mclem said:
Ever? I dispute that. Compare with NoE circa the early nineties. Heck, even up to the end of the Gamecube (HOW LONG did it take to get Animal Crossing?)
NoE in the 90s was pretty bad, to be sure. Who was actually in charge of Rare at that point, though? If NoE were their primary bosses on the Nintendo side that'd already bump them up above NoA in terms of contribution to society.
ShockingAlberto said:
Not to defend NOA here, but they have surprisingly little autonomy in this area.
Well, part of why I like the teenage son analogy is that it's ultimately NCL's fault for having a terrible approach to running their Western regional branches (which is why NoE in the 90s and NoA today are the two contenders for worst branch ever.) They
should have the autonomy to do those things, and then they should
do them. To a large degree it's not their fault that they're not allowed to, but it still makes them, as an organization, pretty worthless.
Zalasta said:
Honestly, why should Nintendo care.
2008 called, it wants its argument back! Nintendo isn't riding high on piles of printed money anymore; they could definitely use whatever edge they can get by tapping the core market with unlocalized games these days.