The truth about the gaming industry

*Cough Cough* Activision *Cough Cough

And EA

imgflip.com/i/2q6am8 Check, this one, eh? ;)

And rockstar

*cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *you**cough* *cough* *cough* *cough**cough* *cough* *got* *cough* *cough* *that* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *right* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough*

This excludes Nintendo.

Well, after heaving to deal with a lot of shouting that was a direct result of a stunt by Nintendo, I'm not too sure about that....

:-)

May I ask, how?

they made one good game, ocarina of time

OoT is fantastic, but they've made more amazing games.

Although the believers in capitalism say this is not how it's supposed to work (I want to believer they're right), it actually is what it comes down to in reality :(

yes it's like a lot of things how it is suppose to work and the reality of things often conflict :-( i was quoting a song lyric I always get reminded of when people talk about greed.

Never heard those lyrics before, but they are right.

yeah lol it's a depeche mode song "everything counts". I don't usually quote lyrics it's a little cringy doing that. But I thought it fit perfectly ;-)

I don't think it's cringy, but only if done accordingly XD
But indeed it fits perfectly ;)

I would argue if all they cared about was money, then they would make good games. Nintendo for the most part seems to realise this and they are IMO the best gaming company there is

Nothing sells because it's "good", but because of how well the marketing strategy worked out. Unfortunately, there are hardly any exceptions. There are countless jewels out there which never sold well at all, and also very serious crap that broke all selling limits (that is also the reason the "Twilight" novels sold so well).

I cannot argue that Nintendo takes more care of their games than many other companies, but if you see how they treat their fans (as a Game Jolt moderator I've been target of the anger of a stunt from Nintendo brought to the users there), I wonder about their true motivations. :-/
Not to mention Nintendo is not the only one, and there are companies who do care about good games (and their fans) who never got as rich as Nintendo, so there's more to Nintendo's success I guess...

Of course, this meme was most of all targeted against real evil-doers. EA games in particular, but not only EA.