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Originally posted by: zakkiel
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If I ever again have to wait over a year between games I want to play, then I (and customers like me) are within reasonable logic to just say "screw you" and find a better alternative... along with the majority of the market has apparently already has.
See, the thing is you and Ian keep espousing your personal preference as though Nintendo had some sort of obligation to meet it. Since Nintendo owes you exactly nothing, this isn't terribly persuasive. You also then threaten Nintendo loss of customers, right after saying it doesn't matter what's best for Nintendo. That's incoherent. If Nintendo's non-gamer policy is the best decision, it doesn't matter if you leave - that's just the price of a strategy beneficial to Nintendo overall. If it isn't the right decision, then you have to actually argue to that effect if you want to convince someone. Repeatedly saying you plan to stop buying Nintendo consoles doesn't impress anyone. If that's what you want to do, do it. Just don't expect us to care.
Oddly enough, many of the opinions here are repetitions of Nintendo's talking points. What's best for Nintendo is best for them, apparently. How convenient it is, I suppose, to share in collective thought.
We are allowed to be individuals. Everybody can freely develop their own opinions here. That's all there IS until Nintendo provides something more than buzzwords. One doesn't have to drink the Kool-Aid to have a valid opinion. And those that don't, don't have to preface opinions with, "It's just my own opinion, but..." because opinion is all anybody has for the next year and probably beyond.
My personal opinion doesn't matter. I was exemplifying a problem with the "everybody" buzzword strategy. Nor did I "threaten" anything. I was pointing out their continued irrelevance in the marketplace in fewer words. That's not a personal opinion. That's a fact. It's evidence of a problem. That's not what's best for Nintendo or its customers.
I didn't say it doesn't matter what's best for Nintendo. I said it's *not all about what's best for them* when you are a customer. And it's not. Customers matter. Their profit is not the end-all be-all of our existence, except the "collective" that use this defense religiously as evidence of Nintendo's infallible strategy. Normal customers care about getting what they want. If they don't, they consider other options. Nintendo even told us to. So what?
Nintendo owes me nothing. You're absolutely right. I also owe them nothing. Nor does anybody else.
"If Nintendo's non-gamer policy is the best decision, it doesn't matter if you leave - that's just the price of a strategy beneficial to Nintendo overall"
Precisely. Best decision for themselves. Disregard existing customers for the bigger bottom line. That's not an "everybody" strategy. The keyword in your statement is "if". Again even if I use myself as an example, I am exemplifying an issue bigger than myself. I'm not that conceited. I believe that trying to attract everybody can leave people unsatisfied, unless you're big enough to keep all of those appetites fed. "Jack of all trades, master of none" is not a new idea. That's my hypothesis and I haven't seen anything that disproves it, other than those that say they're satisfied. But such is expected inside the bubble that is a Nintendo forum and can't be proven or disproven here. But I do think marketshare is part of the equation, and that segment isn't compelling evidence of a great strategy. It remains to be seen if Rev makes it better or worse for everybody, for real.
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