Nintendo UK boss just left the company.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/nintendo-uk-boss-simon-kemp-to-leave/0168306
>Nintendo's UK general manager Simon Kemp is leaving the company. Kemp replaced David Yarnton as the UK boss in 2012. Nintendo of Europe told MCV that Kemp is leaving 'to pursue opportunities for a change of career outside Nintendo'. Kemp is the latest senior departure from Nintendo UK. PR boss Jo Bartlett and marketing head Shelly Pearce left in 2015, followed by senior marketing exec James Honeywell in February this year.
Clearly there be something going on that prompted that many leaves. How is Nintendo doing in UK anyway, britbongs?
Holy shit, where do I get that table?
>>340647886
>How is Nintendo doing in UK anyway
total disaster, which is probably why they are kicking people out.
>>340647886
NX is so shit that some managers don't believe in the project.
32X scenario incoming. R.I.P. Nintendo.
>>340647886
How still even fucking care?
NINTENDO, NEVER AGAIN!
>>340647975
https://www.etsy.com/listing/123993356/a-nintendo-shaped-and-inspired-bottom?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=nintendo%2064%20table&ref=sr_gallery_3
>$150
>>340648023
>wii is genesis
>wiiu is CD
>NX is 32x
i didint touch sega except for one game about some kid with a soccer ball so wiiu or NX wil be better?
>>340648023
>R.I.P.
>Not R.I.H. (rest in hell)
>UK
NoE is german based, also most sales from europe come from france.
When they fire Reggie tell me please.
Oh boy another Nintendo shitposting thread, we haven't had nearly enough of these lately!
>>340648384
>also most sales from europe come from france.
Then they should pander to the French more
>>340648538
>Then they should pander to the French more
I fucking wish we got French pandering.
>>340648538
Don't they censor eu versions of games less? The french are right behind the US in weeb power.
>>340648267
even if they are fucking garbage now I still respect them for their old self.
>>340648686
Yes but the gaming industry hates Europe, especially Japan.
>>340648686
That was the case, but now they are using US version for their localizations.
>>340648686
NoE did with fatal frame.
But you can blame aussies for that. Aside that they just translate the damn game or get a new script.
>>340648538
they do, though. French people love the "Mario feel" and "design before graphics" of Nintendo games.
>>340648823
This. Scandinavians weren't even permitted to join Club Nintendo.
Meanwhile every Taco stand in Spain sold bootlegs and they were allowed. Fucking retarded.
>>340648097
> Doesn't come with a table top
Fuck.It's still goddamn tempting...
>>340648951
>NoE have to work hard and market the damn thing because europe is sonynigger land.
>NoA just sit their arses here and do fucking nothing and getting profit.
They need put reggie on marketing again, he is a fucking awful CEO.
>>340648538
JE
>>340649113
>NoE have to work hard and market the damn thing because europe is sonynigger land.
Kek they haven't been doing any of that, as there's basically no marketing here.
Excutives leave companies all the time and aren't a indicator of a company's financial ability
But this is /v/ so I'll just post NINTENDO IS DOOMED instead
>>340649113
No, no, NoA is a shitty branch. NoE is actually more honest about gaming over there, especially with eur laws to protect consumers now. We don't have that here, so NoA fucks us in the ass way four ways up.
>>340649253
Rainfall games, Fatal Frame.
It kinda counts, but seriously. NoA need a new staff asap.
>>340648951
They need to do it more, know what the French love? Lewd, so Nintendo needs to pander to France with more lewd.
>>340647886
Nintendo is pretty shit here.
It's clearly seen as a toy in comparison to Playstation and Xbox.
Think the 3DS does well but it doesn't really have much competition and portable gaming isn't really popular here.
I see Smash events about sometimes but nothing else.
>>340649507
amen. The day Nintendo becomes even a tiny bit lewd, they will become ten times richer from their fanbase across the world.
>>340649435
>Rainfall games, Fatal Frame.
I don't even know what you're referring to here.
