Poll of the Day > what is it about nintendo consoles and being buried under an avalanche of shovel

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Adam_Savage
05/15/22 1:39:32 AM
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funkyfritter
05/15/22 2:43:13 AM
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A lot of people own nintendo consoles and a relatively large percentage of them buy shovelware.

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ParanoidObsessive
05/15/22 2:54:06 AM
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Nintendo stopped giving a shit about the "Nintendo Seal of Quality" they pushed as a concept in the 80s to differentiate them from the other failed console manufacturers.

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Krazy_Kirby
05/15/22 3:01:32 AM
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not the only console with shovelware

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Adam_Savage
05/15/22 4:27:48 AM
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funkyfritter posted...
A lot of people own nintendo consoles and a relatively large percentage of them buy shovelware.

like, do they though?

who is out here going "aw hell yeah, pudding maker simulator 3"

ParanoidObsessive posted...
Nintendo stopped giving a shit about the "Nintendo Seal of Quality" they pushed as a concept in the 80s to differentiate them from the other failed console manufacturers.

i don't think they even gave a shit about it back then, either. i think it was just marketing to show that they were better than the competition

Krazy_Kirby posted...
not the only console with shovelware

i'm talking specifically about nintendo because there's not nearly the same amount on other consoles.

the only thing that gets more shovelware shit is steam

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adjl
05/15/22 1:21:37 PM
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It's not so much that they get more than anyone else (with the possible exception of the Wii, since there was a rather aggressive movement to capitalize on the motion controls and high popularity among the casual market, though that was tempered by the more limited digital distribution abilities) as it is that they have no sweet clue how to make a digital storefront and you therefore end up seeing all of it whenever you try shopping unless you know exactly what you want to buy.

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faramir77
05/15/22 1:44:33 PM
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Young children are probably more likely to own a Nintendo console than the other consoles.

These kids will see something related to something they like, and immediately want it, with no regard given to what the quality might be.

The continuing presence of shovelware tells me that this strategy actually pays off.

adjl posted...
they have no sweet clue how to make a digital storefront and you therefore end up seeing all of it whenever you try shopping unless you know exactly what you want to buy.

This as well, though. There's shovelware garbage that clearly isn't targeted to kids, either. I keep seeing one on the Switch called "Syberia" which straight up looks like an early Dreamcast game, and it's often reduced in price to less than a dollar.

EDIT: I just learned that Syberia literally was a game from like 2002 that they've randomly ported to modern consoles, lmao. I guess I can't be as mad about that.

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Dikitain
05/15/22 2:46:28 PM
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The vast majority of games I get for Nintendo consoles are 1st party titles. I'll pick up one or two 3rd party game per generation, but most aren't shovelware (unless you consider No More Heroes and Shovel Knight to be shovelware).

I honestly have no clue why people pick up 3rd party games on Nintendo consoles, it is always going to be the worst version of the game.

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The_Viscount
05/15/22 3:46:21 PM
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What is it about you and your weird hate-on for Nintendo when all of the consoles have plenty of shovelware? And why do you never bitch about all the shovelware on PC when it dwarfs all the consoles.

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VampireCoyote
05/15/22 4:01:53 PM
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Adam_Savage
05/15/22 4:32:21 PM
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The_Viscount posted...
What is it about you and your weird hate-on for Nintendo when all of the consoles have plenty of shovelware?

because nintendo consoles receive a magnitude more shovelware than the others

and

The_Viscount posted...
And why do you never bitch about all the shovelware on PC when it dwarfs all the consoles.

Adam_Savage posted...
the only thing that gets more shovelware shit is steam


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5ZkdHImCuQ

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adjl
05/15/22 4:57:29 PM
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Dikitain posted...
I honestly have no clue why people pick up 3rd party games on Nintendo consoles, it is always going to be the worst version of the game.

For AAA titles, sure, but most indie games run just as well on the Switch as anywhere else. I actually prefer it for many Roguelikes because the portability is such a good fit for the short sessions they promote.

The_Viscount posted...
And why do you never b**** about all the shovelware on PC when it dwarfs all the consoles.
Adam_Savage posted...
the only thing that gets more shovelware s*** is steam

If we bust out a little bit of synecdoche, I'd say he covered that.

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keyblader1985
05/15/22 5:51:48 PM
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Dikitain posted...
I honestly have no clue why people pick up 3rd party games on Nintendo consoles, it is always going to be the worst version of the game.
Not everyone has more than one platform, and not all games push a console to limits that would be difficult for Switch. Or some people prefer portability or just don't care about lower performance.

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Krazy_Kirby
05/15/22 5:55:34 PM
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they add more shovelware every month to psn, it gets a lot

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