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Why are the Apple zeitgeist all having such a fit about Nintendo right now? First it was Gruber, then Arment, then the various hanger-ons and followers, and now
by corresation 13y ago
Why are the Apple zeitgeist all having such a fit about Nintendo right now? First it was Gruber, then Arment, then the various hanger-ons and followers, and now Siegler.
I just don't understand why that company has suddenly become so interesting to them? Might they offer some guidance on the great PS4 versus Xbox One decision?
- saltyknuckles 13y agoThey're far from gamers...
- Apocryphon 13y agoSee my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6331529 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6331529 There are some compelling similarities between the two.
- jccalhoun 13y agoThe most famous apple fans are also big Nintendo fans. Or at least they claim to be. John Siracusa is the only one of them that I remember talking about actually playing Nintendo games (even though he always says Mary-o). Part of it is that for a long time people have compared Nintendo and Apple (both make hardware and software, both have had iconoclastic leaders, both have tended to go their own way contrary to popular trends). But I think a big part of it is combination of the fact that the Nintendo 2ds was announced and that all these apple people are friendly and follow each other. So when one of them mentions something then the odds are that others will mention it too.
- endemic 13y agoSiracusa's essay is the only one worth reading: http://hypercritical.co/2013/09/02/nintendo-in-crisis http://hypercritical.co/2013/09/02/nintendo-in-crisis The rest of those clowns don't have much to add to the conversation.
- GuiA 13y agoBecause journalism/blogging follows fads just like anything else- if Gruber starts talking about a topic and gets a decent response, you can bet that everyone else will feel the need to respond and hop on the bandwagon.