It's forcing the hand of journalism. They are no longer waiting for payouts through eager PR. How is this issue so hard to comprehend?
I like Nintendo Direct, but come on dudes, it's a HYPE MACHINE for the publisher, it's not some voice of truth amongst lying/corrupt game journalists. It's Nintendo's way of being all "hey, look at dem awesome games we have", when many of those games aren't anything special. I'd rather take impressions from game journalists than watch Iwata being fake-impressed with every game on Nintendo Direct. It's not game journalism and neither does it replace anything. It's no different than publishers having press releases on their websites and putting trailers to Youtube.
I don't see how this "improves" anything. Nintendo has more interest in lying/hyping up shit than any gaming site ever will.
Can you give a concrete, direct example of how it's forcing the hand of journalism and not some anecdotical fact derived from some flawed logic?
You Nintendo people know Microsoft and Sony have had weekly podcasts about their systems as well as written blogs for years? And they both produce video segments? And various publishers produce YouTube shows to advertise their games? Nintendo Direct really isn't all that novel a concept.
It isn't and that's kinda my point... This is not "improving game journalism" because Nintendo Direct itself isn't journalism, it's marketing.
And we are, in turn, getting eager PR straight from the source. Don't see how that's an improvement when the gaming journalists still have to report everything based on that.It's forcing the hand of journalism. They are no longer waiting for payouts through eager PR. How is this issue so hard to comprehend?
You Nintendo people know Microsoft and Sony have had weekly podcasts about their systems as well as written blogs for years? And they both produce video segments? And various publishers produce YouTube shows to advertise their games? Nintendo Direct really isn't all that novel a concept.
Nintendo direct is an infomercial, nothing more. That's not journalism.
This is just too much. Nintendo directs are nothing special. These events only allow Nintendo to frame their messaging exactly how they want to, nothing more. Some diehards are making them out to be revolutionary, yet they've changed.
How Nintendo Directs Represent a New Direction and Improvment of Gaming Journalism
Thanks for daily audible groan induced by the internet that my girlfriend has to respond "whats the matter?" to from the other room.
And we are, in turn, getting eager PR straight from the source. Don't see how that's an improvement when the gaming journalists still have to report everything based on that.
Sadly, the press that you're referring to is a corrupt mouthpiece and PR echo chamber for the most part. It's mostly an enthusiast industry leeching off another, which is fine and has definetly a place, but it doesn't and never will begin to satisfy a journalistic coverage of the medium and culture itself.Not every site is like this and that's no excuse.
"Every big site is just copy & past of PR so let's just skip the big sites completely" is the worst fucking idea ever. Let's shut down all the press and hear the news directly from the government then.
Iwata is just so awkward on camera.
That's actually a great point. Gaming journalism could really start with focusing on such formats. The Platinum Games Iwata Asks, was delightfull.>> Gaming Journalism
ah Gamepro, the turd that was. That magazine was a desater of epic proportions. Nintendo buying ad-space in a magazine that did nothing but belittle and make fun of them. What a shock.I remember that in the good old 128bit era the editor of a magazine called GamePro (germany) literally complained in his editorials that Nintendo doesn´t buy ad-space.
ah Gamepro, the turd that was. That magazine was a desater of epic proportions. Nintendo buying ad-space in a magazine that did nothing but belittle and make fun of them. What a shock.
Has anyone actually said they are?While I really enjoy the Nintendo Directs, they are not journalism.
Sure, however that cannot be avoided and I'm not sure if it should be. Nintendo Directs can complement the already existing cycle of how the news is fed. Yes, it'll still be carefully pre-chewed by Nintendo, but that's one filter less that will have interpreted the information for us. A good portion of gamers will be able to process their presented information themselves before they'll read the rest of the media's interpretation. The media will still be able to sway to whichever side they wanted to, call companies out on their mistakes and do all their features. Nothing is lost, we only gain. It's not exactly the most novel idea, but it's a pretty good one.So ND is space world or their conference in the fall. Forgot the name.
It doesn't really change anything. The same media sites that regurgitated whatever Nintendo press releases said now just criticize the video.
NoIt's representative of an entirely new way of viewing videogame media.
This.Nintendo direct is an infomercial, nothing more. That's not journalism.
In what world a biased highly prettified PR propaganda is "better game journalism".
Oh my god, this. How many deep amazing articles do we need about how revolutionary and new and groundbreaking Nintendo Direct is?
Aren't Nintendo just copying Apple's PR model of cutting out the middle man? i.e. the media.
>> Gaming Journalism
Wow, some people are really going nuts with this,
There is no difference between this Nontendo Direct and an E3 press conference or an Apple press conference. This whole "bypassing the presss so we don't need them" is nothing new, seeing we have been having acces to live feeds of press conferences for a while now.
Also, comparing articles that take a broader look at a corporations strategy to slow news day "elite head gone" is ridiculous, and unessassary.
Thinking Nintendo invented anything by presenting something directly to the fans rather than having to rely 100% on media is not only short sighted, but frankly embarassing.
It is also clearly a PR tactic from a company with a hardcode dedicated fanbase that needs to feel special. The pleas and promises from Iwata that things will get better, and letting the "true fans" take a peek for themselves behind the curtain, will help them feel part of a club of priviledged owners that are being directly spoken to. And clearly, it seems super effective considering the response here on gaf.
Sony should surely do the same with the Orbis.
this, it's the kind've thing i loved about gaming mags in the day too.
gonna exit stage left, too many people clearly not reading the OP/responding to "UGH ANOTHER ND THREAD" from the title instead, really does wonders for discussion around here