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[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

They seem to be mostly listening to their paying consumers, which seems reasonable as they are a high-end toy-making business that intends to continue making money.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Isn't that also selection bias as the fans that they aren't serving will stop being paying customers?

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz -1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

It’s up to Nintendo to determine how to run their business best. Nobody needs luxury toys to live. But I will argue that you wouldn’t like Nintendo that releases their games on PC and sells them for $20 5 months after release.

Everything Nintendo does serves philosophy of valuing own work. Nintendo that doesn’t need to figure out how to do cool things with cheap hardware isn’t the same Nintendo that won’t release a new entry in their prestigious franchises unless there’s new kind of gameplay. Nintendo that doesn’t go after pirates has to look for other sources of revenue and people generally don’t like microtransactions and ads. I could go on but I think Nintendo is the only console manufacturer ready to weather upcoming storm in the industry.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

But I will argue that you wouldn’t like Nintendo that releases their games on PC and sells them for $20 5 months after release.

Don't threaten me with a good time. I don't like the Nintendo that doesn't do that, especially now that we're in an era where walled garden, specialist gaming hardware makes less sense than it ever has.