Then, if you have no clue, why are you so sure that it's different from Zelda ? What if, in reality, it's the same case and Sony just doesn't want to waste money like Nintendo is wasting money on the Wii U version of Zelda ?
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Rumour: Nintendo aiming for Zelda BotW release on June 16 (EUR), Switch release first
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Then, if you have no clue, why are you so sure that it's different from Zelda ? What if, in reality, it's the same case and Sony just doesn't want to waste money like Nintendo is wasting money on the Wii U version of Zelda ?
Incorrect. There is a conflicting principle at work in that scenario re: furry bug chasing. People who were looking forward to that Zelda deserved to get screwed.
Jonneh3003
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Please, refrain yourself from posting ever again. This is ridiculous.
HandsomeCharles
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No profit does not equal a loss.
The only possible way in which you could cause them a loss would be if you pre-ordered a copy of the game, and then elected not to buy it. And that is assuming a few things such as:
- They printed a copy especially for you (Which would cost them a couple of dollars in printing and shipping)
- Their agreements with the retailers was based on a "buyback" scheme, where the publisher will buy back every copy not sold at cost price, and not simply the publisher selling the stock to the retailer in a "conventional" sense .
- Nobody will replace your sale
- The game has not already met the prerequisite number of sales for it to be profitable
However, If you had not made a preorder then you would only be counted in the forecasts based on sales figures of previous games (Assuming you bought them brand new), and your contribution (as a single buyer) is so far within the margin of error that the lack of your purchase wouldn't even show up as a blip in the financial results. For any games after this, you wouldn't be counted at all.
That said, if you truly contributed zero dollars and zero cents to Nintendo throughout the switch's life cycle, then you still would not be causing them a loss. The costs of maintaining your account / online services (Assuming they are free like with the Wii U) will already have been accounted for within the original sale of the software/hardware. Because you have replaced a user who already paid for your "ticket to entry", you will not be incurring any additional costs on Nintendo what so ever.
Could have fooled me.
what the hell?
I don't see this rumoured one week delay as a big deal for Wii U owners.
It's somehow sad that there are people complaining about a game they will still get in the end on their system of choice with only a one week delay.
If you bought a Wii U early on to play Zelda BotW, then you most likely bought the system to play other games right? And after waiting all this time, you still get BotW on Wii U which is a dead system as production has already stopped for it.
This doesn't even compare to people that bought a PS3 for TLG or FFXIII Versus. They bought two systems to get the game where they have ended up being totally different from their original presentations.
And how do you even know you're going to like the game when you haven't even played it? There are lots of people that don't like popular games. I'm glad I never bought a PS4, if I had bought one, one of the reasons would have been for Bloodborne and Uncharted 4. I played those games, so I only lost money buying Bloodborne but I still got it cheap because of the benefit that I knew people would sell it on eBay after giving up on the first area of the game. lol
Bloodborne was okay but it didn't feel much different to Dark Souls and I felt like it regressed in certain areas like there were less instances of dying to traps or pitfalls.
And then with Uncharted 4, I felt like I was playing a Modern Sonic game because it felt like a rollercoaster ride, I get in my seat, get taken for a ride and get off. I didn't care about the shooter elements in the game and the platforming elements were dull because it was linear, all I had to do was hold up and press the button to jump and there would rarely be any challenge to climbing things because 90% of movement was going forward.
Point is, I find it weird that people are upset about a game they haven't even played yet being released on multiple systems because they most likely bought a Wii U to play other games aside from BotW since it's so weird if they bought it to do nothing with it until Zelda launches which sounds like they made an impulse buy instead of an informed decision.
I think that's all it really boils down to, it's either trolling or the person didn't make an informed decision on their purchase, I bought Bloodborne but I haven't made a thread complaining that From Software owe me money because they made a shit game.
I don't even know what to argue further, it sounds so silly like as though you're supposed to be entitled to Zelda BotW before others because you impulse bought a Wii U instead of making an informed decision. The game is still coming out by rumours: a week later than the shiny new console everyone is going to buy.
How can you be upset about waiting one week if you already waited almost 3 years for this game because halfway through development they decided to overhaul everything to give us the game they are making now?
It's somehow sad that there are people complaining about a game they will still get in the end on their system of choice with only a one week delay.
If you bought a Wii U early on to play Zelda BotW, then you most likely bought the system to play other games right? And after waiting all this time, you still get BotW on Wii U which is a dead system as production has already stopped for it.
This doesn't even compare to people that bought a PS3 for TLG or FFXIII Versus. They bought two systems to get the game where they have ended up being totally different from their original presentations.
And how do you even know you're going to like the game when you haven't even played it? There are lots of people that don't like popular games. I'm glad I never bought a PS4, if I had bought one, one of the reasons would have been for Bloodborne and Uncharted 4. I played those games, so I only lost money buying Bloodborne but I still got it cheap because of the benefit that I knew people would sell it on eBay after giving up on the first area of the game. lol
Bloodborne was okay but it didn't feel much different to Dark Souls and I felt like it regressed in certain areas like there were less instances of dying to traps or pitfalls.
And then with Uncharted 4, I felt like I was playing a Modern Sonic game because it felt like a rollercoaster ride, I get in my seat, get taken for a ride and get off. I didn't care about the shooter elements in the game and the platforming elements were dull because it was linear, all I had to do was hold up and press the button to jump and there would rarely be any challenge to climbing things because 90% of movement was going forward.
