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Nintendo doesnt make great games. There is a phrase 'Graded on the Nintendo Curve' Nintendo games are rated highly by other Nintendo gamers, but people from th

Nintendo doesnt make great games. There is a phrase 'Graded on the Nintendo Curve' Nintendo games are rated highly by other Nintendo gamers, but people from the outside see things significantly more clear.

spacemadness 3y ago
Yeah, ok.
TillE 3y ago
"Nintendo gamers" aren't really a thing, unless you're a kid with only one console. Everyone I know who loves games has a Switch in addition to at least a PS5/Xbox if not a gaming PC, and they play everything. Nintendo games are unique. They're a legitimate reason to still buy a six year old console, and millions of people do.
- brightlancer 3y ago
  > Everyone I know who loves games has a Switch in addition to at least a PS5/Xbox if not a gaming PC, and they play everything. 2021 was the first year that _half_ of households own at least one game console -- how many of those households owned just the one? There is something special to folks on HN who don't realize the bubble they live in. https://www.cta.tech/Resources/Newsroom/Media-Releases/2021/June/Tech-Spending-Trends-Press-Release https://www.cta.tech/Resources/Newsroom/Media-Releases/2021/...
mcphage 3y ago
> people from the outside see things significantly more clear Somebody isn't seeing things clearly, that's for sure.
brightlancer 3y ago
Nintendo games are a (meta)genre and not everyone likes that, but it doesn't mean they're Objectively Bad™. It's a matter of preference.
- hospitalJail 3y ago
  Maybe not Objectively 'Bad'. But they are not 10/10s in 2023, objectively.
hombre_fatal 3y ago
"Nintendo games actually suck, you are just too much a {dummy,shill,fanboi} to realize it!" Funny how these gaming faction war posts haven't changed one bit from 15+ years ago when I was a preteen arguing about Xbox vs PS2 vs Gamecube on NeoGAF forums. I just hope anyone continuing the tradition on HN are no older than that.
- hospitalJail 3y ago
  Nintendo markets to children before they are too young to realize what is happening. All of those claims are extremely valid.
  - saagarjha 3y ago
    Many Nintendo fans are adults.

spacemadness 3y ago

Yeah, ok.

TillE 3y ago

"Nintendo gamers" aren't really a thing, unless you're a kid with only one console. Everyone I know who loves games has a Switch in addition to at least a PS5/Xbox if not a gaming PC, and they play everything. Nintendo games are unique. They're a legitimate reason to still buy a six year old console, and millions of people do.

brightlancer 3y ago
> Everyone I know who loves games has a Switch in addition to at least a PS5/Xbox if not a gaming PC, and they play everything. 2021 was the first year that _half_ of households own at least one game console -- how many of those households owned just the one? There is something special to folks on HN who don't realize the bubble they live in. https://www.cta.tech/Resources/Newsroom/Media-Releases/2021/June/Tech-Spending-Trends-Press-Release https://www.cta.tech/Resources/Newsroom/Media-Releases/2021/...

mcphage 3y ago

> people from the outside see things significantly more clear Somebody isn't seeing things clearly, that's for sure.

brightlancer 3y ago

Nintendo games are a (meta)genre and not everyone likes that, but it doesn't mean they're Objectively Bad™. It's a matter of preference.

hospitalJail 3y ago
Maybe not Objectively 'Bad'. But they are not 10/10s in 2023, objectively.

hombre_fatal 3y ago

"Nintendo games actually suck, you are just too much a {dummy,shill,fanboi} to realize it!" Funny how these gaming faction war posts haven't changed one bit from 15+ years ago when I was a preteen arguing about Xbox vs PS2 vs Gamecube on NeoGAF forums. I just hope anyone continuing the tradition on HN are no older than that.

hospitalJail 3y ago
Nintendo markets to children before they are too young to realize what is happening. All of those claims are extremely valid.
- saagarjha 3y ago
  Many Nintendo fans are adults.