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Nintendo: only geeks and otaku suffer storage problems

chautemoc | June 11, 2008 | News | Wii 
When asked about the problems many gamers have been complaining about regarding storage and the Wii, Laurent Fischer, managing director of marketing at Nintendo of Europe said only "geeks and otaku" were the only ones affected (otaku, if you don't know, is defined as "an avid collector or enthusiast, esp. one who is obsessed anime, video games, or computer and rarely leaves home"). Ouch, that hurts, Nintendo.
As is always the case with Nintendo’s press events nowadays, the dirty word ‘casual’ was raised at its WiiWare preview, only to be dismissed in favor of a distinction between gamers and non-gamers. Playing these semantic games is fine, but when a pertinent question about the limited Wii system memory was raised, Laurent Fischer, managing director of marketing at NOE, easily slipped into talking about how “geeks and otaku” were the only people who would want this issue addressed. This is oversimplifying something that will only become increasingly important as Wii developers explore the console’s online service, whether through WiiWare or DLC, and is of concern to not only a niche section of the market that wants to buy into that content.

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  • 0 thumbs!
    bbb7002004 | June 11, 2008
    This is why Europe gets Brawl late. NoE hates gamers.

    In all seriousness, the article is about Wiiware in general. The quote in the title is only a small mention, and doesn't even give the full statement Fischer made. Thus, the statement has absolutely no context.
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    slumpy monkey | June 11, 2008
    More like.

    Only real gammers suffer storage problems and faggot "casual" gamers who are brining down games sufffer from *bleep* problems.

    Or "only real gamers suffer storage problems but Nintendo pussied out this gen and used old technology "
  • 0 thumbs!
    Big A2 | June 11, 2008
    Hey, Its what I do. lol

    EDIT: What the hell? When I saw this I though it was a hacker, but at least it's just a bug. Anyway, my comment was:

    This would crush the soul of any Nintendo fanboy.
    Well, at least Nintendo if Japan hasn't said anything stupid yet.
    • 1 thumbs!
      slumpy monkey | June 11, 2008
      OMG why did it remove your comment and put mine there?
      • 0 thumbs!
        chautemoc | June 11, 2008
        See here. Yer not the only one.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Aussie Legend | June 12, 2008
    Not the greatest marketing ploy I've ever heard...
  • 2 thumbs!
    Cybuster | June 12, 2008
    Wait wait wait WHAT?

    Nintendo actively insulting the people spending the MOST money on them?

    This isn't shooting themselves in the foot; it's them taking a shotgun and blasting their legs off.
  • 4 thumbs!
    Gothic Girl | June 12, 2008
    Nintendo can be real asses when they want to be.
    People complain about a legitimate problem with the Wii, and Nintendo responds with "pfft, you're all just geeks and otakus!"

    Well *bleep* you Nintendo. We buy your games, download Wiiware and VC titles, then when storage on the console runs out you insult us. Great customer service!
  • 0 thumbs!
    black doom | June 12, 2008
    Working at Nintendo means working on the greatest games and never having to own up to your mistakes. My dream job.
  • 2 thumbs!
    Deathsythe | June 12, 2008
    I'm insulted. They make the majority of their money off of Mario and Zelda Otakus and fanboys (Most of which strive to have a complete collection). This really is a personal insult.

    Nintendo -5 in my book.
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    BANDITO ATTACK | June 12, 2008
    dont the wii only have like 500 mb of memory or somrthing?
  • 1 thumbs!
    Storm | June 12, 2008
    This isn't the first time that Nintendo has used the 'fans fault' excuse...damn shame, really.

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