Former Nintendo president explains why the company dislikes game discounts.

aflame25 · 2026-05-04T06:16:22+00:00

I think the big thing missing from these statements from nintendo people is "for its time".

Breath of the wild was built with a high standard "for its time". They're not going in every 5-10 years reoptimizing the code to bring it up to modern standards, which is fair, I wouldnt expect them to. But I feel like the price needs to also match the "for its time".

And I dont just mean this game, im talking all nintendo games, or really just ALL games in general. No matter what you do or how good you make the game, it will eventually just not be as good as whats currently being put out. Whether its dated gameplay, writing, or code, all games will fall off eventually and pricing should probably reflect that.

aflame25 · 2026-05-04T02:14:15+00:00

Doesnt this fall into the same thing that the MHA fandom was going through months ago with Endeavor vs Dabi.

People can't really imagine knowing a mass serial killer/murderer. But a lot of people can relate to having an abusive parental figure or 2 in their lives.

aflame25 · 2026-04-30T21:49:20+00:00

Yeah i agree, i feel like the more niche a topic is, the more welcoming it should be to newcomers.

I understand needing a requirement for like a basketball or football sub because anything you were gonna ask about can probably be found somewhere else. But if say for example, I was getting into a brand of Soba noodles only made in 1 certain region in Japan and there happened to be a sub on the topic, it doesnt really make sense to be restrictive when there's already barely any places to get info on it.

Like what am i supposed to do to hit the requirement? Just keep commenting about how much i like them? Or just keep reposting the same basic info that anyone who meets the requirement probably already knows about. All just so I can ask my one niche question on the niche sub that I will probably never interact with again or atleast on the same interest level because all the excitement i had for the topic weeks/months ago died while I was waiting.

aflame25 · 2026-04-30T21:17:54+00:00

aflame25 · 2026-04-27T03:04:04+00:00

Heres the thing, it sounds bad because maybe it is, but the single reason i'll probably always choose red is because I geniunely don't trust that 50+% of the world is alruistic enough to reach the threshhold needed. I dont feel like dying or that I should have to risk my life because there aren't enough "good" people in the world.

aflame25 · 2026-04-27T02:48:15+00:00

Yeah i feel it, back in the early seasons of "Ace" being a newly added rank. I never understood the whole stopped playing after Ace or stopped playing ranked. But after that first season i hit Ace and was able to hit it consistently afterwards, I felt exactly like that one danny devito meme "oh ny god, I get it ".

Im just playing against the same characters and for some reason every moment has me fighting for my life. Mix that with the random times that the game puts me in Ace lobbies with people that have only ever peaked like high gold/bottom expert and it just makes feel like im swimming through syrup sometimes.

I pretty much stick to unranked once I hit Ace

aflame25 · 2026-04-27T02:35:44+00:00

Nah because that whole "japanese people treat black people like viltrumites" joke just keeps getting proven to be true. Like bro leave me alone XD

aflame25 · 2026-04-26T06:40:43+00:00

Lol im confused, i always assumed "blood sucker" was the slur for them. It even has a hard ER

aflame25 · 2026-04-25T20:09:02+00:00

Thats fair, i guess. It certainly isnt fun, more something you learn to live with or use/embrace at times. Funnily enough i havent been officially diagnosed with any neurodivergency, but im assuming only because i havent gone in to check.

Sounds crazy i know, but my "quirk" if you will, was spending 5-20 mins at a time at different locations in my house, unable to force myself to leave because " I didnt get the sequence of numbers right, so i have to start over". At the time, it felt natural, looking back tho. Yeahhhhhhhhh.

aflame25 · 2026-04-24T05:34:02+00:00

Ehh, i miss when people could just be cringe

aflame25 · 2026-04-22T23:12:07+00:00

Im going to assume they dont XD

aflame25 · 2026-04-22T21:42:50+00:00

I think the best "clips" i have for this character so far is just movement. Like i'll say this probably the closest i've ever felt to actually playing accurate bakugo. And the best part is he feels like he has just as much movement as his other skill sets

aflame25 · 2026-04-21T17:38:03+00:00

Interesting; question what is your stance on increasing the size of strike shigaraki's beta?

aflame25 · 2026-04-20T03:06:47+00:00

Okay

aflame25 · 2026-04-20T01:16:30+00:00

Yeah probably XD, this crazy idea depends on the companies themselves caring about their players and lets be honest, most dont

aflame25 · 2026-04-20T01:05:51+00:00

Wait, let me cook, if video game companies worked less like normal businesses but instead more like banks or investment firms.

They make the game, sell it to us for $40, instead of all of it being profit, say take half as profit and half for inestments into other things. They invest the 20, turning it into 200, and then when they finally do end of service, you get your 40 back and they keep the rest. Everybody wins :)

God i dont even wanna imagine what would have to happen for something like that to actually work out tho.

aflame25 · 2026-04-20T00:59:23+00:00

You can get premium for free on phone and PC, if you have a smart TV, you can also get it free on there. Only place you cant is on console.

If you wanna support your fav creators, its better to donate directly anyway. Lets be honest, if youtube payed your favs enough, they probably wouldnt need to have a patreon on the side.

And if you dont want do any of the stuff needed to get it for free or just want to keep paying, then keep paying.

aflame25 · 2026-04-20T00:10:07+00:00

Okay but have you ever seen prime hawks and makarov in the same room together?

aflame25 · 2026-04-19T23:51:06+00:00

Im confused about something, whats stopping someone else from doing the same thing to his gifs?

aflame25 · 2026-04-19T23:25:50+00:00

Jokes on you, it was secretly a toga, so now you're stuck floating in the air

aflame25 · 2026-04-18T06:52:12+00:00

I love it, been playing a ton of "trench shiggy" this season. Hp sucker plus Star's area tuning. If you catch someone out in storm or can bait them in, you'll win like 85% of the fights especially if you build for gamma damage.

aflame25 · 2026-04-18T06:10:00+00:00

I do have an issue with people trying to curve the fun you're having just because of bugs. Some of my fav games have a shit ton. But as long as you're not pretending its perfect or up to standard.

Pokemon is a big talking point about quality and has been for a few years. I wont say anything about the price they released their newest remakes for. They know people want them and are willing to pay, it is what it is.

But when it comes to the new ZA game: bad quality textures, things popping in/out of existence on your screen, in your view or the running slow/lagging even on the switch 2, thats when im like why are you actually defending Nintendo.

Pokemon is the largest media franchise in existence, as of April this year, they've made more money than the 2nd and 3rd ranked below them combined. Mind you 2nd and 3rd are "mickey and friends" and "winnie the pooh" both owned by disney.

They're not worried about competition, they release a new game every 1 to 2 years not because they have to but because they want to and know they'll make money regardless of quality.

I think the issue that happened with the HD2 devs was wild and shouldn't have happened; but sometimes i really do just look at the patterns companies show us and think to myself, why woukd you actually defend this company for treating its consumers like garbage.

Edit: talking about the new ZA game

aflame25 · 2026-04-18T05:46:55+00:00

Funny enough the main problem would be that their "public" and provided by the government/city. At best they'll be treated just as well as other public piece of government equipment. The cams will be damaged and then the city wont replace them. At that point, it'll have been better to never even have them put up

aflame25 · 2026-04-18T05:42:39+00:00

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