendo as a brand more than I like Blizzard as a brand. I don't like that I have to buy their hardware, but I do appreciate that they keep producing quality content. (I do wish they'd left the old Wii online stores open, but that's another issue.)
- na85 7y ago
  What does =3= mean?
  - Roboprog 7y ago
    Pursing lips while thinking??? (Given the hmmm after)
  - rasz 7y ago
    https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=rick+morty+lips https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=rick+morty+lips

shrimp_emoji 7y ago

=3= Mmmm, Nintendo's more "the Apple of the gaming industry". Super-closed, walled garden ecosystem, stubbornly oblivious of and draconianly IP-protective in response to online phenomena of game streaming (to the frustration of their more aware American branch), etc. Also, did any computing company eventually turn their products into slot machines? Because Konami would be the THEM of the gaming industry: https://www.polygon.com/2019/10/12/20911313/silent-hill-slot-machine-konami https://www.polygon.com/2019/10/12/20911313/silent-hill-slot...

aphextim 7y ago
The vibe I get from the Nintendo direct showcase is at least straightforward and honest. You have some middle aged businessman in a suit who clearly doesn't play any video games. They shove game after game at you without too much fluff or politics. They don't explicitly say this but in my head I hear, "We want to sell a shit ton of games and make a ton of money from you, look at this game, this game and this game! Oh we aren't done check out nostalgia game 1 and 2!!" I find that sort of honesty refreshing when companies like Blizzard, appear to champion social causes in order to gain a mass following to sell games, rather than sell a good solid game without the political fluff piped in.
- HeWhoLurksLate 7y ago
  I agree. I like Nintendo as a brand more than I like Blizzard as a brand. I don't like that I have to buy their hardware, but I do appreciate that they keep producing quality content. (I do wish they'd left the old Wii online stores open, but that's another issue.)
na85 7y ago
What does =3= mean?
- Roboprog 7y ago
  Pursing lips while thinking??? (Given the hmmm after)
- rasz 7y ago
  https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=rick+morty+lips https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=rick+morty+lips