I'd like to hear the retort here.
Nintendo of America not allowing SSBM to be streamed at EVO [Up: Decision Reversed]
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I'd like to hear the retort here.
Starfish Hero
Member
If Nintendo had that much of an issue with the stream (which they apparently do), I don't think they would wait to send the C&D notices. The only way I can rationalize this happening is that Nintendo literally didn't know about this until today, and went out to block it as soon as possible.
giancarlo123x
Banned
Do you know the reason why it has a spot at Evo or are you just trolling?
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Um, I don't think Iwata sits and sends out every cease and desist letter involving intellectual property.
This seems like the legal team being mindless robots. That said, higher level decisions over issues like this should have been made by now in order to change how the legal department approaches these situations.
Though if this is Nintendo of America specifically, then Reggie is the first person the legal team has to answer to, I would think.
Anything involving the Internet? Literally anything? Like they don't even have their own homepage anything?
abstract alien
Member
You are right. Can't sell that much and still be called a fighter lol
In all seriousness though, it's still at the biggest fighting game tournament, so the community collectively disagrees with you.
Whiskeymatt
Member
There are people defending this on Miiverse. There are people who are saying it's selfish to want to stream the matches.
That poor giant entertainment corporation. Who will think of them?
What you're saying is that they do not want their game associated with the actual fanbase of that game. And you want to know what they have to gain? You should consider what they have to lose.
AhmazingArab
Banned
Im pretty sure we knew what days each game was on for weeks
John Dunbar
correct about everything
who could have foreseen something like this causing a wholly needless pr disaster? surely not a highly paid legal team.
NeOak
Member
There are people defending this on Miiverse. There are people who are saying it's selfish to want to stream the matches.
I bet its because they have seen Titanfa... oh wait
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
There are people defending this on Miiverse. There are people who are saying it's selfish to want to stream the matches.
What the fuck? I don't think I like the Miiverse anymore
The entire organization would have to have their head in the sand to not....
oh....ok.
KingofSarus
Banned
I'm pretty sure Nintendo is trying to tell us something: Smash is NOT a fighting game.
There are people defending this on Miiverse. There are people who are saying it's selfish to want to stream the matches.
People will defend anything. I'm not surprised.
Delusibeta
Banned
The odds of sales being negatively effected by association with the FGC is minimal. FGC drama is niche as hell, and anyone who has heard of said drama is probably not in Nintendo's target market. Hence, I don't think that argument is valid.
On the other side of the coin, this news is effectively Nintendo saying "competitive Smash Bros streaming is banned" and will piss off the hardcore Smash fans. And pissing off your hardcore fans broadly speaking is a bad idea.
abstract alien
Member
Good lord, I just can't understand how this is a good idea. It's nothing but negativity.
What is that? Do you know the consumer base? they will buy the next iteration of smash, they always have and they always will. Why? Because of what Miyamoto has consistently said: good games sell, bad games don't
politics around the practices be damned - it's deterred only bad games from releasing, not good ones.
Nintendo fans coming up with some bull shit response to defend Nintendo the company.There are people defending this on Miiverse. There are people who are saying it's selfish to want to stream the matches.
YA DON'T SAY!!!???
Really? I'll concede if I'm wrong but I haven't seen the stream schedule until this week
Yes, pretty much anything involving the internet they do is utter shit.
Iwata is the CEO of NoA now. so he should know or maybe it's not important enough for him to know.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
There are people defending this on Miiverse. There are people who are saying it's selfish to want to stream the matches.
That's incomprehensible. The kids on Miiverse say childish things, Gamefaqs type stuff but this? How could it be rationalized as "selfish".
Nintendo's legal team is Nintendo.
Isn't Iwata the CEO of NOA now?
There are people defending this on Miiverse. There are people who are saying it's selfish to want to stream the matches.
Nintendo fans defending nintendo for shitting on nintendo fans
I'm pretty sure what they are saying is they wanna be heavy handed douche nozzles when it comes to the streaming of any of their games.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
I totally agreed with you up there or that Nintendo don't really want EVO to make profits from their own game.
It has be either one, but I'm shocked with how people reacting to the news. I'm still going to buy Nintendo games despite the move that they made.
Now you're just being overly sensitive. It was obviously a hyperbolic statement.
DR2K
Banned
This is not the first streamed event or first Evo.
This is them not wanting their games as profit for anyone else. Like their recent YouTube ban. It's a cheap and petty attempt to extort money from their fans.
Magna_Mixalis
Member
There are people defending this on Miiverse. There are people who are saying it's selfish to want to stream the matches.
Remember, Miiverse supposedly has live moderators...
I'm just saying...
Starfish Hero
Member
It really wouldn't surprise me, or anyone once we cool down a bit. Isn't it more likely that Nintendo's still in the bubble they have demonstrated countless times to be in than they just went out to do this "for the evulz lol"?
There are people defending this on Miiverse. There are people who are saying it's selfish to want to stream the matches.
...what the hell?
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Deleted member 13876
Unconfirmed Member
Still even though we don't know exactly who to point fingers at. They should have known this was going to upset a bunch of people and immediately outlined the why of it when coming out with this. But no, let's not acknowledge 20k people and have the gaming press when they're inquiring about region lock (beyond the easily debunked arguments at E3), so what's another 100k people to fuck over. I may not be entirely rational about this right now, but still regardless of what or why their communication approach at this stage could have been better.
Scorched earth.
notworksafe
Member
Nintendo didn't allow MLG to stream Smash Brawl in 2010 either. This isn't an anti-FGC thing, it's a "Nintendo is retarded with their IP" thing.