Not touching the other points but this is a pretty unsufferable way of defending this very annoying practice. Sega is not the only company that is cool with mods and fangames.
A lot of the time fans attempt remakes of Nintendo's own games, more infamously including AM2R. Nintendo were NEVER going to let that fly, and frankly I doubt anyone else would've either. You don't give people a free alternative to something a company owns using their IP. It's true there have been stuff from Sonic like this (that PC port of '06 and Sonic 2 HD... whatever's going with that anyway). But it seems to happen far more often with Nintendo fan projects. And I feel with Sonic, Sega want to forget '06 ever existed (bar Gens rep) and Sonic 2's everywhere at this point... and also again Sonic 2 HD feels like it's been in development hell for a decade, so I guess Sega's far from threatened by it.
I think Op and the majority of people here are saying criticizing just to criticize or moving goalpost. Criticizing shit ideas like the $50/80 Expansion Pass is all fine and dandy.
That sucks cause am2r is an amazing game I would even put it in my top 5 metroid games
I don't think that criticism is unique to Nintendo.
Yep, I remembered Valve and Bethesda also being cool with fan stuff, mods from the latter more specifically.
Oh for sure. Let me be clear that I'm not disputing its quality, only the legality of it. I know that it was a top-tier effort and definitely acknowledge it. Just a shame it wasn't put into something that could survive like an original IP.
It isn't, for sure. But an example from last year, of course this isn't a monolith... "Nintendo is the greediest corporation ever". But on Twitter you could've seen people basically thanking Sony that they raised the prices of their software $10-24 depending on the region.
This is the one that gets me. “You only like these games because of nostalgia!”
Well, hyperbole will always be part of The Discourse™ . But it is also true that Nintendo is one the most, if not the most, conservative, protect-the-bottom-line gaming company. When you're a market leader, controversy will always follow no matter what decisions they take.
Hasn't Sega prohibited links to the Streets of Rage 1 Remake?
You can find random people on Twitter praising or criticizing corporations for any reason. Whether it's Sony, Nintendo, whatever.
Yeah, I have a few friends who are very "fair-weather" when it comes to Nintendo and will quickly start slagging them off at every opportunity if it's been a month without a new game (and the only ones that count are their biggest first party IPs of course, new Mario or Zelda every few months please). Every company deserves critique and none are immune from criticism (I complain so much!), but it's often telling when people don't hold their preferred platform to the same standard or are silent on their missteps.
Oh there is definitely a social stigma to playing Nintendo games. I've encountered it many times. I tend to ignore it now but it totally exist as a way to separate real gamers from girly gamers.
And you’re absolutely correct, but with how volatile this industry can be and Nintendo primarily being a game aka toy company (unlike the others) who is wisely trying to dip into other forms of entertainment now, being conservative has been to much of their benefit more often than not.
Eh, I really don't get this line of thought. Nintendo takes more risks than pretty much anyone in the gaming industry. They don't have a conservative design philosophy at all. Sony and Microsoft play it safe way more often than Nintendo does. Nintendo just has a tendency for their risks to pay off, but that doesn't mean they aren't taking them.
I guess I'm referring more to the business side of things which seems what many people have strong opinions on.
Well what does that actually mean? The design of the Wii and DS were business decisions that held the fate of the entire company. The business side has to approve what the creative side is doing. Can you give examples of what you mean?
As a Mexican, Nintendo IS the most expensive company I buy games from. I (and all of LATAM tbh) have been paying premium prices for decades as Nintendo uses a middleman to sell their stuff here, and they don't seem to be very bothered about it. Game prices almost reached 100 USD two years ago because of that.
Treating their old catalogue as if it were solid gold and pricing it expensively is one the things I really dislike about them (like that NSO sub stuff, plus many instances of it in the past), and even then, dripfeeding them despite promising to 'add stuff periodically'.
Fair on the first point, though I was speaking broadly there. You have a legit example, most people...don't. Most people use American examples with US prices.
Outlets don't like Nintendo here in Brazil because they dont get free stuff from the company and because in general Nintendo doesn't care for the country. So these people from the media just don't cover Nintendo games or are super critic about it.
Is this a joke?
She's not naming names, but tbe company she's clearly talking about is Yum Brands.
