sorry, i should’ve said “was seen as the good guys”. nintendo’s been doing shitty stuff since at least the 80s
but that wasn’t the popular narrative back in the 2000s/2010s! just like valve now, people were more than willing to gloss over their shitty stuff because everyone else was worse. people worshipped iwata & reggie just like people worship gabe newell now.
I think that more in general, from the change in the image of Elon Musk over the last 5 to 10 years the younger generations of Techies should’ve learned the vast chasm that is possible between perception and reality when it comes to those people who manage/own the companies making the Technology we love.
Maybe Gabe is a good guy, maybe he’s neither good nor bad, maybe he’s a bad guy - if you don’t know the guy personally and well as a person, all you have to go by is the tightly managed public image you see, and as Musk so painfully demonstrated not that long ago, you can wrap an Nazi in a “nice techie pushing the world forward” managed public image which for decades the overwhelming majority of Techies (especially young ones) believes is real.
So, yeah, going back to your original post, its safer “not to worship companies” or the people who lead them.
nintendo has always had it’s weird fanboys, say what you want but their business strategy of re-releasing the same old shit for next generation of kids works.
plenty of people out there more than happy to consume mindlessly it seems
what were you smoking? nintendo has never been the good guy…they successfully patented the “digital representation of water” back in the day
sorry, i should’ve said “was seen as the good guys”. nintendo’s been doing shitty stuff since at least the 80s
but that wasn’t the popular narrative back in the 2000s/2010s! just like valve now, people were more than willing to gloss over their shitty stuff because everyone else was worse. people worshipped iwata & reggie just like people worship gabe newell now.
I think that more in general, from the change in the image of Elon Musk over the last 5 to 10 years the younger generations of Techies should’ve learned the vast chasm that is possible between perception and reality when it comes to those people who manage/own the companies making the Technology we love.
Maybe Gabe is a good guy, maybe he’s neither good nor bad, maybe he’s a bad guy - if you don’t know the guy personally and well as a person, all you have to go by is the tightly managed public image you see, and as Musk so painfully demonstrated not that long ago, you can wrap an Nazi in a “nice techie pushing the world forward” managed public image which for decades the overwhelming majority of Techies (especially young ones) believes is real.
So, yeah, going back to your original post, its safer “not to worship companies” or the people who lead them.
nintendo has always had it’s weird fanboys, say what you want but their business strategy of re-releasing the same old shit for next generation of kids works.
plenty of people out there more than happy to consume mindlessly it seems