Board 8 > The Game Company Contest 2011 Semifinal: Capcom vs. Nintendo

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capcom

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Nintendo

Oh dear what at all the Capcom votes. I'm not much of a hater of anything, but they really seem to be trying to earn my ire lately. MML3 (especially the news about Inafune offering to stay on to do it), AAI2, Mercenaries 3D, RE4HD, UMvC3... Basically, screwing consumers over to cut costs. Which never works in the log term.

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Nintendo

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Oh dear what at all the Capcom votes. I'm not much of a hater of anything, but they really seem to be trying to earn my ire lately. MML3 (especially the news about Inafune offering to stay on to do it), AAI2, Mercenaries 3D, RE4HD, UMvC3... Basically, screwing consumers over to cut costs. Which never works in the log term.

uhhh

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Nintendo

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Nintendo

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nintendo

would have been a tougher choice several months ago

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Nintendo

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Nintendo.

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Capcom

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Nintendo

Nintendo

Nintendo

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Up.

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Nintendo

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Nintendo

Nintendo

The only Square game I've played is CT, but they better win.

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Nintendo

would've been a lot tougher if this took place months ago


Capcom used to be my #2, but they've really been pissing me off nowadays. With this year's Nintendo drought, Capcom could've gotten my vote, but nope.

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Capcom

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WINNER OF 1 V-TOKENa.nd Gold Trophy

Nintendo. Give me AAI2, damnit!

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nintendo

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Nintendo

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Nintendo

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Nintendo.

Amazed that Capcom still made it this far, given how low their approval rating seems to be at the moment.

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neonreaper posted...
Nintendo

Oh dear what at all the Capcom votes. I'm not much of a hater of anything, but they really seem to be trying to earn my ire lately. MML3 (especially the news about Inafune offering to stay on to do it), AAI2, Mercenaries 3D, RE4HD, UMvC3... Basically, screwing consumers over to cut costs. Which never works in the log term.

uhhh

The two do not even compare. I'm not going to say Nintendo are perfect, but recent Capcom borders on moustache twirling villainy in that regard.

Hell, for a counter point, Nintendo certainly didn't need to give 3DS owners 20 free games, but they still did, despite short term costs. Of course when you get down to it, consumer satisfation is a way of acheiving greater long term benefits, but that's a win/win situation. Capcom on the other hand seem to exist only to reap the short term benefits, without thinking about how their actions may effect them in the longer term. It's not just hurting consumers, it's self-destructive. Trying to stop used game sales with Mercenaries 3D will only devalue new copies. Not localising AAI2 will reduce the chances of success of future AA games, hurting a profitable series. RE4HD being a lazy port will only lead to lower sales because superior versions are available on other systems for cheaper. UMvC3 will only lead people to not buy their next fighting game, instead waiting for the ultimate version a matter of months later (and if this were years, it would be okay, but it's not). And of course, all of these, and especially the announcement and cancellation of MML3 (followed by the cheek to blame it on fans who were nothing but supportive) will annoy the consumer, making them less likely to buy future Capcom games.

Nintendo on the other hand are actually pretty good at the whole consumer relations thing. They admitted they messed up with the 3DS price drop thing, and to placate the customers they gave away a very considerable value's worth of free games at some cost to themselves. This obviously has long term benefits, and helps the consumers out as well. And Nintendo do that a lot, always being generous with free software and gifts. It's all a big marketing scheme, of course, but one that the consumers benefit from as well. The only thing Nintendo really dropped the ball on in regards to customer relations was the Operation Rainfall fiasco, and that at least was only one branch of the company making itself look bad (while another came out looking better than it did before).

The key to successful business is pretending to care. But Capcom have made it clear that they don't give a damn.

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Nintendo

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Nintendo

Nintendo

Seriously, if Squaresoft can make it to the final based entirely on the fumes of the 90's than Nintendo can crush everybody thanks to their historical strength.

Actually, pretty much every company in the final four is a shadow of its former self.

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I get lots of free stuff from Nintendo. More than other companies. That's a pretty good way to win consumer affection, especially when it's not necessary, it's just an offering to the consumer. Also known as good consumer relations. And of course Nintendo are pretty good at opening a dialogue with the fans and responding accordingly. They've set up a ton of ways to get feedback from fans to advise future decisions. That's a good practise. Without Nintendo paying attention to the fans, a lot of more recent games, particularly their less mainstream offerings, wouldn't even exist. And hell, Nintendo of Europe localise risk-taking games based purely on fan-demand.

Few companies put as much effort into communicating with the consumers as Nintendo do. Nothing to laugh about.

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Nintendo

There are plenty of valid criticisms you could make about Nintendo. The Xenoblade debacle is a total embarrassment, the Wii was as polarizing as systems come, their games really need to have price cuts more often... etc., etc.

But even still, why would you ever vote for Capcom? Capcom could be matched up against Stellar Stone or LJN, and I still wouldn't vote for them.

Nintendo.

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Capcom

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Nintendo

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ziggie ziggie wop wop

But even still, why would you ever vote for Capcom?

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Nintendo

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Nintendo

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SubDeity posted...
Seriously, if Squaresoft can make it to the final based entirely on the fumes of the 90's than Nintendo can crush everybody thanks to their historical strength.

Except SquareSoft and Square Enix are two separate entries. The one in the final is pre-merger Square.

Anyway, I vote Capcom, useless as that is.

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