canedaddy
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A lot of folks here seem to believe Nintendo should shut out GI for a slightly negative review eight years ago.
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Game Informer's McNamara: "I seriously think Nintendo has banned Game Informer"
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freenudemacusers
Member
itt I learn people hold grudges over 9 year old reviews and a magazine with a circulation in the millions doesn't matter.
Seraphinianus
Banned
Yup, I may not be a huge fan of some of Nintendo's more questionable decisions they've made in their history, but this is an attitude I totally support. Now more than ever in this day of the western game journalism circlejerk.
freenudemacusers
Member
yeah those western journalists lack the integrity and honor of their eastern counterparts.
GeneralManager
Member
A lot of folks here aren't idiots. They're not serious. GI isnt banned. Nintendo wouldn't ban anyone even if they wanted to.
Also the problem wasn't their review. Just like with any popular, highly acclaimed game with an outlier review, people bitched. PM2 was getting great reviews elsewhere; so people whined about the GI review, but they moved on.
What caused the shitstorm was the explanation they released later on. Nobody would remember the review if it wasn't for the explanation.
A lot of people are joking. That review score is a running joke on GAF.
I think this is truer than people realize or are willing to admit.
The sale of fun to the casual audience - or the average Wii owner - is a much easier pitch through the typical news outlets than a magazine that tries to appeal specifically to gamer's.
And that's not to say that Game Informer is nothing more than a PR pamphlet to promote products. However, the only reason they matter is because of their exclusive reveals. That's it. No one is going there for their opinions or reviews. They land cover stories. How they land them, I don't think anyone gives a shit, but without them they're dead. This whole Twitter thing is likely because Andy would like more Nintendo on their covers (maybe the do well for them with non subscribers?) and Nintendo is bucking for whatever reason.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
So, were they officially blacklisted for who knows what?
Gamestop sells a lot of Nintendo products, it's not true that people who read Game Informer or shop regularly at Gamestop don't buy Nintendo games. Even a lot of hardcore gamers buy games like Mario Galaxy, Zelda, and Donkey Kong not to mention the many hardcore gamers who bought Wii games to play with family and friends. You are making way too many assumptions. It's not realistic for a video game magaizine to just ignore Nintendo.
RadarScope1
Member
Holy shit @ the quote in post #31 with GI's explanation about reviews. That's not a fucking review! It's just a hivemind guesstimation. It's what Metacritic is for.
LOL videogames
LOL videogames
I'm pretty sure they would backpedal if pressed or questioned on that specific statement today. It's such an asinine thought process.
SkyMasterson
Member
Yea but if you actually read GI, they always ripped the Wii and it's games. Granted maybe some of that is resentment since Nintendo is hard to deal with. Either way, not a fan of GI anyway, so this is fine haha.
Similar to Giant Bomb in that respect, except I really enjoy GIant Bomb despite their lack of Nintendo coverage.
Bluemercury
Member
WiiU gonna put Nintendo back in third place
Considering the financial state of Sony, and the crappy products that MS keeps putting out i dont know quite frankly....
I think that was more in reference to the Wii U being OK with used games, and the rumors of other consoles possibly trying to choke off the used market than a prediction of Wii U success.
Mama Robotnik
Member
Yeah its one of the most idiotic things a magazine has published in the industry, and continues to discredit Game Informer as being run by idiots.
If Game Informer felt that Paper Mario 2 was mediocre or average, then that's their opinion and I have no problem with that. I would applaud them for sticking to it, and publishing their heartfelt reflections on the game, even if I (and many others) didn't agree. Varied opinions are wonderful.
However, they later went on to say that the review, score and opinion presented isn't actually their real opinion, and is instead a conjured piece designed to satisfy the expected views of the nebulous collective that makes up their readership. In short, after playing the game, they ignored their own opinion and compiled a review and score built around complete guesswork as to how their readers as a whole would collectively respond to the product. They, as supposed journalists who played the game, created a fiction designed to appease those that hadn't.
They've never clarified if such utterly moronic practices still continue at their magazine, and are clearly not worth a purchase until they do.
It's not just that they said they scored Paper Mario lower because of what they thought others would think. The worst part is that they admitted to inflating review scores for games they thought would be popular even though they didn't like the game. That right there completely destroys the integrity of any review they publish.
First post did not nail it sadly.
McNamara stirred up crap with Apple?
Do you not know any old people?
nvm went and googled it since the old people thing peaked my interest
some retired people organization
explains it all i guess lol
GameplayWhore
Member
He probably thought they'd all be at Country Kitchen Buffet instead of in stores buying magazines.
That's the key issue. They basically admitted that they give, say, Call of Duty high scores because it will sell 10 million copies, but more niche titles get tossed aside and given lower scores because they appeal to a smaller audience -- or because GameStop only will receive two copies so why give any hype to a niche title.
it comes in the mail
...and yet their circulation means all our bitching and moaning will never matter. They will always be the last magazine standing.
In a related note.. many employees of GI are often on a weekly video games radio show on the local Sports station. Normally good stuff and the calls are always hilarious just how random and odd the general gaming public in general thinks.
Video Games Weekly
Video Games Weekly
MidnightScott
Banned
Shots fired.
I use to have a subscription to it because GameStop suckered me in once. I got tired of reading a magazine that didn't have Nintendo games in it. This was before I got a PS3.
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