Okay, I'm convinced someone is hiring shills to come to this board like how Hillary shills on /pol/
>UK
Who fucking cares.
>>340649751
Media hates nintendo because they don't sing the same song.
They have directs, they have their own events, they don't put kotaku or some other shitty site on payroll.
Same reason for why western devs hate nintendo.
>>340647886
Ninty is seen as a joke or a toy for kids here in bongland, you only see wafiu neckbeard losers with nintendo products.
>>340649901
This
>>340650050
But these threads are made by the same 2-3 people, and they're made constantly to smear Nintendo and make Sony look better. It's a smear campaign like the one that has been going on in /pol/
>>340650050
To be fair, Nintendo doesn't play the media's game, but they also want to play their own game. That's why it has always been Nintendo vs the rest of the industry. At the same time, it doesnt make Nintendo any better
>>340648023
A similar situation happened with the Gamecube.
>>340648724
Ok, museum boy
>>340650254
Yeah it does. It allows them to maintain a niche, such as focusing on gameplay whereas everyone else inflates their budgets with cinematic experiences.
>>340649507
I agree. This sounds like a winning business model. However, Princess Peach must not become lewd. Peach must remain pure.
>>340649148
I would unironically play this
>>340650484
Nintendo holding a market of their own is precisely the point. With no competition in their brand of gaming (except mobile which is still pretty important), Nintendo isn't pressured much to try. They're lying on a softbed right now, and unfortunately that has made them comfortable. If Nintendo truly cared for the industry, they would be fostering smaller devs like a true publisher would do, not leaving them out in the cold while letting their first party games shine above the rest.
>>340647886
We live in Europe so we get a lot of good stuff and deals.
I'd ignore a lot of this thread though since there's also a lot of chavs who spend their good boy money on Fifa.
>>340650168
>someone posts gaming news you don't like
>SHILLS! SHILLS! ENEMY FANBOY SHILLS!
Change the fucking record. This is relevant and interesting news. If you want to continue being a paranoid fanboy idiot, join a fan forum and live in blissful ignorance.
>>340650606
>>340649578
People we have to remember one thing
They have an elf
Who is good at magic
And a princess
And a reincarnation of a goddesses
Do you know what you to do that kind of creature?
>>340650725
But Nintendo supported Bayonetta 2 when nobody else would. That's one more fostering than any other company has done this gen, except maybe Microsoft.
>>340649592
>Rainfall games
Xenoblade Chronicles, Pandoras Tower and The Last Story were only released in EU.
Operation Rainfall was an attempt from murricans to get NoA publish those games there.
>>340650867
Rub her ears?
>>340650863
Well I've never seen threads for executives leaving other publishers
>>340650863
>This is relevant and interesting news
Okay, so where are the threads about how Uncharted 4 sales have tanked.
How none of Sony's first party properties are getting the attach rate they had on any previous platform.
How Halo sales have tanked and MS has said that all future Halo games will also be on PC
This is directed shilling.
>>340650969
That was years ago anon
>>340650919
They supported Platinum, who was a player for Sony and Xbox for a while. They have an incentive to bring them over to them, cause that's a significant Japanese developer. But they havent done that to anyone else. Here's another: the only people they have given access to their licenses have been Namco and Capcom, or whatever small japanese company that happens to be in good relations with them. Nintendo doesn't care about west developers or helping any of the small ones not influenced by Sony or M$. They're no different from all the other two.
>>340647886
>that table
>>340650863
Is that so?
Where were the threads when Sony's lead VR developer quit earlier this year?
>>340651203
>the only people they have given access to their licenses have been Namco and Capcom
When did Nintendo live Platinum their license?
>>340651114
I'm OP. Just to make things clear, I love Nintendo. It's why I posted this news. I'm from america so I dont know the state of the gaming industry in EU land.
>>340651315
What games are you playing?
>>340651298
Never said nintendo gave them a license.
