I believe that a litany of tools deserve to have a great deal of attention placed on them, social media networking being seen amongst them. It's the kind of tool that can help any company that prides itself on bringing the best good to a great audience. As a gamer for a number of years, you can make the claim that I focus on the news in this regard; this couldn't be any closer to the truth. However, one about Nintendo raised my ire a number of days ago.
Super Smash Bros. head honcho Masahiro Sakurai recently went on record by saying that the upcoming installment to the series would not feature cutscenes or even a comprehensive story mode. Sakurai attempted to back his choice by saying that he did not want the first impressions to become ruined for players. In essence, he said that with video clips being uploaded rather quickly onto the Internet, first impressions wouldn't be the same. Regardless, fans reacted and some of them were not exactly as favorable as others.
Some fans believed that Sakurai used this excuse for the sake of laziness. If there wasn't such a story mode to speak of, then a lesser amount of manpower as well as financial resources would be needed in order to complete the project. Other fans thought that this was done in order to make room for other features, such as a bigger roster of fighters or tighter controls. If this is the case, then it's easier to forgive such an omission but nothing is for certain.
Video games, as well as other forms of media, can benefit greatly from the idea of free advertising. The fact that Nintendo is seemingly stripping themselves of that is a tad boggling and it's a situation that deserves the focus of such companies as fishbat, too. Social media networking is integral for any major company, so why is Nintendo ignoring this obviously imperative factor? If you're looking for any semblance of sense on the matter, it is very difficult to find any of it here.
Nintendo has not done itself a lot of favors in terms of endearing itself to its loyal fans and I don't think that anyone would be able to disagree. The truth of the matter is that this is one of the biggest video game companies out there, so why is it making such outlandish choices? Why potentially cut down the number of people who would purchase your game? I still believe that the upcoming title will sell many copies but this story will leave a bad taste in the mouths of many.
Super Smash Bros. head honcho Masahiro Sakurai recently went on record by saying that the upcoming installment to the series would not feature cutscenes or even a comprehensive story mode. Sakurai attempted to back his choice by saying that he did not want the first impressions to become ruined for players. In essence, he said that with video clips being uploaded rather quickly onto the Internet, first impressions wouldn't be the same. Regardless, fans reacted and some of them were not exactly as favorable as others.
Some fans believed that Sakurai used this excuse for the sake of laziness. If there wasn't such a story mode to speak of, then a lesser amount of manpower as well as financial resources would be needed in order to complete the project. Other fans thought that this was done in order to make room for other features, such as a bigger roster of fighters or tighter controls. If this is the case, then it's easier to forgive such an omission but nothing is for certain.
Video games, as well as other forms of media, can benefit greatly from the idea of free advertising. The fact that Nintendo is seemingly stripping themselves of that is a tad boggling and it's a situation that deserves the focus of such companies as fishbat, too. Social media networking is integral for any major company, so why is Nintendo ignoring this obviously imperative factor? If you're looking for any semblance of sense on the matter, it is very difficult to find any of it here.
Nintendo has not done itself a lot of favors in terms of endearing itself to its loyal fans and I don't think that anyone would be able to disagree. The truth of the matter is that this is one of the biggest video game companies out there, so why is it making such outlandish choices? Why potentially cut down the number of people who would purchase your game? I still believe that the upcoming title will sell many copies but this story will leave a bad taste in the mouths of many.
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