Nintendo Apologizes for 'Geeks and Otaku' Jab
"I have huge respect for those who, like me, share a common passion for Nintendo and want to make it clear that I would never use and I didn't use this terminology in such a context or way to cause offense," he told videogaming247.
He added, "I regret that this misunderstanding has created such offense and disappointment within the community."
Fischer's comments sparked outrage in Nintendo's consumer community, which has been long awaiting a solution to the Wii's limited 512MB of internal storage, expandable via SD cards.
Over 220 Virtual Console and 15 WiiWare titles have been released in North America since the system's debut, with some titles taking up as much as 32MB of the Wii's internal storage space per individual download.
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AgentPothead
replyIf you are offended by being called a geek or an otaku you are neither, so why sweat it.
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yeah I don't think people were offended by it but rather more pissed off about nintendo's stance on storage...
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“I have huge respect for those who, like me, share a common passion for Nintendo and want to make it clear that I would never use and I didn’t use this terminology in such a context or way to cause offence,” he said.
“I regret that this misunderstanding has created such offence and disappointment within the community.”
Did you guys read the same link as me? All I see him appologizing for is causing offence(sic). -
Yeah, if they had petulantly muttered "geeks and otaku" while actually fixing the issue, I wouldn't care. It's the dismissal of the thing. If they keep this up, I think they could find themselves taking another dive next generation. Casual gamers are a fleeting presence, especially when their market gets saturated with crap like most of the 3rd-party wii releases; just Ask Atari.
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agreed; weren't there a few Wii games that didn't have features added on because of the lack of onboard storage? IIRC, it was primarily either GH3 or Rock Band that wouldn't offer downloadable songs. That's cutting off DLC, which is a revenue generator for game developers/publishers, and attracts them to the platform. Instead, it's repelling them from the Wii since it's short on local storage.
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Wasn't a case of being offended, more a case of being perplexed as to why Nintendo were claiming the problem with their console was only affecting a niche group of geeks and otakus, as if it wasn't really a problem.
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