>>340650993
Nooo try again
Common anon you know this, Elves are for ____
>>340651376
None right now. I pretty much exhausted what I wanted to play. Splatoon has gotten boring. Smash bros is exhausted. Mario Kart and NES remix is still fine with the bros. But honestly there isn't anything for someone my age. I'm near 30 but there's not really a game for my age you see. No Souls-like game or anything.
>>340650725
Try to race against Nintendo in their own console is really fucking stupid.
But publishers and devs act like Just First party games sell well on nintendo consoles. Senran Kagura sold well on 3ds, ZombiU sold really well for a New IP despite ubisoft saying shit and Indies sell like water on E-shop.
I'm really fucking tired of hear that Nintendo consoles just sell Nintendo games. I'm pretty sure that if they put skyrim, GTA V or some another big AAA garbage on console it will sell boatloads.
>>340651476
It's not rape if it's an elf.
>>340651531
Souls like is on its way to be the most tired genre in gaming in a couple years. It's basically the next assassin's creed
Nintendo needs more action games like Bayonetta if anything. The world in general needs more of those.
>>340651620
>ZombiU sold really well for a New IP despite ubisoft saying shit
>. I'm pretty sure that if they put skyrim, GTA V or some another big AAA garbage on console it will sell boatloads.
Funny you mention big AAA game and Ubisoft. Because that made me remember the Wii-U port of Watch Dogs. Released 6 months after all the other versions, had missing features, ran like shit and Ubisoft used that game as a proof that big games don't sell on Wii-U.
>>340651620
>I'm pretty sure that if they put skyrim, GTA V or some another big AAA garbage on console it will sell boatloads.
Thats the thing, no one knows if it would. Minecraft has constantly been on top of the charts since it has been on Nintendo. But I like to believe it only works because Minecraft is extremely popular. Now, I do agree they would still probably sell on Nintendo, but unfortunately, Nintendo makes it hard to port to their console since they have an entirely different architecture compared to the other two consoles. The Wii U is also weaker than PS3 and Xbox360. They may have double the ram and a nice GPU, but that CPU limits a lot of programming techniques that are used on Sony's and M$'s systems.
>have programmed for all three
>>340651819
Exactly which is why elves are for rape. So now you know what must be done to Zelda along with some other stuff.
>>340651902
ME3
60 bux.
Some time later Other consoles got the entire trilogy + dlcs with discount.
They did everything they could to sabotage the damn console, call me paranoid or fanboy. That shit is fucking wrong.
Also capcom refused to put REvelations 2 on WiiU.
>>340652004
I never thought I wanted a reverse situation of elves and orcs so bad.
>a game where elves's low clothing and perverted practices clash with homely respectable orcs
>>340651928
>The Wii U is also weaker than PS3 and Xbox360
I don't think that's true. If it is, how come Bayonetta both looks and runs best on Wii U?
>>340651928
>The Wii U is also weaker than PS3 and Xbox360
Thats not true, hell they even had a port of Crysis engine running on WiiU.
Before they get told to shutdown WiiU projects.
>>340652153
Exclusively made for it. Platinum also put in the time to optimize the game for the Wii U, especially Bayonetta 1. As long as you separate your modules in your code right, porting isn't much of a problem. Bayonetta isn't also that heavy on the CPU. The reason games like Skyrim and such are heavy on the CPU is because they offload a lot of their graphic processing to the CPU along with the GPU. The cpu also has to handle many threads to process to keep the games as "theatrical" as you see. On the Wii U, this is very very stressed.
>>340652321
I guarantee you that Crysis engine is heavily reduced compared to how it runs on the other two system. Crysis tech demos mostly test GPU and ram capabilities, which the Wii U does fine in. but the moment gameplay is added, the game will not hold anywhere close to 60 frames.
>>340652105
That's not all, there is also the Rayman legends fiasco. From what I understand the game had to be pushed back because Microsoft doesn't allow consoles third party games to be released on their system any time after the rivals. So if you want to publish a game for the PS3 and Xbox then it had to be at the same time, which is why the Wii-U version got delayed and Rayman didn't get into Smash.
>>340652465
Sega also made Yakuza 1+2 HD.