Point is, I find it weird that people are upset about a game they haven't even played yet being released on multiple systems because they most likely bought a Wii U to play other games aside from BotW since it's so weird if they bought it to do nothing with it until Zelda launches which sounds like they made an impulse buy instead of an informed decision.
I think that's all it really boils down to, it's either trolling or the person didn't make an informed decision on their purchase, I bought Bloodborne but I haven't made a thread complaining that From Software owe me money because they made a shit game.
I don't even know what to argue further, it sounds so silly like as though you're supposed to be entitled to Zelda BotW before others because you impulse bought a Wii U instead of making an informed decision. The game is still coming out by rumours: a week later than the shiny new console everyone is going to buy.
How can you be upset about waiting one week if you already waited almost 3 years for this game because halfway through development they decided to overhaul everything to give us the game they are making now?
You shouldn't know what to argue further on that point, because no Wii U owner is saying they are entitled to play it earlier than others.
And you hit the nail on the head about people buying the shiny new console everyone is going to buy anyway, regardless of whether BotW releases earlier on the Switch than the Wii U.
Except me of course, I won't be buying a Switch new if Nintendo decides to stagger the release dates.
purseowner
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I'm still none the wiser on the furry bugs, but this sure cleared up some things:
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=129760
Octavianus
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Shiiiiit.
I'm not even surprised at this point.
I agree, especially considering how Midna is quite the hornbat.
Classic Madame M post!
purseowner
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I have to admit, despite your argument in this thread being more than a little bizarre, you have the most amazing thread history I've seen on this site.
ViewtifulJC
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This is amazing. Why did the mods close that thread?
That's your choice but everyone knew Nintendo delayed the game to release it on Switch just like with Twilight Princess because of the fact Nintendo wanted to release the game on a new system to sell because all their previous hits of Mario Kart 8, Super Mario 3D World and Smash Bros did nothing to increase the hardware sales of the Wii U.
And just like Mario Kart 8, Super Mario 3D World and Smash Bros, and unlike Twilight Princess, Zelda: BotW will be a post launch game.
Nintendo: *hires Foxconn fo manufacture it's consoles, a company which drives poor exploited workers to suicide with it's horrible working conditions*
GAF: eh I don't care
Nintendo: *releases one version of a Zelda game a week later than another version*
GAF: HORRIBLE BUSINESS PRACTICES OMG
GAF: eh I don't care
Nintendo: *releases one version of a Zelda game a week later than another version*
GAF: HORRIBLE BUSINESS PRACTICES OMG
I too hate the consequences of neoliberalism, full world communism now!
Interfectum
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LOL @ "imma buy used Switch hardware if Ninty releases Wii U version a week late."
Herb Alpert
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Keep digging that hole, huh?
We got your point, just stop before it's too late
Well, rumor has it...
Gotdatmoney
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You're one of the few people I have ever heard take such an extreme stamce over a game releasing a week late.
Not that it matters. WiiU owners are not enough to float Nintendo. They would abandon that group in a second to triple their sales.
If you buy used Nintendo shit no one really cares.
NX, now known as the Nintendo Switch (NS), was first mentioned in March 2015. If my memory is correct Zelda:BotW release date was still targeting November 2015 when the NX was first mentioned. That was one the main reasons why purchased my Wii U in February of 2015 (plus, I brought the Wii U also for Xenoblade Chronicles X, Hyrule Warriors and Mario Kart 8...)
GodfatherX
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Lol this thread keeps entertaining, not like worth buy it new entertaining, but I'd definitely pick it up used
I know someone who has been buying used over Twilight Princess, in fact it's where I stole the idea!
All business decisions have unintended consequences.
Herb Alpert
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I don't know if I can completely agree if it is an extreme stance. I can see why Madame M would feel the way he or she does. For me the issue becomes why system do I buy it for? Should I buy it on the Wii U for Gamepad support (I'm going to miss the second screen for a lot of things especially due to the Switch also replacing the 3DS as well) or do I buy it on the Nintendo Switch for portability? I'm having the same internal debate with Mario Maker with the 3DS. Do I get Mario Maker for Nintendo Switch or will Mario Maker for the 3DS be the superior version do the Mario Maker being one the greatest usage of dual screen gaming?
Regginator
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There's a legend that says there's a Simpsons gif for every real-life situation.
The legend delivers.
Congratulations, you both got the joke!
Living the Dream
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Speaking of..where's EB3 in USA?!?!?
It is most likely going to be a Nintendo Switch VC exclusive. Nintendo need to move though Switches.
Andyliini
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I am. The retail version will be a collector's item one day. There probably won't be a Collector's Edition, though. Then again, the Prima Guide for this game will be massive.
FloweryMarston
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Hey it's really close to my birthday!
"But will western consumers really go for it?" - The dumb person in the room at Nintendo who makes this argument at every meeting on game localization
Prisoner KSC2-303
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Smart move by Nintendo, but the constant delays to push this back as a Wii U title leaves me salty. Imagine if the 3D Mario shown in the Switch tease turned out to be a tech demo, and then the Switch got no 3D Mario until Switch 2 was released - would anyone be happy with that?
dampflokfreund
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June? Oh hell no.. I thought BotW would release in November and December, like with many Zeldas games before. Where is the Zelda christmas magic then?
There is no Christmas in Zelda.
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