Nintendo hates their fans.
this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2025
537 points (99.6% liked)
Games
20742 readers
1144 users here now
Video game news oriented community. No NanoUFO is not a bot :)
Posts.
- News oriented content (general reviews, previews or retrospectives allowed).
- Broad discussion posts (preferably not only about a specific game).
- No humor/memes etc..
- No affiliate links
- No advertising.
- No clickbait, editorialized, sensational titles. State the game in question in the title. No all caps.
- No self promotion.
- No duplicate posts, newer post will be deleted unless there is more discussion in one of the posts.
- No politics.
Comments.
- No personal attacks.
- Obey instance rules.
- No low effort comments(one or two words, emoji etc..)
- Please use spoiler tags for spoilers.
My goal is just to have a community where people can go and see what new game news is out for the day and comment on it.
Other communities:
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Nintendo needs to perish, seriously
I'd be sad but its really becoming an old yeller situation.
There are a lot of Nintendbros to convince. Good luck.
I.e: about half of gaming YouTubers
Never give Nintendo money.
My line in the sand was when Nintendo went after GMod hosting of their character models.
When they go after emulators, I was upset but at least acknowledge there’s an economic relation there - and there’s some legal basis for protecting their copyright (even if the emulator itself is technically outside their rights).
But taking down models used solely for fan creations is just pointlessly mean. No developer I know is upset about people putting up animations of their game protagonists doing silly shit like slipping on banana peels or getting blown up.
Even before that. Nintendo went after small time Smash Bros tournaments. Giving them CND. Never gave them a cent after that, and I didn't even play in those tourneys
That corporation is still operating as if they're in the 80s, going by their "good old Showa values": heavy-handed proprietary control of their content and platforms, while making heavy use of nostalgia and its properties to keep the money coming in from casual gamers.
And when I thought Nintendo couldn't get any lower it just does it again.
It would be incredible if somehow every streamer and tuber just stopped broadcasting anything Nintendo, which seems to be something Nintendo wants. I wonder how much of a hit they'd take without those content creators.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Aim at foot, pull trigger. What company lets such an opportunity of free showcasing and advertizing run through their fingers?
This thread: "Nintendo so stupid. Everyone hates them! They're gonna go bankrupt cuz no ones going to buy their games because of their bad business practices!"
Reality: The Switch 2 has one of the strongest console launches, despite increased prices. Their games continue to hold more value than others, with used games selling for near, or even above, their original sale price. Their consoles and games remain the #1 pick for families with kids.
You people are delusional. Yes, Nintendo's practices are scummy. No, this does not affect their numbers in any way. They are still wildly successful, and even if they weren't, they have such a huge reserve of capital that they could operate in the red for 20 years and still be fine.
Are you saying people shouldn't feel more than one way about a company?
People can feel a company is behaving poorly even while everyone acknowledges they have a good product.
You heard it here first, folks: other people disagree with you, so you aren't allowed to complain. Nintendo has been successful despite your complaints, so you're now required to suck it up and buy it, as society demands.
I think the point was that there are many people here are „predicting” that Nintendo is somehow going to go bankrupt because of this. People can no longer discern between wishful thinking and reality, it shows in many areas of life to tbh. No, you won’t wish something into existence just because it’s „right”.
To add, Nintendo goes after dumb parents and kids. Anyone that knows anything about tech play on better hardware or build PCs. Now with the PC handhelds Nintendo scrammed and raised prices. People will continue to buy them because their kids want them.
They also go for autistic people because we love those pokémans. Can’t use children as an excuse to buy stuff but I’m the coolest uncle around.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Interesting take. Don't complain about Nintendo because they make money?
load more comments
(7 replies)
It's way too early to call them "wildly successful." The Wii U sold 13.5 million units and was a flop. I would expect the Switch 2 to sell more than that to the die-hard fans alone since there are a lot more people playing games nowadays. But the die-hard fans aren't what make their consoles "wildly" successful. I guarantee you those families with kids aren't going to be buying as many $450 consoles with $70+ games. Maybe they will be wildly successful. But we'll have to be a year or so out before we can know how likely that will be.
Will they make money? Oh, that's a given. As much as they made with the Switch? I doubt it, but we'll see.
Reality: The Switch 2 has one of the strongest console launches, despite increased prices. Their games continue to hold more value than others, with used games selling for near, or even above, their original sale price. Their consoles and games remain the #1 pick for families with kids.
Their pricing is pricing out many families, and I don't like that. I've remained firm in my stance that I'm not going to buy this console. It doesn't matter if everyone else around me buys it, I'm simply not going to do it. It's too expensive, same with the games, and I simply don't want to continue supporting Nintendo.
Gabe said piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem, but Nintendo has now made it both lol
I'm sad that more people aren't voting with their wallets but it is what it is, I can at least do my part in refusing to support them.
I’m sad that more people aren’t voting with their wallets
They are. They're saying they're ok with it. Every purchase is a vote with your wallet.
This poster: I love the taste of boots daddy Nintendo, may I lick them some more.
load more comments
(6 replies)
Liberals must believe the free market is socially just.
People should remake the game they like so much and move on from nintendo bullshit
load more comments
(8 replies)
I no longer buy anything Nintendo.
Same. Passed on the switch 2. Fuck that noise.
Nintendo's distain for its own fanbase continues to baffle the world.
load more comments
(16 replies)
view more: next ›