With absolutely ZERO MARKETING.
It sold like shit. and you know the rest.
>>340652443
Gamepad isn't obligatory. They can just turn off and ignore it.
Also EA Shafted hard WiiU with Legacy versions of FIFA and Madden.
>>340651114
On /v/ right at this moment:
Thread about the Vita's failure: >>340635923
Thread mocking Steam users: >>340649060
Thread criticizing Sony's lack of releases since last E3: >>340650803
Check the archives and you'll find plenty more like that. /v/ is a board for free discussion; anybody can start a thread and talk about what interests them. Apparently, the flaws of every publisher are shown the spotlight.
>This is directed shilling.
You have selective blindness. It's a common symptom of fanboyism.
Do you honestly believe that there should be a 4chan-wide gagging order on Nintendo news that paints the company in a bad light? Do you really want to censor /v/ because somebody posted a news article that hurt your feelings?
>>340652958
Damnit anon. I know you're jerking my chain with calling me that, but at the same time it still makes me react.
>>340652823
>Sega also made Yakuza 1+2 HD.
For Japan only
>>340647886
There's a Nintendo UK?
The fuck do they even do?
>>340652823
>>340652465
>>340652105
>>340651902
Are you guy(s) seriously saying that these third-parties WANTED their games to fail on the Wii U? But they want to make money just like anyone else
This seems unthinkable
>>340651068
Jack tretton left Sony and Mattrick left MS got lots of threads. So did Wada leaving SE and Rigatoni leaving EA. Or Molyneux leaving Lionhead studio or Carmack leaving I.D.
>>340653148
>EA wanted Origin on WiiU.
>Nintendo tells them to fuckoff.
Later ME3 gets a port... you know the rest.
Yes they fucking wanted.
>>340653131
Tease the trainlines
>>340653148
>WANTED their games to fail on the Wii U?
Did you read >>340652105
post? They release ME3 of the Wii-U at full price when it was already several months old if not a year. At full price and then as an extra slap to the face all the other versions get the full game with the DLC at a discount. Why didn't the Wii-U version get the DLC and discount?
The Rayman legend story is a bit different as Ubisoft only went multiplatform because of poor numbers for the Wii-u
>>340653003
Not him but I don't think news about business execs belongs on /v/ to begin with.
>>340653515
And guess what.
WiiU version sold way more,Also zombiU had budget of like 3 games. They did and redid the fucking game 3 times.
>>340653148
Porting to Wii U costs time, effort and money. The less courageous publishers are probably afraid that their games won't pay for themselves on Wii U.
>>340653692
>WiiU version sold way more
Yes but because they had to port it to 3 consoles budget went way up then planned meaning the game had to sell more, so it's kind of a null point.
>>340653556
News about the video game industry definitely does belong on /v/. Nobody's forcing you to enter these threads if you don't want to discuss the topic.
>>340647886
Makes sense, they have had huge budget cuts and there is pressure to cut people because Nintendo has been doing very badly since the WiiU launch
>>340647886
>How is Nintendo doing in UK anyway, britbongs?
The UK has the most garbage opinions in terms of video games
They are literally Sony Central
>>340648023
>RIP Nintendo
Except unlike Sega they arent in debt anjd will survive another shit console
Also keep in mind that Wii U's losses were repaid with Amiibo, as if there wasnt any losses
>>340653925
I still don't know why third parties utterly ignored WiiU on Launch and before PS4/Xbone.
Sure It didn't sold like water as Wii but got a big number of preorders and okayish launch sales.
Fuck even Rockband Skipped WiiU, despite selling well on Wii.
>>340654116
nah man, that's the Krauts with their sports games obsession and fucking Autobahn simulators
>>340653962
That's the problem - what's there to actually discuss? We don't know why they left, we don't even know who they were and who the person is that's replacing them beyond a name. Compared to names you listed as other examples that people actually know like mattrick amd carmack.
>>340654421
It's mostly cause people dont want to develop for a console with a 1.24 GHZ dual processor. That's like 2005 or less powered computer.
