Link89 says, "And personally I would be a bit freaked out if I was expected to swing a bat with the wiimote….Hopefully that won’t be the case."

I guess you won't be a fan of MLB 2008 will you?

I agree that the 'murder simulator' thing may get a bit more ground with ManHunt on the Wii, as it will more than likely have the player moving the Wiimote in the same way you would use the weopon i nthe game. It could be fun if done right, but I probably still won't play it. I have never liked R* games.

"Interestingly, word has it that Nintendo is working hard on a deal to bring another controversial Take-Two cash cow, the GTA franchise, over to the Wii as well."


oh no, not that I am against it being on the wii, or that I have any censorship issues. I'm just a bit scared that, with the wiimote, that whole "murder simulator" arguement just found a lot more ground.
And personally I would be a bit freaked out if I was expected to swing a bat with the wiimote....Hopefully that won't be the case.

I thought I'd seen people miss obvious humor/sarcasm before.

Wow.

Brokenscope:

It looks like your sense of humour has no place for u in it either ;P


Andrew:

I just don't think it is perspective at all. So they share the same field - so what? If Scottish Gas did well one year and their CEO was given plaudits, would it be fair to mention Enron and pin it against him?

I, even after having read what you have said, clear version and not, think that your story is unfair. As others have tried to insinuate it was humour and not a comparison, I have to say I don't see that either. I didn't expect a bunch of other people to start getting involved but hey, its a public forum I guess.


and as such... Zach Knight:

You need to look up the the definition of putting words in peoples mouths. I have done no such thing, I merely gave a cogent paradigm for his news story. I certainly have not got my foot in my mouth and that would imply I regret saying anything, which I do not. I made my point and Andrew has replied. If you're just trying to stir up shit, I suggest going to Destructoid.

@Chuma

I think you are being harsh as well. I think Andrew was merely trying to add a little humor to an otherwise dull positive story. I don't think that he was trying to directly tie Nintendo with GTA and all of its controversy. He was pointing out how quickly you can associate the world's worst CEO with one of the world's best.

So don't go and try to put words into his mouth and take your foot out of yours.

Humor---------------------->
chumas head------->O

(Let me make that a bit more readable.)

Chuma,

Silly as it may seem, Eibeler has received a lot of flak simply for being the CEO of the company that owns the developer that makes controversial games like GTA and Manhunt. Like it or not, a lot of people think “these games are violent crap that are poisoning our children’s minds so the head of the company must be an evil, money-grubbing sociopath.” Absurd yes but hey, how many pro-video game activists have you heard from lately?

Now, Eibeler was named worst CEO of 2005 mainly due to Take-Two’s financial issues and corporate direction and whatnot but GTA did factor into it. Like the original MarketWatch piece said, “In the end, the buck stops with the guy at the top and at Take-Two that would be Paul Eibeler.”

So, why did I bring up Eibeler in a piece about Iwata? Simply for perspective. While it’s great that one of the CEOs of your favorite industry is among the world’s best, I believe it’s pertinent to point out that it’s also host to someone considered to be the worst.

Not exactly pertinent perhaps but definitely interesting is the fact that these two CEOs on opposite ends of the competence spectrum share the same controversial games. Does that mean the games define the CEO? Will Barron’s or MarketWatch think ill of Iwata this time next year? Or do the games really have nothing to do with it and it’s all about how the company is run?

Food for thought.


Andrew Eisen

Chuma says
March 27th, 2007 at 11:04 am
That’s an extremely tenuous link there Andrew. Linking a controversial game to a CEO of a console manufacturer is a little like having a go at Ridley Scott over violence because he once cast Russell Crow in Gladiator.

Sorry, but this really is poor journalism.

I think you're being a little harsh on Andrew; this is far from the worst journalism out there, even if the choice of headline is a little misleading.

Your Ridley Scott comparison is quite poor as well; since Ridley Scott was involved in the making of Gladiator (unlike Iwata, who will have little to no input into Manhunt), it's not unforseeable that people could blame him for the violent content of the film.

A more accurate comparison would be blaming a manufacturer of DVD players for the violence in the film.

Barron’s is STUPID! Nintendo can't be making money, 'cuz teh Wii looks like crap!!

*the above comment was brought to you by "16 year old Internet kid" who has never bought anything with his own money*

That's an extremely tenuous link there Andrew. Linking a controversial game to a CEO of a console manufacturer is a little like having a go at Ridley Scott over violence because he once cast Russell Crow in Gladiator.

Sorry, but this really is poor journalism.

Hooray Itawa.

GTA on Wii? That'll be.... interesting.