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Syrenne McNulty, Switch Dev, gives wrong details on NS, Joycon, VC and more
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I cancelled my pre-order based on Reggie's response to this very issue during the Wired.com interview!
As high as he sits within Nintendos corporate ladder, how does he NOT understand how his own online subscription service works?
Welp, the hunt for a new preorder begins anew...
Sora the Cat
Member
Well that depends on how you read Reggie's statement, it can mean that you lose access to adding that game to your library. For a limiting time you get to add it, then they move on to the next one. He would be also right.
Beer Monkey
Member
Nintendo shares their cost models with garage developers?
You can't possibly believe this developer over Nintendo themselves. Come the fuck on.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
The word "dev" doesn't mean anything in a Nintendo context. Anyone can become a Nintendo developer. There's nothing stopping you from signing up and selling Unity sample games on Nintendo's online network.
SRTtoZ
Member
lol
Sora the Cat
Member
Reggie's response could mean exactly what this dev said tho.
"You'll have the opportunity to buy it"...so tell me, what part of that quote confuses you? We'll break it down further if need be.
fixed it for you
Honestly I don't know who to believe. I do wish Reggie's responses were as clear and concise as this Devs though...
Ninja Scooter
Member
He literally says "correct" when asked if you lose access to the game after a month. I'm running out of gold medals for all these mental gymnasts.
Sora the Cat
Member
At that point he could be already talking about after said month ended.
Read my other post again, he could mean that you lose access to adding that game to your library. There's no need to try to be funny with that "gold medal" line.
I'm not saying he means that, I'm just stating that it can be taken both ways, not doing any mental gymnastics. I'm most likely not gonna get this service anyway unless it's super cheap.
What did you fix, exactly? Why are you altering what I said to begin with?
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Ninja Scooter
Member
It's crystal clear. People are just in denial because they refuse to believe Nintendo would have such a backwards policy in response to PSN and XBLA.
I'm done.
Officerrob
Banned
I'm calling bullshit on this
calc84maniac
Member
It's not that much of a leap. He could have interpreted "access" as availability on the service. As in, he could have been clarifying that the free games do not accumulate on the service, that is to say new subscribers will not be able to access all past games. Just like PS+.
The main stretch here is interpreting his "buy" as purchasing (for free) on the store for that month. I've certainly seen that terminology being used for PS+ before.
Baroquemantic
Member
That's because it is.
Ninja Scooter
Member
It's an extraordinary leap. Reggie is a PR veteran. He knows exactly what he was asked, and he knows exactly what the implications were. He also knows the criticism that this service would be met with in response to the competition. He's not an idiot. If you got to keep the games he would be shouting that to the moon and back, and not talking about losing access or buying at a later date. That's not what PR people do. You guys are desperate and picking things apart to try and see what you want to see.
Sora the Cat
Member
Ok?
I couldn't care less about that, apparently it's not possible to have a real discussion without people starting to make "funny comments" to appear smart.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
This quote is crystal clear.
Reggie would have to be one of the biggest PR failures in corporate history with one of the worst commands of the English language to mean what people are claiming he meant.
DangerMouse
Member
Sadly Reggie literally agrees that you LOSE ACCESS to the game but can then of course buy it.
Thanks bae
calc84maniac
Member
I can't see "you'll have the opportunity to buy it" in that quote referring to anything other than the free purchase, because that's before he says they then move on to another game the next month.
I say either reading is valid, but we need more clarification.
It's not a discussion. You were told how it works by Reggie. If it operates differently in the end, Reggie gave is wrong information but I'm going to go with his very clearly stated answer of a random dev with wrong info.
There's nothing up for interpretation with what Reggie said.
SRTtoZ
Member
She's literally wrong about the first few things she said, like Analog triggers, motion controls better than Vive/Oculus, and keeping access to games after the first month. I know some of these policies sound backwards but this is the company making us use our own phones for voice chat.
Her tweets are protected and unless she's employed by Nintendo or authorized to divulge details about anything outside of what they announced, I'd take it with a grain of salt. We're a month and a half from launch and Nintendo is being sketchy about sharing a whole lot of details.
Ninja Scooter
Member
The discussion you are wanting to have is ludicrous and to take it seriously would require someone to divorce themselves from reality and common sense.
It's become rampant. Everyone thinks they're a damn insider because someone told someone told someone Retro is working on a Star Tropics revival.
It was a fun ride but reality struck hard for them during the presentation and they all come away looking terrible.
Interfectum
Member
Lol this has to be trolling.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
This feels like the definition of playing semantics when that quote seems so incredibly clear to me.
bigdaddygamebot
Member
I don't believe she would flat out lie about this sort of stuff but clearly...she's a bit confused and it seems altogether possible she's talking about things that are outside her area of expertise?
Sora the Cat
Member
Ok, I see you are still in need of making those "smart comments" at the end of your sentence to be funny. There's clearly no discussion to be had here.
calc84maniac
Member
Please enlighten as to how clear this "opportunity" statement is. It sounds like a limited window, unless he thinks after the game is gone then buying it as usual is such a great opportunity. Which could be, but the way he says they "move on" after it makes me think otherwise.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Given what Reggie has said himself, there is indeed no discussion to be had until he comments again.
That's exactly what it is. "Opportunity" sounds like classic PR trying to make it sound like Nintendo is doing me a favor.
Ninja Scooter
Member
I'm glad you "agree" with me.