>>340654421
You said it yourself, low numbers for a console and Rock Band was never on Wii.
>>340648407
Ikr
>>340654659
But they should, in theory both the Wii and Wii-U should be used for smaller studios to develop games for or give some big name studio or developer a machine to test new ideas on that they might not be able to get the funding for on the higher machines
>>340647886
>How is Nintendo doing in UK anyway, britbongs?
Just like everywhere else: stuck in third place behind Sony/Microsoft. We are a nation of CoDFIFA dudebro's and/or toy collector's which, unfortunately, people often associate with Nintendo nowdays. There are more amiibo than there are games in Nintendo "sections" in game stores now.
>>340654958
No, thats not how that works. It's the opposite. Modern graphics and programming techniques depend on more powerful hardware. I will not criticize someone for not knowing how to optimize their games for less powerful hardware, as people do it on iphones all the time, but it's still stiffens capabilities.
>>340654734
>Rockband was never on Wii
I'm being rused? Wii got all GH games since 3 and Rockband.
They got ported by other studios but they are on the damn Wii and got DLC and shit.
>>340655151
Yes but what I'm saying is that for people who don't know how or didn't get the funding to do use modern graphics and programming techniques should use the Wii and Wii-U as a starting place or test ground.
>>340655268
Fucking hell Rokband was on Wii? Because I only remember Guitar Hero, also
>Slipknot being mentioned in the same way as Ozzy, Queen and the who
I'm disgusted and I like Slipknot.
>>340655768
GH and Rockband on Wii didn't got some DLCs, and Harmonix dropped the support on RBNetwork, aside that and graphical downgrade. Its same fucking shit, and you can still download and buy songs, for both games.
>>340647886
As someone who lives in the UK, I didn't even realise that Nintendo had a UK specific presence. I thought they just had a subsidiary in Germany. That's how irrelevant they are.
This is all Sony town now, even back in the glory days few Bongs had Nintendo consoles. I was one of the exceptions.
>>340653148
That doesnt negate the fact that EA made a stupid business decision
You want Mass Effect trilogy go ahead
but not before ME3 on Wii U
>>340656281
Well if you guys just switch your tv standards to ntsc already Nintendo wouldnt have a problem with you.
>>340654535
The only reason this thread was made was to shitpost again, nobody has a clue who the UK exec even was.
>>340656587
>nobody has a clue
>literally says it in OP's post
>>340653003
Vita's been dead for a long time now. And the thread criticizing Sony's releases is not going strong for now.
Any thread criticizing Nintendo and forecasting when Nintendo will die and go 3rd party always reach the post limit. Sonyggers have been extremely annoying for months now.
Sony selling its headquarters in Japan to move to the USA and to pay some debt is interesting. But Nintendo losing its head of one of its european localization branches, and especially UK, is not that interesting.
And yet we're sure to reach the post limit with this thread.
>>340647886
Not enough memes.
>>340656680
It's interesting because Nintendo layoffs don't happen often. So when they do, it means something's going on.
>>340648407
>>340654872
You sound upset my friend.
>>340656671
Yes and fucking nobody knows who that is or what they even did for the company.
>>340656926
>general manager
Fucking read faggot
>>340656867
It's tiring to see literally any excuse clamored on for these shitposts. At least have something that makes sense for once
>>340656995
And what did he fucking do?
Any other time an exec has been posted about in /v/ we know who they are as they have a public presence. This guy doesn't have that even in the slightest sense.
>>340657143
He managed shit. What else do you think GMs fucking do?
>>340657728
and we should care he's gone why exactly?
He could've simply wanted to persue other things, that happens often in businesses
>>340647886
what they aren't telling you is that they are being replaced by robots.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6fKqKHG9eY
>2016
>human marketing teams
>>340658410
>just have a computer tell you about all your products
I'm actually curious why it didnt go down this route any sooner. It already happens in most companies.
>>340658410
Already saw this in their managerial structures:
>looked at manager level Nintendo applications and job requirements for kicks
>"decision making software"
