I sure Hope Lindy isn't going to buy a Vita or a PS4 or Next Box because the Wii U is over priced so by default those are VASTLY over priced.
I'm going to have to come in on Lindy with the Monster Hunter stuff. You obviously skipped a lot of the text because they literally tell you right in the text that this is what you combine, this is why you combine, this is your weapons, this is how you make them, this is why your hunting.
LINDY HATERS UNITE!!
Of course, I haven't even addressed this article's main source of Lindy hate yet, but I felt the need to tackle this one point by point...
Let me add a couple things to the whole Wii U is tanking thing. First John L needs to know his material before he talks. He makes the Wii U situation look worse than the Vita situation which is not the case. The Wii U is outselling the Vita on a worldwide bases. Yes, In Japan the the Vita outsold the Wii U, but portables do better in Japan, than consoles. The Wii U has also sold more than the PS3 and Xbox 360 did in their first 4 months on the market.... so were those systems tanking as well? Hell, what new system, other than the Wii hasn't tanked at it's launch?
Rebuttal A: We call him "Lindy" 'round these parts.
Rebuttal B: Okay, this paragraph isn't so bad; however, this is a terrible time for Nintendo to "tanking", plus, as Francis said, the Wii did in fact NOT bomb at launch. So, by nature of logic, one would assume that the follow-up to this smashing success of a console would indeed NOT bomb as well. But it did.
Rebuttal C: For whatever reason (call it possibly incorrect intuition), I feel like this entire generation is going to be an uphill battle for all of the console manufacturers; I think gamers are going to pretty much be focusing on one sole console this generation, and I don't think Wii U is it -- the "hard-core" are pretty much the only ones still wanting to purchase a dedicated gaming system, and they sure-as-hell aren't too enthused about Nintendo right now. In the past a slow start might have been a minor step back; in today's market, it's quite possibly deadly.
Next, he blames Iwata, for their mistakes, and in the end, I don't see the mistakes their having. Nintendo's games take a long time to develop for quality purposes. You just have to wait. I would have liked to get games sooner, but if it's not ready, it's not ready. Miyamoto takes forever to make his games. The Nintendo developers have more power than John L gives them credit for.
Rebuttal A: A comma isn't needed before the "for" in the first sentence.
Rebuttal B: Yes, Nintendo's games take a while to develop, but that's no real excuse -- if you don't have enough games to release for your new console, DON'T RELEASE YOUR NEW CONSOLE. Either wait a bit before releasing the system, or have some kick-ass games ready for launch.
Rebuttal C: Yeah, the Nintendo developers have a lot of power, but ONLY to the already-Nintendo-faithful. Another Mario, Pikmin, or Zelda isn't gonna do much to court someone who's already abandoned Nintendo. It just gives the "hard-core" yet another way to accuse the company of making "the same kid games they've been making for 15 years". They're wrong about them being kid games, but they're pretty much correct about everything being a rehash of something they've made before. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, NINTENDO, GIVE US A NEW IP.
And my last point I want to make is why should Nintendo pander to Western game studios?
Sole Rebuttal: BECAUSE PEOPLE BUY THOSE GAMES, AS DERIVATIVE AND UNIMAGINATIVE AS SOME OF US NINTENDO FANS MAY THINK THEY ARE. I realize that Call of Duty isn't the most exciting thing to most of us on this board (hell, most of us thumb our noses at it), BUT IT SELLS. It's like the concept of cinema; if not for crapfests like Transformers 2, Hollywood studios wouldn't have enough cash to fund more artistically viable films like There Will Be Blood and the like.
Western studios don't support Nintendo because they are afraid of Nintendo's killer Ips. They don't want to compete against Mario, Zelda, and Metroid.
Should Nintendo pay Western developers to bring over their shooters so John L can play them on there? We all know those are his favorite genre. I think Nintendo should do what Nintendo does. Make great games. And at E3 were going to see that.
Rebuttal: Well, the problem here is you act like Lindy's the minority; like most gamers are just waiting to throw their collective dollars at Super Duper Mario Land World Galaxy Sunshine 3D 4 Mii and U. It's the opposite, actually; it's the Western developers that are making the system-sellers. I'm with you -- I prefer the Zeldas and Metroids. But the mass market of today just doesn't, and Nintendo needs to see that.
Okay, rant over. Any thoughts?
EDIT: I want to come in and say I didn't mean to come in here and single out Francis here; it's just I've seen arguments like his all over the 'net, and I felt the need to respond. No hate, just throwing out my opinion.