Hope the Direct delay is the only videogame-related victim of this earthquake then.
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Nintendo Direct 9/6/18 Postponed in Response to 6.7 Earthquake in Hokkaido
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Hope the Direct delay is the only videogame-related victim of this earthquake then.
Christ, I first thought it was some very bad trolling/parody attempt.
Fucking gamers indeed.
We had one in Christchurch in 2011. It was 6.2, it destroyed the city and killed 185 people.
Come on dude, people are dead, injured and missing. Show some respect to the Japanese people.
I pray that they find the missing people and hope that the injured make it :/
I feel like this would actually take quite a bit of effort to postpone, if there were "available today" games, features, or DLC planned embargo's need to be changed, files to take down/reupload.
Little bummed about the Direct delay.
Very sad about the earthquake. I went to Hokkaido for about a week last year, it's kind of bizarre to think of the scenario I saw there while travelling and the one in the news right now.
Hope Japan catches a break from this string of natural disasters
Very sad about the earthquake. I went to Hokkaido for about a week last year, it's kind of bizarre to think of the scenario I saw there while travelling and the one in the news right now.
Hope Japan catches a break from this string of natural disasters
Holy shit! I just woke up to this news. Best wishes to everyone over there. Our silly little gaming news video can certainly wait.
I'm assuming that isnt in Japan or a countries where big earthquakes áre common. Countries in high seismic zones should be able to resist at least close to a 9.0 (more than 1000 times more energy).
The problem in this one was that the town was built in a dangerous zone and a landslide happened.
Japan is generally better equipped to handle Earthquakes than other places. We have 6+ quakes here all the time and the damage is minimal. That's not an apt comparison.
Absolutely the correct course of action to take. I hope everyone affected is able to recover as best as possible. Earthquakes and Typhoons are serious disasters with often devestating impacts for the lives of so many and so thoughts should be with those people affected today.
Very interesting, I wonder if they'll announce a new date today. I'm a little skeptical it will be a full week...A one week delay is significant for such a coordinated, worldwide marketing event (although delayed for good reason).
Was really looking forward to the Direct, as we all were, but this was the right thing to do. Hope all those involved stay safe.
Christchurch is in NewZealand and is on a fult line, so earthquakes aren't uncommon. problem with the 2011 earthquakes is that a lot of older buildings weren't up to code.
Interesting find. Seems like a good amount of time to delay the event. Given the nature of things, it would be weird to just push it back a day or two.
It's always the same problem with old buildings =\, .i just assumed that sincé Japan already had some 8.0+ earthquakes in the past years old buildings were already renewed.
The western magnitude scale is really ineffectual when it comes to describing earthquakes as they effect peoples. It measures the energy at the point it it was released which can be very distant or very close to the people effected. The Japanese Shindo system reflects the reality of earthquakes much more accurately. It was rated a 7, which is as high as it goes on that scale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Meteorological_Agency_seismic_intensity_scale
I wonder if the content of the direct will also be changed accordingly; for instance, I doubt that they would showcase a "disaster day of crisis 2" if it was planned. I remember Sega canning Propellers Arena after the 9/11.
Either, Nintendo is a Japanese company and when a string of natural disasters occurs in Japan, it's perfectly understandable that they would postpone this kind of event.
Either, Nintendo is a Japanese company and when a string of natural disasters occurs in Japan, it's perfectly understandable that they would postpone this kind of event.
Doubt they'll announce it today, they'll probably just wait until next Wednesday and copy the same timings over exactly one week ahead.
Rearranging everything like this at the last minute is no small feat. Never mind having to rearrange eShop releases and such, they'll also have to renegotiate with 3rd parties and such with their new announcements and releases (who now have to change their marketing strategies to compensate; not easy, especially this close to TGS!)
A week should be long enough to get everything sorted and in place, but a week's delay for a Nintendo Direct has some surprisingly big ripple effects. It's not just something that affects Nintendo themselves, but also every single 3rd party developer and publisher involved too. Moving it is a big deal.
Buildings itself is usually quite secure (unless it's really old).
Problem is the side effect of the quake like tsunami or landslide where there really aren't any solution aside from not residing in potential danger zone.
Buildings don't rebuild themselves by magic. It's not feasible to tear down and rebuild every old building in Japan that would need it to "resist" a 9.0 earthquake as you put it, (which is functionally impossible, by the way, as no person nor country could afford to design every building in that manner).
I was super excited for this Direct but I can't believe some of the insensitive comments I've seen. I realize we all love Video Games but we are talking about real life and peoples lives. I hope everyone can put this into perspective.
Best wishes for Japan and I hope for as quick of a recovery as possible.
Best wishes for Japan and I hope for as quick of a recovery as possible.
This makes perfect sense if true. A week is a fair seperation from the earthquake and the eShop updates that day so it lowers the possibility of needing to change the Direct itself. A week's nothing when compared to the tragedy in Japan.
Possibly a temporary measure that they can change later as more details roll in?
Either way, 1 week is a good amount of time to delay it by, and expected
1 week i a fair amount, with some of the stuff happening next week it should be no problem with the wait
earthquakes in Hokkaido, Nintendo postponed the direct cause of those events
Could be a temporary measure to avoid the game to bug when it happens. But just expect it next week anyway. Could still be earlier considering the implications though.
Just so people realize this is being done as a sign of respect, not because Nintendo HQ in Japan fell over or something.
This is a good reason to delay the direct. I am sad I have to wait a while longer to see what Nintendo had up their sleeve, but I can wait.
