Today I read a post with bits and pieces from a speech Iwata gave. Apparently he is butt hurt that casual gamers are moving away from the Wii and the DS well sir let me be the first to tell you, you did it to yourself. Do not focus solely on the casual gamer that is the wrong strategy, good short term but bad in the long run. Also this is not the point of me writing this.
During the speech he kept using the word devaluing for free games and cheap games. Devaluing is a strong word Iwata what you are saying is that cheap games and free games make games worthless. Is that truly the case? I mean the people who are losing the most would be Nintendo because of the type of software they allow to crowd their system.
But let's look at it on the flip side, game creators of all types love games, I am not talking about the CEO's of these companies I mean the people who actually create these games. So now game creator A wants to make game X because he thinks that he can sell a few copies, make some decent money and hell he is making a game. So he starts looking into making console games because of course everyone he knows has a console and it would be cool to make a game so people he knows can play on their console. Then he gets the bad news he is going to be working on a small project so Nintendo won't sell him a development kit because he doesn't make games from an office. So game creator A looks at other alternatives and he think hand held systems oh baby DS here I come. Oh no the DS dev kit falls under the same rules as the Wii no office no dev kit.
Game creator A just wants to make game X that's all. Then he keeps digging and he figures cell phones are they way. So he looks it up and he finds out he can make his game for the iPhone, Android and webOS for $125 and he can work from home and not even need all of the phones to test on because all of these smartphone SDKs have emulators. He then can create his game have control over every aspect of it and not have to mortgage his house just to make part of his dream come true.
"But certainly it seems like, when content is being created and made available for free, that it is devaluing content, and is potentially devaluing the expectation of consumers for what content should be." What the fuck does that even mean Reggie? That making games available for free makes games worthless or just Nintendo games?
I see it this way I could buy Wii Music for 49.99 and get stuck with a load of shit pressed onto a disc or I can buy Plants vs Zombies on my iPod touch for 2.99. So here is my argument to anyone Why the fuck would I spend 50 to 60 dollars on what could potentially be a shit game (Stranglehold) and be really pissed off or get Angry Birds for 99 cents hate but I would be out just a buck.
The revolution is now guys, more of us are using these alternative channels to distribute what we want and we have control on what we charge for it. Noah and his band gives away their music because they believe in the art. And people have the audacity to pay for bullshit like Lady Gaga and Justin Beiber? Money isn't everything Iwata I mean for you it is because you are the CEO of a company but when I can get Plants vs Zombies for the iPod for 3 bucks and have to pay 20 for the same game on the DS that pisses me off and what makes me even more mad is that it looks better on the iPod.
The only thing I see being devalued here is your opinion on what the value of games are,
Oh and by the way you should really look into creating a new character and franchise I mean Mario, I guess he's cool but I am not really looking forward to seeing yet another game which that cunt peach gets kidnapped. I know that story hasn't been beat to death because you still have the Universe to explore but give us something new already and I don't mean something stupid like a heart rate monitor that plugs into the Wii cause that's fucking lame.
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